For years I played pretend that I wasn’t disabled. I fooled everyone except the person who knew me best. When I was at my most successful, all my father did was worry. But that’s not unusual. Worrying is my father’s…
Approximately 700 million women and girls across the globe live with a disability. Disabled women make up three quarters of all people with disabilities in low or middle income countries. While all women no matter their location face multilayered discrimination…
Rankin is a British photographer and film director known for photographing some of the most popular celebrities, such as David Bowie, the Rolling Stones, and Kate Moss, and for launching British pop culture magazines such as “Dazed and Confused”. Despite…
Between Lederhosen-clad PR stunts and stair-climbing wheelchairs, a small but steady wave of disabled entrepreneurs and activists is slowly changing perceptions at Europe’s largest accessibility fair, Rehacare 2026 in Düsseldorf, Germany. They are no longer waiting for non-disabled brands to…
The music is soulful, sometimes slightly throbbing, stirring my excitement as I sit on the Barbican’s terrace, a vast complex of towering buildings in central London. Its terraces and outdoor spaces, with gardens and walking bridges, contrast with the building’s…
By casting off prejudice-inducing and ableist film narratives about disability, audiences will begin to see disabled characters as unique individuals who deserve to contribute to every society. Disabled psychologist Richard Amm has devised a tool to make that happen. Called…
This opinion piece was originally published in German on Raúl Krauthausen’s website. Sometimes I can feel the distance to other people before a single word is spoken. It stems from uncertainty or shame, and often it fails to dissolve. I…
Content warning: Mental illness, language deprivation, and suicide. TGDN Network reporter Rikki Poynter has participated in this year’s Seattle Deaf Film Festival, covering the event through a series of videos and articles. In this review, she looks closely at Siren:…
From editing rooms to training programs to Netflix’s global workflows, blind and low vision experts are shaping how silent visuals are described in the US and the UK. In 2021, Nefertiti Matos Olivares, a New York–based blind leader in audio…
(Content Warning: Sexual Assault, Rape, Violence) The film “Luisa” is about 21-year-old Luisa, who lives in an institution for people with intellectual disabilities. She leaves her parents’ house behind in the hopes of gaining more independence and doing what she…