Generally try to avoid things that are gimmicky but lemme tell ya, the whole blanket with sleeves thing is actually genius.

Leaned over sideways to pick up a water bottle I dropped. Fell out of my chair and broke my ankle. 🙃

Circling back doesn't match my chaotic energy for 2026 so this year I will only be trapezoiding back. Thank you for your understanding.

Told my husband I was reading the NYT Morning email but he heard me say "warning email" and really, that's the more accurate name for it.

Not that I have a PhD in international relations or anything like that, but I did pay enough attention in AP US history to know that the military intervention in Venezuela isn't the flex this administration thinks it is.

This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner

One of my 2026 goals is to handle myself with care (including more proactively managing physical pain), so I made a doctor appt with a shoulder specialist and got baby's first cortisone shots. My arms feel like lead but the mental load is a little lighter today.

How many more decades will stories like this will remain commonplace before anything changes? Always appreciative of @nprjoeshapiro.bsky.social's reporting.

This administration wants us terrified of one another. To sow seeds of distrust so we direct our hatred toward people whose lived experiences differ from ours. To make us believe that our survival is dependent on disposing of those we perceive as enemies. emilyladau.substack.com/p/how-do-we-...

Trump talking so much about Biden gives the vibes T-Swift sings about in "Actually Romantic."

Disabled woman here. Got married 2 months ago. Just read this to my husband and he said "I rate our marriage a 10/10, no notes." So anyway, Justin can stuff a sock in it. Also, reminder that many disabled people are barred from marriage due to policy. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Love it when I go to the doctor because I care about health and science and they're blaring The 700 Club on the TV. 🙃

Unfortunately, almost every time I accomplish something through my advocacy, the reality of inaccessibility crashes down on me. The systems we’re operating within are broken, and this administration is hell-bent on taking a hammer to the shattered pieces. emilyladau.substack.com/p/broken-whe...

You know what's *actually* a wasteful abuse of power? Halting the use of a typeface simply because you don't like that more people can read it. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...

The 2025 Disability Holiday Gift Guide is here! 🎁✨ Check it out: emilyladau.com/2025/12/2025... Yes, the world is in fiery chaos, but we can absolutely still embrace joy...which there's plenty of to be found in this year's gift guide! Always love collaborating with @kcaldwell.bsky.social on this!

👋 Call for sources: My name is Julia Métraux, and I am @motherjones.com disability reporter. I am working on a series (to be published before May 1) profiling three American aging adults (50+) about how you're aging independently while taking care of your health. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I see people saying “I would use alt text but I keep forgetting!” Thankfully, @bsky.app has a setting for that. - Go to Settings - Then Accessibility - Toggle “Require alt text before posting” to the active setting. Now Bluesky will remind you to add alt text to all of your posts.

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) turns 50 today. I fear it could be the last year the law is intact. It was never fully funded by any administration, nor is it a perfect solution for inclusion. But its existence has been a vital path to education access. We must protect it.

I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"

i very openly ugly-cried during "for good."

Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE. “They’re failing all of us,” his mom said. thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...

My first piece for the newly-rebranded @msnowreports.bsky.social: RFK Jr.'s changing the CDC's stance on autism and vaccines signifies just another step in the backlash to #Neurodiversity. And it is a disservice to #ActuallyAutistic people. www.ms.now/opinion/rfk-...

It takes a true villain to bring enemies together. Glad to read this statement. Wish it didn't need to exist.

Yes, the world is overflowing with slop and mush and nonsense, but this piece ENTIRELY ignores that the concept of an IQ is deeply ableist (and in fact heavily connected to eugenics). Intelligence takes so many forms, and none of them are the measure of the worth of a person.

I don't know which is more infuriating: 1) That HHS is pushing "healthy eating" & avoiding "environmental toxins" as the administration is causing food costs to skyrocket & demolishing climate-safe practices. 2) That HHS is pushing the ableist narrative that you can exercise away health problems.

I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.

I think this incident taps into the same emotions people felt years ago when Trump mocked Serge Kovaleski, the disabled reporter. It cuts to the core because it's the basest form of playground bullying--something far too many of us experienced in our formative years.

Your new motto should be: if it’s fine for disabled people, it’s fine for me.

I know everyone is fed up with the state of the world but what if you didn’t take it out on people you have mild disagreements with on social media

Medicaid-funded services are their lifeline—and make their work possible. But the Trump cuts to the program could change it all. Meet Audrey and Jeremy, who went viral for talking about how the GOP's Medicaid cuts could devastate their everyday.

Neither progress nor destruction happen in vacuums. Everyday ableism may feel trivial in the face of dire disasters, but efforts to fight both are essential if we are going to successfully uproot harmful systems. emilyladau.substack.com/p/the-jenga-...

A grateful post seems so small in the vastness of all @sfdirewolf.bsky.social did for the world, but Alice showed the power of social media to spark change, so I hope the love through these channels are emanating toward her into the ether. Thank you for everything. www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...

I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed. Here are the words she left behind: www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...

Many thoughts about my cyborg bitch boss goddess accomplice Alice Wong & all the things she meant but there is a tendency for white disabled people to overshadow conversations about disabled BIPOC including in death. I choose to let Alice speak for herself & uplift those she wanted to represent her.

By this standard, I genuinely wonder how many people in this administration wouldn't be allowed citizenship based on their own rules. www.axios.com/2025/11/13/s...

I will not be relinquishing my use of the em-dash—nor should anyone have to. www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...

This is true for many who require health insurance to live and work. ACA premium tax credits are essential. Health care is already too expensive. www.americanprogress.org/article/aca-...

SNAP benefits make it possible for the many disabled people (especially those who are multiply marginalized) relying on them to buy specific foods necessary to stay alive and stable. Food pantries/food banks often do not offer food reliably or at all that meets specific dietary requirements.

So glad our government is arguing like school-aged kids while *actual* school-aged kids and their families are at risk of losing vital access to nutrition. www.notus.org/senate/senat...

If the No Kings protests happening this weekend aren't accessible to you, please remember that there are many other valid and vital means of resistance. You are needed, however you show up. open.substack.com/pub/emilylad...

I am marrying the love of my life this weekend. But with each political new update breaking our hearts and our spirits just a little bit more, the question keeps echoing in my mind: is it okay to experience joy right now? emilyladau.substack.com/p/wedding-pl...

This is an important win. Libraries are more essential than ever, and everyone should be able to access them fully.

The attacks are swift and direct; the hateful messages are loud and clear.

I want more than anything for the ceasefire to hold and the genocide to end, but make no mistake: this administration doesn't have a true peacemaker among them. Their rhetoric and their actions on the world stage have emboldened oppressors and perpetuated hate. They're on the same dangerous path.

So CBS is changing its name to Complete Bari Sellouts, right?

When I sat down to write about National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), it felt almost quaint to acknowledge it. In the shadow of the government shutdown, writing about NDEAM feels downright comical. But it’s relevant, so let’s talk about it. emilyladau.substack.com/p/national-d...

How is sweetness possible when bitterness seems to prevail? emilyladau.substack.com/p/apples-hon...

On today's episode of "Even (Liberal) White Men Aren't Safe From (Conservative) White Men"...a completely unsurprising follow-up to the "Even (Conservative) White Men Aren't Safe From (More Conservative) White Men."

Look I think valuing human life is a phenomenal, wonderful, fantastic idea and also that’s why everyone opposes the genocide in Palestine and the colonial violence in Haiti and Sudan and Congo right? Oh oh you didn’t mean those lives I see