NotesByJ

A lot of thoughts run through my head. I write them down here. My notes📝 My perspective❤️💯 Accessibility is a right♿️

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

Restaurant to me, a wheelchair user.: “We only have one step. That shouldn’t be a problem. You can jump it, get someone to help you or we’ll carry you up the step.”

One step is not access.

[Karli Drew ♿️ @KarLeia]

Disabled people are allowed to have standards higher than the bare minimum.

Disabled people are allowed to have standards higher than the bare minimum.

Disabled people are allowed to have standards higher than the bare minimum.

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

Disabled people do not have “special needs.”
Claiming we have “special needs” makes it simpler for an ableist society to deny or ignore our human needs.

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

Access in the future is no consolation to disabled people.
Access now.

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

Isn’t it time we replace Disability Awareness with Ableism Awareness?

[Carrie-Ann Lightley👩🏼‍🦽 @CarrieALightley]

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The role is home based, part time, 20 hours per week. We're a very inclusive employer and a friendly team. Pls RT🙂 #DisabilityTwitter

[NotesByJ @NotesByJ1]

@roywoodjr 🤣💯

[NotesByJ @NotesByJ1]

@DrSamiSchalk My dtr needs a wheelchair for mobility and the school nurse said I needed a doctors’ note for her to take the elevator. WTAF

[NotesByJ @NotesByJ1]

@DrSamiSchalk Yes! My dtr needs accommodations & the district guidelines note if that’s the case she should just be in a remote school setting but they don’t offer that sooo🙃 #ableist

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

When will nondisabled people realize that disabled people don’t want them to determine our access?

Disabled people, and only disabled people, should be the arbiters of access.

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

“Special needs” are daunting.
“Special needs” are intimidating.
“Special needs” are expensive.
“Special needs” are burdensome.

Human needs are shared by everyone.
Disabled people have human needs.

[APStylebook @APStylebook]

When possible, avoid the terms special needs and special education. While they remain in wide use in education and law, many view them as euphemistic and offensive. Instead, aim to be specific about the needs or services in question.

[Gillian Davidson ♿ @Gillian54995965]

People need to learn not to touch wheelchairs or try to push someone in a wheelchair. Had this again today at the bottom of a ramp on an outing to the shops. Our wheelchairs are an extension of our bodies so in effect you are touching our bodies so please stop!!

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

The access of disabled people should not depend on the assent of nondisabled people.

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

Accommodation is not an extra.
Accommodation is not a special privilege.
Accommodation is leveling the playing field.
It is a response to a legacy of barriers and discrimination against disabled people.

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

Just a reminder on this 31st birthday of the ADA:
The problem with enforcement of the ADA is not “abusive” disabled people, it is the entities that 31 years later still refuse to comply with the law.

#ADA #ADA31

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

For disabled people, a broken elevator is not an inconvenience.

It is an emergency.