Arlington Inclusion Task Force

Promoting equity and meaningful inclusive education for students with disabilities in Arlington Public Schools

[The Childrens School @TCSArlington]

Groundbreaking Ceremony for The Children’s School and Integration Station’s new facility! Decades long partnership - Our journey continues! @APSVirginia @ECSE_IS @TCSArlington @APS_EarlyChild @APSFacilities @LoftBridget @SuptDuran

[Arlington Inclusion Task Force @arlinclusion]

The co-founder of the Arlington Inclusion Task Force is now the Acting Administrator of the US Department of Health and Human Services Administrator for Community Living! Congratulations, @AlisonBarkoff! @arlinclusion

https://t.co/tqX6CyyFYg

[Dr Jane @viola_jane]

Ideas please: reframing 'attention-seeking' to something more positive and appropriate - one of my preferred reframes is 'needing extra looking-after', but it can feel a bit clumsy... How do you reframe 'attention-seeking', dear colleagues? #TwitterEPs

[Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter]

We're thrilled by this historic appointment. Dr. Rachel Levine is not only a pediatrician with a long career in medicine and public health; she will also be the first openly #trans federal official confirmed by the Senate. #YallMeansAll https://t.co/FnINbsjGA8

[MCIE @inclusionMD]

Decades of research show that inclusive education benefits students with and without disabilities. What will it take for school administrators to stop ignoring the need for inclusion?

#AllMeansAll #ThinkInclusive

[Kathy Flaherty @ConnConnection]

You know who definitely doesn’t have the ability to sign up earlier than they are “supposed to” for vaccines? People inside state-operated facilities who don’t have access to the internet. Folks at increased risk based on where they are living. Folks in the state’s care & custody

[All Things Considered @npratc]

From the March on Washington in 1963 up until his assassination in 1968, the FBI engaged in an intense campaign to discredit Martin Luther King Jr. and his work. Film director Sam Pollard chronicles those efforts in the new documentary, "MLK/FBI."
https://t.co/S2ovgwn5jg

[Theresa Vargas @byTheresaVargas]

"'When will people with disabilities get the coronavirus vaccine?' Tens of thousands of Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities — who are two to three times as likely to die of covid-19 — are waiting for an answer." https://t.co/LhzWWgj4wl

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

Disabled people are worthy.

Not less worthy.
Not less valuable.
Not less human.

Disabled people are worthy.

[Arlington Inclusion Task Force @arlinclusion]

@kcristol @TakisKarantonis @byTheresaVargas @wamu885news

[Arlington Inclusion Task Force @arlinclusion]

@ArlingtonVA Why has @ArlingtonVA deliberately refused to vaccinate Phase 1A home health workers who care for people with disabilities? @ARLnowDOTcom @Matt4Arlington @ECNVorg @WashPostPR

[Arlington Inclusion Task Force @arlinclusion]

@ArlingtonVA @Matt4Arlington why are you canceling vaccine appointments for Phase 1A home health workers who care for extremely high risk people with disabilities? #WeAreNotDisposable @ARLnowDOTcom @byTheresaVargas @washingtonpost @wamu885news

[Arlington Inclusion Task Force @arlinclusion]

Also, that statement from the County reads like a propaganda coverup. The disability community in Arlington is outraged by your blatant disregard for our lives.

[Arlington Inclusion Task Force @arlinclusion]

@ArlingtonVA Why has @ArlingtonVA deliberately refused to vaccinate Phase 1A home health workers who care for people with disabilities? @ARLnowDOTcom @Matt4Arlington @ECNVorg @WashPostPR

[Arlington Inclusion Task Force @arlinclusion]

@ArlingtonVA Why has @ArlingtonVA deliberately refused to vaccinate Phase 1A home health workers who care for people with disabilities? @ARLnowDOTcom @Matt4Arlington @ECNVorg @WashPostPR

[Arlington Inclusion Task Force @arlinclusion]

Most Level 1 students are between 1.7 and 16 times more likely to die from COVID if they get it and bc they have in person support needs by definition they cannot mitigate the risk. Why is APS being deliberately indifferent to their health and safety by increasing their exposure?

[Novafamily @novafamily2008]

@cdiaztorres240 @APSVirginia It’s wonderful to see so many staff and teachers be vaccinated... but my heart breaks for those who are walking back into APS buildings next week to work with level 1 students who didn’t have the opportunity schedule a vaccine shot yet. How is this equitable?

[Arlington Inclusion Task Force @arlinclusion]

@Matt4Arlington what is the plan to finish vaccinating Phase 1A? @ARLnowDOTcom @ArlingtonVA Dept of Public Health dropped the ball and decided home health workers caring for the elderly and people with disabilities don’t matter #wearenotdisposable #disabilityrights

[Novafamily @novafamily2008]

@Matt4Arlington We can all agree teachers and staff need to be vaccinated but... just wondering if the supply is so limited why is the County moving forward with people in 1b when people in 1a still haven’t been able to be vaccinated or even get appointments?

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

When you:
Belittle,
Minimize,
Devalue,
Underestimate,
And
Discriminate against,

Disabled people, you have deemed 25% of the population to be inferior.

That is the virulence of ableism.

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

Access for disabled people is not just entry.

Accommodation is not just leveling the playing field.

Nondiscrimination against disabled people is not just equity.

Deinstitutionalization of disabled people is not just humane.

They are freedom.

[Alice Wong 王美華 @SFdirewolf]

From @Miamilighthouse:

"Website accessibility is this generation’s wheelchair ramp...If they [voters] cannot access their platforms and beliefs, they are short-changed when it comes to making an informed voting decision."

https://t.co/oNHOczBLll

#CripTheVote #Election2020

[@[email protected] @AutSciPerson]

When you go to a talk about language & hear this:

"Here's what the normals look like, and here's what the impaireds look like."

Me after talk: "Would you consider using different language?"

Her: "No."

PSA: You don't have to dehumanize people to help them. You DO have to care.