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...

Intersectionality in Behavioral Health: Serving Those with Membership in Multiple Stigmatized Groups

• By: Kismyth Shuler, LCSW, Master CASAC The Guidance Center of Westchester
• July 14th, 2022
• intersectional assessment, intersectionality, mental health stigma, social determinants of health, social justice, social stigma, stigma, Summer 2022 Issue, systemic oppression
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What are your social identities? How do you identify and how does the world see you? “Intersectionality, a term coined by legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw, emphasizes the “multidimensionality” of oppressed people’s lived experiences and recognizes how various types of oppression frequently...