#Disabled

The tweets about how difficult lockdown in Naarm is are curious - 'there is no other experience like this' etc etc. No one else, except disabled, chronically ill people (among
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!!! I’ve seen this circulating with people calling it unprecedented. Except there is a long list of examples in this country of forced sterilization, especially of Black and brown women.https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/09/10024657/ic
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This is a #MuseumsAreNotNeutral thread: Four months ago, @DesignMuseum reached out to me informing me that a project of mine had been shortlisted for their #BeazleyDesignsoftheYear. I responded asking about accessibility as
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This evening a car performed a dangerous fast manoeuvre to get through this gap #LTNIf I had been alone I would’ve walked across the road & not known that I
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I didn't want to say "I told you so,"but it's been 9 episodes and basically no one has confronted or acknowledged the fact that he experiences chronic pain.For some reason
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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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Hot take but many inspirational quotes are ableist; "just do it! will is power! The power of the mind!". That's exactly what ADHDers cannot do. Like, neurologically cannot do. Also
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Is a far-right white nationalist Republican candidate who is a white male SCI wheelchair user a good time to talk about why I think eugenics explains society's greater comfort with
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I was in a meeting today where a member of a commission on disability asked why students are allowed to get accommodations late in the term. Let me make it
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It’s Mental Health Awareness Month. What can you do to educate yourself on mental health issues and be a good friend, ally, and overall person? Read this thread. Do your
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Incoming thread about lactation, pregnancy, sexism, ableism, and disability-informed feminism. There is a lot of intense ableism and sexism at the heart of the way lactation and pregnancy are discussed
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Can y’all PLZ stop telling disabled people to “just sue” when we are discriminated against, that’s not how you get an education or make allies. I can’t afford over 100
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[abuse]I see a lot of people expressing shock 1) this happened at all & 2) that it seems increasingly common to see stories like this.So I want to talk about
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Just thinking through some stuff so bear with me. Maybe I’m wrong but none of the spicy 'let the virus spread to save the economy' hot takes are written by
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RT this if you’ve ever ridden a horse & are not rich. Trying to prove a thing. Notice the number of RTs here. The Dirtbag Left harassed a disabled person
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If you wear corrective lenses of any kind, you have a disability. And guess what: your disability has already been accommodated, which is part of why you might not see
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