by Jacquelyn Wycoff | Apr 10, 2025 | All, Disability, Disaster, Disaster Mitigation, Indonesia, United States
Note on Language: This article uses identify-first language (“disabled persons”) and person-first language (“persons with disabilities”), reflecting the varying preferences within the disability community. However, for consistency and brevity, this article will...
by Samantha Hoover | Nov 29, 2022 | Comparative Law, Disability, Healthcare, Human Rights, Italy
This article will suggest that the U.S. should follow the legal framework of Italy’s involuntary commitment laws. Adding the “need for treatment” standard, coupled with increasing the number of verifications along the chain to commitment, could affect the rates of...
by Elizabeth Schroeder | Oct 24, 2022 | All, Disability, Healthcare, Human Rights, Women
A note on language: I use both ‘identify-first’ (disabled person) and ‘people-first’ (person with a disability) language throughout this article because English-speaking disability advocates use (and request that other people use) one or both of these. People with...
