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New Disabled South
New Disabled South builds power with disabled people to advance justice, dignity, and collective liberation across the South.
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One Nation, Overcharged

New Disabled South is a founding partner of One Nation, Overcharged, because we believe healthcare is a right, and that people should ALWAYS come before profits.

Disabled people deserve power.

Disabled people in the South are too often excluded from political power and public life. New Disabled South exists to change that. We are a disabled-led organization building collective power through organizing, political education, advocacy, and community care—rooted in justice and led by those most impacted.

Our Work:

We're focused on:

Employment + Poverty

Employment + Poverty

We address how poverty disproportionately impacts disabled people through policy change, advocacy, and community-centered solutions.

Employment + Poverty

Bodily Autonomy

Bodily Autonomy

We believe all people should be able to make informed decisions about their own bodies without coercion or undue restriction.
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Bodily Autonomy

Criminalization

Criminalization

We challenge systems that criminalize disabled people through policing, incarceration, and surveillance.

Criminalization

Education

Education

We fight for accessible, quality education ia a right, from preschool to higher education
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Education

Healthcare + Care Work

Healthcare + Care Work

We directly support community healthcare that meets immediate needs and strengthen collective resilience through mutual aid efforts, care webs, and direct care.

Healthcare + Care Work

Democracy

Democracy

We fight for accessible, inclusive democracy where disabled people can fully participate and lead.

Democracy

Technology

Technology

We are committed to ensuring technology serves as a tool for liberation, not oppression

Technology

Infrastructure

Infrastructure

We are advocates for fully accessible public and community infrastructure, which is central to our Care Web support model.
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Infrastructure

Climate

Climate

We call for better climate preparedness and climate change prevention, with planning viewed through an intersectional lens of disability
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Climate

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    Explore the Resource Library

    Explore the Resource Library

    Access tools, guides, and information created for disabled people navigating systems and building power.

    Plain Language Policy Dashboard

    Plain Language Policy Dashboard

    Legislatures bury power in jargon. We track bills across 14 Southern states and break down their impact on disabled people — in language built for understanding.

    Donate Today

    Your donation makes an immediate and real impact in the lives of disabled Southerners through direct assistance and resources, education and organizing, critical research and reporting, and on-the-ground activism to fight for our legal rights.