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Holiday

Disabled Pride Party Chastised for Not Using Event-First Language

by Spencer HunleyJuly 9, 2025July 9, 2025
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A view of the back of a blonde woman using a pink wheelchair in a pink dream house
Culture

Wheelchair Barbie Gets Revolutionary 4 Seconds of Fame

by P.C.August 2, 2023August 2, 2023
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Culture

Sia Announces She Is ‘Low-Functioning Artistic’

by Zephyr Ash OstrowskiJune 2, 2023
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Local

Devastating: The Most Famous Person with Your Rare Disability Actually Sucks

by CameronJanuary 9, 2023October 13, 2023
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Sam Claflin in Me Before You
Culture

We Ranked These 6 Award-Winning Actors who Played Disabled Characters from ‘Mild Cringe’ to ‘OMG How Did Nobody Stop This from Happening’

by kwschaefMarch 22, 2022April 19, 2024
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Dr. Strange holds a handicap parking tag
Culture

Doctor Strange Struggles to Find Universe Where He’s Actually Played by a Disabled Actor

by lezmoonJanuary 25, 2022April 19, 2024
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a blonde barbie doll flaunts her unrealistic long legs while posing in a pink toy wheelchair
Culture

New Barbie in Wheelchair Gives Disabled Girls Equally Unrealistic Body Standards

by Nate WoogenJanuary 1, 2022April 19, 2024
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a well-dressed man in black sits on a couch and flips off the camera with his prosthetic hand
Culture

Disabled Entrepreneur Achieves Life Goal of Killing James Bond

by lezmoonDecember 8, 2021April 22, 2024
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Culture

Front Man Pledges to Support Disability Inclusion by Swapping Stairs for Ramps, Launching ‘Parasquid Games’

by Steven VerdileOctober 12, 2021April 22, 2024
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A young woman with long hair is seen free falling from a sideways manual wheelchair
Culture

Representation Matters! Disabled Woman Provides Authentic Fall for Life Alert Commercial

by Kathleen DownesSeptember 26, 2021April 19, 2024
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Culture

Emma Stone Cast as Helen Keller in New ‘Young Helen’ Sitcom

by Steven VerdileAugust 8, 2021April 19, 2024
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POLITICS

  • Disabled Woman’s Politics So Left Wing Even Medical Condition is Progressive
    February 17, 2026
  • 17 Years Later, ‘Keep Your Government Hands Off My Medicare’ Guy Still Wants Government Hands Off His Medicare
    January 26, 2026
  • Disappointed Nation Beginning to Think RFK Hasn’t Actually Found the Cause of Autism
    November 15, 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

LOCAL

  • Parents Discover Disabled Child CAN Have More Than One Diagnosis
    March 20, 2026
  • Blind Man Keeps Pronouncing Coworkers’ Names Like His Screen Reader Does
    March 5, 2026
  • Nephrologist Refers You to a Cardiologist Who Refers You to an Orthopedist Who Admits Doctors Don’t Know that Much
    March 4, 2026

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