#employment among #peoplewithdisabilities hits post-pandemic high.

While the #remotework boom helped some workers find additional #Flexibility it has also eliminated longstanding obstacles for this vulnerable #community.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/jobs-for-people-with-disabilities-hit-new-post-pandemic-high-rcna93084

Low income families and #peoplewithdisabilities rely on #publictransit. Marching today at the "funeral for #transit" to avoid forcing people of all walks of life into cars.#savetransit in #california

#20yrsago Apple force-feeds customers shit, calls it sunshine https://memex.craphound.com/2003/05/27/apple-force-feeds-customers-shit-calls-it-sunshine/

#20yrsago Bungled espionage blows up millions of motherboards https://web.archive.org/web/20030219071949/https://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/resource/feb03/ncap.html

#15yrsago #StarTrek cake https://trekmovie.com/2008/05/25/star-trek-the-cake/

#10yrsago TSA random secondary screening is trivial to dodge https://ip.topicbox.com/groups/ip/Ta67a680e737d9176-M3789b1ef78149a6440c71ecb/the-latest-in-tsa-improved-stupidity-equips-people-to-avoid-a-secondary-search

#10yrsago Obama’s trade reps and the #MPAA are killing a copyright treaty that gives rights to #PeopleWithDisabilities https://www.huffpost.com/entry/poisoning-the-treaty-for_b_3225181

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In the US, who you are is intimately tied into what you consume, and we have a very superficial of understanding people, in that we assume people present themselves in a way that they want to be perceived. I've had so many men, for instance, tell me that they "love the natural look" and hate it when women wear what they deem "too much" makeup. But my bare face isn't my choice—my choice would be flamboyant eyeshadows and raccoon eyeliner and colored lipsticks. Unfortunately, my #rosacea and #MeibomianGlandDysfunction prevent that, unless I want painful cyst outbreaks and scratched corneas.

#Consumerism gives us a false sense of #agency in our lives. If who you want to be is just a matter of purchasing power, then you can buy your identity. But those identities are out of reach for so many people—those with disabilities, those who are working class, those who are people of color, queer folks, etc. It also allows for #VictimBlaming, since it's a mindset that assumes no one is subject to exploitation, oppression, or othering in the ways we move through the world. We're all just reduced to people who buy things.

And that's such a sad, paltry existence. In 2020, we realized #AnotherWorldIsPossible, a world where people cared about #BlackLivesMatter, where we masked to protect #PeopleWithDisabilities, where we had time to slow down and create. Yes, #covid was and is still terrifying, but it also showed us an existence not centered on #consumerism.

#Activists from #SolidarityAgainstDisabilityDiscrimination group called for #protests on #SubwayTrains in #Seoul on March 23. Participants have held related gatherings intermittently since May 2022 to call for additional #GovernmentSupport for #PeopleWithDisabilities. Organizers intend to hold protests on train services along subway lines 1 & 2.

https://crisis24.garda.com/alerts/2023/03/south-korea-disability-rights-activists-resume-protests-on-subway-trains-in-seoul-from-march-23

#SouthKorea #HumanRights #DisabilityRights #SpeakUpForDisabled #StandUpForDisabled #AsianMastodon #Korean #SupportDisabled

Andrew Thorne will be #ShowingOff his #CookingSkills to the world at the 2023 #Abilympics next week.
He's one of five #NovaScotians who will be taking part at the #quadrennial #vocational #SkillsCompetition for #PeopleWithDisabilities being held this year in #Metz #France from March 23-25. 
The 2023 #competition will be the 10th #international Abilympics. The first was first held in Japan in 1981.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6782244

#DisabilityEmpowerment #DisabledPeople #GoodNews #BeyondLimits #Disability

How Indians with disabilities are finding love through dating apps

https://www.dw.com/en/how-indians-with-disabilities-are-finding-love-through-dating-apps/a-64784892?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#Asia #peoplewithdisabilities #love #marriage #apps #online #dating

Global News BC: Penticton, B.C. company encourages other employers to hire inclusively too https://globalnews.ca/news/9476441/penticton-bc-company-inclusive-hiring/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #PentictonandDistrictSocietyforCommunityLiving #workerswithdisabilities #peoplewithdisabilities #BrutusTruckBodies #InclusiveHiring #laborshortage #southokanagan #DiverseHires #penticton #Canada #PDSCL

@StephanieOrtoleva #peoplewithdisabilities continue to be one of the most underconnected groups when it comes to #broadband and #computers, say nothing of #digitalskills. Good to see this group elevated for how they should be included in all things digital.

