--- title: Disability date: 2023-07-24T16:30:00-04:00 canonical_url: "https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/topic/disability" section: Blog Categories --- [Donate](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/donate) [From the Archives of Our Bodies, Our Blog](/blog)# Disability [## The Opioid Epidemic: Why Are Women At Risk?](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/the-opioid-epidemic-why-are-women-at-risk)Read [Between 1999 and 2010, deaths from prescription painkillers increased over 400% among women, compared to 237% among men. We need to better understand why. ](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/the-opioid-epidemic-why-are-women-at-risk) [![Headache pain pills medication 159211](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACAAAAAgCAIAAAD8GO2jAAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAADiklEQVRIiW1WS3YbMQwDQDn3P1TXvUn3iWMTXZDiaNL6xePMjyBAChT//P5lOzNfr9fr+/n8+np+fX59fvbx+Xx9f78z0wCleOjxWOtjfTwe62M91opYoSCDICwn/GYm/IYTTuG/H/aRRH9JkiCI+QUxBx6vEsfZMlB/+8pEIClSlFhPSKTY1wuvHgQBsEAIACZImCDWmbfrNtmxJCokG7QBihGKoMQLrBAm6yHUtC4G7rvsHCOkUKQMMBMgRS1FRIT2p5E0qhAQaEAQYC/DDcCtOkVJCsWSESDTAkBRobUxoh5TMQFBJygkIMNAAvRKA7Dhkg5kKxChtaLiZhoEKYUiFKtgSi6VVDAo2pU4khCBYuCSqIQTKnq60gdTtguJqrixSUz4Kit2rMof9koUg1JpJAqGVWVR2t1gLFEitMswle4uGQASNuxVb9vIm0ShgMFi7UFQ6z4Vlq72HAZ2R4e96somQReDgDpnuwFKBVUHsA9d4O5/GzQ6esIGsBJVhb3WqGozCoIgYxOoli+GE5vnKq4wnTs3QEvUJGopQKq+i5HnANhx63T7g2F6k+iutDdAAQN0LwZCplFvlR8dy3Abw1lelkMURmd7FXkL1GI0RlnHtNBgj/WcFtcYu39IGOAw2IG2o/RtTva7lOOix9MXhdbgiLV8Y3CkxDkl74dbdOJK0PS8sWu3Mv+Jfbr7PVW3cj8ZjLAHVp+s6RLfMHYatRZaWgB2pWlsSY5ZMjkdgZrBgY2tzSB2GPMWxL5KdaN+S5PLzuZ+xa/m7Jlksu9XRP6L9zPuOX2WuwbdAOx/zEHlHr0gOIZYXY+ZgTBJA6yXB+6qAcqTmgUvewAAek9/V3TNhmDm1PT1TaRmUAWDm7pvhSPGyUFrD3SRFGYkk0KLTXs6cVWwtmxgW1uz6d9a1KRJWGVWMKmeEQQEJCGT8ByqyLPQxgi3gx4ua7aTOxMS7IpLiWkJqElMGJuBAXhhLzSU7zthO+vbVl77AZOWQJVZsocMJMAiYLdPuFUCwHWpYyPTzo6eWYBlvUmaqnUGTHSqppSdlfh0dFfdI1HJYqfdMLmhely7ppuuDZSSIJEmzYsreh0SMNeuY6cLd/qZb6fTmag9Dq1jOLNayHDhwuwNoHcvle5ruqWLcGFsoYAEDCbg6hWKNn1Et3vQ8/Cpa286fekptQevThJyb7/OTrseuHqdPA38LzSN1M1mMyj+AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)Read](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/the-opioid-epidemic-why-are-women-at-risk) [Between 1999 and 2010, deaths from prescription painkillers increased over 400% among women, compared to 237% among men. We need to better understand why. ](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/the-opioid-epidemic-why-are-women-at-risk) [## The DES Archives: Learning from a Public Health Tragedy](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/the-des-archives-learning-from-a-public-health-tragedy)Read [The archives of DES Action, an organization founded to understand how and why the DES crisis happened, and to help victims, is now housed at Smith College. ](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/the-des-archives-learning-from-a-public-health-tragedy) [![DE Sad1](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACAAAAAgCAIAAAD8GO2jAAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAADFUlEQVRIiW1WW7bjIAyTfNj/TmcDNyDNh40hbWkOTfOwJVmY0v4HADBsSJAkuWbbsgwbcH8AS7a1Vh7reebzzOd5/v7m39/zPPOZc80lKSr6md/D36e2f/6GfYVyXRnoUwN2YXVeNvqegSaQj8I1sM/6iuEdazT9fOWkup7e4rRKKVEOWbIl52df3F8D1kZn27pePUA2yjNlla7hq3TK25btAQmA7yFdCE7IzqGv+Etakta6f2W2Ianq1Iwzrk4KvDNlgiUtrdcoT6nzSBrSOg5sBofAUQza9xpnjXnNq7JuEkNrlV2usvmOrMPgCK1CO9ecZ35TyQRLC+3AJKGtxl3vDX3DP8LME3/ONeehkjVY66yXdKj8MnYq9tKmws+5Zsed8zAooST7MPjigRd87e6w488LfeHPU62pVU6yhz4T1JK45VLDP+grxwl+laALkAn0bizZCE4fuMQ5Jl+faV7lrSdzoVWCHyRwu/5jrKXVzVQleIZe13q2PezDYPc3bong7f1e/bqWaZ+vnvZCbQN2AvrwsC+Vdivr728+u//kUV2zjuFX4LP33O20Ecne29DVsbahf+0rHD71ZRe5+9srzUcvxv56mQMAQYMkAXhcyYqB7xrDAqoP4axxN91+mR8DIEAMkC8X8bLs3neELULzdcf9GT2CUgDmKCYNxU4qVzmOx/aGRxMgQYLBEEUyGI7a9wREMh0IwoWbXWsSl7y9QzeON+aICm1HIQAFwfAg4wrcKpVe9qnevktiY6eDdlhGZKMEDZqCSNr2YHCDJ2SjiuOPKlbmnYNBOmUhOnprSyJNh1GPpAQBquwKErCZoNyh80hlGA7E659IkoPAhOvBiKqtaYnlizZTJy+WGd5kkIgwEC9x0w6ERNrGIKMLTIYpEFvly7OdLMMzkm6knnHZGgREoCRiEK6yJjzQrfZ39PQYqxSRFkmMYThOu4iUKJ/uMmeWKvThXY+wavP2U6pFOEC7q68w7FpoqBzu+Ky43IukIfgrAe4lQWeBlHGj3sw8m/uHLb+02u3mSoC6gDrJbkT+By9ugVbZrJK6AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC)Read](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/the-des-archives-learning-from-a-public-health-tragedy) [The archives of DES Action, an organization founded to understand how and why the DES crisis happened, and to help victims, is now housed at Smith College. ](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/the-des-archives-learning-from-a-public-health-tragedy) [## \#MillionsMissing