PhilippaB · @PhilippaB
119 followers · 574 posts · Server disabled.social

Disabled People have feelings too

New Blog Post: Disabled People have feelings too. My frustration and upset about the news targeting Disabled people through a negative lens.

pipxar.com/2023/09/11/disabled

#disabled #yorkshire #VisuallyImpaired #writing #blog

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Susannah Fleming · @SusannahFleming
14 followers · 26 posts · Server fediscience.org

What actions could a university take to make things better for staff and students?
Is there something you've seen done well, or wish for?

#academicchatter #academia #disabled

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
3144 followers · 10040 posts · Server zirk.us

Its now clear that requirements in local election caused impediments to along lines & also impeded voting by the .

The review suggests Voter ID is a 'poisoned cure' to a minor problem; but of course, this was not a bug, but a feature of the policy.

As I said, is criticising for interfering with in the UK, mainly because that's the job!

theguardian.com/politics/2023/

#voterid #voting #racial #disabled #RishiSunak #china #democracy #tories

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firewyre · @firewyre
108 followers · 1713 posts · Server techhub.social

Found out today our ISP was assigning us an address that the rest of the Internet thinks is in the state of Virginia (of all fucking places)!!! Well guess what, if you can't even properly assign me an IP that's in my home state, and not some ass-backwards, internet-regressive place like Virginia, then you can count me out of your little IPv6 transition...

#ipv6 #shithole #disabled #ipv4ftw

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SubtleBlade ⚔️ · @SubtleBlade
225 followers · 4632 posts · Server mastodon.scot

's back, you say? As and vulnerable people know all too well, it never went away

The government’s policy is to pretend we’re getting ‘’. The result is millions of us live in fear of losing our lives
theguardian.com/commentisfree/

#england #toryindifference #moneybeforepeople #publichealth #health #torypoliciesinaction #backtonormal #disabled #COVID19

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Tom Kindlon · @tomkindlon
777 followers · 2062 posts · Server disabled.social

UK Government Work Capability Assessment: Activities & Descriptors Open Consultation

The government is seeking views on changing the questions on the WCA "so that assessments reflect greater flexibility and availability of reasonable adjustments in work, particularly home working..." & "The application of Risk to Self or Others..." Closing date for responses October 30

shorturl.at/jmTWY

@chronicillness @spoonies

#chronicillness #spoonies #mecfs #disability #disabled

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Adora · @Adora
40 followers · 3 posts · Server girlcock.club

hi there. I'm adora. yes, Dora is fine I prefer Ace. I'm a and with no government assistance beyond insurance so i have to crowdfund on sites like this (I hope that's okay)

i'm into , Law and Order, the WWE, , obviously, etc.

so...hi there!

#shera #ttrpg #sports #disabled #transwoman #introduction

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Mother Bones AKA Bae'd Runner · @_L1vY_
3711 followers · 76747 posts · Server mstdn.social

Via @fionaswriting :

"I'm so excited to finally be able to share this with you all. It's a zine, with poetry and practical tips for newly sick and people. The zine is free online. I wanted it to be available to anyone who needs it or could use it. You can read it all here:

graniteandsunlightpoetry.wordp

"You can also buy it as a physical zine for £5 plus shipping:

etsy.com/uk/listing/1204553880

(it's very shiny and A5 size)
Please share as widely as you can with anyone you think could use it."

#disabled

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Sarah Matthews · @sarahmatthews
632 followers · 3244 posts · Server tweesecake.social

Another great list from @fivebooks I read Sanatorium by Abi Palmer when it was published as an e-book but it’s now also available on audio through Spiracle Audiobooks. And Sea Bean is already on my reading list | ‘Living with a long-term condition or is difficult, says Polly Atkin, the author of Some of Us Just Fall. Those affected often feel isolated, misunderstood, or frustrated by their interactions with the medical establishment. But books about will remind you that you are not alone; here, she recommends five memoirs that offer insight into the "kingdom of the unwell."

@disability @bookstodon
fivebooks.com/best-books/chron

#disability #chronicillness #bookstodon #disabled #reading #chronicpain

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Kurious1 · @Kurious1
160 followers · 3058 posts · Server mas.to

@FractalEcho @vivsmythe Though I am unable to read your linked research, I am not surprised to see that you have a PhD in Philosophy and are currently a member of faculty at Rutgers? That information gives some insight.

It is a moral and ethical dilemma that global society has made decisions regarding the current pandemic that will increase deaths for a minority of the world population.

