On a recent flight, I watched the documentary film “Won’t You Be My Neighbor.” In a clip from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Fred Rogers meets a 10-year old boy, Jeff Erlanger. The episode airing in ...

Picture this. It’s 1983, New Year’s Day. Today, the world’s first outpatient clinic for AIDS opens, Ward 86 at San Francisco General Hospital. Four days later, the first AIDS cases are reported in ...

At a training the other day on the topic of homelessness, a participant stood up during the question-and-answer section and shared his perspective for the audience. "I appreciate you trying to be ...

Democrats prioritized a new bill that demands “person-first” language to address how violent sex offenders are labeled. The intent is to stop defining a sex offender by his or her crime, so they can ...

A few weeks ago I was sitting in my living room, wrapping presents and listening to the local news. A story came on that caught my attention, about a Fairfax County special-needs student left at a bus ...

Toby Wong is a late-deafened board director & marketer breaking barriers. Supports Gold House, Collective Visibility & Disability Belongs. deaf female business executive using a cochlear implant ...

There's been a major shift in what Americans say — or won't say — about our weight. Why it matters: The blockbuster success of anti-obesity drugs is driving efforts to frame obesity as a chronic ...

Telling a disabled person they are “inspiring” is a “microaggression”, an NHS trust has claimed. Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has warned doctors not to put “people in broad ...

Last month, newspapers and television news noted a group of children, referred to as special needs children, who were initially not allowed access to rides at the Mississippi Valley Fair. My opinion ...