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We Keep Building Better Ways to Kill. What If We Built Better Ways to Heal?

9/25/2026 - news

By Terry Loerch


There is something deeply wrong with a world where our technology is advancing faster than our humanity. On February 28, 2026, young girls were practicing volleyball inside a sports hall in Lamerd, Iran, when explosions tore through the area. Independent investigations later examined evidence suggesting that a new American Precision Strike Missile, known as the

Advocacy in 2026, Change Was Never Supposed to Be Comfortable

9/20/2026 - accessibility

There is a saying I have used for years, "I would rather be hated than not known at all". I do not mean that I want people to dislike me. I mean that if speaking up makes people uncomfortable, I would rather accept that discomfort than remain silent while something that needs to change continues unchanged.

That philosophy has followed me throughout my career. Years ago, I worked in sexual

Labor Department Ends Disability Hiring Benchmark for Federal Contractors

9/9/2026 - news

By Terry Loerch


WASHINGTON — Beginning Sept. 21, federal contractors will no longer have to measure how many people with disabilities they employ, ask applicants and workers to voluntarily identify as disabled, or compare their workforce with a federal disability-employment benchmark.

The Labor Department's

We Are the Largest Community in the World. It Is Time We Act Like It.

7/20/2026 - news

The disabled community is not a small special-interest group asking society for favors. We are the world’s largest minority.

Approximately 1.3 billion people, or one in every six people worldwide, live with a significant disability. In the United States, more than one in four adults has some form of disability. Those numbers do not include every caregiver, family member, friend, veteran,

The Disabled Community Is One of the Largest Political Powers in America

5/25/2026 - news

I’m going to say something most politicians, corporations, and fake activists do not want to admit out loud. The disabled community is one of the largest sleeping political giants in the United States, and the second we fully realize our power, this entire political system changes.

There are over 40 million eligible disabled voters in America right now. Forty million. That is larger than

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