Gregory Mansfield

Disabled Lawyer. Disability Rights and Disability Justice. Gregoryhmansfield at gmail.

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

Man at bus stop seeing me, a wheelchair user:
“I don’t have time to wait for a wheelchair to get on.”

Wheelchair users know about waiting.The resistance to us riding buses kept them inaccessible for years. Your wait is minimal. Our wait for access persists.

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

Once you have labeled disabled people as a burden, you have devalued more than 25% of the population.

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

When it comes to disabled people:
Partial access is not access.
Segregated access is not access.
Temporary access is not access.

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

Has inclusion been excluded in Oklahoma? https://t.co/r0xezSi15L

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

Access for disabled people is not an attempt to get something extra.
Access for disabled people is a quest to eliminate exclusion.

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

@AvrilCoelho @HannahEDeakin @HannahMeIDD8P @HHHotWheels @imisaacharvey @includeorg @JoeBangles11 @johnpringdns @Josonia7 @JonSHarvey @Juvelad @kellylgiven @kendrick_fowler @LauraMathias14 @LGBTQIAOTUK Thanks very much, Avril. Have a great weekend!

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

Ableism is not just about discrimination against disabled people.
To the ableist, disabled people are:
-A burden
-Inferior
-Expendable
Ableism is the dehumanization of disabled people.

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

Native kids with disabilities were held in wooden boxes. Sweeping reforms are coming https://t.co/LSWKwIuEBf

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

@AvrilCoelho @HannahEDeakin @HannahMeIDD8P @HHHotWheels @imisaacharvey @includeorg @JoeBangles11 @johnpringdns @Josonia7 @JonSHarvey @Juvelad @kellylgiven @kendrick_fowler @LauraMathias14 @LGBTQIAOTUK Thanks very much, Avril. Hope you have a great weekend!

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

@AvrilCoelho @HannahEDeakin @HannahMeIDD8P @HHHotWheels @imisaacharvey @includeorg @JoeBangles11 @johnpringdns @Josonia7 @JonSHarvey @Juvelad @kellylgiven @kendrick_fowler @LauraMathias14 @LGBTQIAOTUK Many thanks, Avril. Have a great weekend.

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

It is outrageous to apply a cost-benefit analysis to determine whether to provide access to disabled people.

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

@AvrilCoelho @HannahEDeakin @HannahMeIDD8P @HHHotWheels @imisaacharvey @includeorg @JoeBangles11 @johnpringdns @Josonia7 @JonSHarvey @Juvelad @kellylgiven @kendrick_fowler @LauraMathias14 @LGBTQIAOTUK Many thanks, Avril. Have a great weekend!

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

@AvrilCoelho @HannahEDeakin @HannahMeIDD8P @HHHotWheels @imisaacharvey @includeorg @JoeBangles11 @johnpringdns @Josonia7 @JonSHarvey @Juvelad @kellylgiven @kendrick_fowler @LauraMathias14 @LGBTQIAOTUK Thanks very much, Avril. Have a great weekend!

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

@AvrilCoelho @HannahEDeakin @HannahMeIDD8P @HHHotWheels @imisaacharvey @includeorg @JoeBangles11 @johnpringdns @Josonia7 @JonSHarvey @Juvelad @kellylgiven @kendrick_fowler @LauraMathias14 @LGBTQIAOTUK Many thanks, Avril. Have a great weekend!

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

#FlyingWhileDisabled https://t.co/FF1i5rPVly

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

The provision of access for disabled people (or lack thereof) is about the control ableists continue to exercise over disabled people.

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

@AvrilCoelho @HannahEDeakin @HannahMeIDD8P @HHHotWheels @imisaacharvey @includeorg @JoeBangles11 @johnpringdns @Josonia7 @JonSHarvey @Juvelad @kellylgiven @kendrick_fowler @LauraMathias14 @LGBTQIAOTUK Many thanks, Avril. Have a great weekend!

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

@AvrilCoelho @gavinneate Congratulations, Avril!

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

#FlyingWhileDisabled

[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

24-year-old Hunter Adkins, who lived with muscular dystrophy, died after a fall while being assisted onto an Allegiant Air flight. A lawsuit alleges he was placed in a wheelchair without safety straps while boarding was rushed. What happened to Hunter raises serious concerns about how passengers with disabilities are treated when it matters most. https://t.co/xFpwxq5eUj

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

@AvrilCoelho @HannahEDeakin @HannahMeIDD8P @HHHotWheels @imisaacharvey @includeorg @JoeBangles11 @johnpringdns @Josonia7 @JonSHarvey @Juvelad @kellylgiven @kendrick_fowler @LauraMathias14 @LGBTQIAOTUK Thanks very much, Avril. Hope you have a great weekend!

[Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield]

Although excluding disabled people is often the status quo, it is not a neutral act.
Excluding disabled people is a hostile act.