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business owner | scholar | my best friends are my intellectual soulmates | severe refractory asthma is my archenemy | #spoonie

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@NikkiHaley

[shonte @1shonte]

It’s hard to see the lesson when you’re on the receiving end of a toxic work environment. But in spite of it all, I’m a better colleague, a better leader, and an overall better person now.

[shonte @1shonte]

I had to unpack a lot over the past year. I had to pick up the pieces of my hurt ego & broken spirit. I had to forgive myself for choosing work before my physical & mental health.

This part of my journey has been difficult, yet much needed.

[shonte @1shonte]

I was eating popcorn on Friday night when I heard a loud crack. I chewed a popcorn kernel and broke a wisdom tooth. Went to the dentist Monday and they pulled the broken tooth and one more wisdom tooth 😬

I’ve never even had a cavity. I will never look at popcorn the same.

[@[email protected] @Imani_Barbarin]

I just said in a live:

“It’s not a burden to include disabled people, but I’ll personally become one to you if you don’t.”

I’m pretty proud of that.

[shonte @1shonte]

Happy Saturday! 🥳

[shonte @1shonte]

After over a year of doctors for tingling in my hands & feet, debilitating joint pain & stiffness all over; severe fatigue; and brain fog. I finally got a diagnosis! It was such a burden on my productivity and it’s hard to express that it wasn’t laziness.

I feel relieved.

[shonte @1shonte]

@SamrAbility How cute! My cat, Samson, is just spending the whole day bathing 😂

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

Colleague:”I hope things get back to normal soon.”

For disabled people, a return to “normal” is not good.

Normal is access denied.
Normal is accommodations refused.
Normal is ableism.

Normal for disabled people is not an aspiration. It is injustice.

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

Algorithms should never be used to determine eligibility for benefits & services.

They are biased & ableist.

A generalized calculation should never supplant an individual evaluation.

Disabled lives, or any other life,
should not be subject to algorithms.

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

Colleague:”You must feel lucky. Since the ADA was passed, disabled people have so much access.”

Disabled people don’t feel very lucky.

Not a day passes when disabled people don’t encounter inaccessibility & exclusion.

Access should not be a matter of luck.

[CDC @CDCgov]

#COVID19 spreads mainly among people who are in close contact with one another (less than 6 ft). Wear a mask in public & when around people not living in your household, especially when social distancing is difficult to maintain. https://t.co/jkWwZTxyhs #WearAMask #WorldMaskWeek

[School of Public Affairs @AU_SPA]

RSVP for a virtual screening & panel discussion co-hosted by @LungAssociation of the film, “Unbreathable: The Fight for Healthy Air,” which focuses on the remarkable progress & life-saving work driven by the Clean Air Act on Wednesday, August 19. Register: https://t.co/756BkI4KBA

[shonte @1shonte]

My sister is young & physically fit with no pre-existing conditions. Pre-COVID, she was regularly running & cycling. Post-COVID, she’s unable to do any rigorous physical activities.

Even if you’re young & healthy, nobody is guaranteed to only have a mild case.

Don’t chance it.

[shonte @1shonte]

My sister is officially virus-free now, but left with myocarditis & other cardiac abnormalities. She also has significant hair loss, distorted sense of taste, bouts of fatigue, brain fog, and shooting nerve pain.

Please wash your hands, wear a mask & practice social distancing.

[shonte @1shonte]

It’s been 5 months since my sister contracted COVID-19. She’s been “recovered” for 3 months. In the last 3 months, she’s had 2 ER visits for chest pains, had to wear an at-home heart monitor, & was sent to a cardiologist for an ECG...

[APStylebook @APStylebook]

AP’s style is now to capitalize Black in a racial, ethnic or cultural sense, conveying an essential and shared sense of history, identity and community among people who identify as Black, including those in the African diaspora and within Africa.

[shonte @1shonte]

This is the 3rd time I’ve re-organized my bookshelves in my home office this year. I think I will keep it this way for a little while.