The social model of disability frames disability as something that is created by society, rather than only by medical conditions or physical differences. The model acknowledges that people have ...

Ways of thinking about disability differ across cultures and can be classified into three general models: the moral model, the medical model, and the social model (Olkin & Pledger, 2003). Under the ...

In part one of this Mindset Matters column, it was made clear that National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) is no longer an afterthought of the American business landscape, but rather a ...

We live in a world shaped by the stories we tell — about ourselves, about others, and about what it means to live a good life. But when society tells only one story about disability — that it is a ...

Disability can be difficult to talk about sensitively because of how embedded ableism is in our language, biases and perceptions of disability. Conversations about disability are slowly increasing, ...

More than sixty-one million Americans have disabilities, and increasing evidence documents that they experience health care disparities. Although many factors likely contribute to these disparities, ...

What is addiction? It is enduringly difficult to say. Our methods of treating addiction have become, over time, both more compassionate and more effective. Yet the nature of addiction itself remains ...

A disability rights advocate has urged the federal and state governments to move beyond policies and laws by ensuring that ...