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The United Nations isn't doing enough on disability

A five-year reform made important steps but progress is “extremely slow”
23 Oct 2025
A photograph of delegates in a large meeting room. In focus in the foreground, a Black man with locs is looking directly at the camera with a look of scepticism.

“You have to do something”

Reflecting on leadership after leaving the advocacy frontlines
15 Oct 2025
A color pencil illustration of two women with albinism, one inside a bus and the other outside, each holding their palm to the bus window.

Working like a dog

Barriers for assistance dogs, and curated disability news from 41 countries
08 Oct 2025
A photo, in profile, of a golden retriever guide dog sitting obediently on a lawn and looking straight ahead, while her trainer, a Black man, stands behind her holding her lead.

A chainsaw to disability rights

How Argentina’s far-right government is attacking disability benefits and the disability movement is fighting back
01 Oct 2025
A photo of a walker being held in the air in front of the Argentine National Congress.

Ability to reimagine ourselves

An open call for science fiction, breathing together, and more from the mailbag
24 Sep 2025
A digital illustration depicting a futuristic city, with cars and wheelchairs flying in front of tall buildings.

Get set for independence

Why I left the rehab hospital more disabled than when I arrived
17 Sep 2025
Illustration of a young white woman (Rachel), standing precariously between a set of parallel bars, supported by a therapist with hands on her waist.

Asking for forgiveness

Hamburg signs “sorry”, and a tour of the latest news from 40+ countries
10 Sep 2025
An old black-and-white-photo shows an instructor with a long white coat leaning over a boy, as they both mouth a word.

Greatest opportunity to learn

Navigating power, relationships, hostile doorknobs, and ordinary human failings
03 Sep 2025
Digital illustration of a globe, with arms and legs, holding a sketchbook and surrounded by flying papers.

“They burned my heart”

Apocalyptic conditions in Gaza, and curated news from 37 countries.
30 Jul 2025
A photo of the legs of two children, one of them an above-knee amputee, as they stand behind a rusty-coloured drape.

We’re the ones that save ourselves

Solidarity after the floods in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
23 Jul 2025
Digital illustration of boat rescue in a flooded urban area, with debris and assistive devices floating in the water.

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