Disability Political Editorials: Publications and Resources

Summary: Our Disability and Health Political Editorials Database on Disabled World features a collection of our published articles, opinion pieces, and research studies that examine current political issues affecting disability and health globally. The database includes various publication types, such as announcements, notifications, research analyses, findings, informative articles, and opinion editorials. These publications address topics like accessible voting, social media's impact on societal attitudes, trust in judicial institutions, legislative developments, and political engagement concerning disability rights and health matters. The content aims to inform readers about the intersection of disability and health within the political landscape, highlighting both challenges and advancements in these areas.

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Disability Political Editorials: Publications and Resources
Title of Document	Paper Author	Peer Review	Preface / Postface	Publication Type	Publish Date	Updated / Revised
What Are the Prospects for Refugees With Disabilities in the United States?	Pavel Kuljuk		✓ Preface ✓ Postface	Opinion Piece, Editorial	2025/03/03	2025/03/08
Disability Advocates Urge Swift Action to Ensure Accessible Ballot Return for 2024 Elections	Disability Rights Advocates	Yes		Announcement, Notification	2024/04/05
Social Media's Political Fury Breeds Cynicism in Society	University of Michigan			Research / Study Analysis	2024/03/12
Trust in U.S. Supreme Court Plummets Due to Rising Political Polarization	Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania	Yes	✓ Preface	Findings	2024/03/08	2025/03/03
What's New for Americans with Disabilities in 2024?	Pavel Kuljuk			Informative	2024/01/27	2025/02/18
What Is the Price of Legislative Happiness for People With Disabilities in The USA?	Pavel Kuljuk			Informative	2023/12/27	2025/02/18
Politicians Too Busy With Politics to Care About People With Disabilities	Pavel Kuljuk			Opinion Piece, Editorial	2023/11/09	2025/02/18
Pakistan Will Fail To Reach Sustainable Development Goals Without Focus on Disability	Cynthia Sohail				2021/01/12	2021/01/16
Arise 'Sir' Iain Duncan Smith: But Should There Be a Criminal Investigation Over His Mistreatment of Disability?	Paul Dodenhoff		✓ Preface	Opinion Piece, Editorial	2020/02/02	2025/04/21
Boris Johnson Wins: But a Conservative Administration Still Pose a Considerable Existential Risk to British Disabled People	Paul Dodenhoff				2020/01/07	2023/06/22
The Dominance of Right-Wing Think-Tanks Over Disability Welfare Reform in Britain	Paul Dodenhoff				2017/04/29	2018/03/15
President Trump's Chance to Prove He Really Cares About Disabled Americans	Rafael Lemaitre - Former Director of Public Affairs for the Federal Emergency Management Agency under President Obama.				2017/01/23	2017/06/23
Washington Doesn't Think Very Highly of Americans	Johns Hopkins University			Research Study Analysis	2016/10/06	2023/12/12
REV UP Campaign - Making the Disability Vote Count	American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)				2016/07/11
Disability is Not a Lifestyle Choice: Why UN Must Protect UK Disabled	Paul Dodenhoff				2016/06/14	2021/05/24
Authoritarian Britain and its Effect on Attitudes Towards Disability	Paul Dodenhoff		✓ Preface ✓ Postface	Opinion Piece, Editorial	2016/05/18	2025/05/29
Fighting for Fairness: Britain's Military Veterans, Disability and Benefit Cuts	Paul Dodenhoff				2016/03/13	2020/11/05
Perspectives on Political Candidates and Disability Efforts	Thomas C. Weiss				2016/02/16
Get Off Thy Death Bed and Work: British Values for the New World Order	Paul Dodenhoff				2016/01/25	2020/11/19
