Disability Thinking Weekday - October 2026 Recap

It's time to tally up and organize October's Disability Thinking Weekday links. As usual, 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

• How having a disability became cool
• Writing Disability Rights
• 2026 National Survey on Health and Disability
• Making Pinball Accessible for Everyone
• It's the start of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM)
• She Appeared On ‘Sesame Street’ At Age 10 To Talk About Disability. Decades Later, She's Still Fighting.
• Reminder: Take AAPD's Community Input Survey
• Kyla Harris: "We wanted to completely break convention”
• RJ Mitte, ‘Breaking Bad’ Star, Dies at 34
• How Breaking Bad's RJ Mitte changed the way we see cerebral palsy
• RJ Mitte’s Legacy and the Struggles Many People With Cerebral Palsy Carry in Silence
• Daisy Lafarge wants to dress her disability differently
• Regal and Apple Original Films Partner to Provide BEING HEUMANN Screenings at Select Regal Theaters
• Being Heumann - Dropped kerbs didn’t fall from the sky
• We asked young disabled women about Cornell
• How Mass Shootings Affect People with Disabilities
• My mother is my caregiver and we're mad at each other. WYD?
• In Gabe Kavookjian’s Life, Most People Are the Same. But Not Him.
• In Memoriam: Becky Ogle

Politics, Policy & Activism

• HHS cancels health insurance of 760,000 individuals enrolled in healthcare.gov plans
• The Gilded Bunker and the Stolen Lifeline
• A secretive computer algorithm is taking caregiving money away from disabled people
• He lost 10 years in a Georgia nursing home. It's becoming more common
• America’s support system for disabled pupils is broken
• Severely disabled toddler euthanized in the Netherlands under new rules on the controversial practice
• Trump rolls back federal hiring rules. Are disabled workers at risk?
• The federal government is backing away from a decades-old disability rights promise
• Tell CDC: Keep disability questions in the NHIS
• What Is Lost When Disability Data Vanishes
• 8 in 10 Americans oppose live-streaming execution of Fort Hood shooter
• Medicaid and SNAP Cuts: What’s Happening and What You Can Do
• Voter Turnout and Voting Accessibility
• A 7-year-old boy needs disability care. These parents united to help
• Two Texans, Two Sets of Wheels, and a Fight for the Soul of the State
• Josh Turek for Iowa
• The one thing everyone can do to fight for free and fair elections

Practical Information

• Election Deadlines
• Register to vote / Check your registration
• About REV UP
• Hidden Voices: Americans with Disabilities in United States History
• Bullying and Harassment of Students with Disabilities
• “CRPD A to Z” Course from the International Disability Alliance

Videos

• Being Heumann – Official Teaser | Apple TV
• ‘Am I disabled?’: Confronting your internalised ableism | Jo Copson
• Walt Attacks Skyler | Breaking Bad (Bryan Cranston)
• Instagram message on RJ Mitte
• Why Americans with disabilities struggle to vote

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