I think of myself as a highly efficient, productive, and philanthropic person. I’m a scientist, a cancer researcher, the CEO of my company EasyKale (a superfood powder), a board member at the Boys & ...

As I write this, bolts of electric pain shimmer down my right leg and up toward my shoulder as my joints throb in time with my heart. Every time I stand, my vision kaleidoscopes to black and back ...

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Just two months after I started my master’s in history program in 2021, an emergency room doctor in Columbia, S.C., reviewed my MRI scan and told me that I had multiple sclerosis: I would continue to ...

July marks Disability Pride Month, a time to commemorate the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act and to celebrate the diversity, resilience, and visibility of the disabled community. This ...

Individuals with invisible disabilities are everywhere in society, but because of stigmatization of disabilities, people choose not to disclose for fear of being unfairly judged. That choice has ...

My wheelchair hides my worst disability. Most people probably think that having spinal muscular atrophy — a neuromuscular weakness I’ve had since birth — is the nastiest thing that ever happened to me ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law 32 years ago, prohibiting discrimination and paving the way for people with disabilities to have the same opportunities ...

After two decades — and my fourth attempt at tertiary study — I was burnt out, consumed by a cycle of stress I didn't yet understand. I struggled with depression, shame, and anxiety. In search of ...

As I write this, bolts of electric pain shimmer down my right leg and up toward my shoulder as my joints throb in time with my heart. Every time I stand, my vision kaleidoscopes to black and back ...