Disability Pride Special Edition Newsletter (July 2026)
Karina studied journalism in Edinburgh, Scotland. With a focus on medicine, science, chronic illness, and disability, she writes academic articles for journals, feature articles, and reports for various German and American newspapers, and blogs passionately on her bilingual blog. Karina loves dogs, heavy metal, the ocean, and food from around the world.
Israeli Sign Language, ISL, has been declared an official language in Israel. This makes them the 82nd country to recognize sign language as an official language. A bill proposed by the Knesset plenum was unanimously approved with 34 votes and…
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…
Written by and starring Deaf artists James Caverly and Andrew Morrill, TRASH incorporates humor, conflict, and audience interaction to examine Deaf identity, access, and the difficulties of navigating hearing society. Who takes out the trash? Anyone who’s had roommates knows…
Lego Oma is a 12-minute micro-budget short documentary about Rita Ebel, aka the Lego Oma, a German grandma and wheelchair user. Rita is a few decades old – the saying “age is just a number” couldn’t be more accurate than…
Episode 2 of TGDN Network’s video podcast features Alexa and Jacqueline, the founders of Dateability, a new dating app for people with and without disabilities. Dating with a disability comes with a set of questions most apps never consider, from…
In June 2025, the GADIM team headed to Toronto, Canada for the inaugural AccessFest, a one-day festival celebrating accessibility, community, and culture. We asked Maayan Ziv, Founder of Access Now, and other attendees: what does accessibility mean to you? From…