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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
December 1, 2018

Very Special Effects

October 1, 2018

Jumping the Cure Line

August 1, 2018

The Costco Social Experiment

June 1, 2018

Broke Ass Cripples

April 2, 2018

Crippled Voter Drives

February 1, 2018

One Step at a Time

December 1, 2017

Executing My Grand Plan

September 1, 2017

Sucking the Marrow of Life

July 1, 2017

First They Came for the Cripples

May 1, 2017

Demise of the Once-Mighty Crippled Circus Freaks

March 1, 2017

Five Phases of Cripple Development

January 1, 2017

Ervin: The Not-So Good Old Days

October 3, 2016

Ervin: Of Movie Scripts and Butt Wiping

August 1, 2016

Ervin: Managed Care Mobility Device Replacement

June 1, 2016

Why Mentoring Scares the Crap Out of Me

April 1, 2016

Ervin: Mount Rushmore for Cripples

February 1, 2016

Ervin: DIY Adaptive Printing

January 1, 2016

Person of the Year: Reveca Torres

December 1, 2015

Ervin: Dial-A-Ride Kissoff

September 1, 2015

Ervin: Doing My Patriotic Duty

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