#Disability

Organisations like @AWID @FRIDAfund and @APC_News to name a few have been working remotely for decades. Recently we co-organised a conversation with our members and partners to share some of
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Employers - please read.I had a second interview with a company that culminated in me having a serious meltdown. This could easily have been avoided.#AutismAcceptanceMonth Firstly, unlike other companies
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The lovely @JulieHughes4 has asked for diverse texts that will enrich the English curriculum - here goes (a thread) #teamenglish 1/ Women’s voices - try an extract from Atwood’s The
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THREAD: It's time for you all to meet someone. This is my brother, Cory. He's a home run hitting baseball player, a swimmer, works two jobs, and known in our
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"If we start to see hospitalizations go up and are unmanageable, we would cut back on elective surgeries. That's one example of a change that we could make." - @GovPritzker
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So. As I said this morning in Congress, today is the one month anniversary of the last day I woke up with two working eyes.I have not gone a single
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A1.1 Hi all! This is going to be a long, long one, @Sayfty. In the following tweets, we’ll share thoughts and reflections of all the absolutely brilliant and wonderful folks
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Saying "housewives don't make financial contributions in homes" is wrong.Domestic care work and child care work (esp. early child care), are valuable by ANY metric, whether time/resource input, time saved
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An insightful review, worth your time.It's crystalized something I've been thinking about for a while: that rich people are effectively insulated from the consequences of their actions, often to the
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There are a lot more of you here suddenly thanks to the wonderful support of @jenalyson, so I thought I’d put together a helpful thread of resources for learning more
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Wueh. Since I moved out of Nairobi to forestall economic adversity as I left formal employment, I haven't been very deep in ward politics. Now, my village ward, like my
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after last night, i'm seeing a lot of people expressing despair and wondering how to find hope. i've shared some thoughts on that before, but i think they're worth re-upping
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1) Ok time for a new thread looking at the recently released review of mental health services over the time of the programme for government of the last government:https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/publications/mentalhealth/delivering-speciali
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Oh boy, guess reacting to this is going to be my Hot Take of the Day because apparently I'm in a mood and also disagree with... pretty much all of
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2 weeks yesterday Johnson announced UK lockdown. 2 wks yesterday I taught last class of term & one of us who had gathered together on Zoom made a nervous joke
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April is just a week away, which means autistic people everywhere are bracing ourselves for what is known in non-autistic circles as “Autism Awareness Month.” Here are some things you
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