The continuing refusal of ministers to raise the upper limit on a scheme that helps disabled people make access improvements to their homes is discriminating against some of those with higher support needs, a secret government report has admitted. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/ministers-re...

Even worse, rather than take responsibility for the screw up the Houston Police Chief is blaming the child. Saying he gave them incorrect information and casting doubt on whether he’s “actually autistic” because he was able to communicate. Ableism and bigotry on full display here.

Telling people to “tough it out” when they’re sick is ableism. Saying that autism is “unacceptable” is eugenics. Bragging about the strong people who don’t take meds or vaccines? It infers that those who need medications are weak. It’s all eugenics. This regime sees disabled people as less than.

Government report suggests political rhetoric over ‘spiralling’ inactivity among disabled people is not based on accurate stats. (Thursday's news stories in case you missed them #3) www.disabilitynewsservice.com/government-r...

Really looking forward to even tighter restrictions on pain relief for people with uteruses (the most in pain demographic) because hypothetical fetuses might hypothetically get autism. Meanwhile autistic people have chronic pain. And gestate autistic babies.

Why are the negative consequences of so-called AI so consistently directed at disabled and racialized people? Disabling Intelligences details the ongoing effects of the eugenicist mindset on our corporate ventures and our interpersonal relationships. link.springer.com/book/9783032...

Hundreds of disabled people and allies have called on the prime minister to take “urgent” action to fix the crisis-ridden and “broken” Access to Work disability employment scheme. www.disabilitynewsservice.com/hundreds-sig...

If anyone missed over the weekend, @fractalecho.bsky.social and I started Thank You For Your Feedback Loop, a newsletter on the elite capture of disability movements. Our first piece examines Google's narrowing definition of accessible from democratic to disabled. buttondown.com/TYFYFL/archi...

Disabled women have warned MPs that the continuing process to move them onto universal credit from their existing benefits is risking their health and putting them at threat of destitution.

I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️

We rarely see the impact we have on others’ lives. For us, it’s often a tiny act or the number one added to some viewcount. For them, it’s the kindness that sparked hope in life or the reading that infused their existence with new meaning.

I've gotten good at making myself *seem* calm, distant & emotionally flat as a survival strategy for interacting w/ the healthcare system as a disabled person of a marginalized gender. But it's become a habit spilling over into other parts of my life & I have a hard time externally showing emotion.

Reminder that behind a social media avatar is a real person with thoughts & feelings. Within the disability community MANY of us have sensitive or dysregulated nervous systems. Be kind … these online connections are a literal lifeline & fighting or harassment can and does lead to physical harm

A local authority’s actions helped drive a disabled woman to attempt to take her own life, after it imposed an “impossible” two-week deadline upon her as part of a discriminatory social care assessment process.

#Christmas calendar for #Canadians with #disabilities behind every door we are reminded that we are unhirable, not worthy to feed, not human enough for a home, not loved enough for mental health and drug support, vilified as mouches, frauds and told to vote for social murderers.

Such a powerful & clear connection made by @imanibarbarin.bsky.social “They sold your bodies downriver, because your bodies, when they are sick and disabled, are profit centers. Are we figuring it out yet?” 💯😡 #covidisntover #maskup #disabilityjustice #luigimangione www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYq9Emjr/

Really pleased to have this paper on qualitative researchers' experiences of peer review with @ginnybraun.bsky.social @janeemcallaghan.bsky.social @joannasemlyen.bsky.social out there - open access. We recruited lots of the contributors on the other place... psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...

We keep telling you: ANYONE can become disabled at ANY time. Nondisabled people mistakenly think that statement is referring to the imagined "horror" of inhabiting a disabled body--not the terror of the systems that *permit* us to live (while profitable) or condemn us to die (once "burdensome") 🙃

This is why it’s important to understand how lived experience and socialisation may have affected us. Negative reactions to our Autistic selves may have led us to suppress traits that would support autism diagnosis. They may only emerge when we’re stressed or when we’re alone and relaxed.

