Disability Culture Lab

In a new Disability Culture Currents piece, Sebastian Margaret writes about the Disabled and Deaf Trans Peoples’ Survey by the Disability Project at the Transgender Law Center, research done by the Disability Community for the Disability Community. Read more: tinyurl.com/DCCurrents.

All forms of oppression are disabling, and Arif Rehman Khan's piece for Disability Culture Currents, on fingerprint scanners in Punjab that ignore disabled teachers’ hands, highlights a problem that is the result of colonialism, capitalism, and ableism. Read more: tinyurl.com/DCCurrents.

Disabled women make significantly less than nondisabled men do for the same labor. For Disabled Women’s Equal Pay Day, Taryn Mackenzie Williams writes about how we must go beyond acknowledging the wage gap to actually closing it. Read more in Disability Culture Currents: tinyurl.com/DCCurrents.

Polling places don't have the required resources or interest in supporting disabled voters. For Disability Culture Currents, Eric Welsby, Advocacy Director of Detroit Disability Power, dives into challenges to accessible voting — and how we can address them. Read more: tinyurl.com/DCCurrents.

Please join us on November 15th at 4 pm ET for a special talk with Kim Moy of Caregiver Wisdom - "Being on the Same Team: Strengthening Relationships Through Chronic Illness." It is for BOTH the #caregiver & the #pwME/ #pwLC/ etc. www.meaction.net/event-detail... #FamilyCaregiver

Colonialism is disabling, and Indigenous people are dealing with the impacts of that oppression. Johnnie Jae, an Otoe-Missouria and Choctaw journalist, media critic, and artist, writes about Indigenous Peoples' Day for a new piece in Disability Culture Currents. Read more: tinyurl.com/DCCurrents.

We can’t thrive as a disability community without interdependence, and one of the ways that shows up is in the ways we both provide and receive care. In a piece for Disability Culture Currents, MJ Griego, explores the work of mutual caregiving as disabled people. Read more: tinyurl.com/DCCurrents.

In a new Disability Culture Currents piece, Rebecca Cokley, Director of Ford Foundation’s U.S. Disability Rights program and Co-Founder of Artichoke Credit Union, reflects on how — and why — the new institution was designed with and for the disability community. Read more: tinyurl.com/DCCurrents.

For Mariana Ortiz-Padilla, liberation for the disabled Latine community looks like not being an afterthought. Even in disabled spaces, people of color are often left out, and that is why she created the Latinx Disability Association.

For Latine Heritage Month, Cynthia Guerra tells us what liberation for disabled Latine people looks like for them: “Liberation for me means releasing ourselves from the shame of struggle.” They talk about not working past your boundaries in caring for others.

For Latine Heritage Month, @hectormramirez.bsky.social talks about what liberation for disabled Latine people means to them. “For Latine disabled people, liberation during these horrifying times of ICE means choosing LOVE and COURAGE as the foundations for building our lives/homes.”

For Latine Heritage Month, we ask the question, what does liberation for disabled Latine people look like? Dr. Conchita Hernández Legoretta says that for her it “looks like a future where no one is persecuted, put into concentration camps and separated from our families.”

The Political Model of Disability is a new lens on disability. We are so grateful to Keely Cat-Wells for breaking down what it means, and lessons for employers, policymakers, and philanthropy. Read this article via Forbes: linktr.ee/DisabilityCu... and the full memo at tinyurl.com/DisCoNSV.

In case you missed it, our deadline for care-related submissions is October 1! You can submit here: tinyurl.com/DCCurrents

Here are our three priority narratives for the upcoming year that came out of our conversations for the Disability Community + Movement North Star Memo. Read the whole memo via the link in our bio: at tinyurl.com/DisCoNSV.

For Disability Culture Currents, our Executive Director Meier Galblum Haigh + Managing Director Kenrya Rankin write about The U.S. Political Model of Disability, a new way of understanding disability from DCL’s Disability Community + Movement North Star Memo. Read more: tinyurl.com/DCCurrents.

