#Disabled

Dr Rachel Pope 💙

preshitorian

There was a gap of 4-6 months between the acute phase & the PV phase when #LongCovid were I think still actively viral. We needed anti-viral treatment, as with any

سارة Sarah

lilsp387

Would it be helpful for organizers to have a list of questions disabled people have to run through before deciding if they can go to an event? I can start

Alea Ricklefs

AleaRicklefs

Diagnosis is a privilege. It also takes hard work to get a diagnosis, especially when you have a #RareDisease. It's very common for rare disease patients to wait 10+ years

Structured Success

StructuredSucc

Is ADHD a disability? It's complicated. Let's talk about it.A thread. 1/15 I recently asked #ADHDTwitter whether y'all thought that your #ADHD was a disability, and the majority of you

Zero (they/their)

ZeroWrites

The only people you should ever call the police to do a welfare check on are white, abled, economically-secure people. Even then they should be a last resort. Logic check:

Imani Barbarin, MAGC | Crutches&Spice ♿️

Imani_Barbarin

To my disabled southerners experiencing snow for the first time: -if the ground looks wet but it’s cold out, that’s black ice, avoid it. -sometimes indoors is more dangerous than

GlumBird

GlumBird

This is a well meaning comparison, but it is considerably incorrect. There is already a eugenicist cull of disabled people in motion. The ideology which justifies it is neither strictly

☂️ Cindy Baldwin ☂️

beingcindy

I've been thinking for a while that one of the problems with disability rep in media is that abled people are a) used to traditional disability narratives and b) unfamiliar

Evander v ♿

soul_into_hades

Abled people really make so many assumptions about disability and then use it to police who's "really" disabled.The majority of wheelchair users are not paralysed. Many can stand and walk

Laura Kate Dale

LaurakBuzz

Grrrrrrrrrr. Fuckity fuck why don’t you engage with valid criticisms of your depiction of an autistic person in this movie's trailer, raised by the autistic community? FURY.https://twitter.com/Sia/status/1329737397190451201 To be clea

Ruby

nohomelikeplace

My elder neighbor died two hours ago. He had a backup generator for his oxygen tank, but they were as cold as we were for several days. This man was

Emily Slackerman Ackerman

EmilyEAckerman

today on its 30th anniversary, i won't be spending my day celebrating the ADA itself. instead, i'm celebrating those who placed their disabled lives on the line so i would

Emmett Macfarlane

EmmMacfarlane

Another day, another column about Bill C-7 that advocates for better systemic treatment and resources for people with disabilities (good!) but with the flawed implication that the only way to

ellis

gendrfuck

yesterday I overheard a little kid asking their mum why I was using a wheelchair, and the mum simply replied “well maybe his legs need a bit of extra help.

Mo Ryan

moryan

Every person who works in PR for TV & film should read this. Obv editors at many publications too. But this kind of PR gatekeeping is keeping talented critics &

No Fascism!

Kapitithoughts

How the majority Labour Government can be kind in 2021, a few ideas: (a thread)1. Make ACC recognise disability on par with accident in providing support and compensation2. Ensure all

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