WaPo has a big story today on the institutionalization of vigilantism Jon Michaels and I have been shouting about for the past few years (gift link) wapo.st/44QrP5j

Legendary disability rights activist Bob Kafka passed away. What a huge loss. I sure hope heaven is accessible, otherwise they’re in big trouble. His memory will be a blessing! apple.news/Awvp9TBzjRTy...

AN NPR survey finds that people with disability still find hotels unaccommodating, even 35 years after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. n.pr/48VPxj2

Sabrina Tavernise did a nice job reporting this. She quoted people talking about everything from vacations to eating out to their closet, but really she's tracing the cultural reverberations of the fact that housing costs too much. The average first-time homebuyer is now 40 (up from 28 in 1991).

It may be easy to dismiss Justin Olson's comments that people with disabilities shouldn't get married as right-wing claptrap. But the American government discourages it because if people with disabilities get married, they risk losing their SSI benefits. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

What could possibly go wrong? 🫣 www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/12/06/s...

As many others have posted, a must-read by 12 former FDA commissioners laying out what's so deeply troubling about the substance of and process used for recent changes to vaccine policy at FDA: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... But @jasonlschwartz.bsky.social perhaps summed it up best 👇

If you are reading that article that thinks too many students get accommodations & feeling like maybe it has a point, you should instead read @dorfmandoron.bsky.social's "Fear of the Disability Con" (www.jstor.org/stable/45284...).

Just before World’s AIDS day is over, I wanted to flag my work on The PrEP Penalty. It’s an empirical/experimental study on the stigmatization of the anti-HIV medication and its connection to the FDA’s blood donation policy. Check it out: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Congratulations to the generous and brilliant @nicolebporter.bsky.social! Such a well deserved honor 🙌

Congratulations to the generous and brilliant @nicolebporter.bsky.social! Such a well deserved honor 🙌

Nicole Porter’s work has been so important to understanding disability law and her leadership helped make our affinity group a reality. Congrats, Nicole!

For the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, I spoke with advocates about how this law is crucial–and the ways in which disability education can be made better as its under attack from the Trump administration at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"WV students can attend school with religious exemption": After hearing from public health experts that weakening the school mandate will harm West Virginia's children, a judge did it anyway. This is before the state Supreme Court. westvirginiawatch.com/2025/11/26/w... @lorikerseywv.bsky.social

Interested in the ethics of using AI in health insurance coverage decisions? Join @umnconsortium.bsky.social to learn more. December 10, Noon–1:30pm Featured speakers include: @danielschwarcz.bsky.social, @jennoliva.bsky.social, and Isaac Kohane 🔗z.umn.edu/AIHealth

WOW! Autism Society of America, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the Autism Science Foundation, the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and Autism Speaks put out a statement denouncing the CDC changing its website on vaccines autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...

Unlike birth at home w/ a midwife – “free birth” means giving birth w/out any medical support. It’s anti-ultrasound, which it falsely claims harms babies, downplays serious medical conditions & promotes “wild pregnancy”- pregnancy w/out any prenatal care. It’s been linked to infant death

Important and timely work by health law extraordinaire @jennoliva.bsky.social featured on @pbsnews.org — discussing the AI battle between private insurers (who use AI to deny claims) & patients (who use new AI tools to draft effective appeals on those denials) . 🔥🔥🔥 www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Just me casually hanging out with the legendary Suzanne Vega at the Sarah McLachlan show last night 💁‍♀️

This is going to be a terrific discussion re: AI & health insurance coverage decisions that’s open to the public if you are interested. @umnconsortium.bsky.social

Thank you for the shoutout, @michlawreview.bsky.social 🙏🏻❤️

Thank you for the shoutout, @michlawreview.bsky.social 🙏🏻❤️

This is a great obit for Alice Wong. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

I’m devastated by @sfdirewolf.bsky.social’s passing. Alice was an incredible advocate, writer, and human. I miss her so much already and am grateful for our time together but mostly for the legacy she left us all. Her memory is a huge blessing. www.facebook.com/share/14QATF...

I’m devastated by @sfdirewolf.bsky.social’s passing. Alice was an incredible advocate, writer, and human. I miss her so much already and am grateful for our time together but mostly for the legacy she left us all. Her memory is a huge blessing. www.facebook.com/share/14QATF...

‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’ —Alice Wong

Congratulations @mirandayaver.bsky.social! I can’t wait to read it 🙌

Arlene Mayerson is an absolute legend! I feel privileged to have gotten to know her and work with her when living in the Bay Area. Thank you @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social for this fantastic spotlight ✨ www.law.berkeley.edu/article/arle...

