(CNN) — Last weekend, Shane Gillis took a gamble that didn’t pay off on the stage of “Saturday Night Live,” when he dunked on the LGBTQ and disability communities to a frosty reception — including ...

Friml’s breakout performance was on The Tonight Show last year: “I am a fully functioning disabled adult living in NYC, I’ve got very ‘You go girl’ energy.” Credit: ALIYA WALDMAN In November of last ...

This week on the Disabilities Beat, we explore how the first-ever Funny Bones comedy night, led by disabled people but marketed widely, provided an opportunity to destigmatize disabled experiences, ...

Zayid has cerebral palsy and is Muslim and Palestinian American, all of which finds its way into her material. She helped consult on Elizabeth Warren’s disability plan, which was released earlier this ...

Tina Friml faced very little bullying over her disability while growing up in Middlebury. “For the most part it was totally fine,” said Friml, who has cerebral palsy. Things changed in high school, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A TikToker just called out a comedian from the U.K. for his ableist joke. Fin Taylor is known for being “contrarian,” if that’s ...

The tipping point was a story by an autistic mother of an autistic child, a supposedly lighthearted take on the intense behavioral breakdowns so often associated with autism. “Introducing: Meltdown ...

DreamWorks’ new comedy “Tropic Thunder,” which opens in theaters this week, includes a character called “Simple Jack” played by actor Ben Stiller. Simple Jack has an intellectual disability (formerly ...

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My family thinks I’m hilarious. It’s become my unofficial job at family gatherings like Thanksgiving to make wry, sarcastic remarks — sometimes even at the expense of a family member. I have two ...