#Disability

Erin Ekins (she/her)

QueerlyAutistic

Handy list of things that ableds should avoid doing this #IDPWD2020 - gush about our carers and families- interview our carers and families and not us- cry about us being

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Sarah_Colero

Doug Ford Disability Megathread - AugustThank you @ashleylegassic for asking about #ODSP today. Reporters like you are the heroes we need.Today Ford was asked why he ended the $100 Covid

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

Noor (he/him) 🧜🏽📿

SnoringDoggo

I just...sometimes, I wonder if people in my community realize how much we owe to people with intellectual disabilities.That’s a lie. We don’t, so often, we don’t realize it. Because

Janie Seguí Rodríguez

janielsegui

Sick of white people who advocate to take away the very limited options we have. My daughter is districted for one of the lowest performing middle schools in the state.

Diane Marie

DianeMariePosts

I hate to say it, but NDP supporters are routinely misinformed by their leader. Mr. Singh sells simplistic "solutions" to social problems, ignoring the constitutional divisions of power in this

Rebecca Levitan

LevintheMed

A current research project + an upcoming visit to the #Acropolis have got me thinking about #access, ramps, & paths in #Athens Although the city's design + hills often push

Margaux Joffe (she/her)

MargauxJoffe

sigh. yet another example of Hollywood casting a non-disabled actor to play a disabled character. When doing a film about Autism, hire #ActuallyAutistic folks to work on it.https://twitter.com/Sia/status/1329411673350942723 free idea

@NCVORebecca

ncvorebecca

You will have seen stories about abuse of disabled people & children in services run by disability charities. These cases are followed by important critiques of governance & safeguarding practices,

Lilo the Autistic Queer

A_Silent_Child

I have a complex communication disability (my communication difficulties are caused by multiple disabilities, not just one - that makes other people knowing how to help VERY difficult because they

Holly Scott-Gardner

CatchTheseWords

Tw suicide, mental health struggles, bullying. A lot of necessary conversations have happened recently around how we talk about suicide provention. I was eight when I first expressed out loud

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propjoesays

im gonna get on a soapbox i really hate juxtapositions like this and im gonna tell you whyhttps://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1292213856152977415 and it’s not just one sided. i hate the conversations about speculating

impeachSpanky

Godlesswh_re

A threadTW:Ableism Ableism is so normalized in society that people don't realize that they're using it everyday. I'm going to list some examples below. Calling someone a narcissist or diagnosing

Sawyer (she/her)

Sawyer_Laine1

Once again I hope to read at least one book per month written by a disabled author! This is a thread with titles and reviews for such books I read

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theblvckhorned

can we normalize requesting specific cws (especially ones that may be less obvious) instead of expecting them by default + treating it as a moral failure? as someone with autism

Rabia Khedr

RabiaKhedr

We did not learn anything about accommodating the needs of people with disabilities from the first wave. The barriers are worse in the second wave especially when accessing hospitals for

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