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Disability, politics, popular culture. I'm a Baby Boom / Gen X hybrid. #CripTheVote. Freelance disability writing. https://disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io He/him.
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Andrew Pulrang @apulrang.bsky.social · Feb 21
Disability Thinking Weekday is a Monday-Friday newsletter with links and commentary on disability-related articles and other content. Please like, share, comment, and subscribe — for free, or with a paid subscription.

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Disability Thinking Weekday - Monday, December 29, 2025 - Activism, organizing, and representation

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12/29/25 - Activism, organizing, and representation
Good afternoon! We're back from the holiday break, and into that awkward time between Christmas and New Year's. Today's email includes links on another heartbreaking loss to our disability communiti...
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December 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Disability Thinking Weekday - Friday, December 19, 2025 - Holiday Break

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12/19/25 - Holiday Break
Happy Holidays! Disability Thinking Weekday will be on a break next week. The next issue will be on Monday, December 29, 2025. After that, stay tuned for a special New Year's issue, with some ideas ...
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December 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Disability Thinking Weekday - Thursday, December 18, 2025 - Legal services, transportation, and a year-end wrap-up

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12/18/25 - Legal services, transportation, and a year-end wrap-up
Good afternoon! As 2026 nears an end, here are some thoughts on some of the more difficult and sometimes discouraging aspects of disability activism. These thoughts can be discouraging. But to me th...
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December 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Disability Thinking Weekday - Wednesday, December 17, 2025 - Disability policy from three angles

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12/17/25 - Disability policy from three angles
Greeting I'm trying something a bit different. I'm keeping my comments on today's linked articles very limited. I don't plan on making a habit of this. It's just that reading these three very differ...
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December 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Disability Thinking Weekday - Tuesday, December 16, 2025 - Disability and immigration, forgotten solutions, and holiday gifts

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12/16/25 - Disability and immigration, forgotten solutions, and holiday gifts
Greeting I'm sorry about missing Monday. I had an unexpectedly full day. So yesterday's links become today's. By the way, from now until the end of the year, annual memberships are on sale at $40 p...
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December 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Disability Thinking Weekday - Friday, December 12, 2025 - Friday Video Share: DISABILITY HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE 2021! (Amazon, Google, Apple, etc)

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12/12/25 - Friday Video Share: DISABILITY HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE 2021! (Amazon, Google, Apple, etc)
DISABILITY HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE 2021! (Amazon, Google, Apple, etc) Rikki Poynter - December 4, 2021 More suggestions on holiday gifts for people with disabilities. What's the most useful or enriching ...
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December 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Disability Thinking Weekday - Thursday, December 11, 2025 - Everyday ableism, and voting rights updates

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12/11/25 - Everyday ableism, and voting rights updates
Good afternoon! Let's think about what it takes to make everything accessible – everything. Subscribe or UpgradeMake a one-time donation Cracker Barrel Settles to Pay Over $100,000 After Alleged ...
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December 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Disability Thinking Weekday - Wednesday, December 10, 2025 - Continuation, institutional failure, and "gratitude"

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12/10/25 - Continuation, institutional failure, and "gratitude"
Hi there! I hope everyone's week is going reasonably well. Here are three more disability links for mid-week ... Subscribe or UpgradeMake a one-time donation After Alice Wong’s Death, Her Friends...
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December 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Disability Thinking Weekday - Tuesday, December 9, 2025 - A UK budget, phys ed, and fashion

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12/9/25 - A UK budget, phys ed, and fashion
Good afternoon ... How about a break from American disability news? Subscribe or UpgradeMake a one-time donation Yet another government has failed to deliver for Disabled people Mikey Erhardt, O...
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December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Disability Thinking Weekday - Monday, December 8, 2025 - Agency, international leadership, and a new ad

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12/8/25 - Agency, international leadership, and a new ad
Good afternoon! Winter has definitely arrived early here in Northeastern New York State. The sky is cloudless, the temperature is 13 degrees Fahrenheit, and the ground is covered with snow. For the ...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Disability Thinking Weekday - Friday, December 5, 2025 - Friday Video Share: 20 of my favorite things to inspire your holiday shopping | a wheelchair users gift guide

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12/5/25 - Friday Video Share: 20 of my favorite things to inspire your holiday shopping | a wheelchair users gift guide
20 of my favorite things to inspire your holiday shopping | a wheelchair users gift guide Empowered Para - November 22, 2023 More holiday gift suggestions ... Have a terrific weekend! Disability T...
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December 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Disability Thinking Weekday - Thursday, December 4, 2025 - The R-word, threatening trends, and DIY health

