DISABILITY PRIDE EVERYDAY - Academic Changemakers

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[DISABILITY PRIDE EVERYDAY - Academic Changemakers @DisInAcademia]

Doing what's acceptable and doing what's ethical are often 2 very different things.
Standing up for yourself to decision makers under a wail of attacks and abuse by bullies, &being assertive in defending &protecting your rights is ethical even if not the status quo. #GoodTrouble

[Dr Sho Jacobs 🇨🇦 @shoshanahjacobs]

📢New article: COVID-19 proved that Universities could make Post-Secondary Education more Accessible; They are just choosing not to.

#HigherEd 🧪🍁 #Disability #Access

https://t.co/gCU7jU9bZE

[DISABILITY PRIDE EVERYDAY - Academic Changemakers @DisInAcademia]

https://t.co/hQ93s1MlEL

[Daniel Swain @Weather_West]

I am now hearing from multiple folks in the past two hours (including some who have personally been fired) that mass firings have now commenced within NOAA--including, yes, at the National Weather Service.

[ThePOTSPostman @ThePOTSPostman]

What’s one misconception about your chronic illness that you’re constantly having to correct?

Let’s clear up some myths and share the realities that people often get wrong.

[DISABILITY PRIDE EVERYDAY - Academic Changemakers @DisInAcademia]

@OctaviaViento @Olas_Truth Documentation is key to getting the best possible outcome.

[Attorney Carson (they/them) @OctaviaViento]

As an employment law attorney, don’t listen to this advice! You need to make written complaints to your bosses and HR. Keep a copy of those complaints so that you can give it to a lawyer. Do not go to the EEOC before consulting with a lawyer because…

[DISABILITY PRIDE EVERYDAY - Academic Changemakers @DisInAcademia]

@plantpollinator @British_Airways Maybe see about filing assault charges against the airline? Its novel but worth a try.

[DISABILITY PRIDE EVERYDAY - Academic Changemakers @DisInAcademia]

A list of support services and resources for professional development.

[Dr. Jessica Vitak, Privacy Zealot @jvitak]

Folks who have completed or are currently doing their PhD:
If you were to have received a small welcome packet at your desk on Day 1 of your PhD, what would you want it to include? Some ideas: Post-its, a fun pen, highlighters, stapler, candy. What else?

[Derrick @Der_Dwa]

My time to shine!! First time joining the #blackinNeuro roll call. My name is Derrick Dwamena and I'm a PhD student in Cognition and Neuroscience @TempleUniv. So excited to be here and connect with folks!!
@BlackInNeuro 🧠

[ADAPT Kentucky ♿ @kyblueblood]

I asked a question about reparations for people with disabilities who were in institutions and dumped in unmarked graves. I asked about making sure we preserve disabilty history for each state if it hasn't been done.
We preserved Kentucky's here.
https://t.co/ueypQm0ltl

[Lucy Webster @Lucy_Webster_]

Happy Disability Pride Month!

So incredibly proud to be disabled

Here's to taking up space, using our voices, forging our own paths, celebrating each other, finding joy in our friends, and creating the best community I have ever known

[Lurie Institute @LurieInstitute]

July is Disability Pride Month! Join us in recognizing and celebrating the history and present of people with disabilities! #disabilitypridemonth

[ᴘᴏᴛᴀᴛᴜᴍ @pot8um]

Y’all are shitty to disabled people year round but you REALLY ramp it up during Disability Pride Month for some reason.

I hope more bad-faith actors claiming to be in “community” with disabled people get weeded out. Their actions cause damage. We don’t need that shit.

[Daretti_IRL @Daretti_IRL]

One of the most marginalized groups, people with disabilities, received no visibility during July, Disability Pride Month, ever. There have only been TWO posts on Twitter for GAAD in '21 & '22.

With the recent controversy from gatekeepers not wanting accessibility in games, it's such a miss that @twitch care to share support that games are for everyone.

Below are recent screenshots I took on the very few times Twitch posted anything.

We still need a Disability Twitch Guild @djclancy999. Show us that you really care to platform a diverse group of creators

[Han 🖤 @spoonfulofhan]

Happy Disability Pride Month to everyone who didn’t see a post for their condition this month because their condition is too rare and under-researched. You matter, and you’re loved.

[hux | lizzie huxley-jones 🍟📚 (they/them) @littlehux]

I love the Pride is over now it’s Wrath month joke, I really do, but it might be interesting for you guys to know that July is actually Disability Pride Month! 11% of children are disabled, rising to 23% of working age adults and 45% of pensioners. 🩶❤️💛🤍🩵💚🩶

[Kelly @broadwaybabyto]

A few months ago a “friend” told me that he felt disabled people should be denied access to healthcare so “survival of the fittest” could happen faster.

That people like me are the reasons he - a non disabled cishet white man - can’t get ahead.

How did we get here? 🧵/1

[Nia | The Chronic Notebook @chronicnotebook]

Me to myself at the doctor's: Ok smile but not much or you'll look too happy, stand up for yourself but not too hard or you'll seem rude, convey how bad this is but don't get emotional or they'll think it's in your head and don't use medical terms, they'll think you Googled it...