#Disability

We began this month of Accessibility Actions by sharing stats on the number of disabled undergrads, grad students, & faculty. We used polls to explore lived experiences of grad students.
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ive been trying to focus on stopping ableist language. if you see me using any please lmk! i’m not doing it on purpose it’s either ingrained in my vocabulary or
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I want to talk about Disability and the mark of a thriving society(THREAD) CW: ableism, societal and medical neglect, poverty, death, and a photo of human bones (it’s two tweets
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SEX. That got your attention. Sadly @OncologyForum have had to cancel today's session due to website issues. But Sex after cancer is so important so I'm going to share the
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Awesome, we have entered the “I printed a note online that says I can bring my dog onto an airplane” phase of abusing disability laws to not wear a mask
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The Equality Act (10 years old today) was a close run thing. It was given Royal Assent two days after the announcement of the 2010 General Election. Parliament was dissolved
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My landlord keeps asking me to shower after every time I go out for work. I am a Disability support worker and provide services to 3 clients in their homes.
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Sharing this old article bc I want folks to recognize that bigoted comments like "you only got accepted because of affirmative action" make people feel like frauds.We sometimes call it
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quote this with something you desperately wish you’d been taught in sex ed. plz keep it relatively SFW and for the sake of everyone’s dignity, we all agree to believe
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Something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately is how, as more and more diverse books get published, I see more and more identity policing happening. I know it’s not
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Other earlier signs for GOP alarm:— When “grabbing women..” was just locker room talk— When Trump levied billions in tariffs on Americans’ consumer goods & Rs clapped— When Trump obstructed
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I want to come back to this later but for a tl;dr starter for ten: if you’re a new student w circumstances that complicate yr ability to study (care work,
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ok, i woke up to a bunch of messages and emails asking how to be more inclusive. it's really simple, so stay with me:- the preferred term is "disability," full
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A thread on this morning's Twitter playground.I regularly do voluntary assemblies in primary schools, teaching the kids about journalism, while also running workshops to write football match reports.The reason I
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Having just read another diatribe against "flaky" friends who cancel last minute, let me say:I love that I have friends who have enough experience with lives, bodies, minds, and society
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becoming a bigger business is scary; a thread (p.s these are my personal experiences and struggles, and these are NOT complaints!! i love what i do and appreciate all of
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