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Andrew Pulrang

@apulrang.bsky.social

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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2/24/26 - Housing innovation and a new attack on Section 504 Greeting Today let's revisit a couple of long-standing disability issues – accessible housing, and state of one of the oldest, most basic disability rights laws. Subscribe or UpgradeMake a one-time...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Tuesday, February 24, 2026 - Housing innovation and a new attack on Section 504

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2/23/26 - Year 1 of Trump II, and a rare win in Congress Good afternoon! With today's links we're taking stock and grabbing for a little bit of hope ... Subscribe or UpgradeMake a one-time donation Disability Under Donald Trump’s Second Term β€” So Far ...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Monday, February 23, 2026 - Year 1 of Trump II, and a rare win in Congress

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2/20/26 - Friday Video Share: "Pride & Prejudice and Autism" Pride & Prejudice and Autism Yo Samdy Sam - February 13, 2026 I saw this last week and knew I had to share it here. The title alone is enough to get my click. And it's by one of my favorite autistic ...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Friday, February 20, 2026 - Pride & Prejudice and Autism

#Disability #Disabled

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2/19/26 - Around the world, veterans benefits, and disability proms Hello. How's it going? As you can see below, most of my commentary today is about prom events put on specifically for youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This phenomenon has been...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Thursday, February 19, 2026 - Around the world, veterans benefits, and disability proms

#Disability #Disabled

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2/18/26 - An interview, the risk of confinement, and solidarity with trans rights Wednesday greetings! Today’s links feel … weighty. And if you look closely enough, you might find some interesting contradictions. Subscribe or UpgradeMake a one-time donation DISABILITY ELDERS: ...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - An interview, the risk of confinement, and solidarity with trans rights

#Disability #Disabled

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2/17/26 - Snow, Black disability history, and disabled love Good afternoon! And we're back! Still busy, but in a good way, and manageable. Here are your three disability links for today ... Subscribe or UpgradeMake a one-time donation The snow is finally ...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Tuesday, February 17, 2026 - Snow, Black disability history, and disabled love

#Disability #Disabled

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2/13/26 - Friday Video Share: "Rep. Subramanaym Speaks on Adults with Disabilities Repeated Eligibility Checks on the House Floor" Rep. Subramanaym Speaks on Adults with Disabilities Repeated Eligibility Checks on the House Floor Congressman Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) - February 4, 2026 I think most people can understand why dis...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Friday, February 13, 2026 - Friday Video Share: "Rep. Subramanaym Speaks on Adults with Disabilities Repeated Eligibility Checks on the House Floor"

#Disability #Disabled

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2/12/26 - Government, cooking, and travel Good afternoon! Today we have three very different articles to consider ... Subscribe or UpgradeMake a one-time donation Create a Chief Mobility Officer Steve Wright, Urban Travel, Sustainabilit...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Thursday, February 12, 2026 - Government, cooking, and travel

#Disability #Disabled

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2/11/26 - Misery How is everyone doing? There's a theme in today's links ... Subscribe or UpgradeMake a one-time donation Have a comment ... something to add? Send me an email: apulrang@icloud.com The Political ...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - Misery

#Disability #Disabled

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2/10/26 - Black disabled leaders, the "R-Word," and bone health Good afternoon! It looks like another variety day. Here are your three disability-related links for this Tuesday ... Subscribe or UpgradeMake a one-time donation Have a comment ... something to ad...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Tuesday, February 10, 2026 - Black disabled leaders, the "R-Word," and bone health

#Disability #Disabled

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2/9/26 - Calibrating and energizing activism Good Monday! I think about these choices and gradations of approach all the time ... By the way, I did get some one-time donations and paid upgrades last week. So for the time being, I'm going to k...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Monday, February 9, 2026 - Calibrating and energizing activism

#Disability #Disabled

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2/6/26 - Friday Video Share: "'They Called Us Bodies' - Ali Rahman Testifies on ICE Assault & Detention Horror" "They Called Us Bodies" - Ali Rahman Testifies on ICE Assault & Detention Horror | DRM News DRM News - February 4, 2026 Source: Kerima Cevik's Facebook page Proposition: No matter who they target an...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Friday, February 6, 2026 - Friday Video Share: "'They Called Us Bodies' - Ali Rahman Testifies on ICE Assault & Detention Horror"

#Disability #Disabled

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2/5/26 - Snow, ICE, and crumbling leadership Good afternoon! Sorry. I couldn't resist the extremely little play on words. Note that I'm placing subscribe and donation buttons up top this week – hoping a few more readers will be able to provid...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Thursday, February 5, 2026 - Snow, ICE, and crumbling leadership

#Disability #Disabled

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2/4/26 - Language, etiquette, and a bit of satire Good afternoon ... It's a fairly random collection today ... Note that I'm placing subscribe and donation buttons up top this week – hoping a few more readers will be able to provide some financial...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Wednesday, February 4, 2026 - Language, etiquette, and a bit of satire

