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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alice Wong, a disability rights activist and author whose independence and writing inspired others, has died. She was 51. Wong died of an infection Friday at a hospital in San ...
Disability activist and author Alice Wong died Friday at age 51 in California. 'Don't let them grind you down': The legacy disability activist Alice Wong leaves behind Here & Now‘s Elissa Nadworny ...
Over two dozen disability rights activists were arrested on Capitol Hill last week when they protested the Trump-backed Republican budget bill and its cuts to Medicaid, affordable housing and more.
Disability rights activist, writer and San Francisco resident Alice Wong has died. Her family said the 51-year-old born in Indiana passed away Friday at a hospital because of an infection. They went ...
Alice Wong, an author and activist who fought for disability rights and justice, has died. Wong was 51 years old. The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner died Friday of an infection at the University of ...