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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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10/3/25 - Friday Video Share: "Celebrating Value and Talent with audio introduction" Opening "Celebrating Value and Talent with audio introduction" US Department of Labor | YouTube - September 3, 2025 What should we think of this video for National Disability Employment Awareness ...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Friday, October 3, 2025 - Friday Video Share: "Celebrating Value and Talent with audio introduction"

#Disability #Disabled

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10/2/25 - National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and a setback for wheelchairs on planes Hello! October is the other big month for focusing on disabled people, at least here in the US. The other is July, but only in the last ten years or so. The first two links explore conflicting feeli...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Thursday, October 2, 2025 - National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and a setback for wheelchairs on planes

#Disability #Disabled

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10/1/25 - One more batch on autism, and a disability culture newsletter Good afternoon ... I was sick again yesterday. Maybe it's the Fall weather change, but who knows. Luckily, it doesn't seem like a long term bout, so let's continue with some links I had set up for y...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Wednesday, October 1, 2025 - One more batch on autism, and a disability culture newsletter

#Disability #Disabled

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9/29/25 - A small reversal, devaluing disabled lives, and adaptive sports Good afternoon! I'm sorry I skipped Friday's newsletter. I was still feeling pretty rotten. I'm better now though, so here are three more disability-related links to start a new week. Also, if you ...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Monday, September 29, 2025 - A small reversal, devaluing disabled lives, and adaptive sports

#Disability #Disabled

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9/24/25 - Autism, Gaza, and rhetorical honey Hello! Expect at least a few more articles on the Trump administration’s autism announcements in the next few days. This Vox piece is the first one I read, so I’m sharing it first. But all three of ...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Wednesday, September 24, 2025 - Autism, Gaza, and rhetorical honey

#Disability #Disabled

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9/23/25 - Social Security, an Atlanta activist, and smartphone accessibility Good afternoon! Here are three disability-related links for your Tuesday reading ... Trump's Social Security shakeup is hurting the disabled and poor, advocates say Emily Peck, Axios - September ...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Tuesday, September 23, 2025 - Social Security, an Atlanta activist, and smartphone accessibility

#Disability #Disabled

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9/22/25 - Rehabilitation, AI biases, and COVID vaccine access Good afternoon! And welcome to Autumn. It's my favorite season, weather-wise, here in Northeastern New York State. The leaves aren't anywhere near full color yet. When they are, I may share a photo ...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Monday, September 22, 2025 - Rehabilitation, AI biases, and COVID vaccine access

#Disability #Disabled

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9/19/25 - Friday Video Share: "Shane's Disastrous First Love" TGIF! "Shane's Disastrous First Love" Sqirmy and Grubs | YouTube - July 9, 2025 It's not exactly a happy story, strictly speaking. But Shane's story both specific to the experience of disabled kid...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Friday, September 19, 2025 - Friday Video Share: β€œShane's Disastrous First Love”

#Disability #Disabled

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9/18/25 - Issues in the US, the UK, and The Vatican Hi there! Kind of an odd little variety today ... Five Key Moments: Hearing on Barriers to Work for People with Disabilities Rep. Jason Smith, United States House Committee on Ways & Means - Sept...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Thursday, September 18, 2025 - Issues in the US, the UK, and The Vatican

#Disability #Disabled

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9/17/25 - Disability rights at risk, institutional β€œHell,” and blind accessibility Good afternoon ... There’s some tough reading today in the first two articles. But both are worth our time and resilience. Donald Trump’s Assault on Disability Rights E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Wednesday, September 17, 2025 - Disability rights at risk, institutional β€œHell,” and blind accessibility

#Disability #Disabled

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9/16/25 - Education, and more on COVID vaccines Hello! For today's links we have two pieces on education, and some practical updates on this year's COVID vaccines ... Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Div...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Tuesday, September 16, 2025 - Education, and more on COVID vaccines

#Disability #Disabled

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9/15/25 - Disability hiring, Gaza, and respectful research Good afternoon! After much frustration and thought, I have decided to shut off the comments feature for this newsletter. It's just too difficult and inconvenient for people to use. And none of the a...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Monday, September 15, 2025 - Disability hiring, Gaza, and respectful research

#Disability #Disabled

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9/12/25 - Friday Video Share: "How Do College Disability Services Help Students?" So, is this the real deal, or something ... else? "How Do College Disability Services Help Students?" Accessible Learning for All | YouTube - August 25, 2025 Despite its long and carefully worded ...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Friday, September 12, 2025 - Friday Video Share: "How Do College Disability Services Help Students?"

