Writing by Patricia Chadwick

Articles on Health Care

Writings on Disability and Media

A group of people crawl up the steps of the US Capitol.
Urban Disability, from The Metropole. The History of Disability Rights in Washington, DC. (Photo: People with disabilities crawl up the steps of the Capitol to push for passage of the ADA. from Creative Commons)

The Routledge Companion to Disability and Media
Chadwick, P.A. (2021). Disabled Media Creators in Afghanistan, China and Somalia. In K. Ellis, G. Goggin, B. Haller, R. Curtis, 2021 (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Disability and Media. Routledge.
Blind children in a classroom with Braille books.
The Long Road to a Brighter Future – Can news and information pave the way to a better life for people with disabilities in China?

Two women talk with a boy in a wheelchair.
Voices of the Disabled in Afghanistan: A disabled activist in Afghanistan helps other disabled women get education and job training
A group of disabled protesters.
A Deaf Journalist in Nigeria Fights to Advance Disability Rights: Julius Shemang, the Chairman of the Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities Kaduna State, has been at the forefront of the call for a disability rights law in Nigeria.
Four women wearing head scarves stand outside.
Information is Critical for People with Disabilities: Emerging from two decades of civil war and lawlessness, Somalia’s people are struggling with poverty and continuing violence. And, as in many societies, people with disabilities are the hardest hit.