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Local

Dog Thinks Cane Is Big Stick

by Jeremy Einbinder January 12, 2026January 8, 2026
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Local

Pfizer Rolls Out Vaccine For Latest Variant of Taco Bell Diarrhea

by MV Perry January 7, 2026January 7, 2026
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Audio Description Ruins Family TV Night During Unexpected Sex Scene

by Sy Hoekstra January 7, 2026January 8, 2026
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Opinion: A Legitimate Disabled Person Would Be Wearing a Vest

by Rita January 6, 2026January 5, 2026
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Santa’s Sled Ticketed For Parking In Accessible Space

by Spencer Hunley December 25, 2025January 2, 2026
A doctor woman holds her hands together
Local

Speech Pathologist Delivers Utterly Unpronounceable Diagnosis 

by MV PerryDecember 23, 2025January 2, 2026
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Local

Guy in Wheelchair Has Been Waiting for a Hill this Steep His Whole Life

by Jeremy EinbinderDecember 23, 2025January 2, 2026
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Holiday

The Best Holiday Gifts to Buy Your Disabled Loved Ones

by Steven VerdileDecember 19, 2025December 19, 2025
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A millennial lady, appearing as a student, is absorbed in reading a map outdoors with European architecture in the background, unaware of being pickpocketed
Opinion

How Being Robbed Helped Me Stay Under $2000

by Anna R.December 17, 2025December 16, 2025
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Local

Social Security Administration Introduces a Form to Request an Accessible Version of the Form to Request Accessible Forms

by Sy HoekstraDecember 17, 2025January 2, 2026
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Don't worry, you're in good hands. Doctor touching woman's shoulder reassuring patients at hospital. Happy young couple, husband and wife, planning pregnancy and seeing family practitioner together
Local

Disabled Woman’s Husband Immediately Listened to After Repeating Her Words Verbatim to Doctor

by Jeremy EinbinderDecember 15, 2025January 2, 2026
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Punching a guy
Local

Spasms Are Great Excuse to Punch People in the Face

by Stacy AshworthDecember 8, 2025January 2, 2026
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Local

Cane User Wears Comically Large Top Hat to Avoid Questions

by MeeshDecember 7, 2025December 5, 2025
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Upset problem child sitting on play park playground bench concept for bullying, depression, child protection or loneliness
Local

Disabled Kid Breaks Record for Consecutive Days of Being ‘It’ in Game of Tag

by Nate WoogenDecember 6, 2025January 2, 2026
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Local

Not a Single Known Photo of a Wheelchair Contains FDR

by Nate WoogenDecember 5, 2025January 2, 2026
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A woman pours tylenol in a glass
Holiday

Adding Tylenol to Your Vaccine, and Two Other Recipes for the Holiday Season

by Max KerwienNovember 30, 2025November 16, 2025
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Sleeping beauty asleep
Culture

Sleeping Beauty Actually ME/CFS Girly Waiting for Doctor, Not Unlicensed Prince

by Zareen ChoudhuryNovember 30, 2025November 26, 2025
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  • Sleeping Beauty Actually ME/CFS Girly Waiting for Doctor, Not Unlicensed Prince
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    January 12, 2026
  • Pfizer Rolls Out Vaccine For Latest Variant of Taco Bell Diarrhea
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