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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
July 1, 2015

Ervin: Son of Telethon

May 1, 2015

Ervin: Famous Cripple Roles

March 1, 2015

Ervin: Bumper Snickers

January 1, 2015

Ervin: Invalid Weather

November 1, 2014

Worst of ‘Smart Ass Cripple’

October 1, 2014

Ervin: Chicken Wing Apocalypse

August 1, 2014

Ervin: Cripple Profiling

June 1, 2014

Ervin: Bedpans and Beyond

May 1, 2014

Books: Good Kings, Bad Kings

April 1, 2014

Ervin: No More Cripple Card

February 1, 2014

Ervin: Not Crippled Enough?

November 1, 2013

Ervin: White Elephant Disaster

September 1, 2013

Ervin: Pray for Nuclear War

July 1, 2013

Ervin: Passionate Moderates of America

May 1, 2013

Camping in Accessible Cabins

May 1, 2013

Ervin: Mohican Rage

March 1, 2013

Ervin: Su Casa es Mi Casa

October 1, 2012

Ervin: Straw Users Unite!

August 1, 2012

Ervin: Cub Scout Disability Awareness

October 1, 2011

Michael Patrick Thornton: Finding His Role

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