I am denied financial assistance at the hospital for a $1500 bill and for upcoming testing and treatment but I also have not raised many funds for the Help Hope Live in some time. This is how we murder disabled people.

Some shit scirocco has been in that part of the world since 1948 then

What's wrong with the obsession to consume high protein in your diet or via bars, supplements, or powders? A review of the data on efficacy and safety erictopol.substack.com/p/our-preocc...

surely, there is data from mentally ill patients that take lithium- do they have a lower incidence of AZD?

An interesting look at the 'Ramp Up #Iceland' project (started as the 'Ramp Up #Reykjavík project by @iamharaldur.bsky.social) which has built 1,756 #Wheelchair ramps in the past 4 years. www.fastcompany.com/91307514/ice... #Accessibility #Inclusion

“Elon Musk admitted to his biographer that the reason the Hyperloop was announced—even though he had no intention of pursuing it—was to try to disrupt the California high-speed rail project to get in the way of that actually succeeding.” — @parismarx.com in @gizmodo.com He’s always been this way.

Torbjörn Svensson, Deafblind lecturer, explains how tech helps his, on a daily basis, and all the many opportunities the digital world brought to him. Send this videos to colleagues, friends, to help them understand why, building accessible tools, services, products, is important for everyone.

cool. folks are going to have a new business model where they can sell age-verified accounts to kids.

Please enjoy my blog about autistic burnout. It is a real thing and it is really, really rubbish. blogs.manchester.ac.uk/edi/2025/03/...

It's Disability Pride Month, let's reaffirm: All disabilities - apparent or non-apparent, with or without a diagnosis is valid. We all deserve access, love and support to live the best life possible. #DisabilityPrideMonth #GreenDisability #AXSChat #Disability #WeAreBillionStrong

"The Greater London Authority has told developers that new housing projects in West London could be banned till 2035, because data centers have taken all the electricity capacity." www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/repo... Hurray for "A.I."

Volunteers map 10,000 routes in Great Britain to help make walking accessible

To make sense of what is happening, we need to know how we got here, "eugenic policies also included the institutionalization of disabled, queer, and non-white people in an attempt to keep them from reproducing"

Indoctrination is “the process of teaching a person or group to accept a set of beliefs UNCRITICALLY”. I truly believe that indoctrinating children (or anyone young & impressionable) into Christianity (or any other religion) is abuse because it hinders the development of critical thinking skills.

US: Pro-Israel website Canary Mission used to identify students for deportation, says ICE - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/doxxing-site-canary-mission-used-identify-students-deportation-says-ice

Join the Great Lakes ADA Center for the 35th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Celebrating the ADA Through the Decades! This webinar takes place on July 15th from 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET. Learn more: adata.org/event/35th-a... #ADA #ADA35 #Disability

UN expert slams Italy, France and Greece for allowing war crimes suspect Netanyahu to use their airspace - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/un-expert-slams-italy-france-and-greece-allowing-war-crimes-suspect

Hi everyone if you’re wondering why there are no #axschat questions it’s because we have taken the decision to stop doing the weekly Q&A chat as there was not the level of engagement to justify the effort of preparing and running it week in week out. We will continue the podcasts as normal.

a4 i hate asking for help. so if it happens needs tto be in my terns. i hate relying on others or sharing personal details #autchat

a3 i escape to my own world. if people ask why i need some accommodations… it’s frustrating having to drag medical history and always explaining vision issues when i just want to pass #autchat

a2 if there’s a need for specific help and chance to get it w/o misinterpretations i might consider asking. generally doing everything self though. #autchat

a1 not good. needs to be on my terms. feels always like misinterpreted, read between the lines wrong, and i loathe “specialists” who think they know how others think or sense #autchat

a0 neurofabulous, multilingual, deficient eye input, tinnitus etc… i dislike asking for help in general. fear of being bullied; rejected, misinterpreted #autchat

Brand New ABA 2025. Paraphrased, "ABA hasn't worked? Let's strap him to a chair and put bitter liquid in his mouth to stop him - that'll do it". Where is the love & care? Where is trust building? Where is good communication & looking for other answers from autistic professionals etc? Horrifying.

As a non-user of Facebook who missed a boil water advisory last year because our city only posted it on Facebook and none of the local stations thought it was important enough to put on their online news, I can tell you this is a real issue.

Suomen hätänumeroon 112:een tuli merkittävä uudistus viikonloppuna Nyt 112:een voi lähettää tekstiviestin mistä tahansa kotimaisesta liittymästä. Tulevaisuudessa käyttöön tulee varsin scifiltä kuulostava RTT-tekstiviesti. www.puhelinvertailu.com/uutiset/2025... #uutiset

Blueskyn Asetukset>Saavutettavuus kohdasta voi kytkeä ALT-kuvailumuistuttajan päälle. Kun postaat kuvan tai kuva postaustekstin kanssa, niin lisääthän lyhyen kuvailun mitä kuvassa näkyy.

Israeli forces killed 13 Palestinian athletes this month - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-killed-13-palestinian-athletes-month

It’s easy to pose as officers who doesn’t have to show their faces or badges. No masks for ICE!

A6: Supporting internal advocates means amplifying their voices, celebrating their wins, and providing constructive feedback. Advocacy is a team effort, and systemic change takes time. Let’s focus on collaboration, not blame. #AXSChat #WeAreBillionStrong

a6 individuals fighting and advocating inside big tech don’t have magic bullets. we can’t change everything. #axschat

a5 new stricter rules about accessibility come into effect in EU in a few days. i hope to see a difference in practice

A4 (for real): I do think that more players of all sizes are beginning to take digital accessibility more seriously. It can never be assumed though, even from the biggest companies. Often even basic functionality doesn't work for some users, or stops working between versions. #AXSChat

a4 feels like it’s still mostly the large players #axschat

a3 worked with it, then years later needdd it #axschat

Ensuring that there is an accessibility blog about the new features is important for users with disabilities. That is a more inclusive way to communicate changes. This also needs to include those places where there accessibility features have been lost through software regressions. #AXSChat

A1: This is a big one. From a technical point of view, having it in a Changelog is important for every release. People need to see what has been done and be able to review the changes. Unfortunately, this isn't something that most people will ever see (or want to read). #AXSChat

a2 nope. been on ios and mac forever. however i am interested in finding about graphneos accessibility feets #axschat

A1 The work that Sabine does for www.gari.info helps maintain a comprehensive list of features that users can access but devices should also include accessibility in the onboarding process when you get a new device. #AXSChat

a1 if you are a manufacturer, don’t hide features. also ask whet users want #axschar

Can we talk about how much cognitive accessibility matters in mobile apps? If an app isn’t simple to log into or start using or hits me with too many popups right away, I just delete it. Every time. For many users (myself included), cognitive overload is the first barrier. So, what’s that about?

As a video conference meeting tool user, I want a way to mute only one person for myself, so that I don't hear twice, my colleague who is in the same office and the same remote meeting as me, with 0.5s delay. It's annoying as hell. I think you can do this on discord? Teams, I need that too!

New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays. Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn. arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...

Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3

US military official slams Israel as a 'death cult' and the country's 'worst ally' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/us-military-official-slams-israel-death-cult-and-countrys-worst-ally

Yes it needs to be included in mainstream education and people be taught about accessibility from an early age. #AXSChat