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
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 Upgrade
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-disabled
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 means
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 can comment
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 Grace Dow, Grace
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-week
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