Disability Thinking Weekday - July 2026 Recap

Here is a look back at July's Disability Thinking Weekday links. 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

• Disability Debrief at 200
• I Identify as a hater
• NOT ASHAMED MONTH: MY DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH VERSION
• The Contradiction at the Heart of Disability in America
• Parents & Autistic Self-Advocates: What We Wish Parents Knew
• I Didn’t Become Disabled at 22
• What if disabled astronauts are just better suited to space?

Politics, Policy & Activism

• Disability Voting News: July 1, 2026
• Opportunities
• DOGE Attacks on Social Security Have Left Millions in the Lurch
• How private equity is gobbling up disability services
• American Association of People with Disabilities Applauds Supreme Court Protecting Mail Ballot Grace Periods
• Darline Graham’s career centered disability. Now she could help shape national policy.
• Mapping Disabled Americans’ Access to Democracy
• Action Alert: Tell CMS You Oppose Medicaid Work Requirements
• Mitch McConnell’s Disability Isn’t the Story. His Fitness for Office Is.
• Democrats probe DOJ finding that eases way for states to institutionalize mentally ill
• THE COMING ASSAULT ON DISABILITY RIGHTS
• The ADA at 36: A Promise in Peril
• The ADA at 36: A Q&A with Disability Rights Pioneer Stephanie Thomas

Practical Information

• Steve Way's Substack
• The D*List
• Disabled Joy
• Grace Dow Writes
• Reframing Disability
• The View From Down Here
• Jamie Hale
• Smart Ass Cripple
• Rolling with it
• Unpacking Disability with Meriah Nichols
• Words I Wheel By
• The Accessible Link
• All in Frame

Videos

• Friday Video Share: "Post 47: PLEASE WATCH + SHARE: Important Disability Policy Alert ⚖️"
• Friday Video Share: "JUST EVOLVE | World Down Syndrome Day 2026"
• Friday Video Share: "Disability 'Awareness' and 'Disability Pride'"
• Friday Video Share: "How To Date With A Disability"
• Friday Video Share: "The Odyssey Scandal No One is Talking About ..."

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