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a kind and dashing gentleman helps out a poor, suffering woman using a wheelchair who needs help, probably, right?
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Man Guesses He’ll Go Ahead and Do that Thing Woman Just Said She Could Do Without His Help

by amandmrusselDecember 20, 2022April 19, 2024
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A group of creepy young white teens stare from a stage and smile
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Your Friend’s Improv Show Is Fully Accessible, Unfortunately

by Alexia KemerlingDecember 8, 2022April 19, 2024
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A woman looks at her phone and stresses while placing her hand on her face
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How to Politely Tell Your Friend Their Event Is Not Worth Your Spoons

by Melanie B.October 18, 2022October 18, 2022
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A women in a pink blazer uses her wheelchair and talks with a woman next to her
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‘Get Well Soon!’ Says Friend to Woman with Lifelong Chronic Illness

by kwschaefSeptember 20, 2022September 20, 2022
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a guy flips off the camera with his middle finger
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Disabled Man Drops F-Bomb in Public, Several Injured

by Zephyr Ash OstrowskiSeptember 12, 2022September 12, 2022
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Young woman in a wheelchair with her boyfriend kneeling near her
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Boyfriend Finally Pops the Question: ‘So, What Happened to You?’

by Nate WoogenAugust 24, 2022August 24, 2022
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a phone showing a dating profile of Howard, 26, a weight lifter using a nice wheelchair
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Date’s Wheelchair Looked Totally Different in Profile Picture

by Nate WoogenMay 12, 2022
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a girl wears an eccentric outfit, two black foot orthotics and yellow shoes while she stands next to trees
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High School Girl Judged for Wearing Same Orthotics 2 Days in a Row

by Nate WoogenApril 15, 2022April 19, 2024
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a close-up of a hand holding red envelopes
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Disabled Woman Pretends Husband Is Caregiver so She Can Still Receive Red Envelopes of Money for Lunar New Year

by 2shoes4eyesFebruary 2, 2022April 19, 2024
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A woman in a suit holds a laptop and smiles condescendingly at a man using a wheelchair
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‘Have You Tried Being Less Disabled?’ Asks Medicaid Employee to Man Requesting More Caregiving Hours

by kwschaefJanuary 31, 2022April 19, 2024
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A young woman smiles and holds the door open. You can’t see her foot but I swear it’s blocking the door.
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Woman Trying to Hold Door Open for Wheelchair User Is Actually Blocking Doorway with Her Foot

by Steven VerdileJanuary 26, 2022May 17, 2022
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An elementary aged girl holding a dodgeball stands next to a boy in a gymnasium
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Elementary School Dodgeball Captains Contemplate Least Awkward Time to Pick Disabled Student

by Nate WoogenJanuary 24, 2022April 19, 2024
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  • Disappointed Nation Beginning to Think RFK Hasn’t Actually Found the Cause of Autism
    November 15, 2025
  • Opinion: Xanax Should Be Free Under Fascism
    October 22, 2025
  • Who Said It: A Disability Charity or a Eugenicist?
    October 21, 2025

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  • Sleeping Beauty Actually ME/CFS Girly Waiting for Doctor, Not Unlicensed Prince
    November 30, 2025
  • Marvel Director Reveals Invisible Disabled Superhero Was in Movie the Whole Time
    August 27, 2025
  • Disabled Baseball Fan Enjoys Accessibility of Empty Stadium for Shitty Team
    August 25, 2025

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  • Speech Pathologist Delivers Utterly Unpronounceable Diagnosis 
    December 18, 2025
  • Social Security Administration Introduces a Form to Request an Accessible Version of the Form to Request Accessible Forms
    December 17, 2025
  • Disabled Woman Not Sure if Guy Is Staring Because of Wheelchair or Because She’s Hot
    December 15, 2025

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