May 2025

  Mouth is a bi-monthly disability rights magazine whose readers’ only special needs are for human rights and straight talk. It contains articles about the way human services and health care for people with disabilities is often used to exert control over those people. It includes articles and personal stories

There will be two Art Therapy Thursdays in May at the Post Falls Office. As part of a series, these sessions are a casual, relaxed get togethers that uses creative activities like drawing, painting, and sculpting to help individuals express their thoughts and feelings. This can promote healing and self-understanding

The systems that support our right to live independently—transportation, healthcare, home and community-based services, accessible housing, personal care support, civil rights protections—are being undermined, devalued, and in some cases, outright dismantled. All across the country, people with disabilities are being told—again—that our lives are too expensive, too complicated, too inconvenient…

There is a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson where he states, “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” Whether it is cultural, religious, political, or identity-driven, people seek out community. They want to belong. They want to fit in. They want to feel like they are a part of…

QUESTION: I have autism and get overwhelmed in noisy, crowded places. I asked my local library if they could let me use a quiet room to read and study. They said they don’t offer special accommodations and suggested I come at less busy times. Aren’t they required to help under

IKEA has introduced a new line of accessible home products that offer a lot of style for a low price. The line is from Bäsingen and includes step stools, shower chair, toilet paper holders, towel rods, and a shower shelf that double as grab bars.