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Look, I'm actually cool with white supremacists trying to reform themselves. It's the way they do it and the way other white people respond that bother me. People who want

As someone who has the privilege of having insurance, but still lacks adequate medical care due to misogynoirist, ableist (among other things) doctors, please dream bigger than getting everyone to

This is random, but I've been thinking, and a really neglected aspect of accessibility is making the environment safe for people who might injure themselves due to things like movement

Stop seeing doctors as angels who can't be criticized and start recognizing that western medicine is a violent, colonialist, capitalist institution that comes with all the same pitfalls as the

Tw: ableist slurStop saying being stupid is willful. Before I had all my diagnoses, my symptoms were thought to be "willful stupidity". Funnily enough, you can't actually tell who is

Yup, this is why, being not only neurodivergent/chronically ill but Black as well, while I can have a lot of privilege in this area, I do not fit into most

I think it's important to say on here once in a while, cause not everyone knows, I didn't graduate high school because I'm disabled and Black. If that's something you

I'm gonna say it: most white disabled people have a different politic to me. We're not in the same situation just because we're both disabled. That's not going to erase

So, there is no disability that causes racism and that's obviously true.However, Tourette's can make you say racist things that you don't believe and have no relation to your thoughts

Urgent PSA : A certain subset of people who get COVID-19 *might* go on to develop an illness called ME. As of now we don't know for sure or how

Hey, I just want to let y'all know, if you ever see me following someone terrible and have the time and energy to let me know, I'll be extremely grateful.