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Disability Thinking Weekday - January 2025 Recap

1/31/25 - Friday Video Share

“Judith Heumann’s Fight for Disability Rights (feat. Ali Stroker)" YouTube, Drunk History - March 25, 2020 It's been a frightening week for a lot of people, including people with disabilities. Today would probably be a day to share links related to President Trump's baseless

1/30/25 - Still More Trump Stuff

Trump White House reverses course, rescinds freeze on federal grants Jeff Stein and Tony Romm, Washington Post - January 29, 2025 "The Trump administration withdrew the order a day after a federal judge in Washington temporarily halted its implementation until Feb. 3, allowing public health advocates, nonprofits and businesses

1/29/25 - Trump Stuff: The Funding Freeze

Yesterday was a bad day for me to be unable to do a newsletter. But maybe it's good to have to wait 24 hours or so before sharing any links or commenting. As of the end of the day yesterday, a federal judge temporarily blocked the freeze from

1/27/25 - Trump Stuff: Medicaid, DEI, and remote work

Medicaid: What to Watch in 2025 Robin Rudowitz, Alice Burns, Elizabeth Hinton, and Jennifer Tolbert, KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) - January 23, 2025 "According to documents reported on by Politico, House Republicans are considering $2.3 trillion in Medicaid cuts from policy changes that include: imposing a per capita

1/24/25 - Friday Video Share

Discover accessible Germany Germany Tourism - November 27, 2024 This isn't exactly a challenging, cutting edge, emotional disability video. It's a tourism ad. But it's nice to see a national tourism agency making and effort to attract disabled tourists. I wonder if Donald Trump

1/23/25 - Emergencies, neglect, and a new disability podcast

Your Local Government Isn’t Ready to Evacuate Disabled People Julia Métraux, Mother Jones - January 18, 2025 "Peters also recommends a 'reach in' approach: not to assume a disabled person has no plan, but to ask about any plans they’ve already considered; and about practical

1/22/25 - Musk, Walz, and COVID

The autistic guide to waving exuberantly without accidentally Sieg Heiling Sara Gibbs, The Daily Tism - January 21, 2025 "As autistics, we recognise that this could happen to any one of us – so here’s a quick emergency guide to the dos and don’ts of waving without inadvertently

1/21/25 - Disabled migrants, an interabled marriage, and music accessibility

I want to start with a note to state what may be obvious to some of you, to others maybe not. There was no newsletter yesterday because it was Martin Luther King, Jr. day here in the U.S., which is a federal holiday. Of course, I don't

1/17/25 - Friday Video Share

Gaelynn Lea: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert NPR Music - March 11, 2016 The other day, a friend sent me a text message with a link, letting me know that disabled musician and activist Gaelynn Lea had shared a link on her Facebook page to this recent Disability Thinking Weekday

1/16/25 - Political parties, more on wildfires, and accessible safaris

Disability Victory Calls on DNC Leadership Candidates to Commit to Accessibility and Disability Rights Disability Victory - January 7, 2025 "As disabled-led and run organizations and allied organizations, we are committed to accessibility for all and a Democratic infrastructure that includes investing in disabled candidates and issues across the

1/15/25 - Able Accounts, Special Ed, and dealing with crowds

Able Accounts Are Changing Grace Dow, Grace Dow Writes - January 10, 2025 "I’ve used funds in my ABLE account to pay for vehicle repairs, college tuition, and rent.  Last year, I used some of my ABLE account funds to fix the air conditioner in my wheelchair van