Monica Boomgard, Ed.D.

Some days - Just breathe. Be kind. Special educator. Teacher educator. NBCT. Ed.D.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Thanks to the skill and persistence of @POTUS, @VP, and our allies, Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, and Vladimir Kara-Murza are being released from Russian custody. It’s a tremendous diplomatic achievement, and we’re grateful that they’ll be back home with their families where they belong.

[Tara Rae Moss @Tara_Moss]

July is Disability Pride month. ♿️

I am sometimes asked, ‘Is it Disability Awareness Month?’ Not quite. That would be centring non-disabled people, to make them aware. Instead, this is about disabled pride, pride in who we are, which is immensely important in a world that consistently does not value disabled lives, often dangerously so.

There are many disabilities and experiences of disability. I have an acquired dynamic invisible disability. I have just as much value now as I did before becoming disabled. I am proud of who I am, who I have become and am becoming.

This beautiful 1/4 mile walk to the vista overlooking Mt Shasta was my personal Everest today. It was made possible by an accessible trail. (Wheelchair accessible, too!) And some research. Thank you, @castateparks. My family loved it and it was wonderful to be able to get out together, something I continue to prioritise. I also had the pleasure of working on an accessibility advisory group for @royalbcmuseum with other disabled thinkers and advocates. My heart is full.

One fifth of people have a disability. We are everywhere around you, whether you ‘see’ it or not.

To all those out there with visible or invisible disabilities, I wish you a happy Disability Pride Month!

💜

#DisabledPride #InvisibleDisabilities #DisabledHikers #TaraAndWolfie #Family #DisabilityTwitter #DisabilityPrideMonth

- Photograph by @berndtsellheimphotography with my girl, Sapphira.

[audie cornish @AudieCornish]

most adults have failed to avoid rabbit holes online! how do we even begin with kids!

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

Education should include training in how to be calm and unafraid. Since scientists now recognise the significance of warm-heartedness and peace of mind in personal and social well-being, it’s time training to cultivate such qualities was included in the general education system.

[NPR @NPR]

Some Texas doctors are so worried about the state's three overlapping abortion bans that they speak in code about pregnancy complications: "I've heard traveling to Colorado is really nice this time of year."
https://t.co/SWCkWLldzH

[Monica Boomgard, Ed.D. @mboomgard]

@voodoomaximus Make sure I know who you are. You twitter name gives me no clue

[CCTE @CalCouncil]

SPAN will be held on March 13 and 14, 2023.
Join the CCTE Policy group to get invovled or attend the conference in the spring. #CCTEFall22

[Monica Boomgard, Ed.D. @mboomgard]

She paved the way…

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

We lived long and prospered together.

[Maria Shriver @mariashriver]

Cassidy Hutchinson is such a courageous American. Thank you, Cassidy.

[Amanda Gorman @TheAmandaGorman]

It's more important than ever that we come together

[Vice President Kamala Harris Archived @VP46Archive]

Let me be clear: Each person has the right to make decisions about their own life—decisions such as the right to start a family, use contraception, and marry the person you love.

[Zan Dubin @zandubinscott]

Money out of politics.

[Maria Shriver @mariashriver]

Wyoming, you should be so proud of your Congresswoman!

[Stacey Abrams @staceyabrams]

Georgia needs a governor who can protect second graders and protect the Second Amendment at the same time.

[Maria Shriver @mariashriver]

Everyone who loves this country should be horrified by what this January 6th Hearing is unveiling.

[Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ @tribelaw]

President George Washington, in his prescient 1796 Farewell Address, cautioned that American democracy was fragile and warned that “Cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government.”

[NPR @NPR]

The AR-15 is designed to blow targets apart. Its bullets travel with such velocity that they can decapitate an adult.

Unfortunately, this Uvalde coroner has now seen first-hand what the weapon can do to children.
https://t.co/ApWwPX0vsw

[Monica Boomgard, Ed.D. @mboomgard]

I unlocked $35 Rush tickets for How I Learned To Drive on @TodayTix. Tap here: https://t.co/Mxtal3tfsH

[Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

Imagine how many children wouldn’t be slaughtered in school if being pro-life was more than just a talking point for Republicans in Congress.