#Disabilities

Thank you for sharing your story, @ericabrivera. I was struck by “Don’t affirm my truth-telling in private, echo it publicly.” So here’s a thread.https://twitter.com/ericabrivera/status/1263806589330489344 I also have a chronic illn
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Wrong! Vegetative state and brain death is 2 different situation.Vegetative state - a large part of the brain (carebrum) is severely damaged and typically has some brain stem function (which
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Not that I wasn’t sensitive to the issues before, but taking regular care of disabled people in the last few years — my dad; my mother-in-law; my wife at the
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Mrs X baby weighed 5 kg. Her doctors advised her to have a CS because her pelvis was narrow & it will be difficult for the baby to pass through.She
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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
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Ive been a lot more silent this go around for the upcoming election. But you didn’t think I would stay silent did you ? I am Chona after all. So
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Need a pandemic pick-me-up? Check out these inspiring stories featuring the great work of recent MSVU honorary degree recipients entrepreneur @MandyRennehan, accessibility advocate @RickHansenFdn, and Olympian Hayley Wickenheiser (@wick_22). #MSVUPro
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a recent disability myth that’s been on my mind is one encompasses poverty, classism + ableism altogether—the myth that disabled ppl, along with those who experience homelessness + extreme poverty,
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The #Covid-19 pandemic has laid bare the close relationship between our access to affordable care and financial security. It's why @USofCare and its partners developed a second policy agenda for
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Starting off my 26 activity #TwoPointSixChallenge with a 26KM cycle around Cardiff. The @LondonMarathon may be off tomorrow because of Coronavirus but I can still try and raise some money
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Its not hierarchy vs nonhierarchy. It's not even top-down vs horizontal. There are implicit power imbalances in every governing form. Its being governed vs being ungovernable. To be ungovernable means
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Thread 1/ I saw someone tweet earlier that “we will be the only country to have a civil war over a civil war” and that really resonated. I started watching
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Day 2 of #right2home & we're THRILLED our friends at @right2homeUK have put together this wonderful video on #humanrights using our icons Equal & independent living is ALL about
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I’m currently reading The Beauty Chorus by Kate Lord Brown which was #gifted to me. Seems fitting on #VEDay75. The story was inspired by the women of WW2 who signed
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The #COVID19 outbreak at #RebeccaTowers is a microcosm of what's wrong in Ontario during the pandemic, and worth unpacking a bit. 1/https://twitter.com/RebeccaTenants/status/1391797915459457026 First of all, the threshold for mass vacci
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Most home shopping deliveries are picked in-store. The demand for home deliveries and "store collect" has gone through the roof.Order pickers are now working through the night because social distancing
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