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Disability Organizations Respond to the Overturning of Roe v Wade
The decision upends a core value at the heart of American life and law: that we each enjoy the individual liberty to make certain personal decisions without government interference. The very lives of disabled people depend upon the ability to make personal decisions without interference – including decisions about our bodies and medical care.
Read More →Juneteenth and the legacy of disabled Black slaves
Juneteenth recognizes the day when enslaved African-American people in Texas were freed two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Yet history has largely forgotten how many enslaved disabled people also were not liberated by the Emancipation…
Read More →AWN Women’s History Month Community Roundtable
AWN is highlighting the voices of women of color community members, advocates, and leaders with cerebral palsy and autoimmune conditions. We present a roundtable with Sarah Rizzuto, Rahnee K. Patrick, Terri Lynne Hudson, India Harville, Zahra J. Brown, Sara M. Acevedo, Carla L. Lewis-Irizarry, DeVan L. Hankerson Madrigal, and Jen White-Johnson.
Read More →The Intersections of Race and Autism: Diagnostic Disparities and Marginalized Existence
I am a Black, queer, disabled, and non-binary individual.
Read More →New report from National Women’s Law Center and AWN finds over 30 states legally allow forced sterilization
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a report, “Forced Sterilization of Disabled People in the United States,” with contributions by the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN). The report unveils groundbreaking…
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