Did Winter Get Worse?! Empowered Para - January 6, 2026 The discussion about coping with disability in winter starts at about the 16:50 mark. I appreciate any time disabled people discuss the challenges and barriers of winter. And these two are a pleasure to listen to. Have a nice
Hi there! Kind of a hodgepodge today. I hope some of it is useful and engaging. All three held my attention. Don't forget to click the button below to get to the 2026 Disability Thinking Weekday poll, if you haven't done so already: 2026 Disability Thinking
Good afternoon ... How is the first full week of the new year going? Here in Northeastern New York it's been snowing again. Fortunately, I like staying indoors most of the time. And I am lucky to be able to stay put when I need to. So I don&
Hello! I don't often post three links in one day from the same publication. But I wanted to share the stories linked below together, and they all happened to be published by The Guardian. I originally planned to post an item on the refused MBE posted by the
Good afternoon! It's the first regular post of the new year. How is 2026 going f9r us so far? If you haven't already, please take a few minutes to complete the 2026 Disability Thinking Weekday poll, about the future of the newsletter. Click the button below
Welcome to 2026! I don't think we can call 2025 a good year for much of anyone, especially for people with disabilities. But it was a pretty decent year for this newsletter. The move from Substack to Ghost went smoothly. Financial support from readers has shaped up quite
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So long 2025 ... It's the last newsletter of the year! Stay tuned for a December wrap-up, and an index of sorts for all of 2025's newsletters. See you next year! Annual memberships are on sale at $40 per year for 1 more day! Now is a
Good afternoon! We're back from the holiday break, and into that awkward time between Christmas and New Year's. Today's email includes links on another heartbreaking loss to our disability communities, plus two other articles that together demonstrate three different modes of disability advocacy. Don&
Happy Holidays! Disability Thinking Weekday will be on a break next week. The next issue will be on Monday, December 29, 2025. After that, stay tuned for a special New Year's issue, with some ideas for next year, and some kind of reference for all the links shared
Good afternoon! As 2026 nears an end, here are some thoughts on some of the more difficult and sometimes discouraging aspects of disability activism. These thoughts can be discouraging. But to me they are also hopeful. I we can pinpoint the sources of our frustration a little more precisely, I