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ICYMI: This week’s article is about radical rest, harmful inner monologues and the ways in which we gaslight ourselves & push our bodies beyond what they’re capable of. When society makes it clear that productivity is the marker of a person’s worth - is it any surprise we struggle to slow down?

I’ve lost two good friends who had large & active social media followings. Families read what you post. They look to social media for comfort & to understand their loved one better Please be kind & respectful when posting about someone who has passed away. Consider their loved one reading it.

Asking the TPGA community: Do you have no-fault coping or strategic advice for a sound-sensitive autistic adult who shares an apartment wall with a very loud autistic child who bangs on the wall a lot? Thanks in advance.

My coworkers are being cute and distracting

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Can report there is still no opt-out. I'm part of a team of #milhist scholars that has voided its contract for a 4th ed of American Military History with Routledge because T&F sold out to Microsoft rather than protect its authors' IP. 🗃️ #academicsky www.thebookseller.com/news/academi...

It’s entirely possible he thinks he’s getting one over on us, but the entire reason we have this basket and fill it with blankets is for moments like this.

My comments to the Senate Standing Human Rights Committee on youth leaving care “…by asking about youth leaving care you are perhaps starting at the wrong place.  Like starting a book on page 253 instead of page 1.  A wholly unsatisfying process.” theelman.com/index.php/20...

The Department for Work and Pensions has stopped sending key records from a crucial period in the history of disability benefit reform to The National Archives so they can be viewed by researchers.

This is Fred. He just found out he can chew his own ear. There aren't actually any rules against it, he checked. 12/10

I asked Hani how his tent fared last night in the rain in Gaza and with his permission here is how: (also if you want to help his children with winter clothes you can donate here: www.gofundme.com/f/help-hany-...)

For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free Another world is possible if we fight for it www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...

Well, here I am. Hi, I’m a queer Disability Justice activist, author, and award-winning podcast host. In September, my first children’s book, Adventurous Adeline and the Back to School Party was released. Would love for you to check it out and purchase a copy for your local library.

Today, gently contemplating a family doctor who hasn't the slightest idea what the criteria is for an autism diagnosis. It's a sensory and social communication difference, Doc. We didn't get a diagnosis for 'misbehaving'. Sigh. nypost.com/2024/11/14/o...

New paper from me on assisted suicide/euthanasia/MAiD in the Journal of Medical Ethics: 'Words matter: ‘enduring intolerable suffering’ and the provider-side peril of Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada' jme.bmj.com/content/earl...

Relatives of disabled people whose deaths were caused by the Department for Work and Pensions have welcomed the decision by a committee of MPs to relaunch an inquiry into the department’s years of safeguarding failures. #DWP

www.sapiens.org/culture/gaza... thanks to SAPIENS Magazine for their editorial support and for giving this a home. donate to the Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children here: www.atfaluna.org/en/Donate

Hi! My name is Subini Annamma and I am an education researcher. I wrote a book featuring the voices of incarcerated disabled Girls of Color & using #DisCrit to understand how schools created criminal identities before they ever committed crimes.

Reasons why our struggles in Latin America are deeply entangled with Palestine's liberation/decolonization. Israel’s role in Indigenous/campesino genocide in Guatemala —technologies of violence imported from Israel are still used to repress the movements in Guatemala.🧵1/

www.gofundme.com/f/help-ahmed... please help Ahmed in Gaza, if you are able to make a donation, every bit helps. Please share 🙏❤️

They don’t know how to read a clock, but they definitely know when it’s five minutes til dinner.

Be in community with other doctoral students journeying through academia. Please reply to this post if you want to be added!! #DocStudents go.bsky.app/QTfevfQ

I need people to understand this. Far too many folks think that if healthcare workers aren’t masking - it means the threat has passed. No - it means they’re resistant to change. It took decades to get them to adopt handwashing - and the person who advocated for it was written off as mentally ill