#Disability #Disabled

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2/3/26 - Three interviews Hello! These interviews aren't related much. It just happened that the pieces I wanted to share today are all roughly in some kind of interview format. Sometimes it works out that way! Note that I'...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Tuesday, February 3, 2026 - Three interviews

#Disability #Disabled

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2/2/26 - January Comments and Survey Results This month's comments post includes two notes emailed to me about January newsletters, and a summary of results and plans from the 2026 Disability Thinking Poll. To send a comment at any time, email ...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Monday, February 2, 2026 - January Comments and Survey Results

#Disability #Disabled

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1/30/26 - ICE violence, Medicaid cuts, and US education history Good afternoon ... I've been wrestling with life complications over the last few days. But everything is more or less sorted out now. So let's catch up a bit! 2026 Disability Thinking Weekday Poll ...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Friday, January 30, 2026 - ICE violence, Medicaid cuts, and US education history

#Disability #Disabled

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1/26/26 - Promises Good afternoon! There's a bit of a unifying theme for today's links. Each one seems to be quite different from the others. But they all have me thinking about the kinds of policies, laws, and lifest...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Monday, January 26, 2026 - Promises

#Disability #Disabled

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1/23/26 - Friday Video Share: "50 Days Until The Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Games" 50 Days Until The Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Games Paralympic Games - January 15, 2026 Every two years, I set aside a bundle of completely valid and important critical concerns and social priori...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Friday, January 23, 2026 - Friday Video Share: "50 Days Until The Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Games"

#Disability #Disabled

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1/22/26 - Service dogs, Ukraine, and assisted suicide Good afternoon! I like disability articles that are specific to particular situations, but also work well as background explainers on broader, more universal and enduring disability issues. These th...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Thursday, January 22, 2026 - Service dogs, Ukraine, and assisted suicide

#Disability #Disabled

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1/21/26 - QALYs, voting, and Olympics coverage Good afternoon ... Just an ordinary day today, with a variety of disability-related links ... 2026 Disability Thinking Weekday Poll Congress should ban metric thatΒ devalues people with disabiliti...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - QALYs, voting, and Olympics coverage

#Disability #Disabled

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1/20/26 - Part-time wheelchair use, accessible wilderness, and a research study Hello! After yesterday's links on ICE actions, today's articles feel like they are lowering the temperature a bit. That wasn't intentional, but I'm kind of glad it's turning out that way. Disability...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Tuesday, January 20, 2026 - Part-time wheelchair use, accessible wilderness, and a research study

#Disability #Disabled

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1/19/26 - ICE, immigration, and disability Good afternoon! Here in the US, it's hard to think of anything but ICE actions. And as Friday's newsletter made clear, there is definitely a disability angle to the issue – more than one angle actua...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Monday, January 19, 2026 - ICE, immigration, and disability

#Disability #Disabled

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1/16/26 - Friday Video Share: "Ice is a danger to autistic people" Ice is a danger to autistic people Morgan Foley - January 14, 2026 I'm a little hesitant about posting a YouTube video on this topic from a personal channel, rather than a more professional outlet. ...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Friday, January 16, 2026 - Friday Video Share: "Ice is a danger to autistic people"

#Disability #Disabled

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1/15/26 - Mayors, and rest Good afternoon! Well, that was a nice little bout of post-holiday cold. It lasted longer than I thought it would. I'm still a bit sniffly and stuffy, but feeling a good deal more functional now. So ...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Thursday, January 15, 2026 - Mayors, and rest

#Disability #Disabled

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1/9/26 - Friday Video Share: Did Winter Get Worse?! Did Winter Get Worse?! Empowered Para - January 6, 2026 The discussion about coping with disability in winter starts at about the 16:50 mark. I appreciate any time disabled people discuss the challe...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Friday, January 9, 2026 - Friday Video Share: Did Winter Get Worse?!

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1/8/26 - Journalism, the film industry, and the death penalty Hi there! Kind of a hodgepodge today. I hope some of it is useful and engaging. All three held my attention. Don't forget to click the button below to get to the 2026 Disability Thinking Weekday po...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Thursday, January 8, 2026 - Journalism, the film industry, and the death penalty

#Disability #Disabled

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1/7/26 - Marriage, hotels, and the burden of justifying ourselves Good afternoon ... How is the first full week of the new year going? Here in Northeastern New York it's been snowing again. Fortunately, I like staying indoors most of the time. And I am lucky to be...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Wednesday, January 7, 2026 - Marriage, hotels, and the burden of justifying ourselves

#Disability #Disabled

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1/6/26 - Three from "The Guardian" Hello! I don't often post three links in one day from the same publication. But I wanted to share the stories linked below together, and they all happened to be published by The Guardian. I origina...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Tuesday, January 6, 2026 - Three from β€œThe Guardian”

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1/5/26 - Looking ahead, saving, and remembering a beloved leader Good afternoon! It's the first regular post of the new year. How is 2026 going f9r us so far? If you haven't already, please take a few minutes to complete the 2026 Disability Thinking Weekday poll...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Monday, January 5, 2026 - Looking ahead, saving, and remembering a beloved leader

#Disability #Disabled

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