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I’m only going to say this one more time. I say this as a person who’s finally recovering from this - describing this virus as “mild” is the same as

Thinking about yesterday and how excited we were about simple words. I know I was excited because so many of the policies of the last 4 (or 40 or 400)

Do you ever why I am so passionate about the work I get to do as Executive Director of Connecticut Legal Rights Project? Gather around and let me tell you

Fighting tears of rage and frustration right now Thinking of all the time spent reading and learning about this fucking virus, the orders to employees to work from home after

[CW: suicide. I. AM. SAFE.] Some of you already know that I have a history of suicidal thoughts & am a survivor of multiple attempts. That option came off the

For all those who say athletes should stick to sports: STFU. Their actions will force a dialogue and uncomfortable conversations that have needed to happen for a long time. The

Guess what! It’s #ADA30 thread time!https://twitter.com/connconnection/status/1286567440265207810 My favorite case is the case filed on behalf of Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson. You probably are more familiar with the name of

Ok, it looks like the majority of people do NOT know what happens to people who are found not guilty by reason of insanity. I don’t know what happens in

You know what’s going to lead to a whole lot of unnecessary, preventable deaths? Two uniquely America traits. One: that “handouts” from “the government” is only for “those people.” The

Have a beef with @steak_umm over this take - especially because disabled people are often described as “vulnerable.” We are not the ones peddling misguided conspiracy theories. The people you’re

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

We need to figure out a more effective way to explain to people what IMD exclusion rule is, why it was implemented, what it does, & why we support it.