Disabled communities

Disabled veterans and military retirees are on track to receive a 3.6% increase in their benefits in 2027, according to Stars and Stripes. The projected cost-of-living adjustment would raise monthly payments for millions of former service members, though final figures depend on inflation data still to be released.

A writer is sharing a new essay titled 'Beauty and Celebration in the Creation in the Dismissal of Unclaimed Art', published on the Subspace Wagon site and linked alongside Exeunt, a performing arts publication. The piece is being circulated in poetry and writing community circles, including disabled artist tags, and is drawing modest engagement from readers discussing art that goes unrecognized.

A poem titled 'Liberal America, so lonely a progenitor' is circulating among poetry and writing communities, shared with tags for disabled artists, creative writing and the humanities. The piece appears to reflect on the isolation and legacy of liberal America, framed as a lone originator. Writers and readers in online literary circles are sharing and discussing the work.

A poem titled 'Canyons Crying Out', published on the Subspace Wagon site, is being shared and discussed in poetry and writing communities. The piece is tagged with themes of disability, ableism, literature and the humanities, suggesting it speaks to the experience of disabled artists. Readers in writing circles are circulating the link and engaging with its themes.

A new piece of writing titled 'Drift Ice on the Cargo of Eternity' has been published on the personal site subspacewagon.systems and shared with poetry and writing communities. The post is tagged under poetry and disabled-artist topics, and links to several related personal sites focused on themes like degrowth and patience. Readers in indie poetry circles are circulating the link.

A poem titled "Did the sun come out and recover?" is being shared across poetry and writing community circles. The piece, published on the Subspace Wagon site, is circulating among writers and readers of literature, with hashtags pointing to disabled artists and the wider writing community engaging with the work.

A mutual aid fundraising appeal for Gaza and Palestine is being widely shared across decentralised social networks, tagged for disability and emergency crowdfunding. The post tags multiple mutual aid groups and communities dedicated to boosting crowdfunds, and has drawn engagement from users coordinating donations and signal-boosting requests for people in need in the region.

A new piece of writing titled 'You are going to have to rehabilitate the South' argues that the American South needs moral and social repair rather than dismissal. The author, sharing the work with poetry and writing communities and tagged as a disabled artist, frames the region's rehabilitation as a shared obligation. Readers in literary circles are passing it around and discussing what rebuilding the South would actually require.

A writer is asking the poetry and writing community about a 'Neighbor Day Festival', sharing a link to details of the event and inviting poets, disabled artists and humanities writers to take part. The call is circulating among writing and poetry circles, drawing modest engagement as readers consider whether to participate or what the festival involves.

A poem titled 'To Await the Gorgeous Stunned Star Formations' has been shared online under poetry and writing community tags, also carrying a disabled artist label. It is being circulated among readers of literature and art, where members of the writing community regularly boost new work. No wider news event is attached to the piece.

A writer has published a new poem or essay titled 'Shadows of a Relapsed Dawn in the Accordion Pulpit' on their personal website, sharing it with poetry and writing communities. The piece is described alongside tags for disabled artists and poetry. Beyond the title and its release, little is known about the work's content or reception, as it circulates through a small online literary network.

A fundraising appeal is circulating on mutual aid networks seeking donations to cover therapy costs for a child with autism. The GoGetFunding campaign is being shared across disability and mutual aid communities with hashtags including #DisabilityCrowdfund and #EmergencyCrowdfund, as supporters boost the appeal to reach potential donors.

A poet known as Subspace Wagon has announced a new chapbook titled 'The Ambush of Time', alongside a piece called 'The Dance from God Tonight'. Both works are available to read on the writer's website. The announcement is drawing attention within poetry and writing communities, with the author highlighting their identity as a disabled artist.

A poem titled 'Dormouse Tungsten Turnstile on the Albaricoque Treelimb Standard' has been shared with poetry and writing communities, tagged under disabled artist and literature hashtags. The work is drawing attention within online poetry circles for its surreal, densely imagistic title and subject matter.

A disabled user living below the poverty line has issued an urgent mutual aid appeal, saying their funding request has stalled for five and a half days with $295 still needed to cover October rent-adjacent essentials: food, pharmacy costs, an appointment co-pay and a $48 phone bill. They are asking 12 people to contribute $25 each, noting even $5 would help, and receiving support from mutual aid and disability communities.

A writer has published a new poem titled 'The Piano Juries,' sharing it alongside links to their personal sites and tags aimed at poetry and writing communities, including DisabledArtist and PoetryCommunity. Early engagement is small but the piece is being circulated among readers and fellow writers interested in themes of labor and disability.

A writer has published a new poem titled 'Tripping Over 1998 and Falling Through the Elephant Sky' on their personal site, sharing it with poetry and writing communities online. The piece appears alongside the author's broader collection at poet.garden, and has drawn modest engagement from readers and fellow writers, including disabled artists, within the poetry community.

A poet has published a new piece titled 'The Dance from God Tonight' and shared it with poetry and writing communities online. The work is being circulated among writer and disabled-artist networks, where members regularly exchange new poems and creative writing. Little detail about the poem's content is available beyond the link, and readers appear to be discovering and engaging with the fresh work.

A writer has announced the release of a new chapbook titled 'The Ambush of Time', sharing links to the publication's pages. The announcement is circulating among poetry and writing communities, with tags aimed at poets, disabled artists, and readers of independent literature.

The American Hospital Association will hold the next listening session in its disability health series, focusing on how hospitals can work with community partnerships to improve care for people with disabilities. The session continues a series of discussions aimed at gathering input from patients, providers and community organisations on disability-inclusive health care practices.