Pushing Limits – Disability In MAGA Land – June, 2026

If you’re wondering through the Trump fog, we have some help for you.  There are so many problems, so many alarms, so many changes. . . how can anyone take it all in and get out the front door in the morning.

So, today, we bring you key stories of disability in MAGA Land.  We’ve sorted through the headlines, checked for overlooked news, and found the disability context you need to make sense of it all.

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These are the stories in this episode, with links to our sources:

1. Gaza – Disabled Arabs in Israel 

https://sjdr.se/articles/10.16993/sjdr.1002

1. Lebanon – Forgotten Victims

https://www.hi-us.org/en/news/lebanon-people-with-disabilities-forgotten-victims-of-the-crisis

1. Amputees in Gaza 

https://www.hi-us.org/en/escalating-amputation-crisis-in-gaza-amid-severe-prosthetics-shortage

1.  Haitian and Syrians Sent Home Leaving Nursing Homes in Crisis
2. Disability Moved from Education Dept.

https://www.the74million.org/article/splitting-up-special-ed-and-civil-rights-will-dilute-services-for-students-experts-say/

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/06/rfk-jr-disability-special-education-hhs-kennedy-autism/?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io

1. London Badges

https://tfl.gov.uk/transport-accessibility/please-offer-me-a-seat

https://hdsunflower.com/
https://www.bodybabble.com/p/the-politics-of-sitting-down

1. Work Requirements – food stamps and Medi-Cal

https://www.nokidhungry.org/blog/why-more-snap-work-requirements-will-harm-families-and-increase-hunger

1. Expected rise in SSI benefits

https://web.charityengine.net/Default.aspx?tsid=40811

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/10/24/ssi-social-security-benefits-will-rise-next-year/31698/

8.  Olmstead Under Attack

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/06/trump-doj-memo-olmstead-psychiatric-disabilities-institutions-mental-health/?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io

https://mailchi.mp/c57f2fa9c907/alert-executive-branchs-assault-on-the-integration-mandate?ref=disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io

These important stories were not able to fit into this episode, read the sources below for more information about them:

1. Private Equity takes over services

https://pestakeholder.org/reports/private-equity-in-intellectual-and-developmental-disability-services/

https://adawatch.org/category/disability-rights-justice-news/

1. Prism Reports Dreadful Conditions in Gaza

https://prismreports.org/2025/12/08/gaza-disabled-palestinians-disabilities/

1. Caregivers with Disabilities – Adrienne

https://heller.brandeis.edu/community-living-policy/research-policy/publications/titles/caregivers-w-disabilities.html

https://disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io/4-20-26-caregiving-and-a-look-back-at-winter/

Photo Credit: @presentedbyjo.
https://www.bodybabble.com/p/the-politics-of-sitting-down

This program produced and hosted by Eddie Ytuarte and Adrienne Lauby.

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