Disability Thinking Weekday - August 2026 Recap
Take a look back at August's Disability Thinking Weekday links. There aren't as many shared links this month. But as always, they are sorted into three topic categories — Disability Life & Culture, Politics, Policy & Activism, and Practical Information, plus Videos.
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Disability Life & Culture
- Why the future of robots is serving humans, not just imitating them
- Why Some Americans Want to Be Disabled
- What's up with the internet's fascination with disabled animals?
- What Policymakers Don’t Understand About Being Cared For
- What’s Wrong With You? vs. What Happened to You?
- Why the R-Word Is the Defining Slur of the Trump Era
- August Monthly Q & A, with Julia Métraux
Politics, Policy & Activism
- Disabled veteran with Parkinson’s disease arrested twice for misuse of 911
- In letter to cousin RFK Jr., health advocate warns of threats to disability care
- California Does Medicaid Home Care Well. They’re Being Punished For It.
- Disability Is: Bipartisan Lessons From Beleaguered Presidents
- A Fear-Mongering Law for Locking up Disabled People Falls Apart in New York
Practical Information
Videos
- Friday Video Share: "The Internet Thinks Helen Keller Was a Fraud..."
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