Disability Thinking Weekday - January 2024 Recap

Here’s a look back at January’s Disability Thinking Weekday links. The full monthly recap is available to paid subscribers. The links are sorted into three broad topic categories — Disability Life & Culture, Politics, Policy & Activism, and Practical Information, plus Videos.

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Disability Life & Culture

• Why I’m so short
• Dave Chappelle goes after disabled community in 'The Dreamer': 'I love punching down'
• Your 2024 Disability Horoscopes
• Personal Voice Should be a Game Changer for Me. It's Not.
• Oscar-Nominated ‘Crip Camp’ Co-Director Jim LeBrecht Praises ‘Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie’: It Shows How Authentic Representation Is Possible
• Echo is being praised as the best Marvel show in years - and here's why
• 'Dumb and Dumber' Directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly Discuss Portraying Disability
• Shattering Stereotypes About Autism and Technology
• Highland Popcorn to open in St. Paul, employing people with disabilities
• Wheelchair Users’ Voices Booming in Hollywood
• Students with physical disabilities explain the challenges they face when they go to university
• UCLA creates first disability studies major at a California public university
• Grief, disability and a musical for people who can’t go to a theater
• Why I’m Hopeful for the Future of Disability Ministry
• Nighttime Thoughts
• ‘I’m done with pretenders’: disabled actors on reclaiming Richard III

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