- 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
#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
Disappointing, But Not A Waste Of Time Democratic Presidential Debate: November 14, 2015, Des Moines, Iowa It may be time to stop expecting disability issues…Read More
Explosions, Verbal and Otherwise: The Second Democratic Debate The terrorist attacks in Paris sent shockwaves across the globe, including through Saturday’s democratic debate in Des…Read More
Republicans Debate over the Economy: Is There a Place for People with Disabilities? Tuesday night, the national spotlight fell upon my hometown, Milwaukee, WI, as the…Read More
It’s Up To Us Republican Debate – November 10, 2015 If you turned your head just so and squinted, you could detect two or three…Read More
Popping My Disability Activism Bubble Looking around at a corporate event I recently attended, I wondered if I was out of my element. Usually, any…Read More
Are we keeping away aliens with our behavior towards disabled people? After speaking with me a little, it doesn’t take long to realize I am…Read More
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
And How Will That Work For Disabled People? The 3rd Republican Debate This is the first of a series of blog posts about the 2016…Read More
Third Time’s Not a Charm Ten frontrunners for the Republican presidential nomination (i.e., Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Jeb Bush,…Read More
Can Universal Design Truly Exist? As a frequent traveler, I’ve made temporary homes in quite a few hotels. Each time I book a stay in…Read More
Stop Telling Me That I’m Pretty for a Girl in a Wheelchair: How Your Words Contribute to Violence Against Women with Disabilities ***Because October is…Read More
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
Center for Disability Rights to Assist Any Individual Impacted by Home Care Information Breach and Calls Upon Local Legal Community to Support This Effort October…Read More
Statement of the Center for Disability Rights on Angels in Your Home Breach of Records Over the weekend, the Center for Disability Rights notified the…Read More