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I'm resurrecting a classic. If you remember #DoctorsAreDickheads or #PatientsAreDickheads, please consider participating in this little survey! Physicians and Medical Professionals, its for you too! #NEISVoid #AbledsAreWeird #DisabilityTwitter #MedTwitter #DisabilityDon #Medstodon
tinyurl.com/dickheadsurvey

This phenomenon makes me SO mad, and it feels SO ableist.

How do you think it feels every time I have to figure out whether it matters that my 10 surgeries don’t fit in the one line you gave me?

Or that my rare genetic conditions don’t fit in that tiny “other” line?

Or checking boxes for symptoms I know you’ll ignore because I deal with chronic illness?

I optimize for large medical systems to minimize paperwork.

#disabilityMastodon #disabilitydon #serviceDesign

https://mstdn.social/@erictopol/110848788295322602

@TheJewberwocky There is actually an instance dedicated to the above. https://disabled.social
There's also a disability group @disability and you can follow hashtags like #disability #disabilitydon

So if you’re dealing with the combination of chronic depression, targeted executive dysfunction and the crushing weight of your medical backlog - I see you. It sucks. I’m sorry. I’m there with you. You’re not alone. #DisabilityMastodon #Disabilitydon #EDS

There is much needed energy given to suicide prevention, but when living with chronic disability there is also the monthly/weekly/daily decision to engage in your own care. Every day is a victory. There is SO much friction involved in staying alive for many of us: phone trees, appointment schedulers, arranging rides, waiting rooms, procedures, side effects, tests and monitoring, prescriptions, copays… etc. And it’s mostly things only we can do. #DisabilityMastodon #Disabilitydon #EDS

Please join us on Saturday, January 28th at 11:00 a.m. for a mental health town hall with guest Amy Stewart, LCSW. All questions must be submitted in advance to [email protected].

Link: https://facebook.com/covid19longhaulers

All town halls are also available at https://YouTube.com/@covidlonghaulers

#LongCOVID #MentalHealth #Disabilitydon

Now that I think the Herschel Walker saga is coming to an end--at least I hope it is, I want to gently remind all of us that casual #ableism is not okay. Making fun of Walker's ideas is perfectly fine. I have been so disappointed in people, journalists, friends, and acquaintances this year because of the lack of understanding of #disability. Herschel Walker is clearly dealing with #CTE. There's just no excuse for the kind of comments I've seen.

#CripTheVote #Disabilitydon #disabilities

On International Day of Persons with #Disabilities, please take it from me, a woman diagnosed with #EhlersDanlosSyndrome in her third decade: just because a condition is incurable doesn’t mean diagnosis is useless. My life has become so much more manageable now that I understand why my body does the things it does, and I am more able to give myself grace and recognize my limits instead of pushing to injury or illness. You deserve clarity. #disability #disabilitydon

Oh come on! Be a little skeptical, will you? Not only do I knot want a cure like this, but not from a billionaire whose inventions kill people. #Ableism

Neuralink's Brain Chip Plans: Help the Blind See and the Paralyzed Walk - CNET

https://www.cnet.com/science/neuralink-brain-chip-plans-help-the-blind-see-and-the-paralyzed-walk/#ftag=CAD590a51e

#accessibility #disability #DisabledPeople #disabled #Disabilitydon