Arts & Culture
Intersectional Marginalization in the Disability Rights Movement
Quick fact
Studies show that disabled people of color face higher rates of police violence and lower access to healthcare than white disabled people, yet mainstream disability rights advocacy has historically focused on single-axis issues like physical accessibility, leaving these intersecting experiences unaddressed.
Why this is interesting
Why do many disability rights campaigns still leave some disabled people behind? Imagine a movement that fights for wheelchair ramps, but ignores the Black disabled mother who also faces racial profiling in her own building.