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Friend Wonders if You’d Be Down To Do Something Terrible for Your Health Tonight

by MV PerryApril 11, 2026May 2, 2026
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a man seated in a wheelchair points at people unpacking boxes
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Able-Bodied Friends Actually Pretty Handy When You’re Moving

by Olly MooreApril 8, 2026May 2, 2026
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Three young adults of various genders and races stand confrontationally on a city sidewalk
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Friends Planning Trip Debate Whether Blind Woman’s Annoying Personality Outweighs Her Fast Pass Perk

by 2shoes4eyesJanuary 30, 2023August 22, 2026
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a young white man trips forward down the stairs in a blur
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Stumbling Blind Man Finally Uses White Cane After Concerned Friends Sign Him Up for Alcoholics Anonymous

by 2shoes4eyesJanuary 17, 2022August 22, 2026
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A group of friends toast beer at a bar
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Disabled Employee Shocks Coworkers by Accepting Happy Hour Invitation

by 2shoes4eyesNovember 19, 2021August 22, 2026
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A white woman who looks around 30 wears a grey long sleeve shirt and rests her head on her crossed arms
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Chronically Ill Woman Struggles to Meet Friend’s Insatiable Thirst for Communication

by Steven VerdileSeptember 24, 2021August 22, 2026
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SHORTS

  • 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.
  • Man Becomes Healthcare Executive After Bite from Healthcare Executive
    The night janitor was vacuuming Kaiser Permanente headquarters when the company’s president leapt from a shadowy corner and swiftly made him CFO.
  • Man With OCD Has OCD About OCD
    “What if this compulsion isn’t working?” asks man to self.
  • Study Finds Majority Of People With OCD Left Stove On Today
    Oh wait, no they turned it off. Or did they?

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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

  • Interviewer Voluntarily Discloses Discrimination
    October 23, 2026
  • Disabled Police Officer Does Nothing Useful Just as Well as Non-Disabled Cops
    October 6, 2026
  • Person With Disability Found Alive in Home
    October 5, 2026

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The Squeaky Wheel is the first-ever satire publication that focuses on the experience of having a disability. All stories are original fictional content and may be shared with attribution.

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