HASL

10/12/2026

HASL will be closed on Monday October 12, 2026 in observance of Indigenous Peoples’ Day - we will reopen. Tuesday October 13, 2026 at 9:00 AM.

10/09/2026

♿️ Being disabled should never mean being forced into poverty.

🏡 When a system reduces disabled people’s benefits for earning a little money while billionaires use tax loopholes to protect their wealth, its priorities are broken.

Disabled people deserve the freedom to work, save for emergencies, and marry the person they love without putting their financial stability at risk.

Raise SSI above the poverty line. End marriage penalties. End savings penalties. Reform rules that punish people for working toward stability.

Poverty should never be the price of receiving disability support. Independence should be encouraged. Love should be celebrated. Saving for tomorrow should be possible.

Disability rights include economic dignity. It’s time our policies reflected that.

. . Challenged Athletes Foundation. Mike Hudson. ROAR. Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. Shepherd Center. United Spinal Association. Jay Youngblood. Jeremy Kerr. Paralyzed Veterans of America. Coy Varnum. Accessible Hunter Podcast. Chastity Gambrell Miller. United Spinal Association Advocacy Network

10/09/2026

Oregon Wheelchair Hiking connects people with mobility disabilities for accessible trail adventures, tackling challenges other hikers may never consider.
https://mrf.lu/2fKsz

10/09/2026

Accessibility is not a favor or charity.
Accessibility is a civil right. 🩷💚🩷

Image description: a disability-related meme with a bright pink background and a bright green circle in the middle. In the middle of the circle, there is an image of a wheelchair user doing a celebratory pose with one leg in the air and smiling. They have blonde hair, a bright pink shirt, purple pants, and a purple and black manual wheelchair. There are pink sparkles on either side of them.

At the very top of the image, black text reads:

“Accessibility is not a favor or charity.”

At the very bottom of the image, black text reads:

“Accessibility is a civil right.”

The handle “” appears vertically in magenta text on the right side of the image.

10/07/2026

In 1998, a brand-new multiplex banished wheelchair users to the front row. Here is the five-year fight that forced an entire industry to redesign.

10/02/2026

09/29/2026

My Accessibility Standards Aren’t Actually That High 😂

I’ve been thinking about accessibility lately, and I’ve come to a conclusion…

I’m actually not that demanding.

Honestly.

My expectations when I go somewhere are pretty straightforward.

I’d quite like to get through the door.

I’d quite like to be able to move around once I’m inside.

I’d quite like to use the toilet without needing to perform an Olympic-level logistical exercise.

And ideally, I’d like to leave again without having to explain my entire life story to somebody who’s just discovered that wheelchair users exist. 😂

That’s pretty much it.

I’m not asking for a red carpet.

I’m not asking for a private entrance.

I’m not asking for somebody to follow me around carrying a fan and feeding me grapes. 😂

I just want to be able to go somewhere and use it in roughly the same way everyone else does.

And yet sometimes, when disabled people talk about accessibility, it’s almost as though we’re being unreasonable.

“Oh, but we’ve never had a wheelchair user complain before.”

Maybe that’s because nobody could get through the bloody door. 😂

Accessibility shouldn’t be treated as an optional extra that gets added when somebody complains.

It should be something you think about from the beginning.

Because when you get it right, disabled people don’t necessarily want a fuss.

We just want to get on with our day.

And honestly?

That’s not a particularly high standard.

Although… if you do want to feed me grapes, I prefer the black ones. 😂🍇

09/28/2026

Free Dental Services coming up, Oct 8th/9th
Make an appointment: 541-245-1625