ISSUE BRIEF | Disabled women workers overall are only paid 50 cents for every dollar a nondisabled man makes, due to a long legacy of ableism and discrimination.
Disabled Women and the Wage Gap
Our analysis finds that disabled women workers overall are only paid 50 cents for every dollar a nondisabled man makes, due to a long legacy of ableism and discrimination.
State Abortion Bans Harm More Than Three Million Disabled Women
ISSUE BRIEF | Nearly two years later, the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade continues to undermine disabled people's reproductive freedom and dignity, threaten their economic security, and endanger their health and lives.
Systems Transformation Guide to Disability Economic Justice: Income, Wealth Building and Basic Necessities
REPORT | This report addresses the barriers that disabled women face to building wealth, as well as put forth policy proposals that will help address these concerns.
Systems Transformation Guide to Disability Economic Justice: Public Benefits
REPORT | This report address critical public benefit programs – such as Social Security, TANF, LIHEAP, the ACP, SNAP, WIC, Medicaid and Medicare – their impacts on disabled women and the improvements that would enhance the economic security of disabled...
The SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act Will Support Women’s Economic Security
FACT SHEET | The SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act would support and uplift the more than 4 million women and girls who rely on SSI, including nearly 3.3 million women and girls who are eligible for SSI because they are blind or disabled, as well as 723,000 women...
Systems Transformation Guide to Disability Economic Justice: Food Insecurity, Housing and Transportation
REPORT | The first report in this series discussed barriers that disabled women face in obtaining and maintaining employment. Many of these barriers are exacerbated by a lack of safe, stable, accessible and affordable housing and transportation.
Systems Transformation Guide to Disability Economic Justice: Jobs and Employment
REPORT | This report discusses issues related to caregiving, discrimination, public benefits, barriers to competitive integrated employment, labor violations and costs associated with employment for disabled workers.
Reproductive Rights and Disability Justice: SexEd
ISSUE BRIEF | Access, Autonomy, and Dignity: A Series on Reproductive Rights and Disability Justice. This particular brief focuses on access to sex education and barriers for people with disabilities, and includes policy recommendations to ensure that sex ed is truly...
Reproductive Rights and Disability Justice: Contraception
ISSUE BRIEF | Access, Autonomy, and Dignity: A Series on Reproductive Rights and Disability Justice. This particular brief focuses on access to contraception and barriers for people with disabilities, and includes policy recommendations to ensure that contraception is...
Reproductive Rights and Disability Justice: Parenting
ISSUE BRIEF | Access, Autonomy, and Dignity: A Series on Reproductive Rights and Disability Justice. This particular brief focuses on the right to parent and articulates specific concerns for people with disabilities, including those who experience multiple forms of...
Reproductive Rights and Disability Justice: Abortion
ISSUE BRIEF | Access, Autonomy, and Dignity: A Series on Reproductive Rights and Disability Justice. This particular brief focuses on access to abortion and barriers for people with disabilities, and includes policy recommendations to ensure that abortion is truly...
Existing Temporary Disability Insurance Programs
FACT SHEET | Five states and Puerto Rico provide partial wage replacement for workers who are unable to work due to non-work related injuries or illnesses, including pregnancy.
