Wikipedia:WikiProject Disability
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The aim of Wikiproject Disability is to co-ordinate the improvement and creation of articles related to Disability. If you would like to participate, you can start by joining the project below and/or contribute to the discussion on the talk page.
To indicate that an article falls within the scope of this WikiProject, please add the {{WikiProject Disability}} talk page template. This will automatically place it into Category:WikiProject Disability articles.
Participants
[edit]Below is a list of those Wikipedia users who have taken it upon themselves to be regular contributors to this project's goals. Feel free to add yourself at any time. You can also add this userbox to your user page when joining the project if you wish.
- ~ŤheŴubṂachine-840≈ 19:38, 8 April 2026 (UTC)
- Mustleib (talk) 06:21, 4 April 2026 (UTC)
- Hron du fleuve (talk)
- 47thPennVols (talk)
- Abishe (talk)
- Amousey (talk)
- Antiblastic (talk)
- BlueCerval (talk)
- BKHealy (talk)
- CAPTAIN RAJU(T) 17:03, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
- Catchant Primarily interested in articles about the self advocacy movement
- Chainsaw Cheerleader (talk)
- Chongkian (talk) - Anything that I can help about disability :)
- DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk)
- Roger (Dodger67) (talk)
- Donna's Cyborg (talk)
- Eewilson – talk (tag or ping me!)
- Evertype -- Evertype·✆
- Feralcateater000
- GarethFW I've been involved in digital accessibility for about 20 years however I'm really interested in disability stories and portrayal on stage, in TV drama and film. I am neurodivergent
- Geeklizzard (talk)
- LilyKitty
- Brian Kelly --BrianKelly (talk)
- Jessica L (talk)
- MScharAAC (talk) 08:13, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- Megalibrarygirl (talk) 17:27, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
- Mike Gifford
- Mirokado (talk)
- Nikscholarly20 (talk)
- Penny Richards
- Poeticfeelings (talk) 16:32, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
- PoetVeches
- Purplewowies (talk)
- Reverosie
- Schew412
- Significa liberdade (talk), currently (July 2023) starting dissertation in Neurodiversity studies
- Smasongarrison (talk) 06:14, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
- SomeoneDreaming
- sjly
- TariffedSparrow (talk
- Taylordw (talk)
- TheResilientEngineer (talk) 15:22, 20 August 2026 (UTC)
- Titodutta (talk)
- XFLQR (talk)
- Xurizuri My knowledge and interests tend to fall more on the psych side. Currently (Jan 2021) slowly improving ADHD coverage.
- YellowAries2010 (talk)
- MokshaFarm (talk)Knowledge/interest in cognitive, visual, motor disability and disability studies.
- Fernmyne Sociology of disability, neurodiversity, disability rights movement
- Worldish2024 I wear braces aka AFO's.(It's different from UFO's.)
- User:Lavendr (talk) Interested in copyediting and minor writing fixes to disability-related pages.
- CSGinger14 (talk) Personal and academic interest in neurodivergence, chronic illness, and accessibility. 00:17, 21 November 2025 (UTC)
- Wizard-semantics (talk) 19:56, 26 November 2025 (UTC) Interested in music and disability, general history and sociology
- Tống Thành Hưng (talk) 12:28, 12 January 2026 (UTC)
- Catgirlsreal (talk) 06:50, 5 February 2026 (UTC)
- Neurosparkles9928 (talk) - I'm neurodivergent (ADHD, PTSD, and Nonverbal Learning Disability) and have multiple dynamic disabilities, including endometriosis and Ankylosing Spondylitis. I also have generalized anxiety and PMDD. I've worked 10 years in the disability advocacy field. I'm deeply interested in disability history, justice, and equity.
- Shivaji Mitra (talk) - web accessibility consultant from Kolkata, India; interested in disability rights law in India and digital accessibility articles. 06:44, 10 September 2026 (UTC)
Inactive members
[edit]Members who have not made any edits anywhere on the English Wikipedia in more than six months. Last updated 31 May 2024.
- Adamtrain (talk)
- Amvrana (talk)
- Anarendil (talk)
- Appleangel11 (talk)
- Attaboy (talk)
- AugurNZ (talk)
- Ashertheaxolotl I'd like to specifically work with articles on disabilities that I have. I have ADHD, autism, hyperacusis and anxiety
- BoboMeowCat (talk)
- Boonparit Thunthai (บุญพฤทธิ์ ทวนทัย) (talk)
- User:Charlie9637 (User talk: Charlie9637)
- Clr324 (talk)
- Colinetto (talk)
- DarkArcherPrince(talk)
- Darwinerasmus (talk)
- Dinostarus (talk)
- Dr. red pill
- Escapepea (talk)
- Franz53sda (talk) I'm a contributor to the french project Handicap.
- Freyaonthewaka (talk)
- Lsh313724 (talk)
- Mattokamagic(talk)
- Muffinator (talk)
- OttawaAC (talk)
- Pandovski
- ThomasEdistar (talk)
- SherryOcean (talk)
- Xttina.Garnet I am a neuroscience masters student. My research focuses on stereotypes and prejudice. I was involved in disability Justice, in college.
