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Disabled Academic Collective
DisabledAcadem
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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Sonora Reyes
SonoraReyes
Sigh. I have yet to read a book where the (non #OwnVoices) disability rep was handled well. As a disabled person it is so exhausting when the only disability rep
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Imani Barbarin, MAGC | Crutches&Spice ♿️
Imani_Barbarin
Hello, my name is Imani and many of you have followed me and other disabled people in recent weeks—out of panic. Well, as a treat, here’s a thread around why
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nayook.
ni_ruh
There is rarely no word for disability in a given language. If you have body parts in your language, you have words for those body parts not working, and you
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marya💗
maryaaaa_b
hi i’m bored so here’s an educational thread on micro-aggressions that i hear in regards to my disability/being muslim 1. “pray to Allah he will fix you” this is a
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daisy
daiseaaa
bragging online about ignoring students’ requested adjustments (which will v likely have been discussed with and approved by disability services) is uhhhh really not a good look also this almost
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Black Disability Collective
BlackDisability
There’s a lot of heartbreaking things about Chadwick Boseman’s death, but I can’t stop thinking of how he had to hide this disability Black Panther was played by a Black
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Mollie Katie
molliekatie
IRS website now says SSI disability recipients don't have to file taxes under the "Who is eligible?" section, but then don't explain how they'll pay us under the "Do I
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Kathryn Brightbill ✒️
KEBrightbill
As a matter of policy, this is a bad bill, but I'm disturbed by how ableist some opponents are. I feel bad for Allison Tant's disabled child that she just
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hilzoy
hilzoy
This is really good. It's just wrong to deny people access to ventilators on the grounds that they have a disability, unless that disability *directly* interferes with their ability to
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Viet FILL OUT YOUR CENSUS Vu 🏳️🌈👨💻
vviet93
Some thoughts about @elonmusk saying he is autistic, from someone with ADHD. A lot will not be about Elon Musk, but about how people might be responding to it. 1/12
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APStylebook
APStylebook
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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Haben Girma
HabenGirma
These #DeliveryRobots are a danger to pedestrians using wheelchairs. I tried ordering food on the app, but it fails to work with software blind people use. @StarshipRobots, follow #accessibility guidelines
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dr. cassandra hartblay
CHartblay
ANNOUNCEMENT: I'm hiring a research coordinator to support the development of an exciting new project at @UTSC - a new research centre, the Centre for Global Disability Studies! #CGDS The
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Chris (Disabled & Mad)
CaptainMetadata
#DisabilityRC mates. Lets...get mad. Link to paper in various forms:https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/publications/restrictive-practices-issues-paper "We understand that ‘restrictive practice’ is a term used in Australia to
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Sami Schalk
DrSamiSchalk
#thread on ableist language: I’ve seen a lot of Madison folks using ableist language to talk about the #pandemic protesters & I want to talk briefly about why this language
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