Ford and Mellon Foundations Name 2024 Disability Futures Fellows
The 20 recipients, including a Broadway composer, a Marvel video game voice actress and a three-time Pushcart Prize-nominated poet, are the initiative’s final cohort.
Ukraine War Amputees Get New Limbs in U.S.
War has forced Ukraine to become skilled at treating amputees, but there are too many for its overtaxed medical workers. Some are finding their way to a prosthetics clinic in…
Ford and Mellon Foundations Announce 2022 Disability Futures Fellows
A Broadway actress, documentary filmmaker and DC comic artist are among this year’s recipients. They were selected by fellow disabled artists from a pool of about 60 nominees.
Viral Photograph of Munzir El Nezzel Helps Bring Syrian Refugee Family to Italy
A Syrian family portrayed in an award-winning photo has come to Italy for treatment and better lives.
Ford and Mellon Foundations Expand Initiative for Disabled Artists
The foundations are adding $5 million to the Disability Futures program, which will continue through 2025 with two more classes of 20 fellows each.