In 2012, Vilissa Thompson received her masters degree in social work. As she was job searching, she started to blog about social work and disability. A year later she turned that blog into her own ...

That’s the lesson Judy Heumann hopes students take away from her recent book “Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist.” Heumann spoke with over 150 students, parents, ...

Within the scope of the Social Justice Project, students in the Department of Gender Studies are organising a panel discussion on the intersections of disabilities with other social markers. As a ...

On this episode of In The Know: The Truth Is, Chella Man (@chellaman) and Aaron Rose Philip (@aaron___philip) are joined by award-winning poet and disability activist, Kay Ulanday Barrett ...

An award-winning music artist and advocate for the disability community performed her songs and discussed disability culture at a Feb. 6 event. Lachi showcased her songs “Far,” “Dis Education” and ...

Rosaleen McDonagh, involved in activism for the Traveller Community. Hazel Coonagh Rosaleen McDonagh isn’t an activist out of desire, but out of necessity. “I’m a Traveller woman with a disability,” ...

University of Wisconsin-Madison gender studies Prof. Sami Schalk delivered the final talk of the Gender & Sexuality Studies speaker series on Black Feminist Praxis on Friday. Schalk’s virtual ...

Medical sociology examines how social, cultural, political and economic factors shape health in ways that medicine alone ...

Should they brush it off as just annoying, but predictable comments from people who should probably know but usually don’t? Or, is there more to casual ableism than irritation? And how hard should non ...