Amber Alaníz

LMSW Candidate at University of Iowa. She/They Sexuality enthusiast. Disability Advocate✊🏼 #visibility #biracial #disabled #femme #Latinx #queer

[@[email protected] @Imani_Barbarin]

Disabled people, remember: when you’re having a good day walking and you BEGIN to get tired, turn back, that initial tiredness is your halfway mark.

[Ok2BeFat (She/Her) @Ok2BeFat]

Forcing children to diet is child abuse.

[Amber Alaníz @disabilities_aa]

ASWB: End Discriminatory Social Work Licensing Exams https://t.co/L9G1iaQX5b via @Change

[Chase Anderson, MD, MS (K.C. Ardem) 🦸🏽‍♂️🏳️‍🌈 @ChaseTMAnderson]

Every day in America since 2016: https://t.co/iuk1BnlCyi

[The Tweedy Mutant @the_tweedy]

Cheers to the delivery guy who saw me out of my wheelchair and asked, "should I say congratulations?" I said, "nah, I'm in and out as I need it. It's a helpful tool." He responded, "oh ok!"

Nondisabled ppl, learn to ask rather than assume or project. It really is that easy.

[Ok2BeFat (She/Her) @Ok2BeFat]

Fat people are not failed thin people.

[Amber Alaníz @disabilities_aa]

I'm currently watching the @NRCHispanic webinar "Transforming the Narrative on Latino Populations: When & How to Use Comparison Groups in Research." There's still time to join! https://t.co/XCEcmUKpUR #NRCHCommunidad #learning

[The Arc of Texas @TheArcofTexas]

To continue our celebration of March as #WomensHistoryMonth and #DevelopmentalDisabilities Awareness Month, we are highlighting the achievements of author and disability rights activist @judithheumann.

Be on the lookout for more women making history as the month continues.

[@[email protected] @Imani_Barbarin]

No, for real, I’ve just learned that the young person that GROWN ASS woman was harassing on tiktok about “faking a disability” felt the need to post their medical records online to prove they’re really disabled.

Fuck any and all that feel entitled to our medical records to

[Callum Stephen (He/Him) @AutisticCallum_]

It’s time to stop pathologising autistic behaviours:

Obsessive -> Passionate
Rigid -> Structured
Fussy -> Specific
Demanding -> Self-Protective
Dramatic -> Sensitive
Childish -> Youthful
Unsociable -> Independent
Weird -> Unique
Lazy -> Out of Energy
Stubborn -> Consistent

[Beautidivergence 🤯 @Beautidivergen2]

They shock inmates too. Even if you were okay with that you need to ask yourself why are they treating disabled kids like inmates.

[Lauren Melissa Ellzey (she/her) @autienelle]

Imagine a school system where autistics could study all subjects through the lens of our special interests.

What would our education experiences have been like if our autistic interests were valued, our passions explored, our enthusiasm respected?

[Lauren Melissa Ellzey (she/her) @autienelle]

To any autistic that needs to hear this today: There is no shame in using ear plugs. During the day. Out of the house. Anywhere.

If the non-accommodating world is too loud, tune it out. Let's take care or ourselves.

[@[email protected] @Imani_Barbarin]

The thing I LOVE about being a disability advocate WITH DISABILITIES, is it doesn’t matter if you’re talking about the most horrific things about ableism, some Abled asshat will ignore everything you just said only to reply with: “don’t you mean people with disabilities?”

[@[email protected] @Imani_Barbarin]

Most black folk I know don’t really care about Juneteenth being a Federal holiday, we just want y’all to stop killing us.

[Kathy Flaherty @ConnConnection]

What we’ve survived in the last year is nothing compared to solitary confinement.

[Queer Neurodivergence @QueerNeuro]

Nonbinary people are not confused.

[Amber Alaníz @disabilities_aa]

What she said!🙌🏼

[Lauren Melissa Ellzey (she/her) @autienelle]

I'm autistic and asexual. I'm not asexual because I'm autistic. Autistics span the full rainbow of sexual identities. #pride