Year: 2023
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Heard the One About the Disabled Muslim Comic From Jersey?
The stand-up comedian Maysoon Zayid likes to joke that if there were a competition called the Oppression Olympics, she would win gold.
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Wheelchairs Can’t Sit with Us
I am an entertainer and I was born that way. On my birth day, the doctor who delivered me botched the job and gifted me with cerebral palsy (CP). I made my Oscar-worthy debut in Englewood, NJ, many moons before the Americans with Disabilities Act was even a glimmer in its signer’s eyes. I grew…
