Uplifting Disabled Youth Organizing Online: Interdependence and Activism in Digital Spaces

• By: Sophie Szew Stanford University
• April 16th, 2025
• accessibility advocacy, adolescents, digital inclusion, disability, interdependence, online activism, Spring 2025 Issue, systemic oppression, youth
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Young disabled organizing today exists in the context of a deep-rooted tradition of reclaiming oppressive and inaccessible spaces into sites for liberation. The Disability Critical Race Studies (DisCrit) framework, as outlined by Stanford scholar Dr. Subhni Ammana, posits that racialization is a...

OnTrackNY: An Early Intervention Program to Interrupt Psychosis

• By: Sarah Fisher, LCSW Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS)
• April 17th, 2022
• disability, early intervention, first episode psychosis, mental health, psychiatrist, psychosis, recovery, schizophrenia, Spring 2022 Issue
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A year ago, 21-year-old Christine* started hearing voices saying terrible things about her. She wondered “why doesn’t anyone around me admit to hearing them?” And now people have started to spy on her, through her phone. Her parents were upset that she wasn’t able to contribute to the...