Hey everyone. Just to let you know I did find another Mastodon server that has accepted my Accessibility Matters radio show. If anyone wants to follow it and get news about anything to do with #Accessibility for #PeopleWithDisabilities you can follow it by searching @accmattersradio We look forward to seeing you there.

📷 Stock photos of people with disabilities
by @webaxe
#accessibility #Inclusion #PeopleWithDisabilities #ImagesOfPeopleWithDisabilities

http://www.webaxe.org/stock-photos-people-with-disabilities/

A #WestVirginia journalist lost her job last month after she reported about alleged #abuse of #peoplewithdisabilities within the state agency that runs #WestVirginiafostercare and psychiatric facilities. #abuse #abuseofdisabledpersons https://apnews.com/article/west-virginia-state-government-jim-justice-af942f587d098b2d996cc6e01991d615?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter

DW vocational training awarded the Berlin Inclusion Prize

https://www.dw.com/en/dw-vocational-training-awarded-the-berlin-inclusion-prize/a-64072569?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#inclusion #disability #peoplewithdisabilities #diversity #traineeship

@smoke This is a pretty brilliant piece, or rather Prof. Flowers gave a pretty brilliant analysis of the inherent problems facing #peopleOfColour #peoplewithdisabilities #blacktwitter #disabilityjustice #technologynottheanswer #whitenessofMastodon I recommend taking the time to read it.

@TheBird After listening to Jonathan on the podcast the other day, I agree with everything he says but am puzzled as to why no mention of #LGBT in this long thread.

OK but when this is framed solely in terms of BIPOC then it perpetuates exclusion of #LGBTQIA #peoplewithdisabilities #AAPI #nuerodivergent and doesn't firewall against any form of #blacknationalism which though not really a problem here, at all, at this time, occasionally does interfere with a #unitedfrontagainstfascism.

I understand that #resistance against #fascism is not a sufficient remedy for the #oppression #BIPOC contend with, but to the extent that others (not Jonathan) overtly discourage "yts" from dialogue we create a centrifugal force of exclusionary identity politics.

White people who express solidarity with #POC are bombarded by hateful DMs. To then be told by some leaders of indigenous conversation on Mastodon to stay out of moderation discussions, don't offer suggestions is a bit put offish.

At least Jonathan is engaging in broad dialogue and not an insular "POC-only" silo, so that is cool.

Hello to my journalistically incline friends. For newer newbies than I, here are my suggestions:

1st: Create your profile.
2nd: Write an introduction of yourself. Use lots of hash tags.
3rd: Always include a text description with your photos for #peoplewithdisabilities or rather #differentlyabled folks.
4th: Make it clear in your profile and first posts who you are where you are at so people will know you are safe and on the level - ie. not #racist #ablist #transphobic #homophobic etc.

New Tech and Disability post:

When the worlds of AI and disability meet we need to be careful how we strike the balance between safety and autonomy

https://tad.angrybeanie.com/striking-a-balance-between-autonomy-and-safety/

#disability #peoplewithdisabilities #ai #MachineLearning #healthcare

A new Tech and Disability Post

Google wants to be your complete health record

https://tad.angrybeanie.com/google-wants-to-be-your-complete-health-record/

#healthrecord #techanddisability #disability #peoplewithdisabilities

A new Tech and Disability Post

Google wants to be your complete health record

https://tad.angrybeanie.com/google-wants-to-be-your-complete-health-record/

#healthrecord #techanddisability #disability #peoplewithdisabilities

A new Tech and Disability Post

Google wants to be your complete health record

https://tad.angrybeanie.com/google-wants-to-be-your-complete-health-record/​

#healthrecord #techanddisability #disability #peoplewithdisabilities​