Otto Lewis (center) plays Uno with other students.
Making a Home for Students With Autism

As the number of autistic college students increases, the number of college programs serving them has grown, aiming to support the students through their experience.

Neoclassical facade of the Supreme Court Building with its columns and pediment frieze. Accessible parking sign. U.S. flag.
Supreme Court Case Could Sharply Limit Disability Rights

Disability advocates warn that a case being heard before the U.S. Supreme Court could influence the ability of beneficiaries to sue if their rights under a number safety net programs are violated.

Christine Sun Kim’s Why My Hearing Parents Sign, 2019, charcoal and oil pastel on paper
Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Arts Now

In the last decade, the disability justice movement has turned to the arts as a way to share perspectives on life and to counter ableist beliefs.

Emmett Tolis stops to look at wind chimes for sale at the Mercantile. He wears isolation headphones.
Paintings made during a lengthy hospitalization bring a Bucks County boy with autism a new audience

The watercolors that Emmett Tolis started painting while his parents sought specialized care for his severe autism are now on display at a Doylestown art shop.

Susannah Scaroni leans forward, facing the sun, in her racing wheelchair.
3 Marathons. 3 Weeks. 3 Top-3 Finishes.

Just one year after Paralympic wheelchair racer Susannah Scaroni broke three vertebrae from being hit by a car while training, she placed within the top three in three different marathons in three weeks.