PinnedRebecca CokleyCOVID provided a do over for employers on the ADA, will they realize it?The unspoken legacy of COVID, could be a change .4 min read·Dec 12, 2023----
PinnedRebecca CokleyThe Disability Penalty or Why Your “Specialization” Is a Liability?Credit: AffectTheVerb3 min read·Feb 7, 2022----
PinnedRebecca CokleyRemarks on the Acceptance of the Judith Heumann Champion of Justice Award at Disability Rights…To say I am honored to be the recipient of the Judy Heumann Champion of Justice award is an understatement. Thank you to Megan and all the…3 min read·Sep 29, 2023----
PinnedRebecca CokleyAccessible. I do not think it means, what you think it means.As an advocate who travels in a lot of spaces, I always have to remind myself that what non-disableds mean by “accessible” and what #DisCo…3 min read·Apr 8, 2022--1--1
Rebecca CokleyRedheads Shouldn’t Wear Red (and other lies I was told) or Why I’m Still Mourning André Leon Talley(Note: This piece was originally written over a year ago. But it became too hard to publish. This last summer a number of Mr. Talley’s…5 min read·Jan 18, 2024----
Rebecca CokleyThe Best Thing You Can Do With A Pedestal is to Take a Sledgehammer to it.My favorite, Justin Dart quote, was “ learn to love the humanity in people, even the ones you hate.” ( and that is such a story for another…3 min read·Mar 7, 2023----
Rebecca CokleyDisabled Elders Pave the Road We Use tThe official statement is here. But I am Irish and we don’t do things, “officially.”3 min read·Mar 5, 2023----
Rebecca CokleyRemarks by Rebecca Cokley at the NY Women’s Foundation Celebrating Women BreakfastHi, my name is Rebecca Cokley. I am a redheaded woman, with a glorious abundance of freckles, wearing a black jumpsuit, and a pair of shoes…5 min read·May 17, 2022--1--1
Rebecca CokleyHEIGH-NO! Seven Little People We Need Films About vs. Another Damn Snow White MoviePeter Dinklage’s passionate admonishment of Disney’s “Snow White” reboot caused the Mouse to publicly commit to a “different approach” to…2 min read·Jan 27, 2022--1--1
Rebecca CokleyCOVID gives Business a Mulligan on the ADAThe unspoken legacy of COVID, could be a change in disability inclusion .4 min read·Aug 13, 2021----