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Ashley Castillo, John Loeppky‘s posts

  • Government
    An image of Manhattan with people walking the street covered in cloud

    Disability News You Might Have Missed: Feb 6

    Jo Wiggijo from Pixabay In this week’s edition we have multiple states cutting disability supports, New Jersey...

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    By Ashley Castillo, John Loeppky

    February 7, 2026

  • Featured Special Project

    Six Underreported Disability Stories We Hope Get More Coverage in 2026

    There is a dearth of coverage about the hundreds of thousands of people, including 21,000 children, who...

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    By John Loeppky

    January 15, 2026

  • Featured Special Project

    Five Key Disability Stories to Watch in 2026

    News in disability communities moved at an almost horrifying speed in 2025. While we expect more of the same...

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    By John Loeppky

    January 2, 2026

  • Featured Special Project

    Analysis: The Atlantic’s ‘Accommodation Nation’ is an Ableist Abomination

    On Dec. 2, The Atlantic published a piece titled “Accommodation Nation” that calls into question the validity of some...

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    By John Loeppky

    December 16, 2025

  • Featured Special Project
    Author David Kiley is on the right side of the image with his arms folded standing next to a colleague

    David Kiley’s ‘Wheel Head’ Memoir Is a Wild Ride Through Para Sport History

    Dave Kiley isn’t particularly interested in being your inspiration. How do I know? I’ve read his book.  Kiley and...

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    By John Loeppky

    December 7, 2025

  • Featured Special Project
    An image of Zohran Mamdani, in a suit, head on his hand, in an empty dining room

    What Exactly is Zohran Mamdani’s Disability Platform?

    Kara McCurdy Prior to New York Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York City’s Democratic primary, there were questions...

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    By John Loeppky

    November 3, 2025

  • Featured Special Project
    A student firefighter team, dressed in full gear, puts out a dumpster fire during a training exercise

    5 disability-led newsletters to explain this dumpster fire of a world we’re living in

    As a Disability-led organization, we think it’s important to share the wealth. Here are five newsletters that we...

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    By John Loeppky

    October 16, 2025

  • Featured Special Project
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    Trump nixes special education agency, lays off staff amid shutdown

    Aaron Kittredge via Pexels Donald Trump’s onslaught of cuts to federal services is now being directed at...

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    By John Loeppky

    October 13, 2025

  • Featured Special Project
    A group of four wheelchair basketball players gathered on a court laughing with one another.

    Hoop Dreams: U.S. and India Team Up for Wheelchair Basketball Cultural Exchange

    A delegation of collegiate wheelchair basketball athletes and coaches from programs in Alabama, Arizona, Missouri, Illinois and New...

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    By John Loeppky, Sonali Gupta

    September 23, 2025

  • Featured Special Project
    John, a white man with a beard, is standing in front of a column with his hands in his pockets.

    How Disabled Journalists Work: John Loeppky

    In this series, DJA journalists share their experiences and tips for getting their work done, how they find the industry...

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    By John Loeppky

    September 8, 2025

  • Eugenics
    Director Reid Davenport, a white man with curly, short brown hair and glasses, and Producer Colleen Cassingham, a white woman with a brown bob wearing an orange jumpsuit, laugh together as they look toward a computer screen, which is just out of the shot. In the background, is an apartment with a full length mirror and an array of books on a shelf.

    Life After: New film explores life before, during and after the right-to-die movement

    Filmmaker Reid Davenport delves deep and goes beyond political debates over Medical Assistance in Dying, or MAiD, legislation in the U.S. and Canada

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    By John Loeppky

    August 14, 2025

  • Eugenics

    The Problem with Gavin Newsom’s CARE Courts

    The Democratic governor has championed a system to address mental health and homelessness but Disabled Californians fear it could return us to the dark days of widespread institutionalization

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    By John Loeppky

    August 21, 2025

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