- Leah Smith
- September 19, 2016
Hollywood is notoriously bad at portraying disabled people in any way that even remotely resembles our actual lived experiences. Instead, they rely on worn out…Read More
- Leah Smith
- April 18, 2016
ADAPT was born out of the struggle to get disabled people out of nursing homes and into a community setting, where they could control their…Read More
- Leah Smith
- March 23, 2016
As someone that does Public Relations and Communications for a disability focused national nonprofit and a local Center for Independent Living, I do a great…Read More
- Leah Smith
- March 9, 2016
No matter which marginalized group you identify with, whether you’re Disabled, female, African American, LGBT, etc, you know the power of language and that words…Read More
- Leah Smith
- February 24, 2016
As many of you have probably heard by now, at last week’s Grammy Awards Ceremony, Stevie Wonder proudly announced that, “We need to make every…Read More
- Leah Smith
- February 10, 2016
With Super Bowl Sunday being this week, American’s have been inundated with advertising and football. Super Bowl Sunday, to say the least, is an American…Read More
- Leah Smith
- January 27, 2016
Katzman Enterprises announced they would be hosting a dwarf-tossing event at their two establishments this week: Leopard’s Lounge in Windsor, Ontario and the Toy Chest…Read More
- Leah Smith
- January 13, 2016
I just recently came across an article titled, “If I Knew my Daughter had Down Syndrome, I would have Aborted Her- All Women Should Have…Read More
- Leah Smith
- December 30, 2015
The year 2015 was important for many reasons. One of those reasons was the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the American’s with Disabilities Act…Read More
- Leah Smith
- December 17, 2015
There’s Never a Good Scapegoat After last week’s shooting at a Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs, CO., Vicki Cowart, President and CEO of the Rocky…Read More
- Leah Smith
- December 17, 2015
#Ableism Ableism is a set of beliefs or practices that devalue and discriminate against people with physical, intellectual, or psychiatric disabilities and often rests on…Read More
- Leah Smith
- November 5, 2015
Politically Correct Donald Trump has recently argued against being politically correct in a big way. In his own words, Trump stated, “The big problem this…Read More
- Leah Smith
- October 25, 2015
The Power of Community in the Fight Against Stigma I was sixteen years old and looking for a job for the very first time. All…Read More
- Leah Smith
- September 18, 2015
Untold Stories “When you hear so many people around you telling your story, you then come to understand that it is not really YOUR story….Read More
- Leah Smith
- September 13, 2015
AbilityOne AbilityOne is a federally funded program that has been tasked to funnel money to organizations that employ people with, what are considered to be,…Read More