Andrew Pulrang - Disability Thinking Weekday (Page 4)

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6/23/25 - How to do it

Disability activism without pity

6/20/25 - Friday Video Share: Your 19 Assumptions About Our Interabled Relationship - We Respond!

Opening Your 19 Assumptions About Our Interabled Relationship - We Respond! Squirmy and Grubs - May 21, 2025 I have shared videos from "Squirmy and Grubs" several times. They produce some of the best disability content out there. This video covers a lot of ground, as Q &

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6/19/25 - Trumpism colliding with disability

I fear what will happen if this sort of thing continues

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6/18/25 - Accessibility innovation, and the need for employment role models

On the surface, this seems like an observation so obvious it's barely worth mentioning.

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6/17/25 - Disability rights globally and in the US ... and disabled sports

"I wanted to move. I wanted to compete. Mostly, I wanted to stop feeling like sports were built for everyone else."

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6/16/25 - Education, discrimination, and parenting disabled children

Good morning! Let's start off this week with two articles on the same news event – a Supreme Court ruling that actually looks good for disabled people. I think it's helpful now and then to read and think about more than one different take on the same

6/13/25 - Friday Video Share: "Patience" - Official Trailer

There's a new British TV show coming up on PBS that looks interesting ... Patience Part 1 (2025) - Official Trailer - Season 1 New Movie Trailers - May 28, 2025 I love British police procedurals. So a new one centered on an autistic character working with police looks

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6/12/25 - Three disability podcasts

Good afternoon all! I took yesterday off for my birthday. Today, instead of the usual articles, I'm sharing links to three disability-related audio podcasts that are either new to me, or that I'm returning to after a bit of a break. I mostly listen to podcasts

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6/10/25 - A loss close to home, disability and the death penalty, and processing everyday ableism

Hello everyone ... I want to start today by acknowledging the passing of Denise DiNoto, one of this newsletter's longest subscribers, and a well-known and loved disabled activist here in New York State, where I live. Here is what the New York State Independent Living Council said of her

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6/9/25 - Autism, Pride Month, and the next step in airline accessibility

It looks like autism has become yet another ground on which intense political, moral, and personal battles are being fought out – with little reference to actual autistic people.

6/6/25 - Friday Video Share: AmputeeOT: My Legoleg - amputee prosthetic leg made with Lego bricks

This one still makes me smile ... AmputeeOT: My Legoleg - amputee prosthetic leg made with Lego bricks AmputeeOT - June 12, 2013 Here's another older video, in fact the first I ever shared here. It's also the very first disability-related video I ever saw on YouTube.

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6/5/25 - "Assisted dying," and thoughts on the roots of ableism

Good day! I sense a bit of a theme in today's link choices. Also, please remember that it's still important for US readers to contact members of Congress about Medicaid right now, especially senators. Click the link down below under "Take Action" to learn