By Menachem Rephun, Communications Manager, Creative Spirit In today’s world, the idea that slurs or insults are not simply words, but can have real, lasting consequences, is often trivialized as an overreaction, hypersensitivity, or “political correctness”. In reality, this is far from the case, as ableism can cause real, lasting harm. This is especially true...

By Laurel Rossi, Co-Founder, Creative Spirit Ariel Winter was just a child — the bright, brainy middle daughter on Modern Family, growing up on camera in front of millions. Her character was smart and endearing. Offscreen, however, Ariel became the target of harsh criticism, sexualization, and ridicule from complete strangers — many of them adults....