#Disabilities

AJ Kay

AJKayWriter

Spinning the idea that closing public schools is somehow aligned with "social justice" and "keeping kids safe" requires some weapons grade rationalization.In reality, here's who it affects: (thread) 1/8 Keeping

the otter of my own fat

tommyinboots

i said recently that i'd make a new thread about why anyone who cares about disability justice or social justice in general should stop using the random-caps meme, so here

AutisticSciencePerson

AutSciPerson

Me: Made a thread about how people don't understand hyperacusis and give advice that obviously I've already tried.This person only a few tweets into the thread: I only tweeted this

R.B. Lemberg

RB_Lemberg

With relatively minor encouragement, Mati is independently taking notes in his biology class. It's about cellular respiration. He is doing GREAT and is genuinely interested in the topic (he checked

Justin Christensen

JustinChristen

“That freedom to think big is what most marks the ADA generation.”A thread with a few thoughts on the 30th anniversary of the ADA, the equivalent of the Civil Rights

Elie Mystal

ElieNYC

I'm still floored by the Brayden thing. My mom is a speech pathologist. She was like *coaching* him through his amazing moment.And, so, it just wasn't lost on me that

Licia Prehn, former child

MCLiciaP

I don't know if anyone reads my tweets, but Cyberpunk 2077 not having an accessibility option for players with epilepsy is a perfect example of what I mean when I

Ari Dee

TheAriDee

DISABLED BABE THREAD Hotties with disabled bodies! Drop some promo photos, a video clip or gif below with your links. Heart & RT what you can!(ALL disabilities welcome!) (I

Autism Life

AutiLeven

I don't like the narrative that's going around a lot lately, that masking is a privilege. It's a survival strategy, but I wouldn't call it a privilege.Often people think that

JD Flynn

jdflynn

I expect it will not be long before children with genetic disabilities exist only among the world’s absolute poorest and the most stratospherically wealthy, or among people who seem like

MaryBeth Musumeci

mmusumec

This morning, the House @EnergyCommerce Committee is marking up its #COVID19 relief bill, including provisions to support #Medicaid home & community based services (#HCBS). https://docs.house.gov/Committee/Calendar/ByEvent.aspx?EventID=

Cathleen O'Grady

cathleenogrady

Transport Twitter is always full of arguments about how a move away from cars in cities could negatively affect accessibility for disabled people. What I don't see is anyone really

Lucy Series

TheSmallPlaces

Missive from the dismal depths of maternity leave combined with lockdown, home-schooling and other mischief on the MH White Paper's proposals to amend the MCA/MHA interface. cc @Autism @mencap_charity @neilmcrowther

This Miss Molly (mollydotcom)

mholzschlag

A lot of folks have been writing about ableist language and what that means. My semantically obsessed brain starts with the words we as #a11y advocates and pracitioners use. Disabled

Arlen Parsa

arlenparsa

After Pearl Harbor, 80% of Americans listened to FDR's "infamy speech" by radio.But people at home did not know that he was gripping the podium to avoid falling down.Today we

Unfuck Your Habitat

TeamUfYH

There’s a type of person who likes to interact with self-help/life resource stuff, and this person 100% *knows* they have the answer to everything. It’s: “Why don’t you just...?” Why

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