5/14/25 - Medicaid emergency links
Nobody does civil disobedience quite like a focused, well-organized group of disabled people with (literally) skin in the game.
5/12/25 - Maintenance Week
Disability Thinking Weekday will be on a maintenance break this week. The next regular issue will be on Monday, May 19, 2025. I'll be spending this week experimenting with some design changes and possible new content additions. If you have any ideas to make the newsletter better or
5/9/25 - Friday Video Share: "Tips for new wheelchair users who are returning to the community"
What do you make of videos like this? Subscribe or Upgrade Tips for new wheelchair users who are returning to the community Empowered Para - April 2, 2025 This video is a good example of a particular genre of disability content or advice. It's positive, can-do, and focused
5/8/25 - Voting accessibility in Australia & Ireland, and what to make of Sen. Fetterman
A look a voting abroad, and trying again to figure out Fetterman ... Subscribe or Upgrade Disability Voting News: May 7, 2025 Sarah Blahovec, The Accessible Voting Booth - May 7, 2025 "While the United States and Australia have very different voting systems, they share very similar barriers to access
5/7/25 - Willowbrook, helping, and accessible gaming
If we're not all careful, we very easily could "go back."
5/6/25 - A Medicaid vigil, and more travel woes
... the fear, humiliation, and rage of this very specific combination of crappy customer service and bureaucratic incompetence that only disabled people face.
5/5/25 - More news and perspectives on autism
Autism Acceptance Month ended last week. And it was a doozy – so much so that there's still more to say about it ... Subscribe or Upgrade U.S. autism data project sparks uproar over ethics, privacy and intent Ariana Eunjung Cha, Caitlin Gilbert and Fenit Nirappil, Washington Post -
5/2/25 - Friday Video Share: "Shane's Biggest Fears - And How We Cope"
What are your biggest fears? Subscribe or Upgrade Shane's Biggest Fears - And How We Cope Squirmy & Grubs - April 23, 2025 Shane and Hannah cover a lot of ground in this video. It's very dense with insight into some of the scarier aspects of
5/1/25 - Pope Francis, and Montreal
Happy May Day! It's hard to believe we are already close to halfway through 2025. Here are your three disability-related links for the day ... Subscribe or Upgrade The Chair of Saint Peter Peter Torres Fremlin, Disability Debrief - April 30, 2025 "Pope Francis, leader of the Catholic
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4/30/25 - Cuts, cuts, cuts
The core reason for funding disability services should always be that disabled people need them.
4/25/25 - Friday Video Share: "GEMS CAR CHATS: Katie Hopkins Mocked Disabled People & I’m Not Staying Quiet"
In which we meet one Katie Hopkins ... Subscribe or Upgrade GEMS CAR CHATS: Katie Hopkins Mocked Disabled People & I’m Not Staying Quiet Wheelsnoheels - Gem Hubbard I'm getting to be a big fan of Gem Hubbard's "Car Chats" format. It's