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Mike Ervin

Mike Ervin says he has written for New Mobility since before water was invented. His writing has been published in everything from the New York Times to The Progressive to Jobber and Warehouse Executive magazine. Mike has also been active in ADAPT for decades and boasts of being arrested about 20 times, which no doubt has something to do with his pen name: Smart Ass Cripple (read his blog at smartasscripple.blogspot.com.) Smart Ass Cripple’s Little Red Book, which has a blue cover, and Smart Ass Cripple’s Little Yellow Book, which has a red cover, are available at lulu.com.

Articles By Mike Ervin
January 4, 2021

Who Decides These ‘Best Of’ Lists?

November 2, 2020

Our New Robot Overlords

September 1, 2020

Broke Ass And Crippled

July 1, 2020

Connecticut Hospitals Not Allowed to Prohibit Visitors for Disabled

July 1, 2020

An Oral History of the Capitol Crawl

July 1, 2020

Taking the ADA on the Chin

May 1, 2020

Happy — or Sad? — Rare Disease Day

March 2, 2020

Grab-a-Vert: The Game

February 5, 2020

Supreme Court Allows Public Charge Rule Targeting Disabled Immigrants to Move Forward

January 28, 2020

Access Living Names Karen Tamley CEO

January 2, 2020

Ervin: The Big Reveal

December 23, 2019

Disabled Photographer Wins Top Prize in Getty’s Disability Stories Grant

December 2, 2019

Vulnerability Catch 22

October 15, 2019

Lawsuit Alleges ICE Mistreats Disabled Immigrant Detainees

October 1, 2019

Disability Advocacy Champion Marca Bristo: 1953 – 2019

October 1, 2019

Marxism for Dummies

August 1, 2019

The Winter of My Discontent

June 3, 2019

Crip Generation Gap

April 1, 2019

Googling Stereotypes

February 1, 2019

The Secret to My Longevity

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