“Physical access is one of the very first issues disability rights acti...” — Stella Young Quote

Physical access is one of the very first issues disability rights activists of the 1960s and '70s fought for.

I tend not to think about living to some grand old age. Then again, I don't think about dying, either.

I have a condition that is included among the 200 or so classified as Dwarfism.

My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn't accessible.

From pink water bottles for breast cancer to dumping a bucket of ice water on your head for neuromuscular conditions, it seems we're bombarded by requests to be 'aware' of one thing or another.

The electronic media introduced this idea to the larger audience very, very quickly. We spent years and years and years meeting with activists all over Europe to lay the groundwork for a political response, as we did here.

It's funny how most activists are pacifists.

Very few of us can stop our lives and become activists.

I have a complex heritage: my mom is African American, and my dad is Jewish. Both were activists, and they met during the movement in the '70s.

When a political advocacy network hires a former CIA analyst and starts tailing save-our-parks activists, you know there's something terribly dangerous happening to our democracy.