If I could trust my body to cooperate, I would be going to Washington to insist–once again, and I can’t believe that this is necessary once again–that women’s bodies are our own business, that women’s rights are human rights, that I count and you count and my daughter counts and my granddaughter, my grandson, my…

I’m marching in this disability march online because I really wish I could go to DC and I can’t. I am so glad the march is happening as part of a large wave of resistance to the Far Ridiculous Right that is just now picking up its first momentum. They will not know what hit…

    Donald Trump’s presidency, in conjunction with the Republican controlled Congress, is a threat to the civil rights of women, people with disabilities, people of color, people who are queer, immigrants and Muslim.  Trump’s administration is set to eliminate or drastically reduce health care for women, people with disabilities, unemployed people and people living…

Black and white photo of Andrea looking up at the camera. Yes, I am scared about what the loss of the Affordable Care Act will mean for people with disabilities, particularly the 100 million Americans with chronic pain, myself included, who often spend thousands of dollars yearly on specialists, prescription medications, blood tests, surgery, physical…

I’m doing this because I need to go on record in opposition to the wave of hostility against marginalized humans that this election has come to represent. I am multiply disabled, both physically and as an autistic who cannot navigate within modern society without debilitating struggle. I and those like me will be among the…

i am 65 years old…have been caregiver for my partner of 26 years since she began her recovery from a TBI after an 18 wheel truck ran a red light and hit her. it took us 4 hours to get her up and ready to go vote for hillary….she was adamant…a mail in vote would…

I am joining the disability march because after living with Multiple Sclerosis for 30 years I am now a freelance writer and health advocate helping others manage their journey of living with disease and disability. Our community are citizens who deserve the same rights, dignity and respect that all other citizens enjoy. We deserve healthcare…

  Why I’m joining the Disability March: Anti-apartheid and nuclear weapon plant protests and a civil disobedience arrest in the 80s in Atlanta and Aiken, S.C., the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay and then Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Rights in 1979, 1986, and 1993, a 1991 Orlando ADAPT protest against the nursing…

I am joining the march because I feel it is a crucial time for people with disabilities to continue fighting for their rights. With the election of Donald Trump disabled people are at risk for losing their health care. This crosses through all lines of types of disability as well as race, gender, and sexual…