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Tag: History

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Not a Single Known Photo of a Wheelchair Contains FDR

by Nate WoogenDecember 5, 2025January 2, 2026
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High School Textbook Dedicates Entire Footnote to Disability History

by Nate WoogenNovember 26, 2025January 2, 2026
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Statue with Ties to Eugenics Hoping Nobody Reads Its Wikipedia

by MV PerryJanuary 31, 2025January 31, 2025
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POLITICS

  • 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
  • Supreme Court to Rule on Whether Disabled People Have Right to Fun
    July 10, 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

  • Harvard Doctors Find Women Wearing Makeup Must Be Fine
    August 30, 2026
  • Mom Still Insists on Being at Disabled Adult Child’s Medical Appointments
    August 26, 2026
  • Woman Wearing Mask Safe from Fart
    August 18, 2026

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