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Andrew Pulrang

Andrew Pulrang
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1/24/25 - Friday Video Share

Discover accessible Germany Germany Tourism - November 27, 2024 This isn't exactly a challenging, cutting edge, emotional disability video. It's a tourism ad. But it's nice to see a national tourism agency making and effort to attract disabled tourists. I wonder if Donald Trump

24 Jan 2025
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1/23/25 - Emergencies, neglect, and a new disability podcast

Your Local Government Isn’t Ready to Evacuate Disabled People Julia Métraux, Mother Jones - January 18, 2025 "Peters also recommends a 'reach in' approach: not to assume a disabled person has no plan, but to ask about any plans they’ve already considered; and about practical

23 Jan 2025
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1/22/25 - Musk, Walz, and COVID

The autistic guide to waving exuberantly without accidentally Sieg Heiling Sara Gibbs, The Daily Tism - January 21, 2025 "As autistics, we recognise that this could happen to any one of us – so here’s a quick emergency guide to the dos and don’ts of waving without inadvertently

22 Jan 2025
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1/21/25 - Disabled migrants, an interabled marriage, and music accessibility

I want to start with a note to state what may be obvious to some of you, to others maybe not. There was no newsletter yesterday because it was Martin Luther King, Jr. day here in the U.S., which is a federal holiday. Of course, I don't

21 Jan 2025
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1/17/25 - Friday Video Share

Gaelynn Lea: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert NPR Music - March 11, 2016 The other day, a friend sent me a text message with a link, letting me know that disabled musician and activist Gaelynn Lea had shared a link on her Facebook page to this recent Disability Thinking Weekday

17 Jan 2025
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1/16/25 - Political parties, more on wildfires, and accessible safaris

Disability Victory Calls on DNC Leadership Candidates to Commit to Accessibility and Disability Rights Disability Victory - January 7, 2025 "As disabled-led and run organizations and allied organizations, we are committed to accessibility for all and a Democratic infrastructure that includes investing in disabled candidates and issues across the

16 Jan 2025
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1/15/25 - Able Accounts, Special Ed, and dealing with crowds

Able Accounts Are Changing Grace Dow, Grace Dow Writes - January 10, 2025 "I’ve used funds in my ABLE account to pay for vehicle repairs, college tuition, and rent.  Last year, I used some of my ABLE account funds to fix the air conditioner in my wheelchair van

15 Jan 2025
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1/14/25 - Home care, education, and more on disability and disasters

Before getting to today's links, I want to highlight some of the other parts of this new website for Disability Thinking Weekday. If you click the link here for the Home page, you will see a menu of other pages, including: About - Explaining what the site and

14 Jan 2025
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1/13/25 - L.A. Fires

Altadena family says disabled father and son were left to burn: ‘Nobody was coming’ Sonja Sharp, Lost Angeles Times - January 10, 2025 "'What hurts the most is that our state didn’t prepare for this at all,' Mitchell said. Officials have known for years that disabled

13 Jan 2025
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1/10/25 - Friday Video Share

Why do friends drift away in hard times? Mark Webb, TEDx Talks - April 25, 2024 Personal disability stories with simple messages don't always work. The "How I became disabled" genre, and, as Mark Webb notes in his presentation, the "quote from the video"

10 Jan 2025
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1/9/25 - The R-Word, AI, and disability fetish

I have a request before we get into today's three disability-related articles. I would like to feature more writing by disabled bloggers. The third item here today is by Grace Dow, who posts a blog just about every day. I'd like to highlight more writing like

09 Jan 2025
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1/8/25 - Medical debt, Medicaid cuts, and answering ableism

New federal rule will remove medical debt from credit reports Elizabeth Schulze, ABC News - January 7, 2025 "The rule would erase an estimated $49 billion in unpaid medical bills from the credit reports of roughly 15 million Americans, the CFPB said." Continuing with the cost of health

08 Jan 2025
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