Marriage Equality Remains a Distant Goal for Disabled Americans
PUBLISHED 7/3/2025 by Emma Cieslik

“It’s part of a deeply paternalistic system, disabled activist Dominick Evans writes for the Center for Disability Rights, that views disabled adults as the burden of their parents, and when their parents pass, the burden of the state. When two disabled people marry, their joint income may push them out of qualifying for benefits, and when a disabled person marries a non-disabled person or someone not receiving benefits from the state, the former is deemed the responsibility of the latter.”

Marriage Equality Remains a Distant Goal for Disabled Americans