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Tag: Accessibility

a wheelchair user in front of a building roof
Local

Paraplegic Architect Who Put Building’s Only Entrance on the Roof: ‘Now How Do You Fucking Like It?’

by Sy HoekstraNovember 28, 2025December 4, 2025
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A woman sits on her husbands shoulders in the kitchen
Local

Ally Alert! Husband Holds Disabled Wife on His Shoulders So She Can See the Parts of the House She’s Never Seen

by odessamjacksonNovember 14, 2025November 11, 2025
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an angry wheelchair user by some dumpsters
Local

Restaurant Owner Shocked to Learn that Disabled People Have Standards and Would Rather Not Enter by the Dumpster in the Back

by Em MartinoSeptember 26, 2025September 22, 2025
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a dog with three legs
Local

Disabled Dog Requests Service Human

by Bea MienikSeptember 1, 2025September 1, 2025
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a young boy using a wheelchair wears a White Sox hat
Culture

Disabled Baseball Fan Enjoys Accessibility of Empty Stadium for Shitty Team

by MV PerryAugust 25, 2025August 25, 2025
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a cartoon ADA document on President Trump's desk
Politics

ADA Makes Resolution To Look Slimmer By Next Birthday

by Nate WoogenJuly 29, 2025July 29, 2025
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a wheelchair user next to a big hole in the ground
Local

Report: Accessible Public Bathroom Just a Hole in the Ground

by Max KerwienJune 25, 2025June 25, 2025
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a woman at a protest holds a sign that says Make Protests Accessible
Politics

Disability Community Protests Inaccessible Protests

by MV PerryJune 20, 2025June 20, 2025
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clifford crushing a truck
Culture

Clifford the Big Red Service Dog Flattens Delivery Truck Parked in Accessible Spot

by LindaJune 8, 2025June 8, 2025
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a women in a conference room points to a sign that reads DISABLE with "DIS" crossed out
Local

New Disability Rights Organization Chooses Name by Just Plopping ‘Able’ Before Some Other Word

by Nate WoogenMay 23, 2025May 23, 2025
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a woman holds a tiny violin
Local

World’s Smallest Violin Surprisingly Accessible for Mobility Issues

by Bea MienikMay 14, 2025May 14, 2025
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a guy at a desk gets yelled at by 4 people
Local

Disabled Person Whose Accommodations Would Improve Quality of Life for Entire Population Accused of Hating Nondisabled People

by Jeremy EinbinderApril 21, 2025April 21, 2025
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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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