Jeff Taylor thinks of ways to make the city more accessible.

Abel Putu shares some of the harsh realities faced by countless people who are experiencing homelessness.

Donté Turner speaks truth to power and makes a simple request to those with privilege.

Artist and vendor Abel Putu writes about the toxic nature of discrimination and his own experience facing it calling or more understanding.

Waymap, an app designed to help visually impaired users navigate the world around them, has partnered with WMATA.

Artist/Vendor Abel Putu shares about his wheelchair basketball team the NRH Punishers.

Public housing residents elected Kenneth Council and Denise Blackson to the DCHA oversight board.

Artist/Vendor Abel Putu reflects on his personal motivations in overcoming his challenges.

I’m looking to see the warmer weather happenin’ and I’m waiting for the pandemic to be over. We’ll be able to play wheelchair basketball again.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded Community Connections almost $924,000 for permanent supportive housing.

“One of the most important decisions on the DC Council’s plate this fall is to pass the Direct Support Professional Payment Rate Act of 2019, initiated by Councilmember Brianne Nadeau.”

The Direct Support Professional Payment Rate Act of 2019 is under review by D.C. Council. The legislation would increase wages for direct support professionals, a workforce that has seen high turnover due to pay in recent years.

About 50 people testified at a public hearing last week in support of a bill that would increase wages for direct support professionals.

May 12 marked the inaugural “Walk 4 Recovery,” organized by D.C. residents to celebrate recovery from substance abuse and bring hope to those struggling with it.

Robert Williams calls for increased care towards homeless senior citizens, sharing an experience he had with a homeless friend recently.

Henrieese Roberts writes about his experience protesting outside of a Republican Party meeting at a resort in West Virginia, calling for increased disability rights with the Disability Integration Act

Marcellus Phillips has battled epilepsy for 20 years, the last of which he has spent sleeping on his sister’s living room floor. After a persistent effort, he now can depend on a monthly disability payment.

Dr. Dennis Culhane’s (above, right) work as a University of Pennsylvania professor of social policy has been instrumental in housing policy. His…

Artist/Vendor Ken Martin reminisces about Jerry Lewis.

The D.C. Council may change the city’s status as the only jurisdiction in the country that requires those with intellectual disabilities to be civilly committed in order to receive city services.