On October 20, 2026, Disabled Women’s Equal Pay Day will call attention to persistent wage gaps: Disabled women – including part-time and seasonal workers – are typically paid just 56 cents for every dollar paid to nondisabled men.
What Disability Pride Taught Me This Year
This Disability Pride Month arrives at a moment of profound uncertainty for disabled Americans. The promise of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) feels increasingly fragile as the systems that support it – from the federal government to Medicaid access – face constant attack.
Erasing the Evidence: How Attacks on Federal Data and Research Harm the Disability Community
What the federal government chooses to measure directly shapes policymaking. Changes to how disability is measured across federal surveys can affect everything from workforce participation estimates to assessments of healthcare access and outcomes.
Economic Security for Women with Disabilities is Under Attack
The Trump administration is dismantling the systems that make economic security possible for women with disabilities. This series explores how these changes are unfolding and what it will take to rebuild them.
New Data Show Unemployment Rising for Black and Asian Disabled Workers Amid Trump’s Attacks
The latest employment data reveal that Trump’s economy is also harming disabled workers, with disabled women of color particularly feeling the effects.