#Disabilities

Liam O'Dell

LiamODellUK

The absolute state of this. It's horrifying to see @Forbes specialist reporter for stories on physical disabilities using phrases such as "Generation Fixed", "the scourge of disease and disability" and

Julia Bascom

JustStimming

As a disabled person, my biggest concern is not "stigma." It's structural oppression. Absolutely, these things are related to/reinforce each other! But someone’s feelings about my disability become way less

Bonusly from Home

bonusly

Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities! #IDPWD20 #IDPWD #IDPD2020 Here are a few things you can check out if you're interested in learning about and doing more to

Saba Salman

Saba_Salman

#HumanRightsDay2020, anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.Govt is 'reviewing' #HumanRightsAct just as Covid and responses to it undermine people's rights and entitlements.For people already marginalised, reco

Linda Tirado

KillerMartinis

Friendly reminder that if y’all insist on saying how cheap and easy cooking is in my mentions I will absolutely start naming various physical disabilities or chronic illnesses that might

AdVoKat

AdVoKat_Miaw

To: @JustinTrudeau @cafreeland @CQualtro @theJagmeetSingh @ElizabethMay @MPJulian Will you officially condemn @fordnation and @ToddSmithPC for their unrelenting cruelties and targeted harassment towards people with disabilities?Since Ford t

BenjaminThomasWhite

rain_later

One thing that's very clear from the @UKRI_News report on Covid-19 extensions for doctoral researchers is how few they actually spoke to (see p7). They did *not* survey all funded

maya morena

themayamorena

Thread from this report on sex trafficking from 1914 in Massachusetts "Experts" were picked to investigate the white slave traffic. It was to investigate sex work or "immoral women"Experts included

Apnalaya

ApnalayaTweets

Rajani Kardak, Deputy Programme Manager, Health and Disability, Apnalaya, speaks about the difficulties girls with disabilities face. #NationalGirlChildDay@PreranaATC @NGOprotsahan @STCI_Mumbai @CSAfamilyforall @LeherIndia @ArunKumar3165 Na

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adhdeds

normalized things that are actually ableist: a thread ( by someone actually neurodivergent ) here’s a little picture on what is neurodivergent just so you know i have adhd

Derek Featherstone

feather

Assistive technology that helps people with disabilities fill out forms even though you don't view it as assistive technology:- copy/paste- autofill- autocorrect- predictive text- spell check- error messages (some ppl

Feminist Batman

TheFemBat

No two disabilities are the same. Not even if they’re the same disability. We all have different experiences and different coping mechanisms. There isn’t a hierarchy to disability. Acknowledging the

TL

talilalewis

Grief is a constant complex companion.6 yrs since Ki'tay passed. I am learning daily-sometimes hourly.With so much loss, grief, heavy hearts, suddenly ceased texts/calls, I will share a bit:Life is

Frank ⌁

FrankElavsky

Data visualization cares disproportionately far too much about designing for colorblindness relative to other disabilities that are more common (visual impairments included).(A thread on disability, race, and patriarchy in data

akemi homura

akemi_homura_18

While I get the point you’re trying to make, I want to deconstruct some of these points here with some friendly constructive criticism from the perspective of someone with schizophrenia

Nicholas G. Evans

neva9257

This is a question I get asked a lot. The best practice is not to punish people with disabilities for the actions of others. But this is a common trope:

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