Joyce ChediacJOYCE CHEDIAC has participated in activism going back to the Civil Rights, womens', and anti-Vietnam War movements of the 1960s. An Arab-American, she has written on the Middle East and women's issues for over five decades. She is a registered nurse,and the former assistant editor of The American Journal of Public Health. Chediac is hard of hearing and dyslectic. Her writings on disability include: "People with disabilities are half of people killed by cops" and "Disability rights in the age of austerity." She is currently a national editor of the Liberation News website and lives in New York City. Read More Read Less