With our Disability Community + Movement North Star Memo, we developed The U.S. Political Model of Disability. It’s a new way to think about disability, where we understand that disability is shaped by policy choices made by the people in power. Read the full memo: tinyurl.com/DisCoNSV.

As we launch the Disability Community + Movement North Star Memo, Meier Galblum Haigh, our Executive Director, and Kenrya Rankin, our Managing Director, reflect on the north star process and what they learned from it for Nonprofit Quarterly @npquarterly.bsky.social. linktr.ee/DisabilityCu....

We will soon launch the Disability Community + Movement North Star Memo, the result of a year of collaborative, cross-disability visioning on liberation! Interested in learning more? Join our community briefing on September 25 from 12 to 1:30 p.m. ET via Zoom. Register: tinyurl.com/DisCoBriefing.

You can still register for the final Queer (In)Justice reading group session with authors: @dreanyc123.bsky.social @jmogul.bsky.social @kwhitlock.bsky.social ⭐ Whether you’ve read the book or not, come discuss queer power organizing! ⭐ 🗓️ September 30 🕰️ 7–9 p.m. ET 👉🏾 bit.ly/IC-QIJ

In case you missed it, our deadline for labor related submissions is tomorrow, Sept 11th! We want to hear your takes on employment workers’ rights, unions, etc. as they relate to disability. Go to tinyurl.com/DCCurrents for more info and how to submit!

Our Managing Director, Kenrya Rankin, is featured in Colorlines’ DemocracyIs: campaign today. In this interview, she talks about DCL's mission and our very exciting publication, the Disability Community + Movement North Star Memo, launching on September 23! Read more: tinyurl.com/KenryaColorl...

We’d love submissions at the intersection of disability and care be featured in Disability Culture Currents! We accept opinion, personal essay, and graphic storytelling. Care submissions due October 1, 2026. Visit tinyurl.com/DCCurrents to submit!

We still owe $1166.59 for rent and the landlord just called to remind us that a late fee of $89 will be charged tomorrow. So I am hoping with all my hopes, that there are folks out there needing some art to spruce up their spaces.

Quick vaccine update: Appointments are now available at some locations in the U.S. — check Vax Assist for pharmacies in your area: vaxassist.com/find-covid/schedule

Read our latest Disability Culture Currents piece, “Week Without Driving is About Access: How the Nondriver Movement is Building Disability Power” by A. Zivarts. In this piece, A. writes about the movement they created in 2021, Week Without Driving. Read the full article: tinyurl.com/DCCurrents.

Disability justice organizers are turning to immigrant rights groups to guide their interventions and show up for their neighbors amid Trump's anti-immigrant crackdown.

The Disability Justice movement has continued to grow and thrive over the years— and we are so grateful and proud to be in community and collaboration with so many incredible leaders. Check them out below and support! 💥

We’d love submissions at the intersection of disability and labor be featured in Disability Culture Currents! We accept opinion, personal essay, and graphic storytelling. Care submissions due September 11, 2026. Visit tinyurl.com/DCCurrents to submit!

Welp, there it is. The CDC is now officially manipulating data and their count of measles deaths in 2026 now stands at ZERO. My understanding of reportable diseases is that the CDC would usually use a state health department’s determination as the final say. The new CDC Director is failing us.

Disability Culture Cabaret 2026 was an absolutely incredible event, and it couldn't have happened without the support of our co-hosts, sponsors, production team, performers, venue, and attendees. Thank you all for showing out for this night of disabled joy and liberation! Photos by Halo Noelle.

Enrollment for our Fall Political Education Series — Understanding and Transforming the Medical Industrial Complex: Rooting in Collective Care — is now open! Enrollment fees are on a sliding scale, and scholarships are available. No one turned away for lack of funds! tinyurl.com/HJCFall26PolEd

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