Disability: Social Aspects

An explosive book that exposes the abuses of institutionalization.How many brothers and sisters do you have? It was one of the first questions kids...

Penny Pepper has led an extraordinary life. She is a writer, an activist, a punk pioneer. She also happens to be disabled. In her absorbing memoir,...

How can families of children with disabilities plan for lasting financial security at every stage of life? Find clear answers in The Special Needs ...

Many amputees want to know how it feels to be able to cycle, and some even want to be professional amputee cyclists. The disability market offers m...

A memoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account @sitting_pretty Rebekah Taussig, processing a lifetime of memories...

Blindness, or vision loss, is a major medical concern that has also drawn the attention of artists, writers, musicians, mythologists, filmmakers, r...

Fleeing from Nazi Europe in the late 1930s, Austrian-born Karl Koenig and his colleagues founded the first Camphill community, for children with sp...

The legal system is complex, and without appropriate access, many injustices can occur. Deaf people in the criminal justice system are routinely de...

A memoir by a disability rights activist Such a Pretty Girl is Nadina LaSpina's storyfrom her early years in her native Sicily, where still a baby...

The first deaf baseball player joined the pro ranks in 1883. By 1901, four played in the major leagues, most notably outfielder William Dummy Ho...