#Disability

Africa Updates

africaupdates

South Africa: President "Cyril Ramaphosa" today announced an increase to child support and other grants over the next 6 months to help cushion South Africans from the economic effects brought

Alex

transaurusrx

I missed #FibromyalgiaAwarenessDay yesterday, ironically because of my fibro - (mostly) invisible disabilities are tough, in a bunch of ways that are hard to describeBe patient, a lot of us

Boma PG ✨

BomaPg

!!Imagine someone like Rihanna for example. Let's say she was a dullard in school. She found it hard to memorize school books. She wasn't lazy. She just couldn't do it

Valerie Jean Woody

AstroValerie

I have no income while I appeal my disability (PTSD) claim rejected by Social Security. I can rarely seem to do more than survive and while I am housed and

Matthew Cortland, Esq

mattbc

This is profoundly not helpful. And will, in actual fact, result in cancer patients and other members of the disability community being assaulted. Stop it.https://twitter.com/Bram_Rochwerg/status/1243531872069726208 Look, I'm a goddamn healthcare

Rose N

Rose_nug

During my degree I and many disabled students fought tooth and nail to try to get Cambridge to put its lectures on moodle - or even upload the lecture notes

nora

slaylongloveyou

I feel like this is the time for us, as able people, to truly listen to the voices of disabled people. For too long, we have not been holding space

DrakeMusic Learning

WeAllMakeMusic

As the #MusicMark19 conference draws to a close, we thought it might be useful to share some resources for #MusicalInclusion from us and the #AMIE network >>> THREAD First up,

Dr Louise Raw

LouiseRawAuthor

DID YOU KNOW YOU MAY BE ABLE YO GET LOCKDOWN HELP FROM NHS VOLUNTEER RESPONDERS?Shopping, transport to medical appointments, or just a chat.If you:-have been advised to shield by a

Megan Amram

meganamram

Hi! Just wanted to update everyone on what I've been up to since June. (1/6) I took the last few months off to really reflect and further educate myself on concrete steps I

Lola

xxxduckling

i was a teen when i lost my arm, a very depressed one who didnt have a will to live. my disability changed that. now i not only have a

s. e. smith

sesmith

Did you know the fight for full voting rights for disabled people still isn’t over, and that people right now, today, are barred from voting on the basis of their

C.L. Lynch-The-Bigots

lynchauthor

Confused about person-first language? Is it acceptable or not? Here's a brief history on PFL and how it went from etiquette to ableism: #pfl #ableism #acutallyautistic In 1983, at the

annulareye

annulareye

HEY ALL, WOULD ANYONE LIKE A 24 HR FELT CUTE DELETE LATER THREAD? if it's a thing that honors yr twt boundaries? i've felt like lockdown pajamas garbage for so

Edward Calame

EdwardCalame

(1) We had a little bit of crazy activity here at the Calame House. Gizmo with his usual (LOLOL) routine of carrying his Alpo food bowl whining and crying looking

Leslie Poston 🏳️‍🌈

leslie

People touting Chadwick Boseman's accomplishments while undergoing cancer treatment are hitting me in a weird way - two weird ways, actually. I admire the stamina it took to do multiple