Audrey Gerkin 👩🏻‍🌾

Caregiver advocate, VT Hokie, Farmer, NH DHHS CYSHCN’s Systems Specialist, Paul Marchand Fellow @TheArcUS

[Boston 10K for Women @Bos10KforWomen]

Happy Thanksgiving! From reaching new PRs to keeping traditions strong, we're thankful for our community where triumphs are celebrated all year long. We're grateful for your support on and off the course, and we hope you all have a holiday filled with love, joy, and gratitude.

[Audrey Gerkin 👩🏻‍🌾 @AudGerkin]

@Bos10KforWomen Hey that’s me! 😄 and I ran another 10k turkey trot this morning. 💪🏻🦃

[Audrey Gerkin 👩🏻‍🌾 @AudGerkin]

@AriesVeil @nineinchnails @RuinsFestival Same

[Audrey Gerkin 👩🏻‍🌾 @AudGerkin]

@ArchesNPS Sunset while sitting on Double Arch.

[Audrey Gerkin 👩🏻‍🌾 @AudGerkin]

@abby_e_o Once got a bill for a Broken leg when admitted for pneumonia. Person in the next room to us had the broken leg.

[Paul Cuno-Booth @paulcunobooth]

Shortages of nurses, mental health clinicians and other key workers are straining New Hampshire's health care system — and the lack of affordable housing is making it harder for some employers to staff up.

My latest for @nhpr:

https://t.co/BZ1fdyBk15

[The Arc of the United States @TheArcUS]

Medicaid is the primary source of health care for many people with disabilities, but it is so much more than just health care! It also funds home and community-based services, which help people with disabilities with everyday things like bathing, dressing, cooking, and more. 🧵⬇️

[Audrey Gerkin 👩🏻‍🌾 @AudGerkin]

Medicaid includes children who receive private duty nursing so they can live at home instead of a hospital. Cuts to Medicaid would be devastating to these families!

[The Arc of the United States @TheArcUS]

There is currently not enough investment in Medicaid and the House of Reps just passed a bill that would result in millions of people losing coverage! Families like Jennifer’s rely on Medicaid for their loved ones with disabilities. #SaveMedicaid #CareCantWait

[NHCYCC @nhcycc]

Amazing raffle in support of building an #AccessiblePlayground. TY Brad Marchand for this once-in-a-lifetime prize. #Bruins #BostonBruins
https://t.co/2JrX517JXd #Inclusion @ConcordNHPatch @CityofConcordNH @jpbmayor

[NHCYCC @nhcycc]

Listen to Bodhi’s fantastic testimony for future accessible NH playgrounds. Thank you @Katelyn4NH for bringing this bill forward. #HB467 #disabilityinclusion #nhpolitics

[The Arc of the United States @TheArcUS]

Judy was the trailblazer of the disability rights movement whose contributions as an activist, spokesperson & federal official created huge changes for those with all kinds of disabilities, impacting so many aspects of life & society. Rest in power, Judy.
https://t.co/RfQFhRneor

[WMUR TV @WMUR9]

Dartmouth Health warns of increasing strain on rural health care in New Hampshire https://t.co/GHXgbFh2gp

[Ayman @AymanM]

we valued the life and freedom of a black athlete. Russia valued a man who traffics in death. That doesn’t make us weak. It makes us strong. Think of what Griner’s release represents to Americans and what Bouts’ represents to Russians. There is something profoundly strong in

[Audrey Gerkin 👩🏻‍🌾 @AudGerkin]

I feel like I’m living in an alternate reality. Bought 4 Taylor Swift tickets in under 10 min this morning for Gillette S. No issues. My girls are feeling pretty lucky.
#Swifties #TaylorSwiftTix #era #Gillette

[Audrey Gerkin 👩🏻‍🌾 @AudGerkin]

Thinking about Maya today. That’s it. 💃🏾

[Audrey Gerkin 👩🏻‍🌾 @AudGerkin]

Maya Angelou. My hero. Met her backstage once. Tall. Red dress. Beautiful and unforgettable. #InspiringWomanPBS

[Audrey Gerkin 👩🏻‍🌾 @AudGerkin]

@Theholisticpsyc Are their any studies on children raised by parents with autism? And how their difficulty to connect affects the child?

[Audrey Gerkin 👩🏻‍🌾 @AudGerkin]

@Theholisticpsyc Omg this is me. My mom is autistic so growing up I was never understood, believed or heard. I’ve worked to turn this around my whole adult life.

[Audrey Gerkin 👩🏻‍🌾 @AudGerkin]

@scruffage @Patmonkfish @Moloknee This podcast is the reason I can’t watch the Netflix series. I screamed out loud when listening to that podcast.

[Nicole Lee Schroeder, PhD @Nicole_Lee_Sch]

People ask me what the hardest part of my disability is - it's this. Trying to salvage the broken pieces of a body neglected and mistreated by those entrusted with it's care. Trying to make up for the egos of doctors. Trying to save whatever functionality I can. 8/9

[Joseph Stramondo - ♿️✒️🤓✊️ @PhilosopherCrip]

To be pro-disability rights is to be pro-choice. The disability movement is about advancing one’s right to make their own choices about how their body engages with and moves through the world. A rejection of bodily autonomy anywhere is a rejection of bodily autonomy everywhere.