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Mike Ervin

Mike Ervin

Mike Ervin is a writer and disability rights activist living in Chicago. He blogs at Smart Ass Cripple, "expressing pain through sarcasm since 2010."

Articles by this author

 
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The ADA at Thirty—Hooray in Part

Yes, there are victories to celebrate but much progress still needs to be made.

Mike Ervin ·

Even when people are permanently disabled, the more frequent and onerous the reevaluation process becomes, the harder it is for them to keep up. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Look Out: Trump’s Social Security Administration Wants People with Disabilities to Prove it

Stepping up reevaluations is a good way to purge the disability rolls in the name of "enhancing program integrity."

Mike Ervin ·

In September, Tennessee governor Bill Lee released a plan to convert that state’s Medicaid funding to block grants. (Photo: Bill Lee/Twitter)

The GOP and the Zombie Medicaid Block Grants

Here they are again, back from the dead, like zombies.

Mike Ervin ·

Sorry it's not convenient for you: Mike Ervin (l) and other activists outside Speaker Ryan’s parish church in Janesville, Wisconsin to protest Republican attacks on the Affordable Care Act, January, 2017.

The Tyranny of Politeness

The proper time and place to protest, they say, is always the time and place where they feel they can most easily ignore us. When we show up at their churches, homes, and country clubs, we are no longer constrained by their rigged rules.

Mike Ervin ·

Frank Stephens testifying before a House Appropriations Subcommittee in 2017. (Photo: Screenshot)

Everybody Loves Frank—When it's Convenient

Stephens words weren’t nearly as powerful as the Republican Party’s devotion to greed.

Mike Ervin ·

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