During Black History Month, CILT is elevating the lives, struggles and legacy of Black disabled people. Below is a list of organizations, reports, books, articles and other media that provide where you can learn more.
Organizations
Ase Community Foundation
https://asecommunityfoundation.com
National Black Disability Coalition
https://asecommunityfoundation.com/coalition
Black Mental Health Canada
Race and Disability Canada
https://racedisability.ca/resources
Disability Justice Network of Ontario
Reports
The Intersection of Blackness & Disability in Canada – Report by Jheanelle M. Anderson
Medical Racism/Ableism in Healthcare Review
https://www.djno.ca/medical-racism
Books
Black Disability Politics by Sami Schalk (Open Access)
https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62545
Bless the Blood by Walela Nahenda
https://tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S234C4476513
Articles
The Power of Black Disabled Representation During Black History Month
https://rootedinrights.org/the-power-of-black-disabled-representation-during-black-history-month
Harriet Tubman’s Disability and Why it Matters
Audre Lorde, Warrior Poet.
https://www.disabilityhistorysnapshots.com/post/audre-lorde-warrior-poet
Videos
Brad Lomax: The forgotten Black Panther’s revolutionary story
http://youtube.com/watch?v=n-bLUETvuG4
Webinar Recording: Combating Oppression as Black, Disabled People in Toronto (2025)
Webinar Recording: Black Disabled Leadership: Essential Yet Overlooked (2025) US-based
Webinar Recording: Black, Disabled, Deaf and Proud (2022) US-based
https://heller.brandeis.edu/parents-with-disabilities/community/black-disabled-deaf-proud.html
Race + Disability Event Recordings from Disability Inclusion & Access: Moving Forward
In Conversation: Black Disability Politics featuring Dr. Sami Schalk (2022) US-based
Disability and Blackness: The Role of the Black Panthers in the Disability Rights Movement (2023) US-based
Podcasts
You Can’t Spell Inclusion with a D, Episode 39: The Intersection of Disability, Blackness and Gender — Intersectionality Series Pt. 1
Disability Visibility, Episode 95: Black Doctors with Disabilities
https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2021/01/23/ep-95-black-doctors-with-disabilities
Disability Visibility, Episode 70: Black Deaf Filmmakers
https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2020/02/10/ep-70-black-deaf-filmmakers
Disability Visibility, Episode 65: Black Mental Health
https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2019/12/01/ep-65-black-mental-health
Disability Visibility, Episode 62: Black Disabled Women in Media
https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2019/10/20/ep-62-black-disabled-women-in-media
Being Black & Disabled: A Researcher’s Perspective on AMI’s The Pulse with Joeita Gupta
https://www.ami.ca/The-Pulse-Ep-24-Being-Black-Disabled-Researcher
Being Black & Disabled: An Advocate’s Perspective on AMI’s The Pulse with Joeita Gupta
https://www.ami.ca/The-Pulse-Ep-25-Being-Black-Disabled-Advocate
Being Black & Disabled: A Parent’s Perspective on AMI’s The Pulse with Joeita Gupta
https://www.ami.ca/The-Pulse-Ep-23-Being-Black-Disabled
Black Disabled Men Talk
Power Not Pity
Dope Black Disabled
https://podbay.fm/p/dope-black-disabled-podcast
Black and Disabled I: Meet Vilissa Thompson
Black Disability, Empowerment, Advocacy
Other Resource Lists
University of Toronto Black Research Network
https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/disabilities
Toronto Metropolitan University Blackness and Disability
https://learn.library.torontomu.ca/c.php?g=714692&p=5226750
York University Black Health Equity and Disability Justice Lab
