Featured Special Project Archives - Disabled Journalists Association

Featured Special Project

Journalist Sonali Gupta wearing a purple shirt with black pint, seated at a table with a laptop open in front of her

How Disabled Journalists Work: Sonali Gupta

In this series, DJA journalists share their experiences and tips for getting their work done, how they find the...

By Sonali Gupta

November 11, 2025

Government

Sae Joon Park stands on in New York's Times Square wearing a dark T-shirt, his hands in his pockets.

He Won a Purple Heart, Came Back with PTSD — Then Trump Deported Him

Sae Joon Park is in disbelief. Park, an army veteran who came to the U.S. from South Korea when...

By Sean Kelly

November 5, 2025

Featured Special Project

An image of Zohran Mamdani, in a suit, head on his hand, in an empty dining room

What Exactly is Zohran Mamdani’s Disability Platform?

Kara McCurdy Prior to New York Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York City’s Democratic primary, there were questions...

By John Loeppky

November 3, 2025

Featured Special Project

A group of Caucasian advisory members and the night mayor gathered together for a group photo for a night out.

Disabled to the Front: Nashville’s Punk Professor Redefines Access and Joy

Dr. Cynthia George — better known around Nashville’s punk scene as Dr. CynCorrigible — is impossible to miss....

By Sonali Gupta

November 5, 2025

Featured Special Project

A student firefighter team, dressed in full gear, puts out a dumpster fire during a training exercise

5 disability-led newsletters to explain this dumpster fire of a world we’re living in

As a Disability-led organization, we think it’s important to share the wealth. Here are five newsletters that we...

By John Loeppky

October 16, 2025

Featured Special Project

An image of the White House, fountain in front in full view. There are a few clouds above in a blue sky

Trump nixes special education agency, lays off staff amid shutdown

Aaron Kittredge via Pexels Donald Trump’s onslaught of cuts to federal services is now being directed at...

By John Loeppky

October 13, 2025

Featured Special Project

A newspaper clipping of a headline stating that Joseph Clifton Smith was sentenced to the death penalty in connection with a 1997 murder. The article includes a photo of Smith from the time.

Alabama wants to execute a man with intellectual disabilities. That’s unconstitutional, legal advocates say

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of Hamm v. Joseph Clifton Smith. Smith,...

By R.L. Nave

October 8, 2025

Featured Special Project

A group of four wheelchair basketball players gathered on a court laughing with one another.

Hoop Dreams: U.S. and India Team Up for Wheelchair Basketball Cultural Exchange

A delegation of collegiate wheelchair basketball athletes and coaches from programs in Alabama, Arizona, Missouri, Illinois and New...

By Sonali Gupta, John Loeppky

September 23, 2025

Featured Special Project

Ashley Castillo, a Black Afro-Latina journalist, stands in a pink shirt and jeans. She is holding a TV microphone and is smiling. Behind her is a street scene that includes people and trees

How Disabled Journalists Work: Ashley Castillo

Monday Before my tasks, I have a morning routine. I get ready, eat breakfast,...

By Ashley Castillo

September 17, 2025

Featured Special Project

How Disabled Journalists Work: John Loeppky

In this series, DJA journalists share their experiences and tips for getting their work done, how they find the industry...

By John Loeppky

September 8, 2025

Featured Special Project

Meet the groups fighting the growing ‘national scandal of destitute elderly, disabled people’

As housing costs rise, organizations responsible for people’s medical care are realizing that to ensure their clients have a place...

By Felice J. Freyer

September 4, 2025

Eugenics

From ‘Wellness Farms’ to Budget Cuts, How RFK Jr.’s Misguided Policies Threaten Disabled People

In his short time as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s false claims about...

By Sonali Gupta

August 27, 2025