Summary: The Health and Disability Editorials, Op-eds, and Opinions database at Disabled World includes a variety of publications that focus on health and disability issues. This database features editorial pieces, opinion articles, and op-eds that provide insights, personal experiences, and expert commentary on topics related to disability rights, healthcare access, mental health, and social justice. The content is aimed at raising awareness and fostering discussion around the challenges faced by individuals with disabilities, as well as advocating for policy changes and improved services. The articles are contributed by a diverse range of authors including activists, healthcare professionals, and individuals with lived experiences.
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Editorials and Op-eds PublicationsTitle of
Document | Publication
Type | Publish
Date | Updated / Revised |
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| Life for the Disabled Will Soon Be Better and Here's Why | Opinion Piece, Editorial | 2024/12/27 | 2025/01/04 |
| Not All Disabled People Ate Turkey on Thanksgiving | Opinion Piece, Editorial | 2024/11/30 | |
| Peer Review: A Flawed Process at the Heart of Scientific Publishing | Informative | 2024/07/12 | 2025/01/04 |
| Why Are Disabled People in The US Unemployed? | Opinion Piece, Editorial | 2024/07/09 | |
| Disabled People Need a Special Corridor to Immigrate to the United States | Paper, Essay | 2024/06/01 | |
| Opinion: Disney New Disability Access Service | Opinion Piece, Editorial | 2024/04/25 | |
| An Unusual Anti-Disability Drug Is Being Used in the US | Informative | 2024/02/28 | 2024/03/26 |
| Is AIN's Commitment to Inclusion Reflected in Its Digital Accessibility? | Informative | 2024/02/05 | 2024/09/30 |
| Covid-19 in the U.K. Decoding the Anti-lockdown Argument | Opinion Piece / Editorial | 2021/10/26 | 2023/09/14 |
| Rising COVID-19 Cases Fuel Growing Anger Towards Anti-Vaxxers | Opinion Piece, Editorial | 2021/08/19 | 2024/09/20 |
| In Service : U.S. Memorial Day 2020 | | 2020/05/25 | 2021/05/16 |
| During Pandemic, Disabled Activists Fight a Two-Front War for Their Lives | Opinion Piece / Editorial | 2020/05/24 | 2023/09/14 |
| Are UK Welfare Reforms a Form of Hate or Hate Crime Conducted Towards Disability? | Opinion Piece / Editorial | 2020/02/18 | 2023/09/21 |
| Why Don't We Hire Disabled People? The Struggle of Getting a Job | | 2019/12/12 | 2021/02/09 |
| The Continuing Oppression of Disability: The Re-Institutionalisation of Disability Within Britain | | 2017/06/07 | 2021/07/30 |
| Why People With Learning Disabilities Should NOT Work For Less Than The Minimum Wage | | 2017/03/13 | 2017/04/03 |
| The Art of Accusation: The Lynching of Intellectual Disability | | 2017/03/09 | 2018/03/15 |
| British TV Chat Show Slams Disability Genocide | | 2017/03/06 | 2018/03/15 |
| The Continuing 'Incarceration' of Disability: Facebook Live-streams Disability 'Torture' | | 2017/01/09 | 2018/03/15 |
| When is a Decrease in Disability Hate Crime Not a Decrease in Disability Hate Crime? | | 2016/10/29 | 2021/04/28 |
| Russia's Paralympians: A Doping Scandal or Case of Continuing Discrimination Towards Disability? | | 2016/08/08 | |
| What Brexit May Tell Us About Hate Crime Committed Towards Disability | Opinion Piece, Editorial | 2016/07/25 | 2024/10/06 |
| MAID: My Own Decision Making - All My Life | Opinion Piece, Editorial | 2016/07/24 | 2024/05/31 |
| The Killing of Jo Cox MP: Have the Chickens Finally Come Home to Roost? | | 2016/06/22 | |
| New Year Wishes for American Disabled | | 2015/12/29 | 2021/07/07 |
| Disabilities, Firearms and Self Defense | | 2015/12/10 | 2023/06/24 |
| Ostomies: Types and Pouching Systems | | 2015/10/06 | 2021/07/25 |
| Police Assault on People with Disabilities and Service Dogs | | 2015/06/28 | 2021/08/12 |
| Irukandji Syndrome: Information and Treatment | | 2015/05/11 | 2021/08/16 |
| People with Disabilities and the Police | | 2015/01/28 | 2021/09/12 |
| Disability, Snow, and Yard Waste Removal | | 2015/01/26 | 2021/09/13 |
| Dealing with Companies Taking Advantage of Disabled | | 2015/01/22 | 2021/09/15 |
| Title II of the ADA: Police Liability | | 2014/11/17 | 2020/07/20 |