Arlene Mayerson is an absolute legend! I feel privileged to have gotten to know her and work with her when living in the Bay Area. Thank you @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social for this fantastic spotlight ✨ www.law.berkeley.edu/article/arle...

Woohoo! Thank you, @michlawreview.bsky.social, it was a joy to work with you 🙏🏻 Check out Third-Party Accommodations here repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol124/i...

Congratulations @dtraficonte.bsky.social & @yalelawjournal.bsky.social 🥳

Huge congratulations to my Seton Hall Law Colleague Ed Hartnett for his appointment by Chief Justice Roberts as a reporter to the judicial conference on the rules of civ pro! Eddy is a brilliant and supportive colleague who’s often too modest. law.shu.edu/news/profess...

Huge congratulations to my Seton Hall Law Colleague Ed Hartnett for his appointment by Chief Justice Roberts as a reporter to the judicial conference on the rules of civ pro! Eddy is a brilliant and supportive colleague who’s often too modest. law.shu.edu/news/profess...

This story about surrogacy without a genetic tie to the prospective parents is wild. In 2016, I wrote on such dilemmas in Surrogate Parenthood: Between Genetics and Intent. Stunning my analysis was adopted under extreme circumstances. academic.oup.com/jlb/article/... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/m...

I loved coming to the office this morning to find a reprint of the fascinating @uclalawreview.bsky.social article by @labelleverite.bsky.social on the intersection of disability & race in death investigations. Despite the somewhat gloomy topic it’s an excellent read! Thank you & congrats, Britney! 🥳

A lot of the damage that happens during the early yrs of RA is irreversible. Interesting info here about why it may be worth it to start a biologic and skip over the conventional DMARDs during the early days of an RA diagnosis (and how cost so often drives the clinical decision).

I am just thrilled to have my new article Third-Party Accommodations officially out @michlawreview.bsky.social! The MLR editors were a pleasure to work with and sharing the same volume as @kovarsky.bsky.social & Daniel Fryer is the cherry on top. Read it: repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol124/i...

SNAP benefits are about to lapse because of the shutdown. Reminders: 1. About 1 in 2 children will receive SNAP benefits at some point and 1 in 4 children are receiving benefits in a given month. 2. Trump is already planning to cut SNAP in other ways. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-big-be...

Grateful to @georgetownuni.bsky.social's The Hoya for the flattering story on my recent visit to @oneillinstitute.bsky.social & Program in Disability Studies to talk about my new project Third-Party Accommodations (forthcoming @michlawreview.bsky.social). Check it out 👇 thehoya.com/science/the-...

Great work from my friends at Disability Rights North Carolina on this case. Nursing facilities can’t blanket ban people with addiction history, per N.C. settlement www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/a... via @statnews.com

Proud to see our next Future of Health Care panel taking on stillbirth prevention—an issue that deserves far more attention. Join us Nov. 13 (12–1:30 PM ET) for this critical dialogue.

Grateful to @georgetownuni.bsky.social's The Hoya for the flattering story on my recent visit to @oneillinstitute.bsky.social & Program in Disability Studies to talk about my new project Third-Party Accommodations (forthcoming @michlawreview.bsky.social). Check it out 👇 thehoya.com/science/the-...

OSERS is currently shrinking or already gone. A reminder that from 1993-01, Judy Heumann worked there (as Assistant Secretary).

Hunters Point Library will forever be notoriously remembered as an example of bad & inaccessible architecture in NYC (alongside the Vassal). Read more about this litigation in my article The Professionalization of Urban Accessibility: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... www.archpaper.com/2025/10/disa...

Hunters Point Library will forever be notoriously remembered as an example of bad & inaccessible architecture in NYC (alongside the Vassal). Read more about this litigation in my article The Professionalization of Urban Accessibility: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... www.archpaper.com/2025/10/disa...

Superfest Disability Film Festival is October 16-19! Join us for this one of a kind event as we  explore films and panels about and by disabled people that portrays disability through a diverse, complex, and engaging lens. Tickets are free - get yours today at: superfestfilm.org

It was an amazing experience to come back to @syracuselaw.bsky.social, where I started my academic career & visit many friends. My talk on the duty to accommodate was well attended with a thoughtful & engaged audience—I was humbled! Thank you, @katmacfarlane.bsky.social for the warm hospitality 🙏🏻❤️