- Yetundee (talk)
- Cmetoyer (talk)
- Kaylahackman (talk) 19:26, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
- Anetode (talk)
- Asmaley (talk)
- BeeTheFae (talk)
- Beginning (talk)
- Cattos12
- User: CircleGirl (talk)
- DisabledEditor (DisabledEditor)
- DiptanshuTalk 05:45, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
- Doddsam09 (talk): I am a Special Collections archivist and I oversee the Texas Disability History Collection
- FelixtheNomad (talk) 13:31, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
- Insolectual
- Jackiekoerner (talk)
- Janaremy (talk)
- JTdisabilityartsonline (talk)
- lauramabingi (talk) — Interested in helping with autism, mental health, and obsessive-compulsive disorder related pages. My background is in books/publishing so I'm particularly familiar with disability literature.
- Pattkait (talk)
- Persicifolia
- Rainbowofpeace
- Sakura Cartelet
- ShortyMcShortFace (talk)
- Sarah Lewthwaite (talk)
- Snicks2 (talk)
- Son of Setanta
- Splinemath
- Sportygeek (talk)
- Standenman (talk)
- Stufroguk (talk)
- Sumita Roy Dutta (talk) 10:28, 23 November 2018 (UTC) (talk)
- Wendy Chisholm
- Wesley Mouse (talk)
- Wheeled Ciara (talk)
- Zp 2298 (talk)
- User:Sorenzs (talk)
To do list
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Categories
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Statistics
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| Total | |||||||
 FA |
31 | ||||||
| FL |
14 | ||||||
 GA |
206 | ||||||
| B | 618 | ||||||
| C | 2,280 | ||||||
| Start | 6,894 | ||||||
| Stub | 8,483 | ||||||
| List | 328 | ||||||
| Category | 7,868 | ||||||
| Disambig | 13 | ||||||
| File | 182 | ||||||
| Project | 25 | ||||||
| Redirect | 706 | ||||||
| Template | 468 | ||||||
| Draft | 78 | ||||||
| Assessed | 28,194 | ||||||
| Unassessed | 208 | ||||||
| Total | 28,402 | ||||||
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 96,754 | Ω = 5.23 | |||||
Article alerts
[edit] | Points of interest related to Disability on Wikipedia: Category – WikiProject – Alerts – Deletions – Cleanup – Stubs – Assessment |
The article alerts page provides a daily summary of article work flows. By watching this page you will know which articles are involved in ongoing actions including, for example, deletion requests or good article nominations.
Deletion discussions about disability-related articles, please feel free to participate.
The new articles listing (please watch this list to get notifications of updates) provides a list of recent-created articles. This is also transcluded on New articles which has some further comments. See also the bot activity log and The Rules for this report, which can be tuned or extended as necessary. You can find information about the rules at Compile the Rules.
Articles for deletion
- 21 Sep 2026 – Sunil Kumar (athlete) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Thilsebatti (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 01 Sep 2026 – Spanish Association of Families of Deafblind Persons (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by JohnMizuki (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
- 12 Sep 2026 – David Nangosi (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Dionysodorus (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 20 Sep 2026; see discussion (4 participants)
- 01 Sep 2026 – Jude Powell (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by BrechtBro (t · c) was closed as keep by BrechtBro (t · c) on 16 Sep 2026; see discussion (4 participants; relisted)
Proposed deletions
- 09 Sep 2026 – Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Kisseran (t · c) and endorsed by Bearian (t · c) on 10 Sep 2026 was deleted
Categories for discussion
- 15 Sep 2026 – Category:Wikipedians with epilepsy (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Pppery (t · c); see discussion
- 14 Aug 2026 – Category:Autistic people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Animalparty (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Aug 2026 – Category:Paralympic Games user templates (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Andrybak (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Aug 2026 – Category:Neurodivergent user templates (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Andrybak (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Aug 2026 – Category:Euthanasia user templates (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Andrybak (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Aug 2026 – Category:Disease, disorder, syndrome and virus user templates (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Andrybak (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Aug 2026 – Category:Disability user templates (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Andrybak (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Aug 2026 – Category:COVID-19 user templates (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Andrybak (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Aug 2026 – Category:Cancer user templates (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Andrybak (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Aug 2026 – Category:People with psychotic disorders (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Smasongarrison (t · c); see discussion
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Redirects for discussion
- 18 Sep 2026 – I'm an excellent driver. (talk · edit · hist) →Rain Man was RfDed by Deacon Vorbis (t · c); see discussion
- 09 Sep 2026 – Dipwad (talk · edit · hist) →Idiot RfDed by Consarn (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Good article nominees
- 01 Sep 2026 – Clover Moon (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by DaniloDaysOfOurLives (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Aug 2026 – Botswana at the Paralympics (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Splains (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Aug 2026 – I Raise My Eyes to Say Yes (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by 781h (t · c); start discussion
- 08 Feb 2026 – Wheelchair rugby (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Lee Vilenski (t · c); start discussion
Featured article reviews
- 03 Aug 2026 – Schizophrenia (talk · edit · hist) was put up for FA review by George Ho (t · c); see discussion
Requests for comments
- 03 Sep 2026 – Provo Canyon School (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by Jacob Rampino (t · c); see discussion
- 15 Sep 2026 – List of disability-related terms with negative connotations (talk · edit · hist) RfC by Shocksingularity (t · c) was closed; see discussion
Requested moves
- 13 Sep 2026 – Genetics and abortion (talk · edit · hist) move request to Disability-selective abortion by Jruderman (t · c) was moved to Disability-selective abortion (talk · edit · hist) by Jeffrey34555 (t · c) on 20 Sep 2026; see discussion
Articles to be split
- 14 Nov 2025 – Neuroqueer theory (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Significa liberdade (t · c); see discussion
- 19 Mar 2021 – Personal transporter (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 162.208.168.92 (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 10 Sep 2026 – Draft:Fenix Lumiere (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Rssouthw (t · c)
- 08 Sep 2026 – Draft:Megan Anna Neff (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by BKHealy (t · c)
- 02 Sep 2026 – Draft:Southern Africa Federation of the Disabled (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
- 27 Aug 2026 – Draft:Margaux Brejo (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Abishe (t · c)
- 27 Aug 2026 – Draft:Andrew Rozynski (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
- 14 Jul 2026 – Draft:Floyd McBurney (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by MichaelStebnitz (t · c)
Popular pages
[edit]For the most viewed Disability related articles, see Popular pages. Updated by the Mr.Z-bot on the 1st of each month.
