#Blindness

DisabilityHistory

DisabilityHistr

Thread for #BlackHistoryMonth on #blackdisabilityhistory:1.In 1971, Louis D Mitchell wrote a piece in the @NAACP’s The Crisis mag titled ‘The Blackness of Blindness’, a fascinating piece on the genesis/

Diane Langberg, PhD

DianeLangberg

Some individuals in our systems are not compliant with abuse by words or action but by blindness. Sadly, we’ve all been party to this kind of passivity by the turning

Jonathan Chait

jonathanchait

I've seen a lot of praise for this Kevin Williamson piece on Trump and the GOP. I obviously agree with the "Trump is bad" sentiment, which accounts for its popularity

▫️◻️Colette von ◻️▫️

colettevon

So @Twitch is getting rid of tag “blind play through” because it is offensive to blind people. BULL. SHIT. This decision and discussion obviously didn’t include any of us blind

Matina Stevis-Gridneff

MatinaStevis

A fascinating week to cover the E.U. & dive in the scientifically & politically treacherous vaccine wars. But this former Africa correspondent cannot get over the inequity, and the willful

Lauren Dyck

LaurenJDyck

Can we say we have no sympathy for the unbeliever and be able to claim that Christ died for me while yet a sinner (Romans 3.23)? Can we be so

M. Azeem Khan

mazeemkhan74

This suppressive mindset is the actual problem, which always pretend to be right &everyone except them are on wrong path, Its not new for me, separatist often call me on

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

New piece. Hear me out. What if Xi Jinping didn't even *know* of key details of the coronavirus outbreak until it was too late? What if his authoritarian blindspot was

Oliver Willis

owillis

the term "looting," which was on the tip of so many tongues when desperate people were being drowned in hurricane katrina, seems to have gone missing when reporting on a

Akilah Hughes

AkilahObviously

I just think white progressives should value people of color’s joy. DREAMers and activists are exhaling for the first time in years. Families from Muslim ban countries are elated to

Ellie

TrilliumRose

In Margaret Heffernan's book, Willful Blindness, she states that people are willfully blind when they "deny uncomfortable truths that cry out for acknowledgement, debate, action, and change." She goes on

Amalia⁷

amaliastories

Some anthropological mini-reflections on BE, a thread “Life goes on / Like an echo in the forest” brings to mind the 'if a tree falls in a forest and no

Graham Johnson

MrGJohnson

So today's therapy session was PRETTY INTERESTING and I think it might help some neurodiverse people on my feed to share some of what it covered, so here's a lil

Anosognosiogenesis

pookleblinky

Anosognosia is an interesting agnosia.It is, basically, the inability to perceive a disability.For instance, in hemiparesis (weakness/paralysis in one side of the body), about 18% of the time people do

Sarah 🍓

SarahJ_Berry

Any policy that encourages everyone to drive their own private vehicle regardless of whether or not they need to is ableist. It hinders those with conditions like epilepsy or blindness

Lisa Lou Who of Whoville 🎄

LisaLouTweets

I see a lot of people ask “how do blind people use Twitter?” so lemme tell you!! Blindnesss comes in all shapes and sizes, accessibility for them is generally built

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