The Crip Chronicle publishes work that helps clarify how disability is understood, governed, and experienced in practice. We are interested in pieces that move beyond opinion or awareness and toward explanation, documentation, and public understanding.
We currently publish three types of pieces:
Issue Briefs
Short to medium-length pieces (800–2,500 words) that examine a disability-related issue through rights, policy, or access. These may focus on healthcare, education, housing, employment, public services, or other systems that shape disabled people's lives.
Issue briefs should aim for clarity over argument and may include references to laws, policies, or institutional practices.
Community Testimony
First-person accounts (500–1,500 words) that document lived experience as evidence of how systems operate in reality. These pieces are not treated as anecdotes or inspiration, but as valuable knowledge about access, barriers, and decision-making.
Submissions may be published under a real name or a pseudonym.
Resource-Oriented Pieces
Articles (800–2,000 words) that contextualize and link to existing resources—such as laws, organizations, guides, or public services—relevant to a specific disability-related issue. These pieces do not replace professional advice and should clearly note limitations or regional variation.
Across all categories, we prioritize:
- clarity
- specificity
- respect for difference
- attention to context