HISTORICAL FACTS: Alice wong | History Defined

Disability rights are shaped by the narratives embedded in policies like the Accessible Canada Act and MAID

This year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities centres on “fostering disability inclusive societies for advancing social progress.”

The Conversation · Dec 3, 2025

Alice Wong, ‘luminary’ writer and disability rights activist, dies aged 51

Daughter of immigrants advocated for people with disabilities to have full autonomy over their lives

The Guardian - US · Nov 16, 2025

Disability rights activist Alice Wong dies in hospital aged 51

She has been remembered as a ‘luminary of the disability justice movement’

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2025

Best podcasts of the week: Meghan Markle’s Archetypes makes its right royal entrance

In this week’s newsletter: Close friend Serena Williams joins Markle for the intimate debut of her long-awaited show. Plus: five of the best podcasts on disability

The Guardian - UK · Sep 1, 2022

A disabled activist speaks out about feeling ‘disposable’

SAN FRANCISCO — In early January, one of the country’s top public health officials went on national television and delivered what she called “really encouraging news” on COVID-19: A recent study showed that more than three-fourths of fatalities from the omicron variant of the virus occurred among people with several…

Tribune News Service · Feb 7, 2022