A woman walking past a man in a wheelchair, who is at the base of a staircase. Source: Viacheslav Yakobchuk / Adobe Stock In 1904, H. G. Wells published a short story titled, “The Country of the Blind ...

In the ten years since the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ratified by 168 countries, there has been both progress and stubborn obstacles. Case in ...

In 2025, the UN released its sixth progress report, reflecting on how far the system has come and where acceleration is needed. Every year on December 3rd, the world marks the International Day of ...

Larysa Kautz said that both of her parents, in addition to being immigrants, had “invisible disabilities” that limited their workplace opportunities. “My dad probably would have been diagnosed with ...

“Tobeas sad as you want to be, to disconnect from your people’s pain — these are luxuries,” says Shatha Abusrour, a disability rights activist based in Bethlehem in the West Bank who coordinates ...