Isn’t it inspiring that a raccoon is doing raccoonery?

He's holding it... holding it... HOLDING IT...

Wait until anxiety hears about this. Or, I mean, wait until excitement hears about this. Or, I mean…

Announcing the SqueakyFest Livestream Pass, a pay-what-you-can virtual ticket that gives audiences around the world access to four live festival performances. Reserve yours now! givebutter.com/squeakyfest-...

Who knew this many legal and ethical consultations could come out of a terminally ill child’s last wish?

DoctorGPT

With a nervous chuckle, Konick regrettably kept talking: “I mean, do you really think kids like him need to know that kind of stuff? What are they going to do with it?” thesqueakywheel.org/director-of-...

Soon, the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on whether disabled people have the right to fun, joy, enrichment, and all the things that makes life worth living. thesqueakywheel.org/supreme-cour...

See the stars of 'The Squeaky Wheel: Canada' and more at the SqueakyFest Toronto show! Tickets on sale now and going quick! Featuring @margaret.lastname_rose @samanthawyss @y.k_kong @wmsicalwheels_ @desiree.lisa.walsh_ Sivert Das, @rtsheedz @isabelzawtun @rodrigofstoll

You hate to see her go, but love to see her roll away…

Survey participants with dietary restrictions also concluded that eating a piece of cake is no “piece of cake." thesqueakywheel.org/report-walk-...

Meet Bruce

She was observed swabbing the same nostril twice with the wrong side of the swab. thesqueakywheel.org/woman-unsure...

Addicting drugs...

At New York's iconic @thegreenroom42, The Squeaky Wheel is proud to showcase some of New York's funniest disabled performers in a laugh-filled night of musical comedy. Get tickets at thegreenroom42.venuetix.com/showdetails/...

Chuck E. Cheese Sensory Experience

Where Love On The Spectrum helps autistic adults who are looking for love, Leave finds autists whose partners are ableist and intolerant of their neurodivergent traits. Their goal? Divorce…on the spectrum. thesqueakywheel.org/new-netflix-...

Are you in Washington DC and a fan of tacos or disability comedy or both? Check out our show July 23 at Pikio Taco. Hosted by Jenny Cavallero, this event is produced in partnership with Just Kidding Comedy Collective, and features 6 hilarious comedians. Get tickets at givebutter.com/squeakyfest-...

“People talk about various crises of masculinity... the concept of men’s health is being reduced to cartoonishly pornographic standards of sexual prowess, and ‘men’s medicine’ has become synonymous with erection maintenance.” thesqueakywheel.org/most-of-mens...

“Believe it or not,” Wilbon explained wryly, “I don’t actually want to stop existing. I just want to be in less pain! But everyone is like, ‘Oooh, you need a ramp? You need caretakers? Why don’t you just off yourself instead?'” thesqueakywheel.org/disabled-wom...

College anxiety...

The deficit-reduction plan involved betting Social Security funds on high-payout NBA parlays, relying on the output of a DOGE-created AI gambling software. The analytic software took in hundreds of thousands of basketball games and determined the best money was on, “Spurs to cover.”

Surveys on cultural literacy show dwindling awareness of Lou Gehrig’s life as a baseball player, with Americans likelier to misidentify Gehrig as “the guy who created MS” than as the New York Yankee’s legend. (Also, it was ALS, not MS.)

Chicago friends! Check out our incredible lineup for July 24 at Mrs. Murphy and Sons Irish Bistro www.simpletix.com/e/squeakyfes...

"Here are the worst floor and ground surfaces, counted down in order of how annoyed they make me, a wheelchair user..." thesqueakywheel.org/ranking-floo...

1,800 ADA Lawsuits

"Regular Americans should be telling the CDC what to believe about diseases, not the other way around.” thesqueakywheel.org/ranking-floo...

Like, are we going to have to just come right out and tell them? thesqueakywheel.org/autistic-str...

I think it's gas, it feels like gas, it must be gas. I'm going for it. Crap, it's not gas.

A new program “Resourced & Invested Capital Hoarders Promoting A Really Enormous Nepotistic Theft Society,” also known as RICH PARENTS™, has been established. thesqueakywheel.org/disabled-adu...

Sec. Education Linda McMahon plans to "offload" disability education programs.

Come and support live disabled comedy (and one special night of music!) at SQUEAKYFEST '26. Tickets are now on sale at thesqueakywheel.org/squeakyfest-...

“Look, I put off that stupid PowerPoint presentation about whatever for a long time. The meeting kept getting postponed, so it was for nobody! I was just about to send it for review — and then I realized I did it weeks ago.” thesqueakywheel.org/man-with-adh...

“You’re making quite great proh-gress, but I’d recommend these vit-a-mins to take the edge off a bit. As usual everything we’ve discussed is kept to HIPPA priv-a-see. Alright then, shall we look at the shedjool for your next appointment?”

“People don’t so much confide in me, as confide in people they actually trust while I happen to be nearby,” Apo reported through an AAC device. thesqueakywheel.org/nonverbal-te...

The Squeaky Wheel is imploring the disabled public to stop using the following phrases to label or describe non-disabled people. These stigmatizing terms are disturbingly common, but they have no place in the equitable world we are all building together. thesqueakywheel.org/we-need-to-s...

Wheelchair users consider it a sign of progress that these boxes once gave them stars and lightning rods and now give triple mushrooms and green shells.

The study determined that how one's insides function does not directly correlate with whether their outsides were found to be attractive to others. thesqueakywheel.org/but-you-dont...

Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller convinced legislators to ditch the rigmorale of cutting key disability programs and get to the point, already.

🇮🇪 vs 🇺🇸

She also said she’d ‘never seen it manifest like that before.’

"Marvin Monroe is a nice guy who means well — but three people at this party have already heard about his alcoholic mother, his straggling relationship doubts, and his overthought creative barriers." thesqueakywheel.org/unwanted-tra...

Military spending...

The captions said the score was [pensive string quartet, adagio, reminds me of winter.] We hadn’t even seen the first scene in the movie yet. thesqueakywheel.org/deaf-audienc...

“Why is she so nice? It’s weird!” thesqueakywheel.org/autistic-wom...

Butterscotch wishes that there was more awareness around how the public should respond respectfully to cute disabled people in public. thesqueakywheel.org/stranger-ask...

Look, they’re flying! They’re free!

"I’m so scared about what’s happening with my health that suddenly everything else seems less overwhelming in comparison. This is seriously a huge win for me." thesqueakywheel.org/disabled-wom...

Our virtual comedy night this week is headlined by @tinafriml and features @mikethejoketeller @pavarsnipe and @neills.account ! RSVP now at givebutter.com/disability-c...

This actually happened a few weeks ago but we needed more time...