Mizzou Disability Coalition

✸ Disability is Diversity! ✸ [email protected]

[Mizzou @Mizzou]

"I chose to get my vaccine because I want to get back to #Mizzou traditions that make our campus unique." — Mckenzie Knapp, @MizDisability Coalition

@muhealth has appointments for May 14 (2nd dose June 4). Make your vaccine plan: https://t.co/gCW6o1G0DK

[Crip Camp Film @CripCampFilm]

Today is #DisabilityDayofMourning, a day to remember the lives of disabled victims of filicide. In the past 5yrs alone, 700+ disabled people have been murdered by their parents and caregivers.
We condemn these killings— disabled people are undeserving of violence & hate.

[Mizzou Life @MizzouLife]

Help make a difference — while earning cool prizes! We're calling all Tigers to join #MizzouGivingDay by becoming social media ambassadors. 🔗https://t.co/4LR3GjjBQB

Sign up by March 3! 📅

[Mizzou GOBCC @GOBCC]

Thank you for joining us, Disability Center, and @MizDisability this month as we highlighted the intersections of race and ability for Black History Month

Remember, awareness is the just the first step of inclusion.

[Mizzou GOBCC @GOBCC]

Wilma Rudolph (1940-1994) was an American sprinter who became the world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon. As a young kid, she had polio and scarlet fever which caused her to wear leg braces and was told by doctors that she would never walk again.

[Mizzou GOBCC @GOBCC]

Walter Emanuel Jones is an American actor, martial artist, and dance known for playing the role of Zack Taylor, the original Black ranger on the hit television show Mighty Morphin Power Ranger. He lost his middle finger on his left hand at the age of 4.

[Mizzou GOBCC @GOBCC]

Tobi Green Adenowo is a dancer with Osteogenesis Imperfecta who is based in the UK. She started dancing in high school at age 13 and was the first wheelchair dancer to change dance exams in the UK so that other dance students with disabilities could be marked fairly.

[Mizzou GOBCC @GOBCC]

Tony Cox is an American actor with dwarfism known famously for his roles in movies such as Friday, Bad Santa, and Return of the Jedi. He overcame being typecast in film and tv role for little people and has landed leading roles making him a prominent actor of his community.

[Mizzou GOBCC @GOBCC]

Simon Biles is an American artistic gymnast and is the most decorated American gymnast and the world’s 3rd most decorated gymnast. At a young age, she was diagnosed with Attention Deficient Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD). #BrilliantlyBlack365

[Mizzou GOBCC @GOBCC]

Teddy Pendergrass (1950-2010) was an award winning American R&B and Soul singer famously known as the lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. He became paralyzed from the shoulders down after a car accident in 1982. #BrilliantlyBlack365

[Mizzou GOBCC @GOBCC]

Lionel Aldridge (1941 – 1998) was an American professional football player and defensive end in the National Football League for 11 seasons with the Green Bay Packers and San Diego Chargers. In his early 30’s he became to have complications from his paranoid schizophrenia.

[Mizzou GOBCC @GOBCC]

Maya Angelou (1928-2014) was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activists. At 8 years old, she was sexually abused by her mother’s boyfriend. As a result of her trauma, she became a mute for 5 years, also known as selective mutism. #BrilliantlyBlack365

[Mizzou Disability Coalition @MizDisability]

Harriet Tubman, an abolitionist known for her work in the Underground Railroad, lived with epilepsy from the age of 12 due to being beaten.
#BlackDisabilityHistory

[Fin Leary @finleary]

My first for @weare_indy focuses on how ableism shows up in freelancing and how low rates, lack of workplace protections, and lack of benefits can be troublesome, especially for 'permalancers.' https://t.co/noiWVuzRjO

[@[email protected] @Imani_Barbarin]

Ableds really told disabled people to “just stay home and worry about yourself ” when we asked them to take the pandemic seriously like all that “overcoming” they like to wax poetic about doesn’t mean we too have shit to do.

[Mizzou Disability Coalition @MizDisability]

Many Black historical figures have had their disabilities erased when their stories are taught in schools or covered in Black history. Stay tuned to learn more about six Black disabled figures and their stories as we continue to celebrate Black History Month!

[Mizzou GOBCC @GOBCC]

Lauren “Lolo” Spencer is an actress, model and influencer that has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. She's an Indie Spirit Award Nominee for her role in the film Give Me Liberty. Her performance was listed as one of the best by the Sundance Film Festival in 2019 #BrilliantlyBlack365

[Mizzou GOBCC @GOBCC]

Harriet Tubman (1822–1913), was an abolitionist known for her work on the Underground Railroad. She had epilepsy as a result of a severe head injury from when she was beaten by her master at age 12. She said, “I never ran my train off the track and never lost a passenger.”

[Crip Camp Film @CripCampFilm]

We are so very excited to be included in this shortlist of incredible films! #Oscars

[Crip Camp Film @CripCampFilm]

Audre Lorde was a feminist, activist, and author with work focusing on themes relating to Black womanhood. Audre Lorde was also near-sighted and a breast cancer survivor, as documented in her work "The Cancer Journals." Black history is also disability history.