I am a part of EmpowHer Camp, a yearlong leadership program for disabled young women and it starts with a week of camping in the...

While I have always identified as being disabled, I wasn’t always involved with the Disability Community. I’m personally proud to be a...

I had never skied before my spinal cord injury (SCI) in July 2014, but while still in inpatient rehabilitation in February 2015, the...

‘’I woke up and I couldn't feel my legs.’’ This is what I said on May 6, 2016. You see, on this day I had a massive stroke that paralyzed...

Over the summer, I ended up traveling back-to-back to Las Vegas and 48 hours later to Austin, Texas. Airfare travel takes a lot of...

In the Disability Community, we speak a lot about advocacy and its many different forms. In the last couple of months, I have been...

My name is Emily Lickman, I’m 18 years old, and as a member of the Disability Community, I am tired of TV shows that keep hiring...

“Watching you dance made me see my own disability in a different way” - a fellow artist relayed this to me last year after I was invited...

Halloween. An exciting holiday filled with candy, costumes, and the scariest thing of all: inaccessibility. With the holiday season...

I first heard the word “interdependence” when I was 18. I’d been active in disability spaces for a few years before I was introduced to...

I discovered my passion for advocacy during my high school years. I would help my friends get the necessary accommodations. I worked with...

I never imagined I would be a scuba diver. Growing up in Florida, I was always an avid swimmer and beach lover, but after my spinal cord...

Why am I 43, and just now getting back into the dating pool? The water’s fine, really. I previously dated a guy who used a wheelchair for...

As a person with Arthrogryposis, a visible physical disability that affects my entire body and all aspects of my life, I’ve grown up...

Two years ago, I did something uncharacteristic of myself: I set a New Year’s resolution, which involved saying one word: “Yes!” Many...

Dating has become increasingly difficult during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the inability to go out and meet people face-to-face and the...

Something I noticed about having a disability while being a higher-education student is that sometimes you really have to rise to the...

Starting a business is never easy. Below are three lessons I learned when starting my business, Horizontal Houses. Horizontal Houses was...

Merriam-Webster defines normal as “conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern; characterized by that which is considered usual,...

Mammogram…. The word alone can erase the smile from most women’s faces. The idea of some stranger seeing bare skin, invading your...