Katharine Viscardis

PhD Candidate, Trent University, Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies; disability; childhood; institutional violence.

[Katharine Viscardis @KMViscardis]

@david_tough Dave, I don’t use Twitter much and have just come in to find all these beautiful memories and stories about William. Your words are so powerful. I’m sorry that William isn’t with you as he should be. ❤️

[Samantha Burke @samanthalburke]

1. We do not feel sorry for you and your $182k MP salary @mferreriptbokaw
2. This is news to your constituents that you are a single mom of 6?!?! Trying to shame @MarkGerretsen with a complete LIE.

#cdnpoli #PtboKawartha #Ptbo

[Katharine Viscardis @KMViscardis]

Shocking!

[Oliver Lewis @DrOliverLewis]

Is a new 40-bed hospital for people with learning disability or autism actually necessary? Why not get on with discharging the 2,000+ people in "transforming care" whose beds could be used for short-term stays. We need community care, not institutions! https://t.co/xH52Q5tHdw

[DG @DebraGentle]

In this heatwave and Ontario summers generally AC is necessary in care homes.

[DG @DebraGentle]

Child abuse by employees of the state in the name of child welfare. Disgusting abuse of powerless children.

[Alley.Cat♿ @Cat_Alley_]

How many universities denied #disabled students accomodations or admission into courses because remote learning wasn't an option? COVID hits, affecting able bodied students attending & overnight university courses are delivered online. No more disability exclusion #AdaptTheFeed

[TheDisabilityEnthusiast @twitchyspoonie]

Independence is an ableist myth. Pass it on.

[CBC Radio @cbcradio]

Canada's largest mental health teaching hospital has called for an end to police involvement in mental health checks after 3 people with histories of mental health problems were killed by police in separate incidents across the country in the last month
https://t.co/or9JcKgEkM

[Dr. Kirsty Liddiard @KirstyLiddiard1]

Coronavirus: Why disabled people are calling for a Covid-19 inquiry ⁦@DanGoodley⁩ ⁦@k_runswick_cole⁩ https://t.co/hVD0IOTQf4

[Katharine Viscardis @KMViscardis]

“At a nursing home in New Jersey, 17 bodies were packed into a shed and later crowded into a morgue meant to house only four bodies. Other stories emerged of residents’ families being left in the dark about whether loved ones were dead or alive.”
. https://t.co/baFD4uuHXf

[Rob @robrousseau]

Ghislaine Maxwell showing up in the background of various historical scenes through the decades like some kind of sex trafficking Forest Gump

[Nicole Brown @ncjbrown]

A day to be excited! The #book covers for both my edited books on #ableism in #academia are now on the respective websites of @UCLpress (Oct 20) and @policypress (March 21)! Designs based on my own #artwork.

[Alice Wong 王美華 @SFdirewolf]

Busy getting all my ducks in a row for my #DisabilityVisibility book launch tomorrow 🐥🐥🐥

Wild to see an idea turn into an actual thing I can hold. 😍📖💯

For more: https://t.co/ciOEmP2XIb

Pre-order: https://t.co/6BQlnxOoXj

Newsletter: https://t.co/UfvASFaCjI

[Katharine Viscardis @KMViscardis]

@LindeyCookson @TobesBrandon @SocialWorkNU Congratulations Toby! Very exciting news. 🥳

[Katharine Viscardis @KMViscardis]

Ageism and ableism = institutional violence. Clear in Ontario’s long term care system. https://t.co/z5vpagL3wm

[Katharine Viscardis @KMViscardis]

@DebraGentle Yes! So much pathologizing going on. Perhaps a way to deflect attention away from systemic injustices and present the responses to those as somehow pathological?

[Professor Dan Goodley @DanGoodley]

@iHumanSheff Our response to the social implications of #Covid19 https://t.co/Y3vJKaLSuV

[Katharine Viscardis @KMViscardis]

Coronavirus is only illuminating the violence of institutionalization. This is hard to read but necessary. https://t.co/Axst0wm2AC

[Katharine Viscardis @KMViscardis]

Very excited for this talk I’ll be giving at Community Living Upper Ottawa Valley!

[Katharine Viscardis @KMViscardis]

Remember Every Name ✊