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This term is based on an old term for people with intellectual disabilities (ID), and it perpetuates the bias that people with ID inherently cannot be trusted to make good

Okay, so let's take this one apart.https://twitter.com/johnrobison/status/1296822547829456896 First, what does "independent" mean? John is ignoring the extensive history of the use of "independent" within disability

I don't know who needs to hear this but (thread):All my best work comes from rage and trauma. All the work other people like comes from rage or trauma. I

Having just read another diatribe against "flaky" friends who cancel last minute, let me say:I love that I have friends who have enough experience with lives, bodies, minds, and society

The problem I'm having with "health care is a human right" (tactically; I believe it) is that some people's humanity itself doesn't get recognized. "[Y]you start pretty much from scratch

The gorillas in the zoo are not free.In the better zoos, their enclosures are designed to simulate key features of free environments and prompt them to behave in ways that

"I ignore the behavior, not the child, because the child is attention-seeking" means "If I think the child is desperately seeking human connection, I refuse to cooperate." Here is an

From atleast the time of the big state institutions for people labeled "feeble minded," people with intellectual disabilities have done care work to support other people with disabilities. From Roland

There's something called the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Final Settings Rule which is supposed to guide what kinds of programs you can spend Medicaid HCBS Waiver funds on. HCBS

Math lesson.If there are a lot more many white people than Black people in America (spoiler alert: there are), then it is entirely possible that there will be more white

@JoeBiden 's answer to @AdyBarkan here falls short in 2 ways, but before I get to that, I want to talk about the enormous power of what he is saying

Homicidality: a threadMe: I need to be able to transfer, sit up, and take my dog out twice a day when I go home. Nurse: Where are you going when