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