Going for Broke: Can Work Be Love?
Co-published with PRX’s To the Best of Our Knowledge. In this final part of our series, we’re talking about the right to meaningful work and what happens …
On Our Last Legs
Co-published with The Nation. Due to high costs, many Americans have to ration the medicine and medical equipment they rely on.
‘We Don’t Deserve This’: New App Places US Caregivers Under Digital Surveillance
Co-published with The Guardian. Electronic visit verification systems make homecare more difficult, trap people with disabilities, and cost more than paper timesheets.
My Disability Is My Superpower. If Only Employers Could See It That Way.
Co-published with ELLE. Even with my advanced degrees and experience, I can only go so far in a system that fails to understand and accommodate people with disabilities.
A Trip to the Nail Salon With Missing Fingers
Co-published with Allure. Getting your talons done should be soothing, but for me, it also comes with a bolt of initial dread.
Vertical Harvest: How a Farm Provides Upward Mobility for People With Disabilities
Co-published with Matter of Fact. In Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 78 percent of people living with disabilities are unemployed. But now, a local farm is working to …
Blocked Parking Spots, Broken Sidewalks, and Boulders: How Common Spaces Fail People With Disabilities
Co-published with The Nation. The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed to ensure that we all had access to public spaces, but the implementation has not …
A Mom Laments Limited Employment Prospects For Daughter With Down Syndrome
Co-published with Here & Now. Amy Silverman's daughter Sophie wants to be a dance teacher. But opportunities for meaningful employment for people with intellectual disabilities are …
You Talk Real Good
Co-published with Longreads. Alison Stine confronts the ways in which being hard of hearing has made her job search more difficult.