| Unforeseen Home Disasters and Disability | | 2014/11/10 | 2021/10/19 |
| Ethics and Today's Fast Food Industry | | 2014/10/23 | 2021/10/28 |
| Senior Abuse and Elder Cleansing | | 2014/04/03 | 2021/08/30 |
| Wage and Labor Conditions in Sheltered Workshops | | 2014/03/04 | 2021/12/25 |
| Disability and The Advertising Industry | | 2014/01/06 | 2021/08/30 |
| Nurses Who Use Wheelchairs | | 2013/12/17 | 2021/03/01 |
| America's Lack of CRPD Ratification | Opinion Piece / Editorial | 2013/11/23 | 2024/03/09 |
| Political Bickering Finds Disadvantaged Facing Hardships | | 2013/09/25 | 2021/08/30 |
| America's Love of Chemicals | | 2013/09/11 | 2021/08/30 |
| Police Violence and People with Disabilities | | 2013/09/01 | 2021/08/29 |
| Colorado State Forfeiture Laws | | 2013/08/13 | 2021/10/27 |
| McDonald's, Walmart and Other Companies Guilty of Wage Abuse Against People with Disabilities | | 2013/07/20 | 2020/09/20 |
| Service Animal Harassment at NYCB Theater | | 2013/07/15 | 2023/06/23 |
| Dirty Wheels on Your Wheelchair and My Fine Carpet | | 2013/07/12 | 2021/11/02 |
| Disability and the Pursuit of Happiness | | 2013/07/08 | 2021/11/03 |
| Health Effects Attributed to Wildfire Smoke | Informative | 2013/06/15 | 2024/05/03 |
| The Passing of Another Mother's Day | | 2013/05/13 | 2021/04/26 |
| Health Impact of Chemical Weapons | | 2013/05/08 | 2021/04/29 |
| The Impact of Firearm Violence on Americans with Disabilities | Informative | 2013/04/25 | 2024/07/11 |
| U.S. SSI Program: Personal Resources and Enforced Financial Oppression | | 2013/04/22 | 2021/11/25 |
| Perspectives on Disability Program Costs | | 2013/04/11 | 2021/11/27 |
| That Person in a Wheelchair Just Stood Up - It's a Miracle! | | 2013/02/26 | 2021/05/20 |
| Nursing Home Complaint Center: Reporting Senior Abuse | | 2012/12/28 | 2021/06/14 |
| People with Asperger's Syndrome and Violence | | 2012/12/24 | 2021/06/15 |
| People with Disabilities in 2012 | | 2012/12/22 | 2022/03/04 |
| Not So Merry Christmas for American Disabled | | 2012/12/17 | 2021/06/18 |
| Online Christmas Grocery Shopping in the U.K. | | 2012/12/07 | 2013/06/02 |
| The Impending Fiscal Cliff and People with Disabilities | | 2012/12/05 | 2022/01/10 |
| U.S. Fiscal Cliff, Disability and Tax Rises | | 2012/11/22 | 2022/01/11 |
| Inhaled Chewing Gum and Resulting Atelectasis | | 2012/11/22 | 2021/06/26 |
| Aging Population Has Long-Term Implications for U.S. Economy | | 2012/10/13 | 2021/07/11 |
| Prisons Or Education? Where Should Tax Dollars Be Spent? | Opinion Piece, Editorial | 2012/09/23 | 2024/05/09 |
| The Issue of Ageism in America Today | | 2012/09/12 | 2020/07/17 |
| Vanderhorst Experience: Airline Industry Needs Educating | | 2012/09/07 | 2021/07/27 |
| People with Autism and the U.S. Budget | | 2012/08/21 | 2021/08/06 |
| Abusive U.S. Long-Term Care Corporations | | 2012/08/02 | 2021/08/12 |
| Batman Theater Shootings: Questions of Mental Health Care | | 2012/07/23 | 2021/08/15 |
| Earning Less Than Minimum Wage at Goodwill | | 2012/06/12 | 2021/09/03 |
| People with Disabilities, NCD, and SSA Reform | | 2012/05/21 | 2021/09/18 |
| Literature, Gender, Disability and Friendship | | 2012/05/14 | 2021/09/11 |
| Medicaid, Money Follows the Person and Community Choice Act | | 2012/04/25 | 2021/09/18 |
| Use of Telephone by Government, Businesses Instead of Auxiliary Aids or Services | | 2012/04/19 | 2021/09/20 |
| Students with Disability: School Behavior Programs | | 2012/03/22 | 2021/10/02 |
| Safeway Stores and People with Disabilities | | 2012/03/05 | 2021/10/10 |
| Rights of Persons With Disabilities in America Today | Informative | 2012/02/27 | 2024/09/01 |
| The Costs of Marginalizing People with Disabilities | | 2012/02/24 | 2021/10/17 |
| People with Disabilities: School, Work, Voting, Health Care | | 2012/02/23 | 2021/10/13 |
| Chronic Kidney Disease: Symptoms, Causes, Information | | 2012/02/21 | 2022/08/18 |
| Morgellons: Psychological or Physical Disability? | | 2012/02/05 | 2021/10/20 |
| In Pursuit of Disability Justice | | 2011/12/05 | 2021/11/17 |
| Protecting Your Personal Information Online | | 2011/10/22 | 2021/12/11 |
| Disability and Personal Safety: Decreasing Possibility You Will be Affected by Crime | | 2011/10/20 | 2022/06/17 |
