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disability

After catching heat for a problematic casting choice, Sia clapped back at several professional autistic actresses. Here's what that signals to the autistic community.
Stop using disability as a negative metaphor at work (and everywhere else).
“I didn’t get to choose my mobility impairment, but with rope, I do get to call the shots on how my body feels.”
Some children are left waiting much longer to be adopted than others – three families share their stories.
“I wouldn’t trade him for anything!” parenting vlogger Myka Stauffer said about her adoptive son two years ago in a post that doubled as an ad for laundry detergent.
The fundraiser was set up by US comedian Brad Williams after a heartbreaking video showed the nine-year-old's despair.
Here are all the amazing things coming Quaden’s way after a lifetime of savage bullying.
First Nations musician Tambo told HuffPost Australia he wants the nine-year-old to know “we all love him and he’s here for a real reason and real purpose”.
The talk show host has since donated to two charities benefiting the cleft lip and palate community.
As scared as I was that my disabled body wasn’t hot enough or on par with the other gay porn performers I’d seen ... I knew that I had to do this.