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# Disability Thinking Weekday -  October 2026 Recap
- URL: https://disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io/disability-thinking-weekday-october-2026-recap/
- Published: 2026-11-02T17:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-02T18:40:55.000Z
- Author: Andrew Pulrang
- Tags: Newsletter, #Migrated-1735666091452, #Import 2024-12-31 12:28

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It's time to tally up and organize October's [*Disability Thinking Weekday*](https://disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io/) links. As usual, they are sorted into three topic categories — **Disability Life & Culture**, **Politics, Policy & Activism**, and **Practical Information**, plus **Videos.**

Thanks again for your paid membership and financial support. It means so much to me, and makes continuing to produce this newsletter possible.

## **Disability Life & Culture**

- [**How having a disability became cool**](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/05/disability-became-cool/?ICID=continue%5Fwithout%5Fsubscribing%5Freg%5Ffirst&ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**Writing Disability Rights**](https://www.disabilitydebrief.org/writing-disability-rights/?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**2026 National Survey on Health and Disability**](https://ihdps.ku.edu/nshd-2026?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**Making Pinball Accessible for Everyone**](https://wheelieoutthere.blogspot.com/2026/09/youtube-video-player.html?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**It's the start of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM)**](https://mailchi.mp/aapd/its-the-start-of-national-disability-employment-awareness-month-ndeam?e=00adff17a6&ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**She Appeared On ‘Sesame Street’ At Age 10 To Talk About Disability. Decades Later, She's Still Fighting.**](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/emily-ladau-demystifying-disability-book%5Fn%5F6abab9ebe4b0cdca1abdbc4b?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**Reminder: Take AAPD's Community Input Survey**](https://mailchi.mp/aapd/take-community-input-survey-6088180?e=00adff17a6&ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**Kyla Harris: "We wanted to completely break convention”**](https://www.bodybabble.com/p/kyla-harris-we-might-regret-this?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**RJ Mitte, ‘Breaking Bad’ Star, Dies at 34**](https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/rj-mitte-dead-breaking-bad-1236909451/?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**How Breaking Bad's RJ Mitte changed the way we see cerebral palsy**](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvp8gj20j2ljo?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**RJ Mitte’s Legacy and the Struggles Many People With Cerebral Palsy Carry in Silence**](https://gracedowwrites.com/2026/10/13/rj-mittes-legacy-and-the-struggles-many-people-with-cerebral-palsy-carry-in-silence/?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**Daisy Lafarge wants to dress her disability differently**](https://www.ft.com/content/83d2fb38-4b98-40c4-b700-39190b605e38?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**Regal and Apple Original Films Partner to Provide BEING HEUMANN Screenings at Select Regal Theaters**](https://www.boxofficepro.com/regal-and-apple-original-films-partner-to-provide-being-heumann-screenings-at-select-regal-theatres/?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**Being Heumann - Dropped kerbs didn’t fall from the sky**](https://accessiblelink.substack.com/p/being-heumann-dropped-kerbs-didnt?utm%5Fsource=post-email-title&publication%5Fid=1463121&post%5Fid=220061547&utm%5Fcampaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=464c6&triedRedirect=true&utm%5Fmedium=email)
- [**We asked young disabled women about Cornell**](https://cripplemedia.com/we-asked-young-disabled-women-about-cornell/?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**How Mass Shootings Affect People with Disabilities**](https://disabilitydetermination.substack.com/p/how-mass-shootings-affect-people)
- [**My mother is my caregiver and we're mad at each other. WYD?**](https://cripplemedia.com/my-mom-is-my-caregiver-and-were-mad-at-each-other-wyd/?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**In Gabe Kavookjian’s Life, Most People Are the Same. But Not Him.**](https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a74031571/life-with-down-syndrome/?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**In Memoriam: Becky Ogle**](https://mailchi.mp/d040bdf5f793/in-memoriam-becky-ogle?e=4495996edd&ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)

