When I met my husband over 20 years ago, I knew he had a disability, and I loved every part of him, even the ones that didn’t work like they should. Gradually, over time, we learned the best way to deal…
October 22, 2026 — 3:00am Declan Marshall was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at just five years old and wears an insulin pump and glucose monitor constantly. He said managing the condition could be hard, but he struggled more while sitting in class at Capel…
But why does the Bay State have so many defunct “insane asylums,” as they were once called, in the first place? The answer is less of a spooky story and more of an unfortunate chapter in the history of how…
October 16, 2026 — 11:00am You’re the ABC’s first national disability affairs reporter. Did you have to lobby to create that role? It came about because of the Disability Royal Commission. I knew that I wanted to cover it, so I went to the…
The Washington Post When a policy makes it harder for a student to become a social worker, the impact does not end with that student. There is a particular kind of frustration that comes with needing mental health care: finally…
Forty years ago, I began the Man In Motion World Tour with a simple goal: to challenge perceptions about disability and help create a world without barriers. Over 26 months, I wheeled through 34 countries and more than 40,000 kilometres. Along the way,…
October 14, 2026 — 5:00am About $600 million a year would be needed to fix the state’s shortfall of frontline public mental health staff, a confidential ministerial briefing note says, a figure NSW Health warned could cause reputational damage to the Minns government if revealed.
In 2022, Dr. Michael Quon worked with other members of The Ottawa Hospital’s department of medicine to develop a policy that would accommodate physicians in the department living with disabilities. Dr. Michael Quon was on a cycling tour with friends in…
Dr. Michael Quon's study was inspired by his own traumatic brain injury a decade ago. A new study is shining light on the prevalence of disabilities among working physicians in Canada, and its Ottawa author is using his personal experience…
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