It took me over a decade to realize I was disabled, and even longer to publicly identify as such. Invisible illnesses are tricky, and internalized ableism is a heck of a drug. There’s also fear of abandonment, judgment, isolation and “not being disabled enough” 🧵

"...the systems are not made for us. We are the ones who most clearly see the world’s brokenness, and so we most clearly hear the call to get creative and make something new." www.disabilitytorahproject.org/writings/bal...

Mental health conditions are disabilities. They are valid and important parts of the disability experience. We are committed to replacing myths with facts and building greater understanding.

If you live in one of these districts, make the call today

The Big Bloated Bill has passed the Senate, now goes back to the House for approval of changes. Call your Representative TODAY and tell them, "Hell NO!" The misery that will come from this bill is incalculable.

"I have access to the inner wilderness and Promised Land... There are times of sensory overload when I cannot feel the seed of compassion, yet that doesn’t mean it isn’t there. This is what faith is all about." www.disabilitytorah.org/writings/shl...

"We all lose when disabled people do not have access to leadership. There is a difference between creating a community inclusive of disabled congregants, and creating a community in which disabled people lead." www.disabilitytorah.org/writings/beh...

Your monthly reminder: Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write.

People with disabilities of all kinds were in the Torah. People with hearing loss and chronic pain and neurodivergence and limb differences. How many of them were counted because they could ... carry arms? No way to know. But they were there. They had to be. www.disabilitytorah.org/writings/bam...

I don’t know who is ready to hear this but people don’t have to add value Like people should also be allowed to exist for free

Rest is a holy covenant, not a privilege

My daughter’s speech therapist went out of business because Medicaid reimbursement rates were too low. We do not have Medicaid. I’m going to keep posting this until people understand that when Medicaid gets cut *everyone* loses services.

Ruin a movie by replacing one word with the name of a city. Divine Secrets Of The Yavne Sisterhood

“Disabled people often encounter narratives, sometimes from within ourselves, that frame our need for support as weakness or failure. But Leviticus offers a different model: holiness emerges through structured interdependence.” www.disabilitytorah.org/writings/shm...

You all desperately need to consider the possibility that it’s ok and good actually for disabled people to exist and our existence doesn’t make our lives less real or worthy or human. We’re not a drain on society. We’re not a burden. We’re literally just people.

The entire RFK Jr quote is terrible, but look what he led with. “These are kids who will never pay taxes. Never hold a job”. That’s where his priorities lie. Ensuring people can be good capitalist soldiers. If you can’t work, you’re useless. We are more than our economic contributions. Much more

An interest-free loan program for LGBTQ+ people who need to move in search of safety. You do not need to be Jewish to qualify. www.keshetonline.org/movetothrive/

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As someone who measures size in olives, this makes total sense to me

Nothing to add here, @hiphopprez.bsky.social.

Gentle reminder that many disabled people can’t always shop local, especially if housebound. We’re dependent on delivery & sometimes left with big chains as only option. If you can, help someone get what they need from a great local minority owned business! Community will save us in the end.

When it comes to boycotting, just a thought. It’s okay if you can’t quit a company cold turkey. In Master Gardeners, when we encourage people to switch to native plants, the goal is 70% native, not 100%. If you were shopping at a store 80% of the time and cut it back to 60%, that 20% still hurts.

Pay workers what they deserve (hint: it’s a living wage. every worker deserves a living wage, because no one deserves to live in poverty)

I don’t know if Google can top this, their finest work to date

I love this framing.

We have had highly effective vaccines against measles since 1963. That is 62 years! Allowing a measles outbreak to spread unchecked as though this is a new and unknown infection is a choice. A cruel and morally bankrupt choice that harms innocent children. #Measles #Texas

Having a disability or chronic pain is not only about limitations when you can't do something. It's also about the price you are paying for doing something.

This is Zero. She's the world's first herding dog with a work-from-home gig. 14/10

Gonna need more non-disabled people to see stuff like this and understand that ableism is also one of the integral -isms the right is devoted to, so it should be jettisoned whenever and in whomever you encounter it

The 2025 P4A Tiltify is now CLOSED, with a final donation amount of $3,740,594.69! Thank you, everyone! #P4A2025

You have 24 hours left to vote for the organizations you care about! projectforawesome.com

“The doctor did what? You need to lodge a complaint!” I understand why so many people say this. But please realize if you’re disabled, you’ve likely been mistreated in healthcare settings for your entire life. You’ve lodged complaints. You’ve asked for managers. The system works against you

Think about patronizing local arts institutions that are at risk of losing funding for rejecting segregationist demands.

celebrating my european heritage by toiling thirty years as a serf before dying of fleas and being thrown in a hole

P4A 2025 is officially the biggest P4A of all time!! #P4A2025

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The Save the Children mustache swap will go down as one of the most wholesome pranks in Project for Awesome history. #p4a2025

No one is immune from disability. It can happen to anyone at anytime, regardless of how 'young and healthy' you are. Stop believing you will be the exception, and start engaging in disability justice. It's far easier to fight for better support and treatment while you still have your health.

HuffPost reporting 1,000 protesters and growing at Stonewall! If you are in the area get down there!

The Project for Awesome is a very fun and silly but also important event that raises millions of dollars for global health and other charities voted on by YOU. It has just begun. Please join us at ProjectforAwesome.com/live

P4A starts NOW at projectforawesome.com/live or at the link in our bio 🥳 #P4A2025

Oh I love this

all day every day

Protest at Stonewall tomorrow. You can’t spell Stonewall without the T.

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The National Park Service has removed "T" and all mention of transgender people from the Stonewall National Monument. Trans women were some of the most influential activists behind the Stonewall movement and what followed. 3 articles of clothing laws were why raids happened. Erasure.

Scholarships for training teachers in "special education" are being eliminated. Just the primer for things to come unless capital hill folks put a brake on these cruel actions. www.kare11.com/article/news...