Why is the Work Capability Assessment Costing Britain More Than it Saves?	Paul Dodenhoff				2016/01/18	2020/11/20
The Lazy Cow Effect: Why Employer's Attitudes Towards Disabled Workers have Deteriorated Since 2010	Paul Dodenhoff			Paper, Essay	2016/01/10	2025/06/22
Medicalisation of Unemployment: Reprogramming Britain's Disabled and Unemployed	Paul Dodenhoff				2016/01/05	2020/11/24
Response to San Bernardino Terrorist Attack	Thomas C. Weiss				2015/12/06	2020/12/01
Disability and the Normalization of Oppression	Paul Dodenhoff				2015/12/04	2020/12/02
Disability Perspective of Terrorist Attacks in Paris	Thomas C. Weiss			Opinion Piece, Editorial	2015/11/19	2024/04/17
Disability in the U.K. Is Britain 'Fairer' After 5 Years of Tory Rule?	Paul Dodenhoff				2015/11/14	2016/06/10
Is the Current UN Investigation into British Violations of the CPRD Treaty a Complete Waste of Time	Paul Dodenhoff				2015/11/02	2015/11/18
Can Disabled People in Britain Really Work Their Way Out of Poverty?	Paul Dodenhoff				2015/10/21	2016/06/11
U.S. Police Officers and People with Disabilities	Thomas C. Weiss		✓ Preface	Opinion Piece, Editorial	2015/10/20	2025/02/06
Veterans and Disability: Open Letter to Politicians of America	Thomas C. Weiss				2015/10/16	2021/07/28
Just What Exactly is Not Normal About Disabled People, IDS?	Paul Dodenhoff			Opinion Piece, Editorial	2015/09/15	2024/03/28
The U.N.: Meddling in Britain's Affairs or Impartially Protecting Our Disabled?	Paul Dodenhoff				2015/09/07	2020/12/20
Iain Duncan-Smith: Helping Disabled Get Off Welfare? Or Just Helping Kill Them Off?	Paul Dodenhoff				2015/09/01	2020/03/17
Does UK Labor Party Leadership Race Highlight a Continuing Disdain for Disability?	Paul Dodenhoff				2015/08/26	2021/08/05
Disability and the Continuing Grip of Oppression	Paul Dodenhoff				2015/05/11	2021/08/18
An Analysis of British Welfare Reform	Paul Dodenhoff				2015/02/16	2020/10/09
U.S. Torture, Disability Rights, and the Question of Political Legitimacy	Thomas C. Weiss		✓ Preface ✓ Postface	Opinion Piece, Editorial	2015/01/05	2025/05/16
Iraq: Children with Disabilities and Veterans	Thomas C. Weiss				2014/12/11	2020/11/08
Scott Panetti: Questioning Cruel and Unusual Punishment	Thomas C. Weiss				2014/12/03	2020/11/14
Would YOU Work for £2 an Hour, Lord Freud	Paul Dodenhoff				2014/10/20	2016/06/11
A Large Dollop of Fudge (A Letter from the DWP)	Paul Dodenhoff				2014/10/13	2021/03/28
Swing Voters More Likely to Vote for Candidate Committed to Jobs for People with Disabilities	RespectAbilityUSA				2014/10/03
Suggested Government Actions in Relation to People with Disabilities	Thomas C. Weiss				2014/08/20	2021/08/31
Systemic Ableism in U.S. Society: Why Education Matters	Thomas C. Weiss		✓ Preface ✓ Postface	Paper, Essay	2014/08/17	2025/10/08
The Crisis in Ukraine and People with Disabilities	Thomas C. Weiss		✓ Preface ✓ Postface	Opinion Piece, Editorial	2014/03/31	2025/03/03
Ensuring the Safety and Well-Being of People with Disabilities	Thomas C. Weiss				2013/10/19	2021/08/31
Disability, Poverty, and the American Government	Thomas C Weiss				2013/10/14	2023/04/17
Comments on Effects of the U.S. Government Shutdown	Thomas C Weiss				2013/10/12	2021/08/29
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Government Shutdown	Thomas C. Weiss				2013/10/12	2021/08/29
Civilian Injury and Disability Due to Cluster Bombs	Thomas C. Weiss				2013/09/23	2021/08/30
Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Right to Privacy	Thomas C. Weiss				2013/07/15	2021/04/07
Playing Where's Waldo with Mental Health Care	National Alliance on Mental Illness				2012/10/13	2021/07/11
