Supreme Court Sides With Teenager in School Disability Discrimination Case www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/u...

While scrolling through social media saw an awesome shirt that said something like, “I work, I play baseball” and something about superpower. It was a play on RFK’s blatant ableism. But now I can’t find it. Anyone seen anything like this?

Support community reparations for Autistic People of Color through the Autistic People of Color Fund! autismandrace.com/autistic-peo...

Imagine you could get the cost of your car covered by insurance, but first you’d have to provide you needed it to brush your teeth, dress, or eat at home. Sound ridiculous? It is. Yet this is the reality for disabled individuals with Medicare who need a wheelchair. HTTPS://bit.ly/426CR3U

The Trump administration quietly removed a ban on segregated facilities in government contracts. The U.S. government no longer explicitly prohibits contractors from having segregated facilities, including restaurants, restrooms, and drinking fountains. Trump and his regime are more than willing..

Section 504 is an important law that protects disabled people. Texas v. Becerra is a court case where people are asking the court to get rid of Section 504, which would hurt a lot of people. You can read about it and learn how to help with this plain language explainer:

Seriously? Someone arrest his ass already.

Scapegoating disabled people for an air tragedy… “psychologically superior”?

New: Labor Dept probe of insurers found widespread noncompliance and violations of federal law in how they cover mental health care -- findings that mirror a recent @propublica.org investigation. @deldeib.bsky.social @mayatmiller.bsky.social @anniewaldman.bsky.social @maxblau.bsky.social

I don't think we can share the side-by-side of Elon Musk doing the Nazi salute next to Nazis doing the Nazi salute enough.

Disabled and senior people constitute the highest number of deaths in climate disasters like wildfires and flooding due to poor planning and lack of investment by the govt. Something I wrote about wildfires in Northern CA: sf.curbed.com/2018/11/13/1... #LAFires #LAFirestorm2025

I went on @npr.org's Morning Edition to talk about the dangers that Robert F Kennedy's nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services and what it means for #ActuallyAutistic people to have someone who believes vaccines cause autism lead the department. www.npr.org/2024/11/29/n...

Before Gaetz stepped down I told Jason, “Watch - Trump is playing us all. He’s nominating these outrageous people to make his real nominees more palatable when the others withdraw.”

Off to see my son, Lorenzo, perform with Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre!

There are a lot of practices in medicine that discriminate against disabled people. ASAN believes disabled lives are worth living. Doctors need to focus on making our lives better instead of acting like we are better off dead.