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Tag: Economics

a wheelchair user flooded with cash
Article Holiday

Celebrate Disability Employment Awareness Month by Venmoing Me Money

by jeromepalliserOctober 1, 2025November 11, 2026
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an angry wheelchair user by some dumpsters
Article 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, 2025November 11, 2026
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a Hello Fresh ad on a hospital screen
Article Local

MedicAED™ Defibrillators Now Require Emergency Room Doctors to Sit Through 30-Second Ad Before Restoring Heart Rhythm

by odessamjacksonSeptember 24, 2025November 11, 2026
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a woman shrugs in front of a crashing stonk graph
Article Local

Price Hikes from Tariffs Making It Easier to Stay Under $2000

by Nate WoogenAugust 30, 2025November 11, 2026
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Young married couple husband and wife sitting at home having problems in their marriage and a cold relationship. A boyfriend and a girlfriend roommates have an argument about spending too much money
Opinion

Commentary: Your Bullshit Is Out Here Making Everyone Mentally Ill

by MV PerryAugust 28, 2025August 28, 2025
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Quarrel between mature father and adult son. Senior man looking seriously on young guy
Article Local

Father of Disabled Man Was Hoping He’d Get More Money Out of Conservatorship

by Jeremy EinbinderAugust 13, 2025November 11, 2026
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young Hispanic mother recording a video for her parenting blog with her baby
Article Local

Ranking the Top 5 Disabilities for Family YouTubers’ Kids to Have to Rack Up Views and Profits

by Bea MienikJuly 12, 2025November 11, 2026
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Young confident businessman in a suit
Article Culture

Opinion: What the Evil, Genius, Disabled Villain Trope in Movies Gets Wrong About Being Evil, Genius and Disabled

by MV PerryJuly 10, 2025November 11, 2026
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Article Politics

Trump Admin Torn Between Dismantling the ‘Social’ or the ‘Security’ as Top Priority

by MV PerryJune 15, 2025November 11, 2026
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an old person in a revolutionary war uniform
Article Politics

250-Year-Old Disabled Vet Loses Social Security Benefits

by Wilson KorikJune 13, 2025November 11, 2026
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Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi
Article Politics

Democrats Tease Plan for Disability Rights, but Only If You Donate $5 RIGHT NOW!!!

by MV PerryMay 27, 2025November 11, 2026
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Article Local

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

by Nate WoogenMay 23, 2025November 11, 2026
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SHORTS

  • Woman Somehow Waited Both Too Long and Not Long Enough To Refill Prescription
    She should have tried not needing the prescription in the first place.
  • Deaf Guy Really Loving The Bass On NPR Story
    The beat on what he’s told is an Iran War report is SICK!
  • 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.

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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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