As a disabled, immunocompromised person, I’ve had to navigate barriers in healthcare that many people never see. That experience is why I’m fighting — and why I need legal support to do it. Can you please share this link & consider donating if able? Thank you! 🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...

Accessible healthcare shouldn’t be optional or negotiable. Safety shouldn’t depend on who you are or what accommodations you need. If you believe in disability rights in healthcare, sharing my campaign helps it reach more people: 🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...

This is why masks belong in healthcare! Measles is not seasonal, it’s airborne, and sick people should not become sicker when seeking treatment. @ipaccanada.bsky.social are not serious about their jobs.

People with #MECFS, and many with #LongCOVID experience post-exertional malaise: a flare of symptoms after activity. The response is disproportionate to the activity and can lead to permanent drops in functional capacity. www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/s0025-6196(23)00402-0/fulltext

...of the presumption that gradually increasing exercise is a rehabilitative for people with infection-associated chronic conditions like #MECFS and #LongCOVID. The idea of graded exercise as a special therapy your doctor has to help you carry out is absurd.

The rationale behind these studies, Seltzer contests, is [that] “it presumes that the patient had never heard of exercise until a doctor told them [it] exists.” Thanks to Simon Spichak for putting this idea into print. I've said multiple times in interviews that it's the strangest part... 🧵

Navigating healthcare as a disabled person is exhausting, expensive, and often isolating. Launching this GoFundMe wasn’t easy, but the support so far has been a real source of hope. If you’re able to share the link, it helps so much: 🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...

A huge thank-you to everyone who’s shared, supported, or sent kind words today. Early visibility of GoFundMe campaigns (🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...) really matter, and I appreciate you all more than you know. ♥️ #HumanRights #DisabilityJustice #AccessibilityMatters #LdnOnt

This paper goes into more detail on why infection control and public health leaders in 2020 were close to a century out of date on how infections are transmitted in aerosols. Mechanistic science training is inadequate in many medical programs. The errors would be funny, except for all the death.

In addition to charges of arson, I hope police consider laying charges of hate crime on the bases of race (targets of the arson were Indigenous) and sex (targets of the arson were women).

I’ve launched a GoFundMe to help me pursue disability-related human rights cases in healthcare. Disabled/immunocompromised people deserve safe, accessible care & the legal process to defend those rights can be long/costly. To support/share, here’s the link: 🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi... Thx!

If community spread of measles continues until Jan 20th, the US will join Canada in losing its measles elimination status. This is what happens when “you do you” individualism takes the place of public health. Measles is disabling and deadly but it’s also preventable. Get your vaccines

I hope you have the strength to speak out a about your abusers. Today's news is another example that a creep never stops. There's always another target, always another victim. I hope you never have to fear watching a predator get away with what they tried to keep in the shadows.

The narrative that we are being sold that our children's safety is somehow threatened by trans people participating in all aspects of public life as their authentic selves is the exact same bullshit that was peddled about queer folks 30 years ago. It was a lie then and it's a lie now.

Poverty and disability often go together. It’s difficult to “try harder” your way out of financial problems when you lose your health. The pull yourselves up by your bootstrap mentality goes out the window if you’re bedbound. It can happen to anyone at any time. They aren’t moral failings.

"Patient Relations": only a phone number on TW's information board. Left a message there and am sending a letter to submit to your portal, but I also deem it super important to let everyone know: FOR #COPD AND #ASTHMA MANAGEMENT IN TORONTO: THERE'S NOWHERE LEFT TO GO FOR PREVENTIVE HEALTHCARE.

the clinic hallways, coming in and out of rooms while I was in the waiting area. With this level of lack of care, there was no sense in bothering trying to explain to anyone on that floor, or in the hospital, for that matter, that they are putting patients at risk.

I just transferred my lung care to UHN after WCH made it clear they weren't going to accommodate me or any other patient under the AODA. I asked for the first appointment of the day to reduce exposure to airborne pathogens. Witnessed 7-8 staff members going around without masks in (cont)

I came to 7th floor respirology For the first appointment of the day I saw an unmasked receptionist upon arrival And unmasked staff coming in and out of exam room 428 I heard coughing from rm 428 And that "deep cough" from somewhere to my right. I GTFO'd saying "this test - not happening today"

What enrages me is that I likely will get "pathologized" for following science in a setting where capitalism and healthcare instersect. It's all about narrative, not facts anymore. It's politicized, embedded, and cultural. Ableism IS the culture in Canada.

Thank you for posting. The hospital is the most dangerous place I go. It doesn’t have to be this way. #DisabledLivesMatter #WearAMask #DoNoHarm

I’ve launched a GoFundMe to help cover legal fees for my 3 HRTO cases about disability discrimination in healthcare. A win here could help set precedent for disabled & immunocompromised folks across Ontario. Early shares matter. 💜 🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi... #DisabilityJustice

Disabled people deserve equitable access to healthcare - full stop. I now have 3 HRTO cases challenging the systemic barriers I’ve faced. Fundraising for legal support; boosts make a real difference. www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...

