#Disabled

I'd like to add as well:Its double a slap in the face when, as the almost-always-standalone WOC, I get asked this question. And organizers get energized and perk up as
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Still reeling from the details of the *actual* policy proposals put forward by Democratic presidential candidates yesterday. I beg all of you to read the proposals themselves, not just the
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At a time when so much communication has shifted to video chats and conferencing, it's vital that we all craft new ways of working that are as accessible as possible.
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Well it's really late and I can't sleep, so, this is something quite personal, and I have been carefully thinking about whether to share this, but I think it's important
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Someone emailed me today asking if I think that the verdict might at least save some lives, by creating hesitation among some police who don't want to go to prison
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So here's something I don't think I've really talked about much publicly (& CERTAINLY didn't plan to today) but I think it's time to put my own embarrassment aside &
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"Break quarantine if your mental health demands you do so" advice has been circulating since March and it's frustrating because what about the mental health of those of us trapped
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See these amazing character artworks? They were done for me by my wonderful friend Ams @HoMArtworks Thanks to the US govt/COVID double teaming them and their equally awesome artist hubby
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The last few weeks I've begun conducting my own behavioral study in secret. I have been adjusting games at Chuck E Cheese and recording the subconscious response of guest interaction
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one of my many roles is editor of the Forum for the journal TESOL Quarterly. i love how this role has allowed me to engage with different topics and to
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The last time the UK went into recession, the books were 'balanced*' on the shoulders of the poorest, the most vulnerable, the elderly, childrens centres, people with disabilities, women's refuges.
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*Luke pilots his X-Wing down the Death Star trench. Suddenly, he decides to turn off his computer*WEDGE:Luke,is something wrong? You've disabled your targeting computerLUKE:Wedge, I've realized blowing up the Death
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Long thread.I write this, trying to find the strength and focus to keep fighting for the disabled community, and our rights.Because sadly that is a fight that has to happen
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Happening now!!https://twitter.com/gregorycendana/status/1297293246285017088 "Deaf, disabled, & chronically ill people have always existed, but we have been erased from society" 1/2 @JenDeerinwater ..."through our exclusi
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Thread: A few 'lessons learned' after my experience w/ a trailer load of produce/dairy I had & distributed over the last few days:- There is nowhere in #YYT to refrigerate
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LATERAL ABLEISM and WHEELCHAIR SHAMINGI have a bone to pick w/ some wheelchair accessibility, visibility and edu advocates. I've been seeing this more and more, and it only seems to
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