| Disability Participation in Cultural Life, Recreation, Leisure and Sport | | 2011/09/22 | 2022/07/11 |
| Changes in Traditional American Families | | 2011/09/15 | 2021/12/29 |
| People with Disabilities: Respect for Home and Family | | 2011/09/08 | 2021/12/30 |
| Living Independently: Community Inclusion | | 2011/08/13 | 2022/01/16 |
| People With Disabilities: Adequate Standard of Living and Social Protection | Opinion Piece / Editorial | 2011/08/09 | 2023/10/08 |
| Regaining Strong Political Support from People with Disabilities | | 2011/08/06 | 2019/01/12 |
| Thoughts on Importance of Ratifying the CRPD | Opinion Piece / Editorial | 2011/08/02 | 2023/09/16 |
| Medicaid: Major Senior and Disability Lifeline | | 2011/07/18 | 2022/02/09 |
| Cost of War Post 9/11: 225,000 Lives, 4 Trillion USD | | 2011/07/02 | 2022/02/20 |
| 95 Year Old Woman Viewed as Potential Terrorist by NSA | | 2011/06/28 | 2022/01/11 |
| Homeless American Veterans: Facts and Statistics | | 2011/06/19 | 2022/03/03 |
| The World Bank and People with Disabilities | | 2011/06/15 | 2022/03/06 |
| America: We Don't Care - We Don't Have To | | 2011/06/08 | 2022/03/13 |
| Petit Mal Seizures: Potential for Self-Injury | | 2011/05/29 | 2023/06/04 |
| U.S. Social Security and Medicare Going Broke | Announcement / Notification | 2011/05/14 | 2023/08/03 |
| Disability, Class Migration and Perceptions | Opinion Piece / Editorial | 2011/05/12 | 2023/09/28 |
| Equal Chance and Support for Parents with Disabilities | | 2011/05/07 | 2022/04/07 |
| Medicaid, CORPD, U.S. Legislative Efforts Against Disabled | | 2011/05/06 | 2022/04/08 |
| Disability Rights Struggles: Success and Current Challenges | | 2011/05/04 | 2016/05/21 |
| Caring for Each Other Through Friendships | Informative | 2011/04/10 | 2023/12/03 |
| Home Loan Modification Scams | | 2011/04/07 | 2011/10/22 |
| Bio-fuels Policy May Kill 200,000 Per Year | | 2011/03/28 | |
| Radiation Sickness Information and Facts | | 2011/03/15 | 2017/05/29 |
| U.S. Public Service and American Greed | | 2011/01/26 | 2022/06/23 |
| It's For The Children - Genetic Screening of Parents | | 2011/01/14 | |
| Adoption of a Child with Disability | | 2011/01/13 | 2022/07/05 |
| Fading of Disability Civil and Human Rights in America | | 2011/01/09 | 2023/04/20 |
| U.S. Veterans, The Government, and Plans for the Year 2011 | | 2011/01/05 | |
| Christmas Day Wishes Concerning People with Disabilities | | 2010/12/25 | |
| Disability Today - Civilized Society | | 2010/12/15 | 2018/04/22 |
| Disability and The Transportation Safety Administration | | 2010/12/15 | |
| Turmeric for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain and Reduction | | 2010/07/16 | |
| Americans Delaying Adulthood | | 2010/04/27 | |
| People with Disabilities: Social Life in Jordan | | 2010/04/27 | 2015/12/13 |
| Stephen Hawking - A Journey Through Life | Informative | 2010/03/23 | 2024/04/14 |
| Blind European Couture Designer Debuts His Collection in Dallas | | 2010/02/16 | |
| Thames Center Service Dogs and Veteran Affairs Canada | | 2010/01/29 | 2010/10/18 |
| National Disability Rights Network Working For Rights of Persons with Disabilities | | 2010/01/14 | 2017/02/25 |
| People with Disabilities and Human Exploitation | | 2010/01/12 | 2023/03/11 |
| Autism - Zakh, ASAN, and Wrongful Felony Charges | | 2010/01/11 | 2016/01/04 |
| Disability Rights Promotion International: A Human Rights Perspective | | 2010/01/07 | 2023/04/20 |
| Social Security - Review in Progress | | 2009/12/27 | |
| Epilepsy: Comments on Experiences of Adria Gross | | 2009/12/26 | 2018/04/01 |
| Employment and People with Disabilities - A Changing World | | 2009/12/22 | 2017/06/28 |
| ADA Access - Where Are We Now | | 2009/12/10 | 2010/03/28 |
| Hearing Impaired Service Scam | | 2009/08/03 | 2015/09/09 |
| Disability Punk Band Heavy Load Says, Stay Up Late! | Informative | 2009/07/15 | 2023/09/29 |
| Persons with Disabilities and Entrepreneurship | | 2009/07/04 | 2010/06/24 |
| Frank Ricci - Champion For Persons with Dyslexia | | 2009/07/03 | 2010/03/28 |
| What Really Killed Michael Jackson? A Message from the Grave | Opinion Piece / Editorial | 2009/06/29 | 2024/02/05 |
| Incarceration of Disabled Persons in the United Kingdom | Informative | 2009/06/27 | 2024/02/05 |