Disabled World

Author: Pavel Kuljuk Published: 6 Aug 2026 Publication Type: Reports & Proceedings Synopsis This report examines how public transportation accessibility affects employment among working-age people with disabilities in New York City, where only 41% are employed compared to 81% of people without disabilities.

Author: Creative Diversity Network (CDN) Published: 4 Aug 2026 Publication Type: Findings Synopsis This report presents an independent Creative Diversity Network review of how disabled people are represented across the UK television industry, published as part of the Doubling Disability campaign that broadcasters launched in 2018.

Author: Oregon State University Published: 4 Aug 2026 Publication Details: Peer-Reviewed | Findings Synopsis This research, a peer-reviewed study led by Oregon State University and published in the journal Animals, examined a cat-assisted training program involving 36 children ages 8 to 17 and their family cats, with half assigned to six 45-minute training sessions plus weekly homework and the other half serving as a control group.

DisabledWorldMenu Author: Ian C.

Author: Disability Rights Advocates Published: 31 Jul 2026 Publication Type: Announcement Synopsis This report explains a class action settlement reached between a coalition of disability rights organizations and the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority over how the MTA responds when subway elevators go out of service, and it is useful for riders who depend on working elevators, including wheelchair users, seniors, parents with strollers, and travelers carrying heavy luggage,...

Author: Rodrigo Arismendi Published: 28 Jul 2026 Publication Type: Submitted Article Synopsis This article examines loneliness as a measurable public health crisis rather than a passing mood, drawing on the World Health Organization's Commission on Social Connection, which associates roughly 871,000 deaths each year with loneliness through raised risks of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cognitive decline, and depression, and reports that one in six people worldwide feel lonely, with the...

DisabledWorldMenu Author: Kelly Berger and Avery Roberts Published: 27 Jul 2026 Publication Type: Submitted Article Synopsis This article introduces Wheel Talk with Kelly and Avery, a podcast created by two friends who both live with collagen 6-related dystrophy, an ultra-rare form of congenital muscular dystrophy, and use their chairs as full-time power wheelchair users, offering listeners a candid look at disability through the perspectives of people who experience it daily, which makes it...

DisabledWorldMenu Author: Ian C.

CrossCountry Debuts Digital Priority Seating Card CrossCountry launches an industry-first digital Priority Seating Card for Apple Wallet and Android Wallet, helping customers discreetly request priority seats. Published: 24 Jul 2026. Why Buses Cannot Get Wheelchair Users to Most City Areas Study finds the key obstacle is with sidewalks and other infrastructure that wheelchair users need to get from home to bus stops and from bus stops to their destination. Published: 10 May 2023.

Author: Ingrid Baumgart​ Published: 23 Jul 2026 Publication Type: Submitted Article Synopsis This article shares a firsthand account from a writer who spent time using a wheelchair and crutches, offering readers an honest look at how public restrooms, restaurants, convenience stores and other everyday spaces often remain difficult to navigate despite existing accessibility measures, and it is useful for seniors, people with disabilities, caregivers and anyone interested in how the Americans...