A silhouette illustration of a beautiful gnarled tree, with windswept leaves and a twisted trunk. An elegant line curves near the base of the trunk, while the tree roots nestle against the earth.

Disability and Climate Change

 Public Archive Project

Plain Language Version
Climate change makes life more dangerous for everybody. But climate change hurts disabled people more than non-disabled people. As disabled people, we have good ideas for living in a changing world. We know how to make the world more accessible for everyone.

Plain Language

What is Plain Language?

By Reid Caplan

Climate Change: A Plain Language Guide 

By Reid Caplan

Disability and Climate Change: Plain Language Version 

By Julia Watts Belser. Plain Language by Reid Caplan.

The Conversations

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COVID-19 as Disability Genocide: Structural Failures in Times of Crisis

Marcie Roth in conversation with Julia Watts Belser

A portrait of Justice Shorter, a Black woman wearing black sunglasses, smiling at the camera. She's wearing a dark professional jacket, with a pale lavender dress shirt. She's sitting in an urban courtyard with skyscrapers in the background.

Racial Justice and Disability Disaster Response: Recognizing Root Causes and the Cost of Chronic Crisis

Justice Shorter in conversation with Julia Watts Belser