About Us: Essays from the Disability Series of the New York Times

About UsNew York TimesReflecting on the fraught conversations around disability from the friend who says I don t think of you as disabled, to the father who scolds his child with attention differences, Stop it stop it stop it what is wrong with you? the stories here reveal the range of responses, and the variety of consequences, to being labeled as disabled by the broader public.Here, a writer recounts her path through medical school as a wheelchair user forging a unique bridge between patients with disabilities and their physicians. An acclaimed artist with spina bifida discusses her art practice as one that invites us to stretch ourselves toward a world where all bodies are exquisite. With these notes of triumph, these stories also offer honest portrayals of frustration over access to medical care, the burden of social stigma and the nearly constant need to self-advocate in the public realm.About UsAbout UsFeaturing Essays from