Disabled people deserve to thrive, as we are, now.

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The Disability Culture Lab (DCL) is a nonprofit media and narrative lab created by and for the disability community.

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We exist to dismantle ableism and to celebrate disabled people. Our mission is to shift the narrative on disability from fear and pity to solidarity and liberation, and move the needle on ableism from indifference to action. Disability justice guides all that we do.

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Programs

Our programs amplify and support disabled leaders to achieve big wins and shift narratives around disability and ableism.

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    Disability Comms

    Strategic communications consulting for disabled leaders, organizations, and movements as well as organizations doing projects with a disability lens.

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    Disability Hub

    Media and narrative hub focused on creative and social impact campaigning, media relations, culture, and policy change.

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    Disability Rising

    Groundbreaking fellowship to elevate the media profiles of multi-marginalized disabled leaders nationwide.

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    Disability Source

    Centralized resource launching in fall 2025 for journalists, editors, bookers, and producers that will map top disabled experts across issue areas for interviews and background.

Stay in touch with us.

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Strategic communications consulting by and for the disability community.

We provide high-level communications consulting for disabled leaders, organizations, and movements as well as organizations doing projects with a disability lens.

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Three people smile together at an event. One stands holding a drink, while the other two sit in wheelchairs. They wear nametags and casual clothes, radiating a sense of joy and community.
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The fight against ableism is key to every social justice fight.

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Two people embrace warmly outdoors. One Black woman with curly hair, glasses, and a big smile faces the camera, while the other, with a long braid and backpack, has their back turned. The mood is joyful and welcoming.
Activist Joye Braun talks to a person during an outdoor rally. She sits in a wheelchair and is wearing a red shirt, a blue skirt with yellow and green stripes, and a black beret. Behind her are activists wearing red scarves and colorful T-shirts.
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