#Disabilities

Julia Bascom

JustStimming

As a disabled person, my biggest concern is not "stigma." It's structural oppression. Absolutely, these things are related to/reinforce each other! But someone’s feelings about my disability become way less

Planetary Polymath Emily Lakdawalla

elakdawalla

Younger daughter asked me an interesting question this evening. "If you were poor [in the 19th century], what would you be?" I don't think she expected my answer. 1/n The

Karrie Higgins ♿️

karriehiggins

In one of the derecho recovery groups, there’s a person who kindly reformats posts (in a comment) for those with neurocognitive disabilities. They don’t ask anyone to do it. They

zedd is very tired

bigbootygothboi

Fucking hilarious to me that my cognitive psychology prof's online lectures are so wildly inaccessible to those with cognitive disabilities.Like, - no text on the slide- speaks real fucking fast-

Simon Frankel Pratt

Simon_the_Pratt

I'm not inclined to dramatic displays of emotion but I almost cried when preparing my introductory remarks to the #isa2021 roundtable I chaired on Tuesday. I hadn't realised just how

Blak Lives Matter

JessHealyWalton

I’ve become aware of an experienced and respected disabled activist endlessly mocking another disabled activist on her public Facebook, cheered on by many other disabled people in the Aus community.

Alec Karakatsanis

equalityAlec

A few years ago, I watched officers bring a 9-year-old child into court in full metal waist, hand, and foot restraints. Then another child. And another. I was told no

Erin soroS

ErinsoroS

Trust students. Respect students. Give extensions, no questions asked, no doctor's note needed. Grade their learning. We do not know what students are surviving. We do not need to know

Dan Emerine

DJEinDC

Seeing a lot of confused and defensive takes on the responses to the NYTimes piece on banning cars. Can I help? Maybe? Here’s my take, and it’s just my take.

Cassie Hall ♿️

CassieH5544

My brother and I went to vote yesterday. We were joking before we went that it didn’t matter how he voted because as a white, middle class, educated male he

Dr. ARREST THE COPS WHO KILLED #BREONNATAYLOR

4WheelWorkOut

Something that I keep seeing in the online disabled community is the complaints or call-outs when some of us do not use (all the time or at all) accessibility features

Asher Wolf

Asher_Wolf

On my way to MSAC, who’ve told me their re-opened outdoor lap pool is only for lap swimmers. Their reopened hydrotherapy pool now requires a personal physio. This is ableist,

Sébastien Jodoin

sjodoin

@UNHumanRights has released a study setting out key principles & recommendations for protecting & promoting #disabilityrights in the context of #ClimateChange. In this thread, I’ll summarize its key conclusions &

Rebecca Cokley

RebeccaCokley

Someone said to me “It’s more important that Biden be responding to COVID-19 than release a disability plan. I’m going to push back on that. A disability plan is a KEY

Billy

justamoonboy

I once nearly failed a PE class because my BMI started "too high" and ended at around the sam level. I ended that class with a D despite doing my

Frank ⌁

FrankElavsky

Data visualization cares disproportionately far too much about designing for colorblindness relative to other disabilities that are more common (visual impairments included).(A thread on disability, race, and patriarchy in data