#Disability

questions thread for neurodivergent / nd people hi hi! what do you have ? are you professionally diagnosed or self-dx ? a mix of both ? when did you
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Redundancy and the consultation period, A THREADYou've rights that employers seldom respect, so read on if you've been warned of a restructure, or that you are at risk of being
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I’m gonna use my twitter to vent for a minute. All I try to do is make the right choice for my son, but I always seem to get us
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Exposing my mutuals a long overdue thread. Pt 1 @.RICOSTITS Clearly racist here they say the n word with the hard r Self explanatory. Pt 2 @.thisisntangel He's gay. He
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Thoughts on striking, and non striking, senior staff. Those on the #UCUstrike pickets - physical and digital - I see you and I thank you. Heads of School, Professors, leaders
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@lauracgardiner kicks off our presentation by showing how our £225bn social security system has grown over time - from 4% of GDP after the second world war to 10% today,
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A physician draft: wow. We are comparing doctors to soldiers now? Here’s the deal... a thread 1/ #covid19 #physiciandraft #meded Soldiers don’t work for free. Even drafted soldiers. Don’t expect
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Dearest friends, my wife will die without her anti-stroke meds & she takes her last dose at 11a tomorrow. Her meds cost $175/week or $700/month.We have no income at all
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MEGAThread on Doug Ford Re: Social Assistance, Budget & Hypocrisy May 15th 2020, Ford was asked if he'd top up disability assistance during the crisis, as many vulnerable folks are
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Embedded in the very foundation of our laws is the belief that disabled Americans are a burden; that's why we condition receipt of programs like Medicaid & SSI on crushing
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Let’s talk about autism, parenting, and victimhood. Specifically, how the constant negative media barrage about autism can affect parents of autistic kids, & when the dominant message is how awful
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A few comments on this article as a member of this panel. A basic income that is not means-tested, that pays $18,000, where the beneficiary unit is the individual, the
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Missouri absentee voting starts today -- here's what that means (a 3-part thread): (1) To qualify to vote absentee in MO, you must meet one of the following:- Out of
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I was diagnosed a few months ago.At 25.I started seeing psychologists and psychiatrists when I was 3 years old and received all different types of diagnosis, except autism - although
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"The difference in autistic social cognition is best described in terms of a heightened level of conscious processing of raw information signals from the environment, and an absence or a
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Tips for discussing functional neurological disorders with patients :- Don’t underestimate the power of empathy & validation: these symptoms are scary! - Somatic symptoms are a NORMAL response to
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