Our bodies are delightfully ridiculous. When God created humanity, they knew our short lives would be full of pain, hardship and horror. So they created our bodies absurdly—clumsy, squidgy and bouncy, ...

Friml’s breakout performance was on The Tonight Show last year: “I am a fully functioning disabled adult living in NYC, I’ve got very ‘You go girl’ energy.” Credit: ALIYA WALDMAN In November of last ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A TikToker just called out a comedian from the U.K. for his ableist joke. Fin Taylor is known for being “contrarian,” if that’s ...

This week on the Disabilities Beat, we explore how the first-ever Funny Bones comedy night, led by disabled people but marketed widely, provided an opportunity to destigmatize disabled experiences, ...

DreamWorks’ new comedy “Tropic Thunder,” which opens in theaters this week, includes a character called “Simple Jack” played by actor Ben Stiller. Simple Jack has an intellectual disability (formerly ...

Prolific comedian Richard Herring has said there are “funny things to come out of disability”. The 51-year-old writer and performer has said that material has changed from merely mocking the disabled, ...

My family thinks I’m hilarious. It’s become my unofficial job at family gatherings like Thanksgiving to make wry, sarcastic remarks — sometimes even at the expense of a family member. I have two ...

(CNN) — Last weekend, Shane Gillis took a gamble that didn’t pay off on the stage of “Saturday Night Live,” when he dunked on the LGBTQ and disability communities to a frosty reception — including ...