#Disability

Tw // Slurs mention, call out.I've noticed some of y'all seem really obcessed with the slurs topic and people who've said it. Calling out someone for saying something offensive and
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things most people don't know about tourette syndrome: an updated thread (contains descriptions of tic self injury. image credit: http://Tourette.org . image description in alt text)#TourettesLiving #Tourettes #TouretteSyndrome 1.
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So, there is no disability that causes racism and that's obviously true.However, Tourette's can make you say racist things that you don't believe and have no relation to your thoughts
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i told myself i'd stay clear of malingering talk, but this thread can detail why people think #dissociadid is malingering. if nin does have DID then this sort of lifestyle
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Hello! We are inviting contributions for the QDS network Launch Event in October We welcome contributions in a range of formats, inc written pieces (800-1500 words), short videos (3-5
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NEW: following our statement on #Covid19 & #disabled people's human rights last Friday, @NHSEngland has issued a system-wide communication 'Maintaining standards and quality of care in pressurised circumstances" https://www.england.n
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why the word "retard" is a slur and why only neurodivergent people can say it - a thread by a neurodivergent person. content warnings // r slur , hate crimes
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The difference (or similarity, perhaps) between Doug Ford and your doddering parents flubbing through learning how to use a new laptop is wealth and power. Skills aquisition is hard and
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https://europepmc.org/article/med/32297123 Ha. Fresh new research. This on 'self injury' in autism. Big study. I have questions. Thread.Studies go back as far as 1976 (!)It is nearly all people with intellectual
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So I implore anyone reading this thread to seriously please #Be Waking up to hear this,when I had assumed she was being looked after...it hurts,because I have been in a
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Can we talk about ownvoices, from a less white lens, for a second?I'm seeing comments like "this is why ownvoices is toxic" and "ownvoices does more harm than good" and
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Tomorrow is three weeks since my dysautonmia diagnosis. My life has changed so dramatically in the last four months. I had a mild case of COVID and now I use
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This month, the #iHub will share knowledge on how our community can improve the online experiences of persons with disability on #socialmedia platforms.Read: https://bit.ly/2LFoIUM  This week, we are shining a
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1 in 8 students in #CA have a physical, cognitive or learning disability. As a mother to a son with autism, this is personal.Are students with disabilities getting the care
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Today I'm going to make a non-exhaustive list of people in the gaming / ttrpg world who are disabled and who you should follow. I am only mentioning people who
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This is an incredible reframing that needs to be heard deeplyhttps://twitter.com/ahandvanish/status/1391117200237400067 My initial knee-jerk stuffy academic reaction is that this must be overstatement by @ahandvanishBut as I do the math
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