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12/4/25 - The R-word, threatening trends, and DIY health
Hello! Today we see the return, in more ways than one, of an old topic – plus a high-altitude look at disability issues today, and a grim assessment of winter virus season. Enjoy, I guess ... Subsc...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Disability Thinking Weekday - Wednesday, December 3, 2025 - Why, how, and why not

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12/3/25 - Why, how, and why not
Good afternoon ... I don't know if the title of today's newsletter makes much sense. Sometimes it's hard to come up with a neat phrase to sum up another day's disability-related articles. But the ti...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Disability Thinking Weekday - Tuesday, December 2, 2025 - Disability politics, desperation, and "Scissorhands"

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12/2/25 - Disability politics, desperation, and "Scissorhands"
Good afternoon! It's snowing here today. What's the weather doing where you are? And how do different kinds of weather affect disabled people? These questions always come to mind whenever snowy, icy...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Disability Thinking Weekday - Monday, December 1, 2025 - November Comments

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12/1/25 - November Comments
Welcome to December! We again start the new month with reader emailed comments received in November. This is instead of trying to use the somewhat awkward comments feature in the Ghost newsletter pl...
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December 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Disability Thinking Weekday - Friday, November 28, 2025 - Friday Video Share: "GIFT IDEAS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES"

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11/28/25 - Friday Video Share: "GIFT IDEAS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES"
"GIFT IDEAS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES" Sitting Pretty - December 10, 2021 This holiday season I will be sharing disability-related holiday videos every Friday. Here's the first. Have an excellen...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Disability Thinking Weekday - Wednesday, November 26, 2025 - Home again!

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11/26/25 - Home again!
Hello! After three week in the hospital due to a broken arm and hip, I am thrilled to be back home. By and large, my hospital stay was pleasant enough and mostly drama-free. But this whole experienc...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Disability Thinking Weekday - Monday, November 24, 2025 - A rare win, sharing our stories, and more on parking

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11/24/25 - A rare win, sharing our stories, and more on parking
Good afternoon! It looks like this will be another complicated week for me, and not just because Thursday is Thanksgiving here in the US. For that reason and possibly others, newsletters may be a bi...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Disability Thinking Weekday - Friday, November 21, 2025 - Friday Video Share: My Left Foot (7/10) Movie CLIP - Platonic Love (1989) HD

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11/21/25 - Friday Video Share: My Left Foot (7/10) Movie CLIP - Platonic Love (1989) HD
My Left Foot (7/10) Movie CLIP - Platonic Love (1989) HD Movieclips - September 30, 2011 Watching this me cringe now. "My Left Foot" came out in 1989, the year I graduated from college. For a long ...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Disability Thinking Weekday - Thursday, November 20, 2025 - Disability and aging, electric cars, and a parking conflict

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11/20/25 - Disability and aging, electric cars, and a parking conflict
Good afternoon! I can't quite find a unifying theme in today's links. But they feel like they go together somehow. Maybe it's just that each of them excited my interest as soon I saw them. Let's see...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Disability Thinking Weekday - Tuesday, November 18, 2025 - Education milestones and cuts; working

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11/18/25 - Education milestones and cuts; working
Good afternoon! Today we observe an anniversary for accessible education in the US, a lookout how this progress is being dismantled, and some restating of the obvious on employment. Also, I want to...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Disability Thinking Weekday - Monday, November 17, 2025 - Remembering Alice Wong

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11/17/25 - Remembering Alice Wong
Hello friends ... Alice Wong died on Friday. Here are three of the announcements so far: * New York Times * Washington Post * National Public Radio * The Guardian Quoting my own Facebook post:...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Disability Thinking Weekday - Friday, November 14, 2025 - Friday Video Share: “Red Band Society Season 1 Trailer HD”

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11/14/25 - Friday Video Share: “Red Band Society Season 1 Trailer HD”
Red Band Society Season 1 Trailer HD - September 17th 2014 - Fox TV Trailers - August 28, 2014 As I am still in the hospital, this promising but ultimately failed TV show came to mind. It got quite ...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Disability Thinking Weekday - Thursday, November 13, 2025 - Working, voting, and learning

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11/13/25 - Working, voting, and learning
Good afternoon ... Here are three more disability-related articles to take into the downslope of the week. I may be moving to rehab for my arm and hip tomorrow, so there may or may not be a Friday v...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Disability Thinking Weekday - Monday, November 10, 2025 - SNAP, gratitude, and 10 movies

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11/10/25 - SNAP, gratitude, and 10 movies
Good afternoon! How is everyone doing today? Here are your three disability-related links to start your week ... Thoughts on the SNAP Crisis: Disability, Resources, etc Rebecca Upton, Disability...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM