Bad Attitudes Podcast

Are you teaching your child to be a bully?

A black-and-white city scene with a white man pushing a manual wheelchair. Text overlay: Episode #179 Streaming Now. Hard No.

Teaching children empathy is up to their parents, not their peers. And no one deserves access to someone's most private traumas.

New episode available on your favorite podcast platform, or visit badattitudespod.com. #disability

My attitude and my disability are NOT related. Unless you say something ignorant about my disability and then my attitude changes real fast. Disabilities are not in our heads. They exist in our bodies, and no amount of "good attitude" is going to change that.

Young Laura sticking out tongue playfully, overlaid text declares they are a "serious disability advocate."

Smiling baby Laura reclined on a couch, caption accusing someone of saying a swear word in almost every episode.

Sleeping Laura reclined in a car seat with mouth open; overlaid caption declares "This is a competent professional."

In case you're wondering about the face behind the microphone, she's just a baby!

Kerry Weaver of ER was a model of intersectionality. I just didn't know it at the time.

A black-and-white city scene with a white man pushing a manual wheelchair. Text overlay: Episode #178 Streaming Now. Er, My Bad.

When I was just a wee bairn, I didn't understand the concept of intersectionality and multiple marginalization. I was only beginning to understand the idea of "disability" as "identity." Here's what I've learned.

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Disabled is not a dirty word, no matter how uncomfortable it makes some people. Using euphemisms like "special needs" or "physically challenged" or "differently abled" is about the comfort of NON-disabled people but ignores what the disabled community actually wants! Share if you agree!

Yes, this episode is about the halftime show.

A black-and-white city scene with a white man pushing a manual wheelchair. Text overlay reads "Episode #177 Streaming Now. Cry Me A River."

What is it like to be so represented that not being the center of attention has people losing their minds? Let's ask all the white people who were BIG MAD about Bad Bunny's halftime show.

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ACCESSIBILITY IS FOR EVERYONE!

One of the most disabling aspects of society is the difficulty of obtaining necessary accommodations.

A black-and-white city scene with a white man pushing a manual wheelchair overlaid with text Episode #176 Streaming Now. Episode title: I See You.

I don't know how to break it to you, but astigmatism and similar vision problems are, in fact, disabilities. 

This week's brand new episode is available on your favorite podcast platform, or visit badattitudespod.com. #disability

Imagine never going a day without experiencing pain. Not the day-to-day aches that come with being a human in a body, but debilitating pain that never ends. Now, imagine forcing yourself to function despite that pain. That's what chronic illness can feel like.

I'm just a girl, sitting in front of the medical industrial complex, asking it to consider that the lives of disabled patients look different.

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Chronic illness doesn't happen because you didn't eat right or you didn't exercise enough. Sometimes your body attacks itself. Sometimes, things just happen. It's not your fault, and you didn't cause it.

This is Aliya Rahman, a disabled woman unlawfully detained by ICE. Every issue is a disability rights issue. #ice

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A person in a wheelchair moves forward in an urban setting. Text reads "EPISODE #174 STREAMING NOW" and "CRUSH ICE" in bold letters.

Every issue is a disability rights issue. Disabled citizens are in grave danger from ICE officers. ALL citizens are in grave danger from ICE officers. The danger cannot be overstated.

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Y'all get real twitchy when someone reminds you that astigmatism is actually a disability. You're visually impaired, my friends. Welcome to the disabled side.

They sent a wheelchair user to space. What good does that do the rest of us?

"Episode #173 Streaming Now: Wheelchairs in Space" against a backdrop of a wheelchair user and an urban mural.

In December, aerospace engineer Michaela Benthaus became the first wheelchair user to go to space. The big question is, what does this mean for disabled people on the ground? (Hint: Not much.)

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"The future is accessible." I think this has two meanings: One, in the future, the world will be more accessible to the disabled population. But, two, the future is open to everyone. We ALL have a place in the future and WE get to decide what it looks like.

A person in a wheelchair moving forward under an overpass. Text reads "Disability is Not a Crime" and "Episode #172 Streaming Now".

It came to my attention that some people think it should be a criminal offense for people to *potentially* pass on a disability/condition. Every day is some fresh new hell. 

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I'll be honest. I wish I could find a guy to look at me like I'm this chicken sandwich.

The episode is a good starting point for anyone who needs conclusive evidence that, yes, this administration is actively harming the disabled community.

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The information in this episode is not exhaustive. More decisions and policies directly affect the disabled community that I a) forgot to mention because there are so many, or b) don't even know about yet.

I've been accused of being too angry, of hating Trump simply for the sake of it. This episode is evidence that my opinions are not built in a vacuum. Everything I believe about this administration is based on reason and reality.

A man in a wheelchair moves along a street. Text above reads, "Episode #171 Streaming Now," and below, "Let Me Count the Ways."

Bad Attitudes is back! For the first episode of 2026, we're looking back on how the current administration f*cked over the disabled community in 2025. A feel-good episode? No, but an important accounting.

Disability is not a tragedy. The real tragedy is that some people find it perfectly acceptable to treat disabled people as less valuable, less inherently worthy, or just simply LESS THAN because of an arbitrary quirk of their physiology. People suck.

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Welp, I guess the break is over! New episodes return Monday, January 12! I made a few minor changes, and I look forward to hearing what y'all think about them.

This explains a LOT.