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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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Squid Game Frontman poses in front of colorful staircase maze
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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Side by side image of Helen Keller and Emma Stone
Culture

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

by Steven VerdileAugust 8, 2021April 19, 2024
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POLITICS

  • Supreme Court to Rule on Whether Disabled People Have Right to Fun
    July 10, 2026
  • CDC Ranks Job Applicants by Number of Views on Their Medical Advice YouTube Channel
    June 9, 2026
  • This Queer, Mentally Ill Man Is Out and Proud to Be Unfit for Military Service
    April 24, 2026

CULTURE

  • Most of Men’s Health Mag for Dick Pills 
    June 18, 2026
  • New Netflix Series Helps Autistic Adults Find Divorce
    June 14, 2026
  • We Need to Stop Using These Offensive Terms for Abled People
    May 27, 2026

LOCAL

  • Director of Special Services Figures Disabled Kid Won’t Need Sex Ed
    July 10, 2026
  • Report: Walk in the Park Is Not a Walk in the Park
    June 29, 2026
  • Woman Unsure if Never Had COVID or Just Terrible at Swabbing Nose
    June 29, 2026

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