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Local

Disabled Charity Event Cost More than It Raised (But the Vibes Were Great!)

by Mia OceanAugust 26, 2024August 26, 2024
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Local

Inspiring! After Insurance Company Denied Wheelchair to Disabled Child, His Classmates Started a Lemonade Stand So Profitable that the Insurance Company Opened a Competing Lemonade Stand Right Next to It

by Steven VerdileJune 25, 2024June 25, 2024
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Local

Hey Girlie! It’s Me, Your High School Bully, and I’m Part of an MLM that Sells Miracle Cure Supplements!

by Lori AdamsMay 10, 2024May 10, 2024
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Culture

Parasquid Games Will Determine Medicaid Eligibility

by Lori AdamsApril 22, 2024April 22, 2024
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Local

Those Special Ed Students Are Smarter Than You Think and Uh-Oh Now They’re Unionizing

by Steven VerdileApril 15, 2024April 15, 2024
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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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Holiday

Top 5 Disabled Mall Santas You Probably Won’t See this Season

by Zephyr Ash OstrowskiDecember 20, 2023April 15, 2024
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Local

Plot Twist! This Company Encourages Employees to Disclose if They Are Ableist

by Mia OceanNovember 18, 2023April 15, 2024
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Local

HR Managers Gather Around Campfire to Share Chilling ‘Reasonable Accommodation Requests’

by jeromepalliserOctober 28, 2023May 3, 2024
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Holiday

Company Celebrates Disability Employment Awareness Month by Awkwardly Demanding Staff Reveal Personal Medical Information

by jeromepalliserOctober 27, 2023April 15, 2024
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Local

Disabled Office Worker Who Was Told She Would Never Be Productive Member of Society Has No Idea What Her Job Actually Accomplishes

by Nate WoogenOctober 24, 2023October 25, 2023
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Local

What’s the Magic Ingredient in Multiple Sclerosis Drugs? Billion-Dollar Profits

by Mia OceanSeptember 28, 2023April 15, 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

CULTURE

  • 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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