#Disabled

hi i’m bored so here’s an educational thread on micro-aggressions that i hear in regards to my disability/being muslim 1. “pray to Allah he will fix you” this is a
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Education time! This isn't directed to anyone at all, It's just I (+ @/lopezbians and @/mchalesagron) saw that there are many people uneducated on this matter!! Warning for ableist language!Why
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On why it isn't acceptable to ask disabled trainees in wet labs if they'd considered switching labs to do computational work, and why it REALLY isn't ok to ask us
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Today is #EarthDay2021 A day to celebrate #ClimateAction .And a day to remember that climate justice needs to be inclusive.Disabled people are disproportionately affected by extreme climate events.
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screw it: a little disability education thread for the timeline !! (this may be long, but please read if you can) - this was inspired by the autism education thread
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I am a disabled biracial black woman taking care of a mentally disabled sibling, my home was sold w/o my knowledge by a family member who had rights to, and
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Concerning is carrying the weight of enraging here - at least for me. Just utterly disgusted. Keep driving in that stake that there is ZERO point in engaging and there
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It’s a really hard time for people who are chronically ill and disabled because so much of our medical care is put on hold indefinitely and causing a lot of
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Does anyone have any fucking clue why supermarkets have made themselves even less accessible for disabled people now? Thanks so much @Ocado for ensuring that someone like me can barely
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Just say it loud and proud: representation matters except when it comes to disabled people.And realize that you’ve hit people like me with a triple exclusion whammy. hE’s aN aCtOr
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Look...The entire point of being a grown-up is that you shouldn‘t have to do what other people tell you anymore.These arbitrary „grow-up“ requirements people make up?Being grown-up means you DON‘T
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A woman with learning disabilities has been ordered to accept contraception (injections) by the Court of Protection in Britain. She pleaded 'It’s my body and it’s my life. I should
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#IWasCalmUntil a deeply prejudiced employee @newseasons said I couldnt use the electric cart cause 'covid19'she put me at greater risk of infection since I have physical activity induced seizures.Being denied
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Chadwick Boseman's death is a huge loss, in so many ways. Others have said this far more eloquently than me.The conversation on twitter the past few days about his contributions
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These strange times can be extra overwhelming for people with a #learningdisability and #autistic people who are LGBTQ+. This is a little thread of awesome people and organsiations who are
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Can we use this to have an actual conversation about the disabled men who use their disability as a way of coercing women, typically disabled women! to doing them 'sexual
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