#Disability #Disabled

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9/11/25 - RFK Jr's weird and poisonous project Hello! It's time for another round of links about what's happening in the US Department of Health and Human Services and the agencies it controls – driven by Robert Kennedy Jr's odd beliefs and obse...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Thursday, September 11, 2025 - RFK Jr's weird and poisonous project

#Disability #Disabled

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9/10/25 - #DisabledRage, UK disabled employment, and AI accessibility Good afternoon! There's a new "Take Action" item – a social media campaign that's detailed in the first of today's three links. It's a great opportunity to say in a bold, public way what's making yo...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Wednesday, September 10, 2025 - DisabledRage, UK disabled employment, and AI accessibility

#Disability #Disabled #DisabledRage

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9/9/25 - Disabled voting, and a new disability blog program Good afternoon! I took Monday off to finish a couple of the home projects I've been working on this summer. So here are three link for Tuesday that were originally planned for Monday … Disability ...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Tuesday, September 9, 2025 - Disabled voting, and a new disability blog program

#Disability #Disabled

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9/5/25 - Friday Video Share: "Gambling on Humanity With An Invisible Disability" I took the day off yesterday to spend time with visiting cousins. We had a great time! For the end of week video, I've chosen an older TED Talk on a fairly broad but important topic ... "Gambling on...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Friday, September 5, 2025 - "Gambling on Humanity With An Invisible Disability"

#Disability #Disabled

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9/3/25 - Pre-natal testing, life expectancy, and disabled internet use Hello! The first link today is kind of a think piece that’s indirectly about eugenics and how it relates to advances in prenatal testing and to disability. The other two articles are unrelated, exce...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Wednesday, September 3, 2025 - Pre-natal testing, life expectancy, and disabled internet use

#Disability #Disabled

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9/2/25 - More COVID vaccine updates Good afternoon! Here are some more updates on COVID in the US, following on from the one link in last Thursday's edition of Disability Thinking Weekday ... These are the conditions that make you e...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Tuesday, September 2, 2025 - More COVID vaccine updates

#Disability #Disabled

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8/29/25 - Friday Video Share: "What It’s Like Being Away From Your Wheelchair" What It’s Like Being Away From Your Wheelchair Empowered Para, YouTube - August 26, 2025 I really like this format of two disabled people talking and sharing stories for an extended period. It would...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Friday, August 29, 2025 - Friday Video Share: "What It’s Like Being Away From Your Wheelchair"

#Disability #Disabled

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8/28/25 - COVID vaccines, "Baywatch," and some disability basics Good afternoon! Another mixed bag today ... F.D.A. Approves Covid Shots With New Restrictions Christina Jewett and Jacey Fortin, New York Times - August 27, 2025 "The agency authorized the vacci...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Thursday, August 28, 2025 - COVID vaccines, "Baywatch," and some disability basics

#Disability #Disabled

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8/27/25 - A quarter, ugly laws, and electronic speech Hello! Today we have some followup on the new US quarter honoring disabled activist Stacey Park Milbern, plus articles on one of the more "ugly" episodes in disability history, and some thoughts on ...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Thursday, August 28, 2025 - COVID vaccines, "Baywatch," and some disability basics

#Disability #Disabled

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8/26/25 - Medicare, Amtrak, and electronic access Afternoon everyone! A random assortment for today … Advocates Fear Proposed Medicare Rule Could Limit Access to Catheters and OstomyΒ Supplies Ian Ruder, New Mobility - August 19, 2025 "β€˜The real...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Tuesday, August 26, 2025 - Medicare, Amtrak, and electronic access

#Disability #Disabled

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8/25/25 - Mail-in voting, freedom of whim, and homespun ramps Goor morning! I'm going back to tutoring this week. So these newsletters will be going out a little later for the time being – from 1 PM to about 2:3o PM Eastern each weekday. Here are your three d...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Monday, August 25, 2025 - Mail-in voting, freedom of whim, and homespun ramps

#Disability #Disabled

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8/22/25 - Friday Video Share: Life After Official Trailer Life After Official Trailer Together Films, Vimeo - July 2, 2025 Debates over "assisted suicide" or "medical aid in dying" are mostly dominated by two factions. There are the libertarians who see it...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Friday, August 22, 2025 - Friday Video Share: Life After Official Trailer

#Disability #Disabled

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8/21/25 - Mail-in voting Good afternoon! Just one topic to read and think about for today's newsletter ... Trump says he will lead 'movement' to end mail-in voting Hannah Demissie, ABC News - August 18, 2025 "President ...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Thursday, August 21, 2025 - Mail-in voting

#Disability #Disabled

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8/20/25 - Disabled in Gaza, and disability on screen And we're back! These three articles make me think about how disability issues that can seem narrow and specialized overlap with broader political and social issues. Trapped in Gaza: Palestinians ...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Wednesday, August 20, 2025 - Disabled in Gaza, and disability on screen

#Disability #Disabled

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8/13/25 - A commemorative coin, fighting back in Congress, and thinking about "wellness" Hello! How is your week going? Here are your three disability-related links for this Wednesday ... In Her Own Words: Remembering and Honoring Stacey Park Milbern Jess Davidson, American Associati...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Wednesday, August 13, 2025 - A commemorative coin, fighting back in Congress, and thinking about "wellness"

#Disability #Disabled

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8/12/25 - A Medicaid cuts calendar, and remembering a Disability Justice trailblazer Good afternoon ... Let's just get right to the links shall we? Medicaid, SNAP, and Education Changes The Arc of the United States Facebook page - August 4, 2025 "You might not feel the impact ye...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Tuesday, August 12, 2025 - A Medicaid cuts calendar, and remembering a Disability Justice trailblazer

#Disability #Disabled

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8/8/25 - Relay | Official Trailer Relay | Official Trailer Bleecker Street - July 2, 2025 Wait, what? A mystery/suspense movie where a key plot element is a TDD Relay Service? What do we think about this? * Does the film demonstra...

Disability Thinking Weekday - Friday, August 8, 2025 - Friday Video Share: Relay | Official Trailer

#Disability #Disabled

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