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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 6h

"We are all about empowerment. I’d go as far as to say that in our offices, we don’t even see disability.” thesqueakywheel.org/company-enco...

Company Encourages More Disabled Candidates to Apply So It Can Weed Them Out Later with Irrelevant Hiring Assessments

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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 1d

“Even as I was struggling to breathe, I started to laugh. I was finally right!” thesqueakywheel.org/hypochondria...

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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 2d

"But the baddie lifestyle doesn’t have to end just because you can’t go to the bathroom alone anymore!" thesqueakywheel.org/quick-guide-...

Quick Guide to Becoming the “It Girl” at the Nursing Home

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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 3d

“Without help, Elmo can’t move. Elmo just lies there, silent and motionless, like a pile of plush." thesqueakywheel.org/elmo-reveals...

Elmo Reveals Lifelong Accessibility Needs: ‘I Literally Can’t Move Without a Grown Man’s Hand Up My Ass’

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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 4d

“As you know, transparency is one of the virtues we hold high at this company, and in the spirit of Disability Employment Awareness Month, we want to start with a prompt: ‘How many people in this room have HIV or diabetes?’” thesqueakywheel.org/company-cele...

Company Celebrates Disability Employment Awareness Month by Awkwardly Demanding Staff Reveal Personal Medical Information

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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 5d

Let's hope Uber isn’t surge-pricing thesqueakywheel.org/disabled-per...

Disabled Person’s Savings Blown on $1,100, Thirteen-Block Ambulance Ride

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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 6d

Casper's not so friendly now, is he

Phantom Limb Pain
Actually Pretty Uncomfortable for Casper

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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 7d

"In these times of uncertainty and fear, when rights are being stripped away and people are being denied the help they desperately need, there is only one true way to be an ally: Venmo me $10."
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Celebrate Disability Employment Awareness Month by Venmoing Me Money

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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 9d

"But there’s another problem here – a lot people can’t handle that some of us really do have better genes than others. Be honest, ladies: who doesn’t want a little Vance swimming in their gene pool?"
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JD Vance Makes Wildly Ableist Statement Just to Get in News Again

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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 12d

"You’ll build a ramp for trash cans before you’ll build one for people?"
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Restaurant Owner Shocked to Learn that Disabled People Have Standards and Would Rather Not Enter by the Dumpster in the Back

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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 12d

"I, uh, attend meetings, fill out spreadsheets and… Answer emails?”
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Disabled Office Worker Who Was Told She Would Never Be Productive Member of Society Has No Idea What Her Job Actually Accomplishes

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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 13d

Okay, I think I’m okay; I just needed to vent, and — wait, what? ANOTHER bad thing in the news?
thesqueakywheel.org/opinion-fuck/

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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 14d

"Doctors at Conglomerate-Takeover Memorial Hospital have had the misfortune of receiving new Medicaid-sponsored AEDs meant to replace all existing AEDs in their emergency room." thesqueakywheel.org/medicaid-now...

MedicAED™ Defibrillators Now Require Emergency Room Doctors to Sit Through 30-Second Ad Before Restoring Heart Rhythm

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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 15d

“It was so inspiring,” said Jamie Jackson, a fellow student. “The whole cafeteria saw it. We all wanted to get up and join her too.”
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Another Brave High School Girl Talks to Disabled Kid at Lunch

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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 16d

can't have disability justice without disabled memes :)

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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 16d

Is there some pumpkin spice in the Tylenol?

RFK Jr Reveals New Theory on First Day of Autism

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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 17d

Most disabilities come with some form of stigma, but not all disability stigma is created equal.
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We Ranked Disabilities by How Embarrassing They Are to Disclose

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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 17d

“I don’t know how these people do it, going around all … wheely, and with no legs…”
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Woman in Disability Simulation Moved to Tears by 5-Minute Simulation of Sitting Down

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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 19d

"In my 42 years as a top expert in women’s healthcare, I’ve learned more about females than any man should ever want to learn."
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Opinion: All Women’s Issues Caused by Being Overweight or Anxious, by Dr. Richard Ayushol

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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 20d

“Oh, I got that! Let me make this easy for you,” she said. She did not, in fact, make this easy.
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Woman Trying to Hold Door Open for Wheelchair User Is Actually Blocking Doorway with Her Foot

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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 21d

If it weren’t for disabled minds and bodies coming home, there would be much less trauma for radio talk hosts to beat people over the head with
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Disabled Americans Ready to Serve Country as Human Metaphors For the Cost of War

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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 22d

“He should really try thinking positively!” said Uncle Steve
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‘How Are You Doing?’ Asks Every Family Member to Clearly Depressed Man

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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 22d

It often takes a lot for doctors to truly hear you.
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Ranking the Top 5 Weirdest Things Your Doctor Does Before Listening to You (#3 May Surprise You)

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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 24d

The comparison is meritless, but we did it anyway.
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We Ranked the 6 M&M’s on How Disabled We Think They Are

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The Squeaky Wheel @thesqueakywheel.bsky.social · 24d

“One of the biggest contributors of fear is uncertainty, so you can eliminate the fear of getting sick if you just accept the absolute 100% certainty of catching a virus that has killed over five million people across globe.”
thesqueakywheel.org/people-need-...

‘People Need to Accept that Everyone Will Catch It Eventually,’ Whispers Unvaccinated, Unmasked, COVID-Positive Man Directly into Your Little Disabled Ear

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