🧵. The UK generally has far more authentic disabled representation than the US onscreen, as well.

RT @tweetCDN@twitter.com

NEW REPORT: There is a #DisabilityDeficit in UK television. 5 years after we started monitoring data on inclusion, we’ve seen changes. But we’re a long way from where we need to be. Our new report takes a deep data-backed dive into the problem. #IDDP https://creativediversitynetwork.com/diamond/diamond-reports/a-deep-dive-into-the-representation-of-disabled-people-in-uk-television/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/tweetCDN/status/1600059629353869315

#IDPwD is a terrible name and I'm going to start hitting people over the head with my cane if they keep using it instead of #IDDP. fuck off

#cripplepunk

“Community is political.
Community is power.
Community is magic.
Community is resistance.” Alice Wong, Disability Visibility First Person Stories from the 21st Century.
#IDDP #IDPWD #solidarity #mastodon

I am disabled.

I am disabled not because my body and brain are different, but because our society renders my state of being disabling.

"But you look healthy!"

But you can't see my disability.

You'll never see my chronic pain. You won't see my bruises. You won't notice when I've recently dislocated something for having the gall to move. My ADHD and anxiety won't show up on my sleeve.

When I'm most impacted, you won't see me at all.

But I am disabled.

#IDPWD #IDDP #Disability #DisabilityDay

‘Speaking out on the stigma of mental health’ https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/speaking-out-on-stigma #IDDP #IDPWD

‘Persons with disabilities in the world are among the hardest hit by COVID-19.’ https://www.un.org/en/observances/day-of-persons-with-disabilities https://www.who.int/health-topics/disability#tab=tab_1 #IDDP #IDPWD https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/news/news/building-disability-inclusive-societies-in-the-covid-context-and-beyond.html

In honor of International Day of People with Disabilities, we want to amplify a request disabled people have been making, which too often falls unheard:

Wear a mask 😷

#IDPWD #IDDP #MaskUp #WearAMask #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver

Disabled is not a bad word. #IDDP #IDPwD

Calling it the International Day of Disabled People is the right thing to do, despite the official title being International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Don't let anyone criticise you for doing so (it happened to me last year!) because the significance of the language of disability we use is more important than an official name. We're disabled. I'm disabled. I don't 'have' disabilities. That's not how the social model works. #IDDP #IDPwD

RT @MancLibraries@twitter.com

A fantastic lineup. We can’t wait! All welcome, please join us tomorrow. #iddp #IDPWD2022 https://twitter.com/gmcdp/status/1597904913925046273

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MancLibraries/status/1598343997977681923