3/4/26 - More newsletters

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As it turns out, the three articles I want to share today were from other disability-themed newsletters. Two of them provide some more perspective on the Disability Day of Mourning. And one hit home for me on the pros and cons of being "visible" with our disabilities. Here they are ...

Today in Disability History - Disability Day of Mourning

Sarah Levis, Coach with a Cane - March 1, 2026

"We live in a society that still too often frames disability as tragedy, dependence as burden, and support as sacrifice. When a non-disabled child is killed by a parent, the act is universally condemned. When the victim is disabled, public conversations sometimes shift. Words like “mercy,” “understandable,” or “relief” enter the discussion. That shift reveals something about whose lives are assumed to be fully valuable."

Thoughts on Disability Day of Mourning

Rebecca Upton, Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture - March 1, 2026

"But if you didn't already: you need to know that neglect and abuse of disabled people who are being cared for by others is unfortunately a reality everywhere. We will never hear many of the stories, but when we do hear them, we need to listen and act."

Here are two more reflections on the Disability Day of Mourning, which I linked and wrote some of my own thoughts about in yesterday's newsletter. These pieces help flesh out the moral and practical issues this annual event is design to highlight. And they help balance out the systemic failures and ableist attitudes that contribute to these terrible acts of murder and betrayal.

Cloak of invisibility

Jackie, Disability & Determination - February 25, 2026

"I didn’t want to be different. I didn’t want to stand out. I wanted to be like everyone else. A lot of that stems from internalized ableism which I didn’t even know was a thing back then. I didn’t even know it was a thing until I was in my 30s, in fact."

There's a lot I relate to in this post. I like to think that like Jackie, I have become more comfortable with being visible than I was when I was younger. Intellectually I am. But I'm pretty sure I haven't made it to honest to goodness disability pride, at least in terms of my physical appearance. In my thinking about disability I feel pretty much all of my 58 years, and I mean that in a good way. But there are days when I feel my appearance about the way I did when I was 16. And although it wasn't terrible then by a long shot, it wasn't great. Visibility comes in many different varieties.

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