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The unsung warriors of 'The Price Is Right'
How the models known as "Barker's Beauties" brought down the legendary host of "The Price Is Right"…
David Kushner
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A disabled woman posted an argument with airline staff who pushed her wheelchair without permission
Lottie Drew shared an interaction with staff at Stansted Airport near London, where she became tear…
Lindsay Dodgson
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I use a wheelchair and dread flying. Pets are treated better on planes than disabled people.
TV host Sophie Morgan told Business Insider flying is often a horrific experience for passengers wi…
Tom Carter
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3 simple tests that show how well you're aging, which you can do right now
How long you can balance on one leg could reflect your health, according to a new study.
Kim Schewitz
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A disabled woman planned a 'once-in-a-lifetime' trip to Disney World. Then the park changed its disability policy.
Disney is trying to crack down on able-bodied guests exploiting its policies. But the disabled say …
Lauren Edmonds
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I have stiff-person syndrome. It's hard to diagnose and treat, so I plan to travel the country in an RV looking for answers.
A woman with stiff-person syndrome is planning to travel the country in an RV. She is looking for t…
Kelly Burch
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Remote work changed my life — and taught me I can't work for companies that don't provide it
As a person with chronic illness, Courtney Felle was used to not being accommodated at work. The pa…
Fortesa Latifi
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Brand activism floods 'disability awareness' holidays. But too often, it ends there as well.
During National Disability Employment Awareness Month, many companies share their support. But disa…
John Loeppky
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A disabled woman was stuck on a plane for an hour while the cleaners worked around her
Keri McIntyre says she was left waiting for another hour in a basement room with no phone signal an…
Jyoti Mann
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Being on the red carpet as a wheelchair user was a nightmare. It won't change until Hollywood hires more people with disabilities.
Insider's entertainment reporter Esme Mazzeo attended her first red carpet at the 2022 Tony Awards …
Esme Mazzeo
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Britney Spears is not the only young person stuck in a conservatorship, say disability rights activists challenging America's eugenics laws
A disability rights activist told Insider conservatorships like Britney Spears' are rooted in eugen…
Andrea Michelson
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As offices reopen, ill and disabled workers are returning to a painful old habit: 'masking' their symptoms
While working from home, many ill and disabled workers got a break from pretending to be well in fr…
Fortesa Latifi
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Living and working with a disability means after years of job interviews and résumé gaps, retirement feels as impossible as ever
As a woman and someone with schizophrenia, I feel as if I have two strikes against me each time I a…
Rebecca Chamaa
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Airlines break thousands of wheelchairs per year, leaving disabled passengers stranded. Activists and politicians are fighting for change.
To board a plane, wheelchair users must surrender their devices and hope that airlines return them …
Talia Lakritz
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I was rejected on dating apps because of my disabilities, so I founded my own. People like me want to date and have casual sex, too.
Jacqueline Child says cofounding Dateability, a dating app for people with disabilities and chronic…
Kim Schewitz
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Some voters with disabilities say they feel like 'second class citizens' in their struggle to cast a ballot like the able bodied
Voters with disabilities face obstacles unfamiliar to most able-bodied people to ensure they can ca…
Yelena Dzhanova
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A Paralympic athlete might become the world's first disabled astronaut
John McFall, a 41-year-old British doctor, is one of the European Space Agency's first batch of tra…
Stephanie Stacey
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I have an invisible disability. I wish people were more compassionate sometimes.
The author shares how during a visit to the Empire State Building, she wasn't allowed to use the el…