“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 ...

One July morning in 1990, a crowd gathered on the White House lawn, some in wheelchairs, others holding signs, many with tears in their eyes. President George H.W. Bush lifted his pen and signed his ...

Disability is a fact of life; it is not rare or marginal. One in four adults in the United States has a disability. That means a significant number of students on campus navigate their days as people ...

By Shruti Rajkumar (Next Gen is a year-long project profiling up and coming leaders ...

Harper College’s 2026 Disability Symposium, “Beyond Awareness: Disability Justice in Action,” will explore how disability awareness can be transformed into meaningful action in classrooms and ...

Asad al-Maidana sits in a wheelchair inside a tent in al-Sawarha, central Gaza Strip, on Sept. 10, 2025. He lost his left hand and suffered severe leg injuries when an Israeli missile struck while he ...