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Tag: Absurd

A women hides under a disability pride month blanket with a red circle and slash icon
Holiday

Disability Pride Month May Have Ended, but 11 Months of Disability Shame Are Just Getting Started

by Steven VerdileAugust 1, 2023April 19, 2024
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a blurry wheelchair zooms through the supermarket
Local

Motorized Wheelchair User Sets Unofficial Speed Record in Grocery Store

by ryanhonickJuly 28, 2023April 19, 2024
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a woman sits on the floor watching tv, surrounded by an assortment of Boba Teas
Local

Woman Adds ‘Watching 6 Hours of Reality TV’ and ‘Buying Boba Tea, as a Little Treat’ to Her Wellness Toolbox

by Melanie B.June 27, 2023April 19, 2024
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a stick figure family decal with a giant foot who has a little angry face
Local

Inclusive Stick Figure Family Features Woman’s Immortal Pressure Sore

by Kathleen DownesJune 26, 2023April 19, 2024
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a woman works on a laptop and holds a phone, while a clever little rat on her head puppeteers her with strings
Local

Woman with ADHD Wants to Get Ratatouilled

by mcamillettiJune 5, 2023April 19, 2024
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a golden retriever wears a party hat and smiles during an office party
Local

Retirement Party Held for Local Seeing Eye Dog

by KateApril 24, 2023April 19, 2024
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a tablet shows a communication interface with symbols representing words including 'shit' and 'bootyhole'
Local

Parents Have No Idea Where Son’s Dynavox Learned Curse Words

by Nate WoogenApril 11, 2023April 19, 2024
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Local

5 Motivational Stickers for When No Therapist Takes Your Insurance

by Jenny CavalleroMarch 27, 2023April 19, 2024
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a side by side photo of a young boy with ripped clothes and a crutch next to a woman with rainbow hair, tattoos and a prosthetic arm
Culture

5 Ways to Clarify You’re (Badass) Disabled and Not (Inspirational) Disabled

by Steven VerdileFebruary 24, 2023April 19, 2024
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An older white man with dark sunglasses fades into a world of numbers and lights
Article Local

Friends Seek Blind Man’s Supernatural Foresight for Football Predictions, Lottery Numbers and More

by 2shoes4eyesFebruary 3, 2023August 22, 2026
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A demon spirit floats above a little doll in a wheelchair in a spooky house
Article Holiday

Able-Bodied Spirit Feels Insensitive Possessing Disabled Doll

by Nate WoogenOctober 25, 2022August 22, 2026
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Reese Witherspoon as Elle Woods in her famous 'Legally Blonde' scene
Article Culture

Bending and Snapping No Longer Possible for this Fabulous Lawyer

by KateOctober 19, 2022August 22, 2026
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SHORTS

  • Man Does Disability Simulation to Empathize With People Who Have Also Done Disability Simulation
    “I never knew how hard pretending to need a wheelchair for a day would be!”
  • Woman Makes 30 Diagnoses Under 30 List
    “The only advice I can give it to keep grinding away at those doctor’s appointments.”
  • Accessible Arby’s Forces Dilemma Of Whether To Eat At Arby’s
    Just because you can access it, doesn’t mean you should.
  • Deaf Community Develops ASL Slur For Hearing People Who Only Know Curse Words
    Swearing is America’s pastime, and it could not be more evident in ASL.
  • Child-Proof Cap Also Fine-Motor-Difficulty-Proof
    It required the grip strength of an able-bodied adult.

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POLITICS

  • Democratic Hopefuls Brush Up on Bare Minimum of Disability Rights Ahead of Midterms
    September 28, 2026
  • 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

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

  • Off-Pitch Disabled Singer Lauded by Audience of Cowards
    November 1, 2026
  • Boss Tells Autistic Employee Major Problem Is “No Problem”
    October 31, 2026
  • Interviewer Voluntarily Discloses Discrimination
    October 23, 2026

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