#Disability

Toph Beifong and Proper Disability Representation: A threadHere's a disclaimer: This thread doesn't give parents of disabled children/people who've worked with disabled children permission to write about our experiences.Okay? Ok
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Feminist Twitter is a rough place to be rn for many reasons. I wanted to inject a little positivity!What's 1 person from your close twitter circle who's made a real
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Ok, so many of you have followed me for my disability advocacy, but I would like to introduce you to the well-rounded person I am. So here is a thread
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One of the pleasures of my week is going through all the work done by The Age and SMH's science/health journalists to compile my favourites for Examine, our weekly science
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For all that I love my own creativity, and enthusiasm for the world around me, I balk at the "ADHD is a superpower" framing. All of the issues @danidonovan talks
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The disability community has many common terms/words that may not mean anything to newly disabled folx or allies. We've put together a list of some of these terms/equipment that people
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It’s clear a lot of us don’t know about or don’t even consider the possibility of learning disabilities. It’s not just something we see in movies so I’ve tried to
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If you're tempted to engage with #ColourTheSpectrum or donate to Next for Autism, please STOP. They want to "cure" autism. I am a person. A human being. Please don't fund
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Why Did John Glenn, the famous astronaut, call his wife the real hero?How could it be that James Earl Jones, voice of Darth Vader and Mufasa in The Lion King,
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my controversial fatt take that I haven’t seen anyone say yet is their portrayals of disability... need work. I feel like Cascara’s narrative would be ok if she like. wasn’t
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IMPORTANT! If you have a long term physical illness, you can identify as disabled or chronically ill. There is no 'right way' to be disabled/chronically ill. If it impacts your
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The 7th hearing of the #DisabilityRC, into barriers to accessing safe, quality and inclusive school education and life course impacts, is about to start.I will be live tweeting for @PWDAustralia.
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Let's kick the day off with a discussion about disability identity in higher education. Whether someone's condition is congenital, acquired, progressive, etc..., coming into one's disability identity can be a
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The idea of high functioning [insert disability] is potentially harmful at worst & useless at the very least. [A thread] For one, which standards are we holding up to define
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This is going to be a glossary to cover some terms that I am going to use this week. I'll add to it during the week if I forget
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***Important News***If Anyone knows of any business or individual that could assist six single parent families with some groceries and necessities, PLEASE dm me. These families have a parent on
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