#pandemic #mortality #immunocompromised #disabled #elderly #COVID19

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Tom Kindlon · @tomkindlon
777 followers · 2042 posts · Server disabled.social

4/
"Disabled people are expected to 1) cope cheerfully and positively accept their role as person; 2) pull ourselves together, minimizing the effect of on our activities & colleagues; 3) strive to improve our condition & “get well” (if you think this seems diametrically opposed to expectation 1, you’re not the only one); 4) look after yourself with as little support as possible; 5) focus on recovery to return to or maintain employment"

@chronicillness @spoonies @disability

#disabled #disability

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GimpyGurl · @GimpyGurl
35 followers · 280 posts · Server disabled.social

making notes before health n behavioral appts helps me a lot. i get nervous overstimulated can forget stuff. But if I have it written in my slim pink notebook I can refer to it AND capture new info AND pretend I'm a

#warmmess #disabled #notebook

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Nathaniel D. Porter · @ndporter
586 followers · 428 posts · Server sciences.social

It's great news that my university has now moved from requiring students to present each professor with accommodation letters to automatically notifying professors in every class a student is registered for. Anything that minimizes the burden on learners that's added onto the disability itself is good in my book.

#disabled

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Tom Kindlon · @tomkindlon
777 followers · 2037 posts · Server disabled.social

🧵
I thought this was very good

"Riding the Roller Coaster of Fluctuating Disability"

themighty.com/topic/disability

"When people think about or , they tend to do so in a very black and white sort of way: Either you are completely , or you are not — this is your permanent status, and your disability (or lack thereof) will affect you the same way today as it will tomorrow.

Were it only that simple"

@chronicillness @spoonies @disability @mecfs @longcovid

1/

#disability #chronicillness #disabled

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PhilippaB · @PhilippaB
119 followers · 569 posts · Server disabled.social

Saying the passenger chose not to fly?
Not having access to your mobility equipment is not a choice. ‘Oh that’s fine I’ll just leave it here…’ no no Ryanair this was not a choice. This was staff not doing their jobs.
Appalling behaviour. Unacceptable.

metro.co.uk/2023…

#disabled #travel

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Malkbethwendy · @BrahmaBelarusian
91 followers · 5922 posts · Server todon.eu

@AlwaysInFlannel I wonder this more & more lately, even as I'm glad for acclimation to the fediverse, there are still more than a few from the community (such as it was) on Twitter that I miss.

#disabled

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Denny Kozlov · @dkozlov
293 followers · 1134 posts · Server mstdn.games

Finally got my stomach calmed down enough to keep an edible down, and that has helped calm matters further, though I can tell I'm not out of the woods yet. Amazing how one's attitude improves when one is no longer feeling like crap, eh? Now for a very calm evening of rest and relaxification.

#medicalmarijuana #edibles #spoonie #queerstoner #cannabis #disabled

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deadgirl · @deadgirl
5 followers · 43 posts · Server ni.hil.ist

hey i'm a neurodivergent trans woman living on disability in a garage. if you know of a place i might be able to live in portland oregon or have have some money to spare for food and winter clothes i really appreciate it! thanks. :blacker_heart:
ko-fi.com/lilacidia
cash.app/$leahluvu
paypal.com/paypalme/flowerpunx

#mutualaid #crowdfund #fundraiser #transcrowdfund #trans #neurodivergent #disabled #disabledcrowdfund #TikkunOlam

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CharLight · @CharLight
106 followers · 512 posts · Server mstdn.social

Seems like another good day to remind everyone what the are and have been for quite some time. Anyone remember Bob Dole "wheeling" into Congress for the UN Treaty on Disability Rights? I do. They all applauded him and then voted NO. Hauntingly, almost 11 years later, reading John Kerry's words..."it needs to be a wake-up call about a broken institution that's letting the American people down." How many have been kicked off now? Some illegally?
theguardian.com/world/2012/dec

#medicaid #disabled #gop

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Anna Nicholson · @transponderings
176 followers · 743 posts · Server neurodifferent.me

Many Autistic and other disabled people like/need to have lots of information when visiting somewhere for the first time

I always check Street View* before going anywhere I haven’t been – and if there are interior photographs, so much the better

So it’s really nice to read about a train operator, Newcastle-based Lumo, offering online 3D tours of their trains: lumo.co.uk/who-we-are/virtual- 💜

Not sure what happened to the end coach though! 😳

* Look Around and Streetside View are alternatives!

#accessibility #actuallyautistic #disabled #neurodivergent #anxiety #rail #railway #lumo

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