How to Contribute to the Disability Wiki
We want to work with disabled community members to build this wiki together.
What We Need Help With
Section titled “What We Need Help With”- Content: Write pages about your disability, country, culture, expertise
- Feedback: Tell us what’s wrong, what’s missing, what we got right
- Editing: Improve existing pages for clarity, accuracy, accessibility
- Translation: Translate pages into other languages
- Collaboration: Partner on specific projects or areas
- Accessibility Testing: Review pages with your assistive technology
- Global South Perspective: Share your region’s disability frameworks, laws, culture
- Indigenous Knowledge: Share Indigenous approaches to disability
Who Can Contribute?
Section titled “Who Can Contribute?”- Disabled people (priority)
- Family members of disabled people
- Disability organizations
- Researchers and activists
- Healthcare providers (as peer reviewers)
- Anyone committed to disability justice
We especially need:
- Disabled people of color
- Global South disabled people
- Indigenous disabled people
- LGBTQ+ disabled people
- Disabled people with multiple marginalized identities
- Disabled people with all disability types
How to Get Involved
Section titled “How to Get Involved”Email us: contribute2disabilitywiki@gmail.com
Tell us what you’d like to contribute — content, feedback, corrections, translation, accessibility testing, or anything else listed above. You don’t need any technical skills, and you can write in whatever language you’re most comfortable in.
Comfortable with Git and want to edit pages directly? See the Technical Contribution Guide.
What to Expect
Section titled “What to Expect”- We’ll read every submission
- We may ask clarifying questions
- We’ll credit your contributions
- You’ll have agency in your contributions
- We’ll handle feedback respectfully
- We’ll reply as soon as we can — we’re a small volunteer team, so it may take a little while
If you need accommodations to submit feedback:
- Email us directly: contribute2disabilitywiki@gmail.com
This page centers disabled people’s expertise and is informed by disabled-led organizing globally.