#Disabled

Shitting on Democrats is a very lucrative grift on the left and right, and I say that as someone who finds Democrats frustrating and frequently disappointing. Democrats haven't moved as
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We are introducing a revision and expansion to our guidance on writing about disabilities.These are some excerpts:We advise avoiding writing that implies ableism: the belief that typical abilities – those
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I was on a panel today at UBC SCARP to talk about professionalism, and I regret not pushing back on some comments about dress code. So I’ll share them here
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Feisty Curation Tips to Create More Joyscrolling on Twitter and Less Doomscrolling During A Dumpster Fire Year: A Thread. What's important to you? Find voices from those communities. For me,
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The biggest lesson I learned this year is that everybody treats you nicely because of what they get from you. For years, I was a happy customer and megaphone. Then
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Today is the 30th anniversary of the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act, a landmark law secured after years of activism.Our series explores the history of the disability rights
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I want to talk about Disability and the mark of a thriving society(THREAD) CW: ableism, societal and medical neglect, poverty, death, and a photo of human bones (it’s two tweets
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Don't listen to this fool. Steal that shit. Steal from work. Steal from retailers. Steal with abandon. Avoid mom and pop stores if you can. Steal for survival. Steal for
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1/3At the outset of NYC's brutal #COVID19 outbreak, 3 young NYers (@simonepolicano, @liamelkind and Healy Chait) mobilized thousands of volunteers almost overnight to provide a free delivery service for our
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A thread of resources & hope for vulnerable members of the wider community. Please note, some links will be LGBTQIA+ &/or other minority specific, others won't.#COVID19 #Community #ActuallyBeKind .@queercarenet is
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Taken from another conversation:Having #ADHD is having constant, hard to explain anger at a system for changing the rules that I thought I understood.It's playing poker when suddenly MTG cards
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A few years ago, I subtitled a few episodes of @tomscott's Citation Needed series, with the help of @yesitsratih. We used YouTube's Community Translations feature. We didn't expect anything in
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Twitter is a land where you gotta mute viral threads because people will literally invent words & project feelings that aren't there and argue with them. It's wild. Wanted to
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The funniest pitch invasions whilst a game was being played (A Thread) African fan hits the linesman after a shit decision When the ref gave a penalty for the 3rd
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i hate the american healthcare system. i get medicaid because i'm disabled but trying to find someone that takes my insurance is impossible some times. 90% of the providers in
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I've not been here for a few days but I'm back ahead of Laura Booth's inquest which starts Monday in Sheffield Coroners Court Gather round, grab a brew and please
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