remember this every time they use mental health issues to justify their policies

We should not forget that Alice Wong could only go to college because she had access to Medicaid. People with disabilities can only thrive and survive if society chooses to invest in them the way it invests in everyone else. www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/o...

RIP Alice Wong, author, #HumanRights activist, disabled warrior and fierce with it! Farewell @sfdirewolf.bsky.social 😢 If you haven't heard of Alice Wong, here's an interview from earlier in 2025 on her receiving a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ award. 🏆 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

New research out today. We describe the injured people & the situational characteristics involved in shootings by police during mental or behavioral health involved policing responses in the US. …Almost 2500 shootings over a 6-yr period - all carefully reviewed (twice!) by my very hard working team.

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

#NJ Your task today, if you can: Help feed our neighbors. Community Food Bank of NJ has a donor who will match donations 2X. Remember, small donations make a difference. cfbnj.org?_aid=2faf03f...

JUST IN: Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a former Navy pilot, was first elected to Congress in 2018. She defeated Republican Jack Ciattarelli, a former assemblyman who was endorsed by President Trump.

I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-) he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit

Do you still have a mail-in ballot sitting on your kitchen table? Make sure you fill it out and get it to a dropbox before 8pm tonight. nj.gov/state/electi...

If you’re in the public health space and continue to be confused, read this. I cannot tell you how badly the “public health isn’t political” nonsense has harmed us.

I am interested in starting to hear from care workers on SNAP about your concerns. I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter. Please be in touch. My email is [email protected] and my Signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts are appreciated.

Cruelty is the point.

We fired cancer researchers, for this

I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.

When you read the comments (I know), the stories of peoples' experiences with burdens are heartbreaking--and inevitably involve the most vulnerable beneficiaries. As a parent whose child has a significant disability, they're also kind of terrifying to read.

Medicaid’s been getting the headlines, but the Republicans are coming after the ACA, too. Between Medicaid cuts, ACA cuts, and failure to extend Biden-era ACA subsidies, an estimated 14 million people will lose insurance because of Republican policies.

Think Medicaid is just for doctor visits? Think again. - The wheelchair that helps someone get to work - The personal aide that allows someone to live within their own home - The therapy that helps a child speak their first words Tell Congress NO CUTS today: ow.ly/rMYr50VV2v9

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I needed to write about something that’s giving me hope, so I wrote about Independent Bookstore Day which is this Saturday. lithub.com/something-go...

Wait, Autism Speaks, ASAN and the Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network all pushed back on RFK Jr.'s comment? People do not realize how much RFK Jr. stepped in it for this to happen.

disabled people deserve to live fulfilling lives no matter their productivity to society

Good article on mutual defense of academic freedom. A movement is growing. www.chronicle.com/article/thes...

Proud to be among sixty-nine faculty members at Rutgers Law School who signed on to the Harvard letter (h/t @beidelson.bsky.social) affirming our commitment to the rule of law. And I want to highlight something unique our school is doing that I hope will become a model for other schools.

Another thing to note about the SAVE Act that I don't see getting a lot of coverage is the fact that disabled people are generally less likely to have IDs, for a variety of reasons ranging from not driving to the increased incidence of disability in BIPOC communities. cdce.umd.edu/sites/cdce.u...

A great and terrible example of how interconnected all of this is / all of us are. None of us are free until all of us are free.

REMINDER: Wisconsin has same-day voter registration. So, if you haven’t registered or recently moved or anything like that, you can register at your polling place (with ID and proof of residence) TODAY. Every state should do this. It’s great that Wisconsin does this. Go vote.

I visited this building several times as a PhD student to go to the AHRQ MEPS data center - data I was able to access for free as a student completing dissertation research. Just incredibly damaging for in so many ways for all of us that care about public health.

I know i know i know that they aren't really trying to save money or save lives but just hurt people they want to hurt i know i know but also: The ACL saved so much money by helping disabled people stay in their homes

"The real crisis is not that public health — which is fundamentally about policies dictating the distribution of resources required to protect human life — has been politicized. It is that it has not been politicized nearly enough."— @ericreinhart.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

New research led by @elizmstone.bsky.social finds that people with disabilities have more difficulty accessing health care and more negative interactions with health care providers than people without disabilities. www.rutgers.edu/news/rutgers...

TODAY IS THE DAY! 🧪☀️⬇️ Join us at the Lincoln Memorial or your local site to Stand Up for Science!

The effect this administration already had on disability research. And to think this used to be a bi-partisan topic. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/s...

The effects of the House’s proposed “Medicaid cuts to pay for tax cuts” in one graph: a 3.9% boost in income for the top 1% of households and a 7.4% reduction in income for the bottom fifth of households. In two words: class warfare. www.epi.org/blog/the-hou...

“In an ideal world, I would be fighting to expand support for my science instead of fighting to keep it afloat.” Check out @whyy.org 's coverage of yesterday's actions in Philly and across Newark and New Brunswick Campuses. whyy.org/articles/res...

Happening TODAY: Workers impacted by federal funding cuts are rallying in 15+ cities to say—hands off our healthcare, research, and jobs! Find an action near you: https://buff.ly/4i56CZn

Something you can do to stand against RFK jr’s attempt to make us all sicker is wear a mask when you share air with others. Resist mask bans. People who cannot afford to get sick have a right to exist in public. Masking will protect your health from him too.

There has been a shift in the Trump team's language in their anti-DEI attacks. All of a sudden they started calling it "DEIA", with the A being "accessibility". If you don't think it's a coordinated effort to remove disabled people from every facet of life, well I have news for you.

i’d rather look back in 5 years and say man i kinda lost it a little back in 2025 and wasted some time and money on silly things, than look back in 5 years and say damn i really wish i hadn’t convinced myself i was overreacting, those “silly” things would actually be vital right now

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

A 19-year-old West Virginia resident with intellectual disabilities, for example, was not able to start a job at Goodwill on Monday because a nonprofit group that facilitates employment had not received the federal grant money it requested last week.

At a meeting today with staffers for Senators Markey and Warren, the staffers made two concrete asks: 1. Please call or email and share your stories about how the current administration’s actions are hurting or will hurt you personally. The Senators can use these human stories to persuade those /1

I just subscribed to Wired today. They have a killer deal going right now: a full year for $5 www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...

The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin

It is simply not enough for universities to say, “Our grants & research offices are looking into how research will be affected by the latest directive.” University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.

My friends at AAPD had to release this statement today: "Leading Disability Organizations: President Trump’s Blame of Deadly Plane Crash on Disabled Federal Workers Is Baseless, Irresponsible" www.aapd.com/disability-o...

Here are just two of the Medicaid “reforms” in the works that Sen Cassidy just referenced (aka—dramatically cutting health care for the poor) ⬇️ www.americanprogress.org/article/medi...

random sampling of 100 major grant-in-aid programs in no particular order and with no particular selection rule.