Overwhelming Majority of U.S. Voters Support SSDI Program	Lincoln Park Strategies				2012/10/12	2021/07/12
People with Disabilities Could Decide Presidential Election	National Disability Rights Network				2012/09/24
U.S. Elections 2012 and Disability: Fit to Work, Valued Citizen or Burden	Thomas C. Weiss				2012/09/04	2021/07/29
Response to Tom Harkin in Regards to Disability Employment	Thomas C. Weiss				2012/07/18	2021/08/19
Equal Chance for People with Disabilities to Achieve and Thrive	Thomas C. Weiss				2012/05/23	2021/09/09
Junk Journalists, Politicians, and Social Security Disability (SSDI)	Thomas C. Weiss				2012/05/07	2021/09/14
Perspectives on Disability and Adequate Leadership	Thomas C. Weiss				2012/04/24	2021/09/18
Community Living Efforts and People with Disabilities	Thomas C. Weiss				2012/04/19	2021/09/20
I've Got Your Back Obama Tells Disability Community	The Arc of the United States				2012/02/15	2020/01/14
Saving Social Security Trust Fund from Politicians	Schwartzapfel Patners P.C.				2011/10/10
Dignity for Disability Helps Disabled Australians	Thomas C. Weiss				2011/09/29	2021/12/25
People with Disabilities: Government Reforms	Thomas C. Weiss				2011/09/11	2021/12/30
When The Oil Runs Out - Peak Oil and Public Health	American University				2011/08/08
Politically Threatening Disabled, Seniors, and Veterans	Thomas C. Weiss				2011/07/14	2022/02/14
Disability Voting Power, Essential Programs, and Watching Political Representatives	Thomas C. Weiss				2011/07/10	2022/02/16
Push for Honorable Discharge Status for Military Gays	Ian C. Langtree				2011/07/02	2022/02/20
Budget Deficits and Social Security Benefits - Government Shutdowns	Richard A. Sly				2011/04/28
Cuts to Housing and Jobs for Low-Income Seniors	National Council on Aging				2011/04/14	2022/04/21
U.S. Gov. Budget and People with Disabilities	Thomas C. Weiss				2011/04/13	2022/04/21
The Costs of Programs We Use as People with Disabilities	Thomas C. Weiss				2011/04/07	2022/04/25
The Political Fight Over Social Security	Midwest Disability, P.A.				2010/10/08
Stop Bonuses For Dead Senators and Repeal the Death Tax!	Alliance for Retirement Prosperity				2010/10/07
Anna Little Endorses Action for Pediatric Brain Injury - Sarah Jane and Friends Endorse Anna Little	Anna C. Little, Republican Candidate for Congress				2010/10/01
Teamsters Urge Senate to Pass Zagroda Act for 9/11 Victims	International Brotherhood of Teamsters				2010/09/29
Response to Schwarzenegger's Latest Attack on IHSS	UDW Home-care Providers Union				2010/09/25
Spending More for Less Freedom - Uncommon Government Ineptitude	Thomas C. Weiss		✓ Preface ✓ Postface	Informative	2009/09/23	2024/12/20
Mr. Obama's Speech on Health Care Reform and People with Disabilities	Thomas C. Weiss				2009/09/10	2017/06/28
People with Disabilities, Seniors, and Health Care Reform	Ian C. Langtree				2009/09/07
Government Roles and Disability - Opinions and Information	Ian C. Langtree				2009/08/24	2014/11/28
Reasons Why America Should Not Pursue the Health Care Reform Bill	Thomas C. Weiss			Opinion Piece, Editorial	2009/08/10	2024/12/27
The Convention on the Right of People with Disabilities - Commentary	Ian C. Langtree				2009/07/23	2010/06/24
Advocate Speaks About Hate Crimes Expansion	Ian C. Langtree				2009/07/22	2014/03/29
People with Disabilities and Homelessness	Thomas C. Weiss				2009/07/20	2017/04/14
Freedom, Access, Equal Rights, and People with Disabilities in America - A Request to the President	Ian C. Langtree				2009/07/13	2010/03/29
Christchurch Mayor Launches Accessibility Map	Ian C. Langtree				2009/07/05	2010/01/16
Obama Continues to Push Healthcare Reform	Ian C. Langtree			News	2009/07/03	2024/09/02

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