We’re Talking About the Disability Rights Movement! (Pt. 2)

Welcome back to Schauer Thoughts, this week we’re continuing our discussion of the Disability Rights Movement - we’re covering the late 80’s, 90’s, and where we’re at today! There’s so much going on concerning Disability Rights but I hope what’s covered here, as well as all the resources discussed and linked below, fill your soul with some semblance of hope for the future. I do feel incredibly hopeful and I’m also incredibly determined and ready to keep applying pressure to this administration, directly or indirectly (we truly can do both.) That being said, please also visit this website to stay up to dat on all anti-trans bills currently being introduced across the country. 2026 Anti-Trans Bills Tracker https://translegislation.com/ Thank you all so much for listening and joining me in this discussion, it’s incredibly important that we remain informed and engaged on all topics concerning civil rights as none of us are free until we are all free. Also, apologies for the late upload, I have had a lot going on. Thank you for your patience. Books: Disability Pride: Dispatches from a Post-ADA World - Ben Mattlin Every Living Creature: How Xenotransplantation Will Change Our Lives - Joshua D. Mezrich, MD A Silent Fire - Shilpa Revella Phenology - Theresa M. Crimmins Most Delicious Poison - Noah Whiteman Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s- Charles Piller Frostbite - Nicola Twilley A History of Transgender Medicine - Carolyn Wolf-Gould, Dallas Denny, Jamison Green, Kyan Lynch, Editors Sources: The Movement for Disability Rights and Justice https://www.aapd.com/movement/ Disability Rights Timeline https://disabilities.temple.edu/resources/disability-rights-timeline Medicalization and Social Control - Peter Conrad https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234838406_Medicalization_and_Social_Control The Shifting Engines of Medicalization https://www.researchgate.net/publication/7869537_The_Shifting_Engines_of_Medicalization Medicalization and the New Civil Rights https://review.law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/05/Konnoth-72-Stan.-L.-Rev.-1165.pdf What’s Going on With Disability Programs in the President’s Budget? https://www.ndrn.org/resource/fy27budgetcuts/ Why Medicaid Matters for Americans Living With Disabilities https://modernmedicaid.org/why-medicaid-matters-for-americans-living-with-disabilities/ “Abandoned by Border Patrol”: Blind Refugee in Buffalo Dies in the Cold; Family Demands Answers https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/27/nurul_amin_shah_alam Disability Resources - Employment: Ability Jobs - Job Board for Disability Talent https://abilityjobs.com/ National Disability Institute https://www.nationaldisabilityinstitute.org/ Career One Stop - Career Exploration, Training & Jobs https://www.careeronestop.org/ Evenbreak - Job Board for Disabled Candidates https://www.evenbreak.com/ Cambiando Vidas - Organizing Immigrants and Latinx People with Disabilities https://www.accessliving.org/get-involved/join-a-community-organizing-group/cambiando-vidas/ Disability Solutions https://www.disabilitytalent.org/ Job Accommodation Network (JAN) https://askjan.org/a-to-z.cfm Disability Resources - Research, Legal, Caregiving New Disabled South https://newdisabledsouth.org/ Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund https://dredf.org/ Center for Parent Information & Resources https://www.parentcenterhub.org/ The Lurie Institute for Disability Policy https://heller.brandeis.edu/lurie/about/index.html The Sick Times https://thesicktimes.org/ CARE - Caring Across Generations Network https://caringacross.org/ Caring Future https://www.caringfutures.org/ Caregiver Action Network https://www.caregiveraction.org/ Disability Scoop https://www.disabilityscoop.com/politics/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices