Reflecting on disability justice, reproductive autonomy, and the work to combat sexual ableism in our society.
Why I Wrote to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. About Accessibility, Public Health, and Structural Inequity
On May 21, 2026, I submitted a public comment to the Department of Health and Human Services asking them to reconsider the Section 504 accessibility delay. Blindness is not the public health crisis. Ableism is.
The harm does not end when the driver leaves. This three-part series names rideshare discrimination against blind service dog handlers as ableism, a pattern of consent violations, and a public health issue. It connects lived experience, survey data, and public health analysis to show how repeated service denials affect safety, autonomy, dignity, health, and full participation in everyday life.
Part 3 of a three-part series on rideshare discrimination, ableism, consent, and public health.
Part 2 of a three-part series on rideshare discrimination, ableism, consent, and public health.
Part 1 of a three-part series on rideshare discrimination, ableism, consent, and public health.
This post features a short clip from my time as a 2025 Carrie Buck Fellow at Brandeis University, through the Carrie Buck Fellowship at the Lurie Institute for Disability Policy. The clip comes from a live conversation with Rebecca Cokley, where I am asked a deceptively simple question: Why is Consent so Radical? What follows […]
By Laura Millar, MPH, M.A., MCHES This article was written for Dr. Adam Graves’s class at San Francisco State University’s Program in Visual Impairments, in preparation for a panel discussion on how to incorporate sexual health education, bodily autonomy, and consent into the Expanded Core Curriculum. Introduction: The Conversation We’re Not Having When I was […]
Image Description: A black screen with white text that reads the single word “Image.” This is what blind and deafblind people encounter when public health information is presented without accessibility, the word “image” where information should be. Blog Excerpt Imagine that behind that black screen with the word “Image” on it is important health information […]