When ableist language is deeply embedded into our language, and activism is often welcome outside of disability activism- people get defensive about being called out on ableist language. Let’s answer some common questions.

It’s important when unpacking ableism to understand the medical industrial complex and the basis of it’s operation.

Understanding the goal of disability justice and what the words really mean is important before saying you believe in it and fight for it.

Claiming intersectionality within social justice demands inclusivity of disabled people and the awareness of ableism.

A PBS interactive timeline of the disability rights movement throughout history

Accommodation ≠ accessibility. It’s important to be able to know the difference, and why it’s important to begin with.

An important read about how ableism works as a mechanism of white supremacy.

Police violence is often targeting Black disabled people.

The rates of incarceration of disabled people are disproportionately high, and ADA laws go ignored.

Disabilities are often invisible. If a disabled person isn’t able to understand or hear the police, and the police don’t understand why... It often leads to violence.