10/15/26 - Remembering "Flynn"

Good afternoon ... Okay, let's talk about RJ Mitte. TW: suicide. Also, spoilers ahead for the TV show "Breaking Bad." RJ Mitte, ‘Breaking Bad’ Star, Dies at 34 Ethan Shanfield, Variety - October 12, 2026 "RJ Mitte, who played Walter White Jr. on “Breaking Bad,” has died.

10/14/26 - Monthly Essay: "By Firing Squad"

Firing Squad Andrew Pulrang, Disability Thinking Weekday - October 14, 2026 (TW: death penalty, suicide) Are they really going to livestream the execution of a man in a wheelchair by firing squad? How are other wheelchair users, and other disabled people, supposed to process that? I’m not a fan of

10/13/26 - Essential data, and making a disability TV show

Hi there! Let's get right to it. Here are three disability-related links for a new Tuesday. Tell CDC: Keep disability questions in the NHIS American Association of People with Disabilities - October 5, 2026 "The CDC and other government entities use data from the NHIS to make

10/12/26 - Taking stock

Good afternoon ... Let's start the week with three links aimed at assessing where we are and what's going on for people with disabilities right now. Also, note that there's a new Take Action item below. It's an updated call for congressional support

10/9/26 - Friday Video Share: "‘Am I disabled?’: Confronting your internalised ableism | Jo Copson"

‘Am I disabled?’: Confronting your internalised ableism TEDx Talks - December 5, 2022 Every once in a while I like to check in on disability-related TED Talks. TED is a little past its cultural prime, I think. But I always find talks by disabled people that are at least interesting

10/8/26 - A slipperier slope, and another odd sort of NDEAM

Hello! I put a lot of feeling into my notes on today's links. I felt a lot of things while writing them. I'm not sure how that comes out in the notes themselves. But the articles speak pretty effectively for themselves anyway. Severely disabled toddler euthanized

10/7/26 - A call for writing, an online survey, and accessible pinball

Good afternoon ... It's a request day today. These three links are from readers who specifically asked for them to be shared here. I'm happy to do it. Writing Disability Rights Disability Debrief - October 1, 2026 "Human rights are abstract things. Help us understand what they

10/6/26 - Today's Ableism

Hi ... The first of today's articles illustrates a type of modern ableism. The other two pieces are, in themselves, examples of to more kinds of today's ableism. It's all rather depressing – partly because they are all so familiar, and feel kind of inevitable. He

10/5/26 - More cuts, and how much is too much?

Good afternoon! How are you all today? Let's get right to the links, which I'm carrying over from what I had planned to share on Thursday when I was nursing a cold. HHS cancels health insurance of 760,000 individuals enrolled in healthcare.gov plans Selena

10/2/26 - Friday Video Share: "Being Heumann -- Official Teaser | Apple TV"

Being Heumann — Official Teaser | Apple TV Apple TV - September 2, 2026 This film has been out for several months, but is only just about to debut on the more easily and widely accessible platform of Apple TV. It's about Judy Heumann, one of the key leaders in the

10/1/26 - September Comments

Nearly every time I think, "Well, there won't have been many comments this month," I look back through my comment folder and it turns out the opposite. Sure enough there are, in fact, several comments to share from September ... 9/4/26 - Friday Video Share: "

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Disability Thinking Weekday - September 2026 Recap

It's time to look back at September's Disability Thinking Weekday links. There aren't as many shared links this month. But as always, they are sorted into three topic categories — Disability Life & Culture, Politics, Policy & Activism, and Practical Information, plus Videos. Thank you

9/30/26 - Sick Today

I seem to be enjoying an early autumn cold, so I'm going to take a day off from link sharing and commenting. Check back tomorrow for a wrap-up of September comments. And those of you with a paid subscription will get the usual monthly links recap, too,

9/29/26 - Community integration, military service, and school

Hello ... Do I have a cold now? It feels a little like it, but I'm not sure. I hope not. Anyway, here are your three disability-related links for this Tuesday ... ANCOR Condemns Administration for Efforts to Erode Community Inclusion Following Final Order in Texas v. Kennedy Sean

9/28/26 - Another strike against community integration

Good afternoon! Last week ended with some bad news for community integration policy. Put that way, it doesn't sound as bad as it probably is. And how bad it actually is remains uncertain. For now, the best we can do is catch up on what happened, and revisit

9/25/26 - Friday Video Share: "Our BABY Is Coming Soon... Are We Ready?"

Our BABY Is Coming Soon... Are We Ready? Squirmy and Grubs - September 21, 2026 I couldn't find any new or surprising disability-related videos for this week. So, let's just check in on two of our more familiar disability vologgers and how they are preparing for

9/24/26 - Deaf rights, unwanted inventions, and the real and present dangers of AI

Hi there! How has your week been so far? Tomorrow's newsletter will as usual feature a video of some kind, possibly kind of fun. But, stay tuned also for Monday's edition, which will probably be dominated by some fairly bad disability rights news. In the meantime,

9/23/26 - September Monthly Q&A, with Peter Torres Fremlin

Good afternoon! This is the second edition of the Disability Thinking Weekday Monthly Q&A. The first one, last month, featured Julia Métraux, disability reporter at Mother Jones. Today's interview is with Peter Torres Fremlin, the UK-based creator of Disability Debrief, which Peter describes as: "

9/22/26 - Autism, mentorship, and the blessings of a wheelchair

Hello ... Welcome to Autumn! Like the new seasonal colors and trim? The “Profound Autism” Label Hurts Autistic People Autistic Self Advocacy Network - September 17, 2026 "This is not just about the words “profound autism”. The ideas that made people start using the words “profound autism” are the big problem.

9/21/26 - It sounds good, but ...

Good afternoon! Today's theme might be a little weird and hard to decode. Please bear with me. And if my thinking here turns out to be incomprehensible, feel free to let me know! UK disabled people could swap Pip cash for "in kind" support in benefit

9/18/26 - Friday Video Share: "Alamo - 19 Films"

Alamo - 19 Films Ariel Baska, Vimeo - September 9, 2026 From the Access: Horror 2026 film festival website: "Horror has always had a complicated relationship with disability. It's been the twitch that signals evil, the wheelchair that means vulnerable, the scar that means damaged. Access:Horror exists because

9/17/26 - Voting, home care, and a new credit union

Hi there! Another week is just about wrapped up – my first full week out of the hospital. How was your week? Make Your Voting Plan Today American Association of People with Disabilities - September 16, 2026 "Look up key voter registration dates and deadlines, the issues and people you’ll

9/16/26 - Catching up: threatened rights, pearl clutching, and sex

Good afternoon ... I'm still clearing out a long queue of articles I set aside in August ... The Promise We Made to Americans with Disabilities Is Under Attack Barbara Merrill and Tony Coelho, Time - August 11, 2026 "Suggesting that people don’t have the right to community-based

9/15/26 - In the movies

Hello! These three pieces just all came together kind of naturally. I love when they do that. Being Heumann Review: The Disability Representation We've Been Waiting For Kristen Lopez, The Film Maven - September 10, 2026 "I've written in my book about how Tod Browning'

9/14/26 - Disability Voting Rights Week, and thoughts on 9/11

Good afternoon! A focus on voting this week, and catching up on 9/11 remembrances, 25 years later. Also, I've updated the Take Action item below on the attacks on community integration in the U.S. The ADA Watch page for this has more information on what'