Bow Doin Polar Bears

Bowdoin Graduate Offers Disability Program for Local Youth

Supported by a Projects for Peace grant, Libby Riggs ’26 ran a four-day program on campus for disabled young people to help them find community and develop self-advocacy skills through the arts.
Good Men Project

For People With Mental Illness, the Path to Disability Benefits Can Be Long and Difficult

Every day for a solid year, Krystal Nice would check the Social Security Administration website at 5:15 a.m. for updates. She had applied for disability benefits in April 2024, but kept waiting for a ...
Health Affairs

House SNAP Cuts Would Further Endanger Medicaid For Disabled People, Older Adults

The budget reconciliation bill is a double whammy for older adults and disabled people, leading to both direct losses of Medicaid coverage and SNAP benefits and significantly increasing the chances of ...
America Magazine

I’m a disabled theologian. Here are four ways I think the church can be more inclusive.

Participants in the Jubilee of People with Disabilities share testimonies and prayers in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on April 29, 2025. Credit: CNS photo/Pablo Esparza As a disabled theologian, ...