WikiProject banner
[edit]Please add {{WikiProject Disability}} to the talk page of Disability related articles, which will display:
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Barnstar
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WikiProject Disability Barnstar | |
| Awarded for hard work and excellence in contributing to WikiProject Disability. Awarded by: "Username" "Time&Date" |
Template:
{{subst:The Disability Barnstar|Awarded for hard work and excellence in contributing to<br />[[WP:WikiProject Disability|WikiProject Disability]].<br /> <small>Awarded by: ~~~~</small>}}
Usage:
Please award this Barnstar to deserving editors by placing the Template - everything between, and including, the double curly brackets {{ }} - on their Talk page. The recipient is welcome to place it on their User page if they wish.
The text between "Awarded for" and the line break "<br />" before the wikiproject link may be edited, but please don't deviate too much from the suggested criteria and keep it brief. Insert a line break "<br />" if necessary to keep the box a reasonable width.
The awarding editor's signature "~~~~" must be included as proof that a recipient didn't give it to themself.
Don't give it to just anybody, it must be earned.
Invitation template
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Hello, WikiProject Disability, I have noticed your interest in articles related to Disability. I'd like to invite you to become a part of WikiProject Disability, a WikiProject aimed at improving the quality of articles dealing with disability on Wikipedia.
If you would like to participate, please visit the project page for more information. Thanks! ~~~~ |
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Index of pages and templates
[edit]WikiProject pages
[edit]Watchlist on toolserver.
Wikipedia:WikiProject Disability (Project main page — this page)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Disability/Assessment (Project sub-page for article assessment)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Disability/Collaboration (Project sub-page for collaboration on articles)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Disability/Peer review (Project sub-page for peer review of articles)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Disability/Popular pages (Project sub-page for evaluating article popularity)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Disability/Article alerts (Project sub-page where a bot provides a daily summary of article work flows)
- User:AlexNewArtBot/DisabilitySearchResult — bot-generated new articles list
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Disability/New articles — transcludes the new articles list, additional comments
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Disability/Style advice (Project sub-page containing advice for writing about disability on Wikipedia)
Templates
[edit]- Template:WikiProject Disability (Talk page banner — placed at the top of the talk pages of all articles relevant to the project)
- Template:WikiProject Disability/class (custom page classification definitions)
- Template:Disability sidebar (Sidebar — placed in or near the lead section of relevant articles)
- Please use this instead of Template:Disability Sidebar which is now a redirect
- Template:Disability navbox (Navbox — placed at the bottom of relevant article pages)
- Please use this instead of Template:WikiProject Disability Navbox which is now a redirect
- Template:User WikiProject Disability (User box — place this on your user page when you join the project)
- Template:The Disability Barnstar (Barnstar — awarded to deserving editors. Please see the Barnstar section for instructions on how to use it.)
- Template:WikiProject Disability Invite (WikiProject invitation — place on user talk page to invite the user to join the project.)
Service subscriptions
[edit]- New articles listing
- User:AlexNewArtBot — human-readable list of subscriptions
- User:AlexNewArtBot/Disability — the rules
- User:AlexNewArtBot/Master — the list of subscriptions which the bot reads
- Article alerts
- Wikipedia:Article alerts/Subscription list — has the entry with definitions for our article alerts service
Paralympics Task Force
[edit]The Paralympic Games and related topics are covered by the Paralympics Task Force under the Olympics WikiProject.
Collaborations
[edit]Disability related drafts
[edit]Please contribute to these drafts. If you start a new draft or discover an existing draft that is related to disability please add a {{WikiProject Disability|class=Draft}} tag to the draft's Talk page.
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Signpost article
[edit]The July 2015 edition of The Signpost has a WikiProject report about this project.
Project leaflet or poster
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