Enslaved disabled people were key to community

Although slaveholders devalued enslaved people with disabilities, a new book shows their integral contributions to their communities.

Bert Gambini-Buffalo • futurity
Feb. 22, 2022 ~7 min

This 1927 eugenics ruling has relevance today

A book about eugenics in United States law, particularly the 1927 Buck v. Bell Supreme Court ruling, draws connections to abortion and genetics today.

Jennifer Rainey Marquez-Georgia State • futurity
Feb. 9, 2022 ~10 min


DIY ‘smart’ white cane works like a self-driving car

A "smart" white cane that uses way-finding approaches from robotics and self-driving vehicles could benefit people who are blind or visually impaired.

Andrew Myers-Stanford • futurity
Oct. 15, 2021 ~7 min

How Zoom messed up access for disabled users

"Zoom's update didn't so much solve inaccessibility as shine a spotlight on it," writes Courtney Wade. But there are actions we can take to improve our workplaces.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Aug. 18, 2021 ~9 min

Pink cast reveals brain’s amazing ‘disuse pulses’

To see how mobility loss affects the brain, a neuroscientist wore a pink cast and spent lots of time in an MRI machine. Here are the findings.

Kristina Sauerwein-Washington University • futurity
June 19, 2020 ~8 min

Why COVID-19 sparks fears for people with disabilities

Many people with disabilities and their loved ones are fearful about COVID-19. "There is a long history of discrimination and isolation and segregation that people with disabilities have faced."

Charlotte Hsu-Buffalo • futurity
April 14, 2020 ~5 min

Physical stuff keeps folks with serious mental illness out of work

People with serious mental illness perceive their physical health as a greater barrier to employment, a study finds.

Patti Verbanas-Rutgers • futurity
March 16, 2020 ~4 min

The caucus system isn’t accessible to everyone

A historian explains the caucus system and how its design can keep voters, such as those with disabilities, from having a say in the process.

Stanford • futurity
Feb. 24, 2020 ~1 min


Why companies shouldn’t label clothes ‘adaptive’

"Calling an item of clothing adaptive can alienate and exclude people living with disabilities."

Sheena Rice-Missouri • futurity
Feb. 6, 2020 ~3 min

Kids with and without disabilities play together in iGYM

Check out this video to see kids with and without disabilities on the same court competing against each other in a new game called iGYM.

Bernie DeGroat-Michigan • futurity
Jan. 3, 2020 ~7 min

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