New York’s Subway Is Still Not Safe, but Not for the Reason You Think

For millions of commuters, the current state of the system is an urgent safety matter, too. Nearly three-quarters of the city’s 472 stations don’t have elevators, leaving millions of New Yorkers — including the elderly, disabled and caregivers with young children — with no choice but to avoid the subway altogether. This issue affects far more New Yorkers than does violent crime, but it is treated much less urgently.  (The New York Times, 3/20/24; Illustration by An Chen)

It may be naïve to expect AAC technology to spring from the same conditions that support billions of people selling makeup and posting selfies. Maybe there needs to be a separate arena for developing technology products aimed at small populations of people who could truly benefit from them.  (MIT Technology Review, 6/21/23; Image by Nico Ortega)

The prospect of Izzy being hidden away from other kids seemed unappealing to me—and unjust. As desperate as I was for Izzy to attend school, I didn’t want that to mean removing her at an early age from the rest of society.  (The Atlantic, 3/6/23; Image by Getty)

For a child, a doll can invite a kid to celebrate their own identity, explore those of others, and see their wants and needs reflected back to them in instructive and meaningful ways. And experts are zeroing in on another developmental benefit of dolls: their ability to increase empathy. (Wirecutter, 6/9/22; Photo by Sarah Kobos)

When you’re raising a child with a disability or a complex medical condition, you need to adopt a new mindset when it comes to fostering their development and finding the right tools to support it. (Wirecutter, 6/16/21; Photo by Sarah Kobos) 

It seemed the public was being begged to entertain any motive for the killer—sex addiction, the grip of evangelism, he was simply having a bad day—except for racism. On Twitter, Asian and Asian American voices streamed in with a counter-narrative: Stop gaslighting us. This is racism. (The Cut, 4/20/21; Illustration by The Cut) 

Every parent in America remembers the moment last spring when they had to figure out completely new relationships to caretaking and work. But for me, and many women like me, that moment came well before the pandemic. (The Cut, 2/2/21 & New York Magazine, 2/8/21; Illustration by Simone Nironha) 

The truth is, since Izzy was diagnosed two years ago with a genetic syndrome causing severe intellectual and physical disabilities, I’ve been sad—so sad that, at times, I gasped for air—while mourning the loss of the daughter I thought I would have. (Cup of Jo, 7/6/20; Illustration by Abbey Lossing)

 I am learning that grief can be complicated and ambiguous—that we hold ideas and expectations of ourselves and loved ones so tightly that we have difficulty seeing them from any distance, and that it’s even harder to let them go. (The Atlantic, 4/16/19; Illustration by Maria Nguyen)