## **Politics, Policy & Activism**

- [**HHS cancels health insurance of 760,000 individuals enrolled in healthcare.gov plans**](https://www.npr.org/2026/09/22/nx-s1-5977991/hhs-cancels-health-insurance-of-760-000-individuals-enrolled-in-healthcare-gov-plans?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**The Gilded Bunker and the Stolen Lifeline**](https://thedisabilityperspective.substack.com/p/the-gilded-bunker-and-the-stolen?utm%5Fsource=post-email-title&publication%5Fid=6359099&post%5Fid=217716543&utm%5Fcampaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=464c6&triedRedirect=true&utm%5Fmedium=email)
- [**A secretive computer algorithm is taking caregiving money away from disabled people**](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nebraska-medicaid-disabled-people-interrai-computer-algorithm-rcna594582?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**He lost 10 years in a Georgia nursing home. It's becoming more common**](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2026/09/07/disability-rights-undermined-by-trump-doj-as-georgia-man-seeks-freedom-under-olmstead/91584075007/?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**America’s support system for disabled pupils is broken**](https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/09/03/americas-support-system-for-disabled-pupils-is-broken?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**Severely disabled toddler euthanized in the Netherlands under new rules on the controversial practice**](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/child-euthanasia-netherlands-first-case-new-rules/?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**Trump rolls back federal hiring rules. Are disabled workers at risk?**](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/09/29/trump-cuts-federal-hiring-rules-impact-disabled-jobs/91782480007/?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**The federal government is backing away from a decades-old disability rights promise**](https://19thnews.org/2026/10/disabilities-olmstead-enforcement-federal-government/?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**Tell CDC: Keep disability questions in the NHIS**](https://mailchi.mp/aapd/tell-cdc-keep-disability-questions-in-the-nhis?e=00adff17a6&ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**What Is Lost When Disability Data Vanishes**](https://gracedowwrites.com/2026/10/06/what-is-lost-when-disability-data-vanishes/?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**8 in 10 Americans oppose live-streaming execution of Fort Hood shooter**](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/10/15/8-10-americans-oppose-live-streaming-execution-fort-hood-shooter-poll-shows/?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**Medicaid and SNAP Cuts: What’s Happening and What You Can Do**](https://thearc.org/blog/medicaid-and-snap-cuts-whats-happening-and-what-you-can-do/?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**Voter Turnout and Voting Accessibility**](https://smlr.rutgers.edu/faculty-research-engagement/program-disability-research/voter-turnout-and-voting-accessibility?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**A 7-year-old boy needs disability care. These parents united to help**](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2026/10/07/arkansas-disability-care-trump-civil-rights/92006475007/?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**Two Texans, Two Sets of Wheels, and a Fight for the Soul of the State**](https://thedisabilityperspective.substack.com/p/two-texans-two-sets-of-wheels-and)
- [**Josh Turek for Iowa**](https://turek4iowa.com/?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**The one thing everyone can do to fight for free and fair elections**](https://www.vox.com/america-actually/507517/2026-midterm-elections-security-integrity-right-to-vote?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)

## **Practical Information**

- [**Election Deadlines**](https://www.voteamerica.org/election-deadlines/?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**Register to vote / Check your registration**](https://www.vote.org/?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**About REV UP**](https://www.aapd.com/about-rev-up/?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**Hidden Voices: Americans with Disabilities in United States History**](https://www.weteachnyc.org/resources/resource/hidden-voices-americans-with-disabilities-in-united-states-history/?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**Bullying and Harassment of Students with Disabilities**](https://dredf.org/toolkit-bullying-and-harassment-of-students-with-disabilities-october-2026/?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**“CRPD A to Z” Course from the International Disability Alliance**](https://a11ynews.substack.com/p/crpd-a-to-z-course-from-the-international?utm%5Fsource=post-email-title&publication%5Fid=2266406&post%5Fid=212523704&utm%5Fcampaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=464c6&triedRedirect=true&utm%5Fmedium=email)

## **Videos**

- [**Being Heumann – Official Teaser | Apple TV**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9INUY8uKRyU&ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**‘Am I disabled?’: Confronting your internalised ableism | Jo Copson**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cXYXzQN39c&ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**Walt Attacks Skyler | Breaking Bad (Bryan Cranston)**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP3QMJndYWY&ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**Instagram message on RJ Mitte**](https://www.instagram.com/p/Decrx4gS9c2/?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)
- [**Why Americans with disabilities struggle to vote**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K62JCFj7B88&ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io)

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