Protest: Highlighting an Illness Whose Toll is Unseen](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/millionsmissing-protest-on-may-25-highlighting-an-illness-whose-toll-is-unseen)Read [Millions more around the world suffer from a disease with no known cause or cure. Today's #MillionsMissing protests demand that ME/CFS be taken seriously. ](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/millionsmissing-protest-on-may-25-highlighting-an-illness-whose-toll-is-unseen) [![Millionsmissing](data:image/png;base64,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)Read](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/millionsmissing-protest-on-may-25-highlighting-an-illness-whose-toll-is-unseen) [Millions more around the world suffer from a disease with no known cause or cure. Today's #MillionsMissing protests demand that ME/CFS be taken seriously. ](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/millionsmissing-protest-on-may-25-highlighting-an-illness-whose-toll-is-unseen) [## Reproductive Justice: The Movement Whose Time Has Come](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/reproductive-justice-the-movement-whose-time-has-come)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/reproductive-justice-the-movement-whose-time-has-come) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/reproductive-justice-the-movement-whose-time-has-come) [## New Feminist Disability Blog Launched, and Disability Info on Twitter](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/new-feminist-disability-blog-launched-and-disability-info-on-twitter)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/new-feminist-disability-blog-launched-and-disability-info-on-twitter) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/new-feminist-disability-blog-launched-and-disability-info-on-twitter) [## Two Hospitals to Address Access to Care for Patients with Disabilities](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/two-hospitals-to-address-access-to-care-for-patients-with-disabilities)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/two-hospitals-to-address-access-to-care-for-patients-with-disabilities) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/two-hospitals-to-address-access-to-care-for-patients-with-disabilities) [## Blogging Disability](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/blogging-disability)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/blogging-disability) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/blogging-disability) [## Double Dose: New Books on Reproduction, Christian Patriarchy; Michelle Obama's Garden; The Economy's Impact on Women; "Friday Night Lights" Scores With Sex Talk ...](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/double-dose-new-books-on-reproduction-christian-patriarchy-michelle-obamas-garden-the-economys-impact-on-women-fnl-scores-with-sex-talk)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/double-dose-new-books-on-reproduction-christian-patriarchy-michelle-obamas-garden-the-economys-impact-on-women-fnl-scores-with-sex-talk) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/double-dose-new-books-on-reproduction-christian-patriarchy-michelle-obamas-garden-the-economys-impact-on-women-fnl-scores-with-sex-talk) [## Double Dose: Have We Reached the Tipping Point on Health Care?; Open Conversation on Reproductive Health Agenda; Vatican Issues Instructions on Bioethics; On-Screen Same-Sex Kisses; Wombs for Rent ...](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/dd)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/dd) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/dd) [## Constructing the First Lady: Ida McKinley and "Fragile Beauty"](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/constructing-the-first-lady-ida-mckinley-and)Read [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/constructing-the-first-lady-ida-mckinley-and) [](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/blog/constructing-the-first-lady-ida-mckinley-and) ![](/assets/img/monogram.webp)### *Why You Can* **Trust Us** - We rigorously evaluate all content - We embrace a reproductive justice framework - We don’t accept ads or sell products - We reject funding from the pharmaceutical industry - We counter misinformation and disinformation - We address the social, political, and economic factors that affect health and sexuality [read more](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/why-you-can-trust-us) Share [](javascript:void();)[](javascript:void();)[](javascript:void();)[](javascript:void();)