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The Autisticats - #StopTheShock

autisticats

I’ve been thinking about the concept of being “not disabled enough” for certain supports/accommodations, and how that ties into masking ability. As an autistic person with several physical disabilities &

Katie Pennick

KatiePennick

Fun fact about me: I use a ‘teenagers’ wheelchair. It’s tiny. 23inches wide.If I’m struggling to get through these “gaps”, they are completely impassable for most wheelchair users and visually

Ola Ojewumi

Olas_Truth

THREAD: As a black disabled person, I stopped believing in respectability politics a long time ago when I became a wheelchair user. COVID-19 affirmed my beliefs. If I catch coronavirus,

Floatyboaty

Alexlebrit

@willnorman @Wheels4Well Re: all-ability cycling and disabled motoring.Many disabled motorists are Motability customers, using the mobility component of their benefits to lease their vehicles on 3-5 year contracts. Many have

GeneralAmaya

MelaKatie

#khive, I LOVE Kamala but he’s got a point. I don’t perceive her plan in bad faith or herself in bad faith. I’m not worried that a Harris administration would

The Sapphic Bouquet ⚖

Multi_Sapphire

The word "disability" has never been defined by disabled people."disability" is largely defined by able bodied people, by able bodied medical systems, and by able bodied committees.Give it a minute.

El Gibbs

bluntshovels

The vaccine announcement last night has a big impact on disabled people, particularly those of us in the 1b group. Now, we have to make hard decisions, based on very

Astro

The_Jag_10

These are two examples of what's wrong, causing damage, distraction & delaying IndyBoth working on agenda's that put their political interests before Indy & peopleBoth Groups run block list, dirty

Matthew Cortland, Esq

mattbc

I appreciate the sentiment, but this is fundamentally incorrect. Eugenics is a policy - and has been a policy since before this country was founded.https://twitter.com/marynmck/status/1321622922210017280 White supremacy, too, is a

👻 Cassie the Friendly Ghost 👻

cassjosephs

After a genuine effort on my part to vote in the @audioverseawrds, I’ve come to the hard conclusion that I am simply unable to vote. Not because I’m intentionally taking

Clarkisha Kent

IWriteAllDay_

Counterpoint: Disabled YTs need to understand that being disabled does not override Whiteness, their racism, & everything that entails. Bucky stepping in to defend the YT man who ASSASSINATED (let’s

Tamara Taggart

tamarataggart

A mother’s thread: My son is supposed to start high school in September + like many other parents, my #anxiety is at an all time high. For me, the past

GhillieGuide

Ghillie_Guide

Disability & Illness make people uncomfortable because it reminds them of their mortality/vulnerabilityAlbeism is a unique discrimination because Disabled is the only marginalized group you can join at any time,

Ashlee Boo-yer 👻🦻🏻

AshleeMBoyer

As a Disabled software engineer directly affected by this blatantly inaccessible voice tweet feature, it is incredibly soul crushing to see a massive company with endless resources release shit like

Sarah Blahovec

Sblahov

Just saw after work that another disabled person on Social Security contacted me about wanting to run for office and asking if it's possible to do so without risking benefits,

Giovanni Tiso

gtiso

This talk about how the abolition of DHBs will lead to the elimination of "postcode lotteries" is so naive it makes me want to cry. Our neoliberal bureaucracy's idea of