"Give the daughters of today equal opportunities and the mothers of tomorrow will change the world" (Zainab Siddiqi). #DayoftheGirl #GirlsBelongHere

Reminder: Counter-Protest is Tomorrow! We’ll be standing in solidarity at Wellington & Commissioners this Sun., Oct. 5, 1–3 PM to oppose the Life Chain. This is a masked event, because care is collective. #ReproductiveJustice #HealthJustice #DisabilityJustice #COVIDIsNotOver #AbortionIsHealthcare

If you’re on ODSP & fall in love, you risk losing ur benefits if ur partner earns ‘too much.’ PWD shouldn’t have to choose between survival & ❤️. U shouldn’t have to give up security/dignity/independence just because you’re in a relationship. The policy is discriminatory & harmful. It needs to end.

Masking is access. Silence is exclusion. A thread. 🧵 On Aug 13, London Reproductive Justice & COVID-Safer London contacted Take Back the Night London to ask for a “masks requested” policy; a basic access measure for disabled, chronically ill & immunocompromised community members. #DisabilityJustice

Anyone have any luck finding vaccines here in Ontario?

What they actually need? 🛑 Living wages 🛑 Universal childcare 🛑 Accessible healthcare 🛑 Affordable housing Stop shaming — start resourcing. 2/2 #StopTheStigma #ReproductiveJustice #PovertyIsViolence #MutualAid #RJForAll

Poverty is not a moral failure. It’s a policy failure. People living in poverty are often blamed for their reproductive decisions — for having “too many kids,” for seeking abortion, for needing support. 1/2

Reproductive justice isn’t just about the right to choose, it’s about the right to thrive. That means safe housing, liveable income, food security, & healthcare. If people are forced to parent (or not parent) because they’re poor, that’s not freedom. No bodily autonomy without economic autonomy.

If you’re in #LdnOnt, make sure you’re following @londonreprojustice.bsky.social! #ReproductiveJustice #ReproductiveRights #ReproductiveHealth

@rsuecliff.bsky.social, I’ve been trying to get ahold of you, please DM me or send me an email, if you still have my email address. Thanks.

If anyone has experience in getting back their FB account after it has been “permanently disabled” by Meta for breaching “Community Standards” (a.k.a. CENSORSHIP), please let me know. I’d really like to get my account back. Thanks.

For any of my followers who are also my FB “friends” my original FB account has been permanently deleted by Meta. Tag me, or send me a DM & I’ll send you the link to my new account. Thanks.

Repost from @blairimani, “July is Disability Pride Month but why do we have this commemoration? Let’s get Smarter in Seconds w/ @jillianmercado, @chronicallyjenni, & @habengirma! Make sure to follow our guest educators!” [on Instagram] #DisabilityJustice = #ReproductiveJustice

Hey, Folks. Check it [email protected], previously only found on Insta & FB has now joined Bluesky. Please give them a follow if you believe in reproductive rights/health & justice for All. #LdnOnt #ReproductiveJustice #BodilyAutonomy #ReproductiveHealth

Who else is melting 🫠 out there? #HeatWarning #LdnOnt #AirQuality

"Always give without remembering & always receive without forgetting" (Brian Tracy). Make this your mission in life & you will be blessed abundantly.

Signs the Frog Has Been Boiled www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sig...

@brianballmusic.bsky.social, I thought this article might interest you. apple.news/Anrgs02TbQz-...

In memorial, Gordon Coyle (1922 - 2021) — Happy Birthday, Grandpa! chathamdailynews.remembering.ca/obituary/gor...

Do you know what feels really good? Going to the doctor’s office & saying “no thank you” when the nurse asks if she can get your weight. And, she says simply, “okay” & doesn’t make a big deal about it. You can also say that you prefer to speak to the Dr. first, or ask for a note in your chart …1/2

For those of you who have been active here for the past year, do we have any cute names to replace “tweeps”, “tweet”, “retweet”, etc? “Post” & “share” sounds to Facebooky. Please retweet, share, reblog, repost, whatever so we can get some answers. Thanks!

Did you use to be anti-choice & are currently pro-choice? Perhaps you grew up with certain religious beliefs & you challenged those beliefs & became a pro-choice supporter? We want to hear from you! Please fill out this questionnaire. ⬇️ Thx! #LdnOnt #ProChoice forms.gle/nPaVBuQzaKnz...

@profwendy.bsky.social, thanks for the follow! Have we met before. Your face and name seem familiar, but if we have met, I can’t seem to recall where that might have been. 🙂

@bloxam.bsky.social, great to see you here. And, glad to see you are #COVIDconscious. It seems like there are so few of us left. 😷 #AlwaysMasked #Immunocompromised #MaskingIsAnAccessibilityIssue

I wrote about Cuddy just yesterday on FB, in addition to physical intimidation and what looks like assault to me, he has gotten himself kicked off the Library Board. Perhaps it’s time for Cuddy to step down from Council & get the help he desperately needs. #LdnOnt www.ctvnews.ca/london/artic...

Friends, if I say COVID rates are *relatively* low, I'm not suddenly a minimizer. Levels are still way too high, I still mask indoors, and long-term effects of repeated infection look worse every day. But we do need to understand what shapes surges, be it season (kinda), viral evolution (yes), etc.

I’m hoping there may be some accessibility experts here who can help me. Does anyone know if it’s an accessibility issue if a GP in Ontario 🇨🇦 suddenly refuses to provide virtual (phone) appointments after offering them for the past five years? Thanks! #LdnOnt