ASA Section on Disability in Society

The Word - EAPM Style and Accessibility Guide What's happening in journalism? What's important in style and accessibility? We've got The Word on all that and more.

What you've missed recently in The Word: 
• How to making reporting accessible — and trauma-sensitive — during conflict.
• A foreign corespondent's analysis on how Trump's speech to the UN looked outside the U.S.
• The declaration of an independent Press

Here are all the interviews about Disability in E & E we have published so far - if you would like to say your piece in the November or December issues, please get in touch, tree@cell.com

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Just noticed this new @katmacfarlane.bsky.social article on SSRN: "Disability and Constitutional Legitimacy." Excited to read it! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

It's also a good time for researchers to speak up if they find their research has been incorrectly used to push "autism epidemic" narratives.

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Analyzing data from France, Célia Bouchet, Michelle Maroto (@mmaroto.bsky.social), and David Pettinicchio (@dnpetti.bsky.social) show that, even among part-time workers, people with disabilities earn less than those without disabilities.

Read more at bit.ly/4lHPUAJ

A call to action to include disability in intersectional health equity research and policy Disability status is rarely included in health research and policy, including intersectional research, perpetuating health inequities for this population. This paper calls on researchers and policymak...

Hot off the press from The Lancet! #Disability is rarely included in intersectional health equity research! Here are four strategies and recommendations to include #disability in this area.

Persons w/disabilities must be included in all emergency plans and preparedness. In many natural disaster events, they are left behind b/c there is no plan for them.

Opinion | Autistic Children Are Facing Blame, Shame from MAHA Megan Donelson writes on the troubling rhetoric the “Make America Healthy Again” Commission is using to describe autism and other disabilities.

“As a scholar of rhetoric and the mother of an autistic child, in the language of MAHA I hear a disregard for the humanity of people with disabilities and a shift from supporting them to blaming them for their needs.”

Webinar Recording Available Now. On the laptop screen, text reads: “The crib was wildly inaccessible for both of us. It is a special kind of helplessness when you can't reach your own baby" attributed to Elizabeth Soper.

The "Lactation and Breastfeeding with a Disability" webinar recording is now available!

Watch the recording: zurl.co/5OXyv
FAQ & Resource Guide coming soon!

#DisabilityPregnancy #DisabledPregnancy #PregnancyResearch #Lactation #IBCLC

Chicago woman says Uber drivers will cancel her rides because of her disability It's happened to many of us; you call an Uber only for it to pull over down the block or across a busy street. One woman said, when it happens to her, the Uber drivers will just cancel. She has a disa...

Sadly, this story is not the first nor will it be the last of an individual with a disability facing discrimination from rideshare companies, such as Uber or Lyft. While there are avenues to report discrimination, it will still continue unless these organizations make the needed system-wide changes.

Regardless of who is in charge of ensuring that the MBTA complies with the ADA, accountability is still needed at all levels. #disability #transportation

A judge has been watching the MBTA on behalf of riders with disabilities. That is about to change. - The Boston Globe In 2006, a settlement agreement required the MBTA to make bus and subway more accessible. A citizens group will soon take the lead in monitoring the system.

"For nearly two decades, an independent judge has kept a watchful eye on the MBTA, ensuring that the transit agency complies with the rules for riders with disabilities. Come December, that oversight is expected to end, transferring to a citizen-led group." 1/2

@asanews.bsky.social @asadisability.bsky.social missed the deadline to request a remote presentation by 2 days and now I can’t present my own research that I have been working on for two years. This is incredibly ableist for an organization that claims to promote "access for all”. Do BETTER ASA!

Webinar promotional graphic. Text reads: Disaster Preparedness for Parents with Disabilities. July 21, 2025 at 12 PM ET. Speakers: Melissa Marshall, Shari Myers, Judith Brown, and Morénike Giwa-Onaiwu. Four headshots of the speakers are displayed. Icons for ASL interpretation and closed captions are visible, indicating that these accessibility features will be provided during the webinar.

Join us for an important webinar discussion on emergency preparedness for disabled parents and their families.

