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Category: Opinion

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Opinion

I’m a Disabled SSI Recipient and Medicaid Beneficiary on Food Stamps. Here’s Why I Support Donald Trump

by MV Perry, Steven VerdileSeptember 22, 2024September 22, 2024
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Opinion

Opinion: I’m Not Brave Because I’m Disabled; I’m Brave Because Sara Bareilles Bullied Me via Song

by Jenny CavalleroJuly 12, 2024July 12, 2024
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Opinion

Opinion: I’m More than My Disability, I’m Also a Huge Bitch

by LindaMay 14, 2024May 14, 2024
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Opinion

What the Fuck. I’m Disabled and They Still Made Me Wait on Line

by Steven VerdileApril 30, 2024September 15, 2026
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Opinion

It Is I, Rebecca, Your Medicaid Caseworker, and I Can’t Get to the Phone Right Now

by Steven VerdileMarch 15, 2024April 15, 2024
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Opinion

Opinion: ‘Disabled’ Is Not a Dirty Word (Except When I Use It with You, You Little Disabled Hottie)

by Steven VerdileFebruary 13, 2024April 19, 2024
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Opinion

Opinion: The Woke Left Has Taken Away People in Wheelchairs Hiding Their Legs Under a Raggedy Blanket

by Steven VerdileAugust 9, 2023April 15, 2024
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Opinion

Opinion: Disabled People Need to Adjust to the New Normal of Inhaling Poisonous Fire Sky

by Steven VerdileJune 7, 2023April 15, 2024
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Opinion

Opinion: You’re Not Disabled, You Just Don’t Have that Hustle Grindset Mentality, My Guy

by Steven VerdileMay 8, 2023April 15, 2024
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Opinion

How Having Lyme Disease Made Me Appreciate the Time Before I Had Lyme Disease

by KaylaJanuary 25, 2023August 22, 2026
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A bizarre stock photo with two cold wheelchair users, staring emotionless and holding hands under a harsh blue light
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Opinion: The Future Isn’t Curing Disability, the Future Is These Two Threatening Wheelchair Users We Found in a Weird Stock Photo

by Steven VerdileAugust 15, 2022August 22, 2026
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Counterargument: Your Obnoxiously Long Receipts Are an ADA Violation, CVS

by Steven VerdileNovember 3, 2021August 22, 2026
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POLITICS

  • Trump Clarifies Stance on Disability With Attack on Rights, Liberties, Law, Language, Benefits, Accommodations, Health Care, Community Living, Existence
    August 26, 2026
  • United Nations Sneaks Disability Rights Vote on Day United States and Israel are Absent
    August 23, 2026
  • Supreme Court to Rule on Whether Disabled People Have Right to Fun
    July 10, 2026

CULTURE

  • Meta Smart Glasses Empower Blind People to Participate in Corporate Surveillance
    August 15, 2026
  • DSM-6 Spoilers Leak Online
    August 15, 2026
  • Most of Men’s Health Mag for Dick Pills 
    June 18, 2026

LOCAL

  • Durable Shoe Soles No Match for Kid With Irregular Gait
    September 18, 2026
  • Psych Med Developed for Other Psych Med’s Side Effects
    September 15, 2026
  • Study Finds Using a Wheelchair Highly Preferable to Immobilizing Pain
    September 2, 2026

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