#Disability

A thing that has helped my interpersonal relationships immensely is learning to recognize when I am out of energy (because sensory stuff, or chronic illness, or being triggered, or just
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From today, another 28 Crown Courts will have the technology to allow vulnerable witnesses and victims to pre-record their cross-examination before trial.All Crown Courts will be able to provide this
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Friends! I'm a visually impaired writer editing a forthcoming anthology featuring the work of writers with disabilities. We just extended our deadline, and we accept work on a rolling basis.
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The #BattleForBritney docu is ableist, didn’t even raise the question that mental health struggles isn’t remotely a justification for depriving someone of their autonomy and property, @Mobeen_Azhar should’ve interviewed disability
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Honestly who wants to return to the previous normal?1) 10k homeless incl. 4k kids2) gig economy, employment that exploits and doesn't pay a living wage3) nursing homes where profit means
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It's #syllabus season! I'm putting together some syllabus-writing resources for an upcoming pedagogy class, so here's a thread. #AnthroTwitter What information should you include in your syllabus? Check to
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Incredibly proud and humbled to be asked by @Keir_Starmer to join the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. I know just how big a brief
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hello i want to start a thread/space for those of you following me who need care & have bills to pay but currently can’t, whether because of covid, disability,
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I’m trying to put into words how frustrating it is to be left in the dust in conversations of accessibility for mental disabilities because I am forced under the bullshit
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I'm writing a chapter on smell in an early 20thC novel, which I bought for £2. Its a great source to research the senses, hospitals and med education. But so
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mentions how disabled people benefit from living in places where pedestrians have better access than cars, but doesn't mention that some disabled people need their cars.... can we have disabled
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roommate is blasting the nutcracker on vinyl because he says the dance of the sugarplum fairies is, and I quote, "a straight fuckin banger" said roommate has been my best
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I don't see a lot of "non-traditional" scholarship from non-academics (I'm talking college educated scholars) under a lot of these hashtags about citing folks. Including those directed toward Black women.
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Disability shoutout - so im autistic and i want to use my platform to share my difficulties, so when i succeed in areas, others can believe they can to! Right
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As a health system, we really should find a way to pay people with chronic illnesses for all the care management work they do on their own behalf. In many
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As a disabled woman, pro-choice activism is always hard for me. Anti-choicers stir up a lot of weird emotive language inspo porn to marketise their bigotry that doesn’t take into
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