Disability News, Benefits, and Health Resources
Seventy million American adults live with a disability. Another 1.3 billion people worldwide share that experience, roughly 16 percent of the global population. Disabled World (DW) reports on the policies, research, benefits, and assistive technology that shape their lives. Coverage centers on the United States: Social Security and SSI payments, Medicare and Medicaid rules, accessibility law, and medical research relevant to American readers. International stories appear where they intersect with American policy or practice. Publishing since 2004 under the banner Towards Tomorrow. Learn more about us.
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Recent Disability News and Information
1 - Purple Washing: Disability and Performative Allyship
Purple washing is when organizations use disability imagery or language for credibility while neglecting accessibility, hiring, and structural inclusion. Published: By Ian C. Langtree
2 - Tetraplegia in Turkmenistan: A 22 Year Personal Account
Personal account from a 43 year old man in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, living with tetraplegia for 22 years following a 2004 cervical spinal cord injury. Published: By Gurdov Yaz-Murat Byashimovich
3 - Autism Spectrum, Diagnosis, and the Line That Isn't There
Examines how autism diagnosis draws a clinical line through continuous human variation, and how environments shape when traits become impairment. Published: By George Cassidy Payne
4 - TactivoPlay Audio Games for Blind and Low-Vision Players
TactivoPlay is a Windows PC collection of 20 accessible audio games designed for blind and low-vision players, built around sound, speech, and simple controls. Published: By TactivoPlay Audio Games
Popular Pages
Disability Loans & Grants: Financial assistance programs available for low-income families, seniors, and disabled students.
Famous People with Disabilities: Lists of well-known people with various disabilities and conditions who contributed to society.
Awareness Ribbon Colors: Guide to awareness ribbon colors for health, medical conditions, disability, and other causes.
Adult Height to Weight Chart: Ideal weight-to-height ratio for adult females and males.
Child to Teen Height to Weight Ratio Charts: Average height-to-weight ratios for children and teens organized by age.
Newly Updated Pages
Obesity Health Risks: Dangers of Being Overweight Explained: Health conditions linked to obesity and being overweight, including heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, osteoarthritis, gout, and cancer risks.
The Woke Mind Virus: An Examination of a Cultural Phenomenon: This paper explores the definition, origins, and prominent examples of the woke mind virus, as well as the debates and implications surrounding its use.
Health and Disability RSS News feeds: Disabled World (DW) provides free access to the latest health, medical, and disability news via nearly 400 category-specific RSS feed topics.
Hantavirus Information: Symptoms, Precautions, Prevention: Information on Hantavirus, including how the rodent-borne virus is transmitted, symptoms of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, and steps to reduce exposure risk.
International Day of People with Disabilities (World Disabled Day): International Day of People with Disability (IDPD), or World Disabled Day, on Dec 3 is an annual international observance promoted by the United Nations since 1992.