Photo by [Austris Augusts](https://unsplash.com/@austris_a) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/running-field-during-daytime-52p1K0d0euM)

When Discussing Disability Representation, Advocates Should Stay in Their Lane

Leave media representation to those affected by said representation.

October 5, 2020 · 3 min · Urban Cripple
Photo by [Erin Larson](https://unsplash.com/@erinlarsonphotography) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/white-and-black-no-smoking-sign-0W734ZoL9oE)

Physical Accessibility is Not the Whole Problem

Access isn’t just about curb cuts, and automatic doors.

September 8, 2019 · 3 min · Urban Cripple
Photo by [Sophia Kunkel](https://unsplash.com/@sophiakunkel) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/two-red-and-white-signs-hanging-from-a-metal-pole-cqH4_fBvVPg)

What is the Alternative?

You can’t opt out of civil rights.

January 13, 2019 · 4 min · Urban Cripple
Photo by [Julian Gentile](https://unsplash.com/@juliangentile) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/a-no-parking-sign-on-a-pole-in-front-of-a-building-sK2XddB8CPg)

You are Not Differently-abled

Be disabled. Own the word; it already belongs to us.

May 11, 2018 · 1 min · Urban Cripple
Photo by [Marten Bjork](https://unsplash.com/@martenbjork) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/selective-focus-photography-of-white-and-black-building-Z2EgLCJob40)

All the Unused Spaces

They removed the barriers but failed to fix the system.

January 11, 2018 · 1 min · Urban Cripple
Photo by [Eilis Garvey](https://unsplash.com/@eilisgarvey) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/a-wooden-sign-sitting-in-the-middle-of-a-forest-1QCoQKKEq1M)

We've Only Just Started to Exist

Now that we’re here, why aren’t you listening?

August 20, 2017 · 2 min · Urban Cripple