A few random articles for today, in no particular order or connection ... Subscribe or Upgrade Myanmar earthquake tragedy deepens dire crisis Disability Insider - April 1, 2025 Source: Raul Krauthausen Substack "The UN Humanitarian Country Team is actively conducting rapid needs assessment missions in coordination with UN agencies, humanitarian partners,

It's still all about disability advocacy today, but from some slightly different perspectives. Subscribe or Upgrade Proposed Cuts to Medicaid and Social Services Target Our Community — Here’s What We Can Do Tim Gilmer, New Mobility - March 17, 2025 "Since the age of 20 I have navigated

We can all use a bit of a laugh about now. Here are three links where you might find some. Subscribe or Upgrade The Squeaky Wheel The Squeaky Wheel Headline: "Recently Paralyzed Libertarian Fights for Local Business’s Right to Deny Him Entry" It's hard to

These days, I find myself deliberately sharing stories on serious threats to disabled people's lives and freedom, alongside seemingly lower-stakes, lifestyle accessibility and inclusion topics. I'm not sure what message it sends to post these very different kinds of stories side by side. I certainly

A little Tyrion for your weekend viewing ... Subscribe or Upgrade Tyrion Gives Bran A Gift Nineteen1900Hundred, YouTube - May 1, 2012 Spoilers ahead, I guess ... It feels a bit silly to still be obsessed with a TV character from a show that ended almost six years ago – not to mention sharing

The hits just keep coming ... Subscribe or Upgrade Disability Voting News: March 26, 2025 Sarah Blahovec, The Accessible Voting Booth- March 26, 2025 "Regardless of which documents are accepted, the people who will be most impacted by a DPOC requirement are young people and elderly people who are less

I was sick the last two days, which is why there were no newsletters on Monday or Tuesday. Actually I don't feel too bad about missing a weekday issue once in a while. But disability articles that should be shared tend to pile up quickly these days. Hopefully

Today is World Down Syndrome Day. Time for a new video! Subscribe or Upgrade NO DECISION WITHOUT US | World Down Syndrome Day 2025 CoorDown - March 13, 2025 Here's this year's World Down Syndrome Day from CoorDown, an Italian Down syndrome organization that has been producing innovative,

By the time this newsletter is published, President Trump may have already signed his executive order to shut down the U.S. Department of Education. I have also seen a few copies of a Facebook post listing over a dozen steps the U.S. Department of Justice has taken that

One slightly older piece, one newer, and an arts break today. Subscribe or Upgrade RFK's plan to make America healthy again? Send people with mental health conditions to farms Amanda Marcotte, Salon.com - February 19, 2025 "Kennedy has long had it out for these drugs, and repeatedly

Some less dire content today. After all, smaller disability issues and experiences continue and are worth thinking about, even when the foundations of our lives threaten to crumble. Subscribe or Upgrade Profit shouldn’t take precedence over health and safety Editorials, Altamont Enterprise - March 5, 2025 "Thompson said, '

I'm circling back today to the ongoing legal threat to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act – an issue that benefits from further discussion and interpretation, provided here in two newer articles. I'm also linking a new disability-related blog you should all subscribe to. Subscribe or

Marking this week's 35th anniversary of the "Capitol Crawl," one of the most iconic advocacy actions in modern disability history ... some new video and audio that really does bring history alive. Subscribe or Upgrade Trailer | CHANGE, NOT CHARITY: THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT American Experience | Public

Once again, I can't help thinking about what disabled people would be advocating for in education, in a different timeline, under different election outcomes. We would be fighting for stronger, more effective enforcement of disabled kids' right to an equal education, in regular classrooms alongside their non-

Yesterday was the fifth anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a pandemic. COVID is a rare example of something that affected the entire world in deep and devastating ways, and affected disabled and chronically ill people in additional, distinct ways. COVID means something to everyone. But it

We're still struggling to even begin to figure out how to defend disability rights and supports, with a U.S. government in self-inflicted, not at all random chaos. Meanwhile, somewhat lower-key disability culture continues to evolve. Reminder: If you have a free or paid subscription, you

The poll I embedded in Friday's newsletter didn't work right. For some reason it doesn't appear in the actual email. Sorry about that! If you visit the Friday newsletter's web page, the poll shows up right where it's supposed to

Subscribe or Upgrade Are you generally optimistic, pessimistic, or not sure about the future for people with disabilities? In thinking about this question, try to take in a number of factors ... politics and policy, legal rights, activism and disability organizations, economics, technology, medicine, etc. Also, think both locally for you,

Today we're taking about a half-step away from hard news. And by "hard" news I mean both having to do with concrete, specific disability policy and politics, and just hard to deal with. Here are your three disability-related links for today ... The R-Word

Subscribe or Upgrade I was sick yesterday, but feeling better today. It's taken me an awfully long time to figure out that a good winter for me is one where I have a few random, isolated sick days, while managing to escape a more serious two or three-

Subscribe or Upgrade Is Trump lying about cutting Medicaid — or is Congress? Patrick Reis, Vox.com - February 26, 2025 "Republicans have been reluctant to propose structural changes to Medicaid, as it’s unpopular to take away health insurance from people who need it — particularly while cutting taxes for the

Subscribe or Upgrade Trump's War on Medicaid Will Institutionalize Millions of People Julia Metreaux, Mother Jones - February 20, 2025 Medicaid is important to disabled Americans for many reasons. One of the most specific and profound is that Medicaid is basically the only funding mechanism – public or private – that

Subscribe or Upgrade Tell Your Representative: Vote NO on the SAVE Act! American Civil Liberties Union - February 26, 2025 Source: Sarah Blahovec's LinkedIn page "This bill would create unnecessary new barriers by forcing voters to show documentary proof of citizenship, such as a passport or birth certificate,