Register here: zurl.co/DEEoc

#ParentsWithDisabilities #DisabledParents #DisabledParenting
#DisabledParent

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This week we will be having our 2nd Annual Virtual Sociology is Better with Disability Workshop on June 26 at 2 - 4pm on Zoom. Please sign up here if interested! This event is free and opened to the public.

Unlearning Ableism: Disability in the Age of Social Media - National Organization on Disability Unlearning Ableism: Disability in the Age of Social Media July 17, 1-2 PM EST. Register In celebration of Disability Pride Month, the National Organization on Disability is sitting down with a panel o...

The National Organization on Disability will be hosting a free webinar centering on Disability and Social Media on July 17 at 1 - 2pm EST!

If interested, register here: nod.org/unlearning-a...

Since the US politics have decided to target DEI spaces, I’ve seen a huge drop of engagement in #DisabledInSTEM

Disabled, disability and accessibility are part of the list of banned words for grants too really really highlights that these identities are being specifically targeted to be silenced.

Gender Identity and Gender-Related Medical Outcomes of Autistic Young Adults Who Experienced Transgender Identity as Adolescents | Transgender Health Purpose: We examined gender identity and gender-affirming care outcomes of autistic transgender adolescents followed into young adulthood, as well as relationships between gender-related medical care ...

Happy Autistic Pride Day - it gets better for autistic transgender youth. 🏳️‍⚧️ New paper in time for Pride Month. While most autistic youth gain anxiety over time, most gender-diverse youth's anxiety reduced, related to earlier receipt of gender-affirming healthcare.
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This coming Thursday, June 26, we will be holding our 2nd virtual Sociology Is Better with Disability: Online Workshop! This year's theme will be: The Causes and Consequences of Structural, Institutional, and Interpersonal Ableism. If you are interested in attending, here is the link

Unanimous Supreme Court makes it easier to sue schools in disability cases Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the unanimous opinion, with Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson writing se...

This decision will be beneficial for all students w/disabilities regardless of where they are in their stage of education. Disabled students deserve access. #disabledinhighered

Lastly, thank you to @angelafrederick.bsky.social for chairing our awards committee and our award committee members for their hard work.

Congratulations to all award winners for our section! Links to all of the winning papers are included in this thread.

Lastly, congratulations to Nic Rios for winning our Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award for their paper, "Accounting for Neuronormativity in Transgender Medicine." 3/3

Racialized Administrative Burden in Disability Assistance Programs in Two Rural Counties | Social Service Review: Vol 98, No 3 Abstract This study examines the administrative burden imposed by two federal disability assistance programs, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). We con...

Our honorable mentions are Christine Jang-Trettien, PhD, and Daniel Bolger, PhD, for their paper, "Racialized Administrative Burden in Disability Assistance Programs in Two Rural Counties." 2/3

Not in My Schoolyard: Disability Discrimination in Educational Access - Lauren A. Rivera, András Tilcsik, 2023 Disabled people constitute the largest minority group in the United States, and disability discrimination is prohibited under federal law. Nevertheless, disabil...

We are excited to announce the winners of this year's Outstanding Publication Award for our section! Congratulations to Lauren A. Rivera, PhD, and András Tilcsik, PhD, for their paper, "Not in My Schoolyard: Disability Discrimination in Educational Access." 1/3

How the Trump Administration Is Leaving Disabled College Students Behind Disabled students already have to fight just to get basic accommodations.

This article from Mia Ives-Rublee does an excellent job in explaining not only the challenges that disabled college students face, but also how the Trump admin's policies are hurting them in real time. The Office of Civil Rights is a vital resource for many disabled students in #highered.

For anyone who is interested in disability and immigration issues. This conference will be held on June 25 - 27 at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. See link below for more information.

States Drop Effort To Overturn Section 504, But Continue To Challenge Disability Protections Seventeen states are no longer seeking to invalidate one of the nation's key disability rights laws, but advocates say threats remain.

Seventeen states are no longer seeking to invalidate one of the nation's key disability rights laws, but advocates say threats remain. #disabilities