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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

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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

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4/24/25 - Cuts, discounts, and reflections on the global disability community

Disability communities and movements everywhere need more of that skill – to appreciate what works and what energizes us, while never ignoring where we fail, or the real dangers we face.

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4/23/25 - Struggling for independence, a national survey, and another way to call Congress

But how to we make disability activism itself accessible?

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4/22/25 - More on autism, accessible furniture, and a question of discrimination

None of these products seem especially innovative. And that's fine. In fact, it's sort of encouraging.

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4/21/25 - 3 takes on RFK Jr. and autism

We are at the moment also locked in a room with one man's personal obsessions.

4/18/25 - Friday Video Share: "Autism advocate on RFK Jr.’s promised autism study"

RFK Jr. said some things about autism this week. Autistic folks have some thoughts ... Subscribe or Upgrade Autism advocate on RFK Jr.’s promised autism study ABC News - April 16, 2025 Video Autism advocate on RFK Jr.’s promised autism studyColin Killick, executive director of the Autism Self Advocacy

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4/17/25 - Section 504, trans rights, and AI pros and cons

The big news at the moment is RFK Jr.'s press conference yesterday, in which he had a lot to say about autism that has autistic and disability communities feeling very angry, insulted, and threatened. But, I'm going to hold off on sharing articles and thoughts on

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4/16/25 - U.S. cuts, a growing family, and learning Sign online

A bit of a wider variety today. Not all of it is bad or discouraging news. Subscribe or Upgrade Sweeping HHS Cuts Will Put Disabled and Older Americans’ Right to Live in Their Communities at Risk Susan J. Popkin, Nina Russell, Barbara Butrica, Dana Ferrante, Urban Institute- April 7, 2025