Learn About Disability in 2018
We can help each other best when we’re informed.
Please take the time to learn something about disability in 2018. There is no reason to think 2018 will be any less challenging for the disability community in the U.S. than 2017 was. The things that made 2017 so difficult are largely unchanged. For that reason, it’s important to consider how to protect the interests of people with disabilities when problems arise in the new year. One small step almost anyone can take is becoming more informed in 2018.
It seems paradoxical to say that pan-disability advocacy efforts have the best track record of furthering disability rights and disability justice in this country, but, historically, they do. This is true despite the size and diversity of the group of people called disabled, an umbrella so big that it seems like an almost useless descriptor at face value. People whose most significant access needs are extensive medical equipment to stay alive, extra time on tests until they graduate from that final academic setting to reach their full potential, and viable alternatives to driving a car to maintain an independent life all fall into the category.
Originally published at autisticfuture.com on January 9, 2018.
