#Disability

A THREAD w facts and prelim analysis re DC’s Discipline Data: Thank you to @OSSEDC for a detailed, thorough discipline report for SY18-19. Good news: Out of school suspensions (OSS)
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Hi! So um this might be lowkey really hard for me to tweet out since I never EVER told anyone about this aside from my family who obviously already know
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if plumbers acted like doctors:me: there's a leak in my basementplumber: have you tried repainting the living room? might really liven up the place me: there's a leak in my
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Transphobia is intolerance of gender diversity. It is based around the idea that there are only two sexes – male or female, which you stay in from birth. @GalopUK Coercive
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison is making a ministerial statement in the House of Representatives. Parliament is sitting today to pass legislation for the $130 billion JobKeeper package. Scott Morrison says
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Okay I know we all know that bi pan lesbian harassers are pretty awful and ableist to systems but I'd like to bring up another side to it that I
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I retweeted a really spicy take yesterday and I saw a lot of fallout from it that obviously read it differently than I saw it. I think its really important
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THREAD. Recent days have seen a lot of conversations about how #COVID19 is impacting upon decisions around end of life care, particularly for those of us with bodies that are
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#MentalHealthAwarenessWeekMental ill health is the largest single cause of disability in the UK. The 2017 Stevenson / Farmer review estimated the cost to employers as between £33 billion and £42
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Much has been made of the fact Newstart hasn't increased in real terms since 1994. But why has the freeze gone on so long? Let's look back at how we
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So I just had a full blown panic-attack meltdown complete with crying and screaming in front of a bunch of strangers at my workout class.... As some of you may
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This week's episode is now LIVE (http://bit.ly/37ehJxM ) and is the first of many future episodes that will inevitably talk about #AcademicMentalHealth -- shout out to @KarenTang_ for being my guest
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You won’t always be able to tell if a person is disabled. Invisible disabilities look different on everyone. So, imagine being drunk while trying to take the GRE and win
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Academic Success is excited for #JudithHeuman’s visit, but her journey to our event has been a long one. Judith has been fighting for #disabled individuals’ rights for decades. Learn more
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This decision just came from a US district court and it's INCREDIBLE. Basically, a psych disabled lawyer sued after being put through a metric fuckton of ableism before being allowed
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Our new research shows class imbalances across the UK's creative industries. Read the 5 key findings in the thread below and find out more about the programme of work we
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