Read.

The New York Times series on Disability, featuring essays by disabled writers. Find the whole series here or start with:

• “We’re 20 Percent of America, and We’re Still Invisible”, Judith Huemann & John Wodatch

• “Becoming Disabled”, Rosemarie Garland-Thomas

• “Where All Bodies Are Exquisite”, Riva Lehrer

• “Before the ‘Final Solution’ There Was a ‘Test Killing’”, Kenny Fries

• “My Stutter Made Me a Better Writer”, Darcy Steinke

• “The Deaf Body in Public Space”, Rachel Kolb

Memoirs

• Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution, documentary on Netflix

• Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law, by Haben Girma

• All the Weight of our Dreams: On Living Radicialized Autism, Lydia X. Z. Brown

• Exile and Pride, Eli Clare

Books

• NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, Steve Silberman

• Feminist, Queer, Crip, Alison Kafer

• Keywords in Disability Studies, Adams, Reiss, Serlin

Watch, Listen.

Videos

• “I’m not your inspiration, thank you”, TED Talk by Stella Young

• “In my own language”, short video by Amanda Baggs

• “Artist Christine Sun Kim Rewrites Closed Captions”, Pop-Up Magazine

• Deaf U, Netflix show

• Lives Worth Living, PBS

Podcasts

• Disability Visibility

• Contra*

• Disability Matters

• “Curb Cuts”, 99% Invisible

Apply.

• Getting to Equal: The Disability Inclusion Advantage

• Guidelines for Writing About People With Disabilities

• Identity-first Language

• Accessible-Event Planning

• The Disability Studies Quarterly is an academic journal focused on disability rights and is free and open to anyone

• “Opinion: Teaching about disabilities, biases can save lives” Jennifer Sarrett, The Atlanta Journal Constitution

• “Interviews, disclosure, and misperceptions: Autistic adults’ perspectives on employment related challenges”, Jennifer Sarrett, Disability Studies Quarterly