#Disabilities

American Horror Callie

DeathCab4Callie

My day in the lab as a disabled person, a thread (feel free to RT). I have cerebral palsy, autism (which I normally don't publicly admit), ADD and a learning

Dr Shaun O'Boyle 🏳️‍🌈

shaunoboyle

Here's a thread of papers and surveys I find useful in conversations about being LGBTQ+ in STEM: Systemic inequalities for LGBTQ professionals in STEM."more likely to experience career limitations, harassment,

Rohan Kelly 🏳️‍🌈⚔

RohanTheMajesty

You know, it strikes me how much the trend of mocking or demonizing trans bodies and surgeries is ableist.It's played up as this horrifying thing done to someone, rather than

PNWForestKing

PNWForestKing

#WASHINGTON: If you are denied equal access (facilities, goods, services, experience) to a public business - treated differently than others -- due to not wearing a mask b/c of a

Kim Murder Hornet Sauder

crippledscholar

King George on the other hand is portrayed as nothing but a burdenWhen servants try to apprise Queen Charlotte of his circumstances, she cuts them off and asks if he

cherry thompson 🧬

cherryrae

The Playstation 4 released nearly 2 months after my first stroke (Nov 15 2013)I was still having to stay lying down every day, had a severe migraine like headache every

Bella Goth

HoodSocialism

Since the TL is talking about Eugenics & the poverty shaming that stems from that..I believe this is a great time to discuss the Eugenics Movement in Britain & America

Maria Delaney

mhdelaney

#𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘆Part one of our major investigation into insecure work in universities & ITs is out!I spent almost eight months interviewing people who were frustrated and ang

Ellen Oh Hell No

ElloEllenOh

Hey, so let's talk about the importance of diversity in children's books. We all know that books teach empathy. For a lot of people in this country, the first chance

Margaret Russell, MD

Margaret1473

I owe a huge debt of gratitude to my twin brother for the person I am today. He is the reason I'm a doctor. He's the "why" behind a lot

Shannon Des Roches Rosa

shannonrosa

Let’s talk about autism and health care, shall we? (Yes, this is going to be a thread.)First of all, we all need to acknowledge that autistic people as a community

Seamus Hughes

SeamusHughes

At the risk of being a typical academic tweeting about non news things during newsy times, there was an ISIS arrest in Oregon yesterday that was particularly interesting. A short

Movement 4 Black Lives

Mvmnt4BlkLives

THREADWhen we say defund the police, our demand is to divest from a body that has never created safety for Black people. Instead, we want to invest in things that

Jonathan Ashworth 😷💙

JonAshworth

1/8 Reform of the Mental Health Act is long overdue. In 2018 Labour called for the full recommendations from Sir Simon Wessley’s @WesselyS review to be implemented and we will

Annie Segarra

annieelainey

Can y’all stop with the “I can’t wait to LIVE again” re: getting past this pandemic, bc some ppl DO live like this; in isolation, high sanitation practices, wearing masks,

GeorgeJulian

GeorgeJulian

I'm delighted to finally be able to share my @wcmtuk report written following my travels to Australia, Canada and New Zealand.Walking backwards into the future: involving families in investigating the

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