#Disabled

Afrosabi

afrosabi

Disability Twitter. . .can I get some guidance on something please? So I'm reaching out to voters/supporters right now and when I talk about volunteer opportunities, sometimes folks tell me

Siobhán Mattison ❄️

siobhanmattison

Inclusive hiring is not giving disabled people jobs that are written for able-bodied individuals. #DisabilityTwitter #DisabledinSTEM I realize I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating. Real inclusivity seeks out

⚫️ winterchild

notwaving

Today is #InternationalDayofDisabledPeople or #InternationalDayofPeoplewithDisabilities or whatever version of PFL you prefer. I've seen so many posts lauding disabled bloggers and influencers, columnists and celebrities but I need to t

Mik Scarlet

MikScarlet

To everybody thinking they have the right to correct #DisabledPeople when they use that term, telling us it should be #PWD STOP. #PeopleFirst is not correct, it's outdated. Maybe listen

Cait S. Kirby (she/her)

caitskirby

I tweeted this because I attended a talk about equity and inclusion with 600+ other folks where we were told that "differently abled" is preferable to "disabled" because disabled is

Andrea Lausell

AndreaLausell

The fact that myself & a few people I know were going to get our vaccines in this next few weeks & yesterday we were all denied even tho we

Sara Luterman

slooterman

We talk about inspiration porn a lot in the disability community, but we need to talk more about the incredible financial and social pressure to be an inspiration porn star.https://twitter.com/noamgershony/status/1275725441211543554

TheDisabilityEnthusiast

twitchyspoonie

Ok I just thought of a better way of explaining this.Ableds will really think that disabled people are somehow defective ableds until we give away all our medical information to

zen🗯️♿

ZenMeoww

"it's an illness, not a disability."..... do y'all know how disabilities typically start?do y'all know what chronic illness entails?do y'all know how disabled lives usually end?this argument actually hurts my

Joseph “Mask Up or Stay Home” Stramondo - ♿️✒️🤓✊️

PhilosopherCrip

A thread about disability euphemisms... A friend who is a parent of a young disabled child recently asked for my advice about using the term disabled rather than the euphemisms

razor ★⚢ arf/pup/electro

fairysockz

common ableism that most ppl dont think is ableist: a thread by a disabled person 1. thinking that bc someone doesnt use a wheelchair/cain/mobility aid 24/7 that they dont need

TheDisabilityEnthusiast

twitchyspoonie

For clarification, I'm not saying disabled people who are or are seen as smart aren't oppressed. All disabled people face ableism to one degree or another.I'm saying no disabled person

Woolly Wormhead

WoollyWormhead

So, here's something I need to say.I know there's a great many folks who are starting to appreciate how problematic the NuRav site is & the attitudes towards disabled folk

Riah Person

lilririah

Please don't erase the activism of older disabled generations by stating that pfl was solely forced via abled folk.There are disabled roots to pfl.Ik, I had to catch myself too.

Kristin Rawls

kristinrawls

So, like, I watched the Sia movie trailer, and, I see disabled allistic people making the point that she should have hired an autistic actor.Um, I don't think that's the

Sarah Kapit

SarahKapit

I have some thoughts on disability representation and incidental diversity in #kidlit.Namely, I'd like to see more of it.So many times I see books with disabled characters where disability is

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