#Disability

Mad Library Scientist

MadLibrarySci

When was the last time you looked at a person wearing glasses and thought of them as disabled? My guess is never. Because eyeglasses are an accessibility aid so accepted

Eugene*Grant

MrEugeneGrant

THREAD: Sometimes, all that is needed for #dwarfism and #disability discrimination to be effective is for it to send a signal that says:This? This banal, every day thing here?This is

Emilio Qchee

livefastdiefly

Governor DeSantis passed some new laws that went in effect today: 1) Parental Consent (SB404) - Requires girls under 18 to get a parent’s consent before allowing a doctor to

Caroline - Real Feminists XX 🇿🇦

radicalhag

She's right. It cannot be a right to identify into a group you are not objectively a member of, because the boundaries of that group, which are what secure their

Dave Peters

Dpeters1977

“I do not believe Ray, that the federal government using taxpayers’ money to pay for prostitutes meets [community] standard[s].” Stuart Robert MP has repeatedly stated his view on allowing PwD

autistictic

autistictic

CW: food„Everyone can go vegan!“A very personal thread.I‘m not vegan.I‘m not vegetarian.I‘m not even pescatarian.I eat „everything“...though in reality I eat a very limited diet.That’s because I‘m autistic.Not because I

Dianna ☕️

DiannaWith2Ns

I can’t believe it’s been five years since I completed my undergraduate degree and I’ve never had a permanent, full-time job. Being a person with a disability can make it

Kim Murder Hornet Sauder

crippledscholar

I really need to remind the general public that it has only been about 50 years (if that) since it has become expected for parents to raise their disabled children

ARCH Disability Law

ARCHDisability

(1/6) ARCH is alarmed to learn that the Ontario Government is considering suspending the Health Care Consent Act (HCCA) by Order in Council. The HCCA requires doctors to get consent

Amanda B-S

AmandaWorking

I want to share two really nice things that just happened. I'm part of a small 10-person group working on a #wkdev tool.Folks who created the initial "user profile" for

The DLD Project

TheDLDProject_

As the sun sets in Australia on International Day of People with disABILITY we wanted to pause one more time to draw attention to people with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)

IBU WON (it/its) ♿️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈☭

YemiteYowls

"this has a biological cause" does not in any way say "this thing needs to be cured" or "this thing is inferior" or "this thing is bad"it literally just says

Leslie Templeton

Somesaylezzels

Thread: medical gaslightingThis is called medical gaslighting and it can kill. This should never be your mentality as a medical professional. I am so angered by this personally. Let’s break

Tracy M

dandelionmama

Today (ToDAY!) is the 30th anniversary of the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) and I'm about to let y'all know why you should care. 1/ The ADA was signed into

American Horror Callie

DeathCab4Callie

1/ On why I'm finally giving up: A thread about a breaking point for disabled folks in self-advocacy:#AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #ScienceTwitter #SciTwitter #Academia #HigherEd #Disability #DisabilityTwitter #DisabledInSTEM #DisIn

Tom and Mary Russell

tomandmary

Yesterday I got into an argument on twitter that ate up a lot of my time & energy, and kinda soured my whole mood. It was an argument about the

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