AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: https://t.co/CMjLySiZ0l
I NEED you to care about disability on your campus, because headlines are calling for people with disabilities to: lose access to education, lose access to heslthcare, lose access to welfare, be forcibly sterilized. 1/3
When I saw Trump signed the executive order eliminating remote work for all federal employees and hearing the gleeful cheers of his supporters it just enraged me since it disregards the right to accommodations under the ADA.
This is just the beginning
Grieving the people, the land, the animals, the water, the air, and the plants affected by what was preventable. We need Indigenous traditional stewardship now.
I don't have a ton of folks to tell about this, but on Thursday I submitted my final chapter of my dissertation for review. There are still edits to be made, but boy does it feel good to be here, right now, in the small sliver of light peeking through a just-opened door.
With election day here, I want to acknowledge that this period will likely have a variety of impacts on our students. Our campus has resources to support you.(thread🧵)
In light of that trash take on disabled students and accommodations in The Chronical, here's some actual data from disability orgs to balance out the cherry picked references in that piece. It's RARE for students with disabilities to secure meaningful accommodations 1/12
Today marks the first ever #DisabledWomensEqualPayDay. For every $1 paid to nondisabled men, disabled women working full time, part time, or part year bring home just 50 cents. This pay gap is rooted in ableism and must end. Join us in the fight for #DisabledWomensEPD
"I can count on one hand the number of people I have hugged" since 2020.
"I don't feel safe going to the doctor office, which is kind of ironic."
Please watch this powerful video highlighting the pandemic's ongoing impact on disabled people.
https://t.co/KWMeWABF7F
In closing, the CDC knows masks work, admits that N95s and KN95s are most effective (but uses photo of surgical masks which are not), yet does not recommend the use of masks in its public (ie social media, most likely to reach public) messaging , even in a huge COVID surge.
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