#Disabled

When asked today about the eliminated $100 emergency benefit, @fordnation responded alleging that disabled people are defrauding the system, through working, taking #CERB, and the Ontario Disability Support Program (#ODSP)
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CW MAID assisted suicideWhy sign this petition against #BillC7? A thread. https://www.change.org/p/no-to-bill-c7-do-not-eliminate-reasonably-foreseeable-death-requirement-from-assisted-suicide-legislation-maid 1/9 The petition says, "T
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It's me again. Just your reminder for universities and colleges that your ADA team is an inadequate route toward managing work accommodations during Fall 2020. Too many people *will not*
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I didn't expect 253 votes when I launched the poll! While a majority of #disabled people have had 5 or fewer GPs/primary care doctors in their lives, almost a third
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This shouldn't have to be said but I'm going to make it plain, Judith Heumann might be your disability elder but she will never be mine. I don't give space
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quick ramble while its on my mind: i have discussed a few times, with other chronically ill and disabled friends, that there is a particular love language to being a
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1) One of my children asked me today what was the difference between Democrats & Republicans. I began explaining that Democrats are for bigger government (government should solve what ails
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Someone tried to claim that the Government isn't keeping anyone poor.Those of us on Disability for example would like a word."You can have $482500 in assets".No one is saving that
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A really easy thing you can do to be an ally to disabled people is to stop assuming that everyone is abled until proven otherwise. What this might look like
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The ongoing debate around #BillC7 is incredibly disturbing to follow. Medical Assistance in Death #MAiD is being extended beyond terminal illness, to include ppl diagnosed w/ mental illness (among others).
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if you think fat politics or disability justice are about "loving yourself" and nothing more, can I suggest: read a fucking book or something I don't know anyone who is
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Let's talk about "accessibility theatre"...Too often nondisabled people use "accessibility" to justify making themselves the protagonists in disability-related work. Y'know when nondisabled people will concern-tr
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Deuteronomy starts "These are the words that Moses addressed to all Israel on the other side of the Jordan.". That means it's time for a thread about Moses' words and
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For those of you who aren't in the autistic/disability community, here's what's going on with Sia's movie and some lessons for us, ok? Sia has written, produced, and directed a
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I realized I never talked about teaching and disability the other day, so let's do that. I have a short story, and then I want to ask you about what
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[soccer players warming up to disco and dancing]WTF I can’t believe I thought liberalism as structural functionalist fuckery and not sufficient for the liberation of marginalized peoples.https://twitter.com/dineshdsouza/status/12917818169
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