#Disabilities

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MrJasonOlsen

Q7. How do you carve out space for yourself when most universities don't even have disability studies minors, let alone whole departments or designated professors? #DisChat with @AngharadBeckett and @MrJasonOlsen

Disabled In Higher Ed #DisInHigherEd

DisInHigherEd

My last topic will be more focused on #AcademicAbleism - I want to talk about systemic ableism I see in my field, and in higher ed in general. My undergraduate

Leah McElrath 🏳️‍🌈

leahmcelrath

As a person living with dynamic disability, my functional capacity differs day-to-day on a number of levels.Some days on here, the best I can do is signal boost content by

Bo

KingBobIIV

1/ Why I left the left;They profess to care about black lives...but ignore the mass genocide of Nigerian Christian. And only like black people who do as their told. They

Annie #insulin4all #BLM

AnnieJankovic

Hey diabetics, why do you think you're different than every other person with a serious health condition? Why the "but I'M not disabled!!" What makes diabetes different? Because it's not

Jenny

jkhiseler

What I find so bogglingly demoralizing about Accessibility Standards Canada's expectation that "organizations" work for free is that we, accessibility professionals, are in a constant battle to have our work

TheBitchinK - Submissions Open

TheBitchinK

I feel like I need to disrupt the narrative that poorer publications that can't afford to pay are "exploiting" their submitters. A thread: I would like those that are saying

noel 😄

DRACOPHOBlC

why it’s abelist to have fonts in your dn and bio - an informative thread BACKGROUND: i’m making this thread to educate people. i see many people on this app

Mary Iacono

icecreamcono

I moved to LA to write comedy (x years ago) and was scared out of doing so. A fuck-it thread, in case this interests literally anyone... (1/10) I had no

Dr. Pepper’s Husband (Kee Hinckley)

nazgul

I keep seeing articles about how awesome it is that companies are getting used to people working from home, and the flexibility that gives employees.Let’s please remember that we’re primarily

KEPT THE FAITH, BABY! SI SE PUEDE!

JamesMWilliam18

THREADIn the United States, it is legal to pay differently-abled individuals, like my son with #autism, less than the minimum wage for a person doing the same job. For years,

🥄ON HIATUS

Sarah_Colero

Today, on International Day for Persons with Disabilities, The Canadian federal gov voted yes to Bill C-7, expanding the medically assisted death program (MAiD) to include death for disabled folks

Curtis Holman👨🏽‍🦯 blocked by my first troll

blindvoice91

This is a thread about the day that I almost left the faith. If you're here for my humor or banter, I won't feel bad if you keep scrolling. I

Sarah

intheflowerbeds

Everything is now online! But what if you can't get online...? If you need advice or low cost/free technology these organisations might be able to help. A thread prompted by

Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD

MVGutierrezMD

Dear #MedTwitter, Please do not make statements assuming a person with a major disability has a poor quality of life. This is ableism. 1/https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11968402/disabled-man-died-texas-docs-refused-to-treat/ 2/St. David’s D

Nicole McAfee (she/her)

mcafee2012

This evening after physical therapy I used the drive up postbox outside of the post office where Bennie often sold flowers. I waited at the light across from the bombing

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