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Tag: National Disability Employment Awareness Month

two average-sized people move awkwardly in an office behind a little person
Local

Average-Sized Coworkers Complain Dwarf’s Office Doesn’t Accommodate Them

by Sky Burr-DrysdaleJanuary 2, 2025January 2, 2025
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A woman using a wheelchair rests her head in her hands outside of an office with The Squeaky Wheel logo.
Politics

Squeaky Wheel Ranked ‘Worst Place for Disabled People to Work’ Because We Couldn’t Afford to Get on the Good Lists

by Steven VerdileDecember 12, 2024December 16, 2024
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Local

Man with ADHD Can’t Tell Whether He Needs Disability Accommodation or Is Just Bad at His Job

by KaylaDecember 4, 2024December 5, 2024
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Local

Look at This Rich Bitch Who Can Afford COBRA

by odessamjacksonSeptember 23, 2024September 23, 2024
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A man smiles in front of a 'fart zone' sign
Local

Man with Crohn’s Disease Wins Reasonable Accommodation Appeal for a ‘No Judgment Fart Zone’

by MV PerryAugust 25, 2024August 25, 2024
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Local

White Man Neurodivergent Enough to Count for Diversity Statistic

by MV PerryJuly 22, 2024July 22, 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

Customer Asks Whether Disabled Person Wearing Employee Shirt Is Employee

by Nate WoogenOctober 29, 2023October 29, 2023
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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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Autistic Coworker Has Been Zoom Masking this Whole Time

by mcamillettiOctober 23, 2023October 23, 2023
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SHORTS

  • 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.
  • 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.

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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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