#Disabilities

THREAD: Friends, it cannot be overstated.We are facing the most pressing public health emergency in recent memory and the biggest threat to our economy in the history of the province.
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Autism versus Face Masks and Maskholes: A thread about why you shouldn't jump to conclusions about people who don’t wear masks, and what people who can’t wear masks—like my autistic
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TW suicideAs someone who is chronically ill that lives with chronic pain from a number of incurable, progressive diseases, I get overwhelmed and actually kinda more depressed by a
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[Psych hospitals]I see a lot of people who are responding to calls to abolish forced institutionalization with "ok but what do we do instead??"so I'd like to offer some thoughtsthis
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[substance abuse, mentions of drugs & alcohol]ik every1 loves 2 dehumanise n demonise addicts, but can u fuckin stop w/ all the names ?nobody deserves 2 b called a “j*nkie”
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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
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South Africa: President "Cyril Ramaphosa" today announced an increase to child support and other grants over the next 6 months to help cushion South Africans from the economic effects brought
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A word about me and disability.1) I entered the disability movement as a parent of a kid with Down syndrome. It's the identity marker I placed on myself.2) I have
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I sat alongside the chief psychiatrist during the working groups reviewing the Mental Health Act. Never forget the day we discussed the prescribing of psychotropics. He described a system where
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LISTEN TF UP !! I see some... reaches about how Tio Rick is racist and lesbophobic. Most of this is based on how Piper and Hazel are portrayed in HoO,
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This will be a very long thread. This came across my facebook page. Some of you might recall that I did something similar, stating my reasons for voting for Biden
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This is profoundly not helpful. And will, in actual fact, result in cancer patients and other members of the disability community being assaulted. Stop it.https://twitter.com/Bram_Rochwerg/status/1243531872069726208 Look, I'm a goddamn healthcare
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Why “our NHS” is *not* a god. A thread: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10378129/nhs-maternity-scandal-deaths-news/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/05/20/autism-scandal-children-young-11-locked-isolation-years-end/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sci
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A thread for those concerned about who the #EndofLifeChoice #referendum applies to for #votenz #nzpol . People with disabilities were originally included in the draft bill under the "grievous and
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Ladies. The lockdown has been over for two weeks and a new man wants to take you to the opera. His family will be there. You must pick one of
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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
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