Disability Rights Blogs

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• Disability Is Expensive at Every Income Level — Raising a child with a disability comes with ongoing costs that show up in every aspect of life, including healthcare, c
• When “Affordable” Means Risk: What Catastrophic Health Plans Could Mean for Black Women — What happens when "affordable" insurance actually costs your health? I unpack Monique's story to show how catastrophic h
• Facing the Possibility of Incapacity — What if you suddenly couldn't manage your money or medical care? I walk through planning for incapacity, with practical
• People with disabilities have sex (and enjoy it) — Think disabled people don't have sex? Here I bust myths about sex and disability, call for inclusive sex education for d
• Living with chronic illness: psychosocial experiences — Hard truth: people with intellectual disabilities often face delayed diagnosis, diagnostic overshadowing and inaccessibl
• Mammography – helping women with learning disabilities to prepare — Surprising fact: many women with learning disabilities feel unprepared for mammograms. I walk through the new Mammograph
• Mental health needs of people with learning disabilities – are mental health nurses prepared? — Who cares for the emotional health of people with learning disabilities in mainstream services? I look at a systematic r
• Diabetic retinopathy tests inaccessible to adults with learning disabilities — Worried adults with learning disabilities are missing diabetic retinopathy checks? In this post I report a Bradford audi
• How can we help people with learning disabilities engage more in meaningful activities? — What does daily life look like for people with learning disabilities in group homes? I summarise a Minnesota study of 78
• Substance misuse and addiction in people with intellectual and developmental disabilities — Surprising fact: a BMJ Open population cohort found substance misuse in adults with intellectual and developmental disab
• Experience of psychotropic medication and decision-making — Did you know many adults with learning disabilities are prescribed psychotropic medication? I reflect on a multi-stakeho