#disabilityjustice — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #disabilityjustice, aggregated by home.social.
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I’ve just signed this open letter calling on Higher Education to strengthen systems of care for Black, global majority and neurodivergent staff and students, following the death of Professor Jason Arday.
It sets out three specific demands for action, alongside calls for urgent inquiry into the circumstances leading to his death.
You don’t have to work in academia to sign it - please sign or share if you can.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfz8pSxrx8h4iZiw6pywyuW0XxaJpxUj19P5zkPi2dxObymMQ/viewform
#Neurodivergent #BlackLivesMatter #Autism #DisabilityJustice #Ableism
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📢 “Still A Locked Door”: Mental Health Peer Advocates Remember Those Living in Disability Institutions
Jess Whatcott For the staff at the Peer Self-Advocacy Program of Disability Rights California, experiences with …
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September at HT: make room for what feels useful.
Lakefront Field Day. A queer bodybuilding film at Reeling. A dysautonomia roundtable + movement lab with Chicagoland DPOCC. Plus yoga, Zumba, game night, D&D, book club, and more.
#MoveWithHan #Chicago #QTPOCChicago #DisabilityJustice #Fitnesssky -
🏗️ When coercion in care makes Kilmeade’s “just kill ’em” thinkable
Shannon Pagdon Content warnings: coercion, forced treatment, incarceration, institutionalization, eugenics, death,
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🏗️ When coercion in care makes Kilmeade’s “just kill ’em” thinkable
Shannon Pagdon Content warnings: coercion, forced treatment, incarceration, institutionalization, eugenics, death,
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🏗️ When coercion in care makes Kilmeade’s “just kill ’em” thinkable
Shannon Pagdon Content warnings: coercion, forced treatment, incarceration, institutionalization, eugenics, death,
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🏗️ When coercion in care makes Kilmeade’s “just kill ’em” thinkable
Shannon Pagdon Content warnings: coercion, forced treatment, incarceration, institutionalization, eugenics, death,
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#Money, the interesting thing about it is if you #exist in #poverty, you desperately need it for your day to day survival, then if your on the opposite end as in being a multi million or billionaire in reality money means nothing, because everything you own and do is leveraged off of debt that you one don't actually own and second can never actually satisfy, and the rules of the game are very different for those in poverty, and the rules are slightly different if your in the middle, but if your on top, the rules don't apply to you unless somehow your generation and hoarding of wealth imposes upon another top income holder, basically if your in poverty all the way to the bottom end of double digit millions, your beholden to the entire state if it where, and beyond that the entire state apparently is beholden to you and your ability to leverage debt, it is a rigged system of epic inequality and strongly embraces prejudice against the rest of us whom simply would appreciate the basics in life to be readily available without so much turmoil, and stress to our mental and physical wellbeing, money is an illusion of power and has left far to many of us going hungry, literally;
You can encourage my continued useless #poetry, creativity and expression of self, #commentary, random thoughts, #philosophy and ideas, and by doing so your helping to feed, house and clothe a #disabled man living in #poverty, $5-10-15 It All Helps, via #cashapp at $woctxphotog or via #paypal at paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=…
#Austerity #Awareness #BrokenSystem #Capitalism #Change #ChronicPoverty #CorporateGreed #CriticalThinking #DailyStruggle #DebtSlavery #DisabledVoices #DisabilityJustice #EconomicInequality #EconomicJustice #EconomicViolence #Economics #Education #ExistentialThought #Financial #FinancialTrauma #FinanciallyDistressed #FoodInsecurity #Hunger #Homelessness #HumanCost #IllusionOfWealth #Inequality #Justice #LateStageCapitalism #MarginalizedVoices #MentalHealthMatters #MutualAid #Neoliberalism #Oligarchy #PhilosophyOfMoney #Plutocracy #Politics #PovertyAwareness #PowerAndControl #PowerDynamics #RealTalk #Reform #RiggedSystem #SocialCommentary #SocialEconomicWarfare #SocialJustice #Society #Solidarity #SpeakTruth #StatusQuo #SupportDisabled #Survival #SystemicOppression #SystemicPoverty #TaxTheRich #TruthBomb #TruthToPower #WakeUpCall #WealthGap #WealthInequality #WorkingClass #WorkingPoor
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RE: https://ohai.social/@Garwboy/116753869821948051
Unintended consequences - The age verification debate is backwards. It prioritizes theoretical risks to privileged kids over documented harms to those already marginalized. For disabled youth, LGBTQ+ teens, and kids in unstable homes, social media isn't a distraction—it's a lifeline. Banning access punishes the most vulnerable while doing nothing about algorithmic harms. Real policy would protect without erasing. #AgeVerification #DigitalEquity #DisabilityJustice #a11y #MarginalizedVoices
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Mutual Aid Requests Roundup 03/06/2026
They found my profile, saw the survival request, and decided that settled it. The visible need was always the weapon. Below are people whose visible need I am asking you to meet, or carry further than my feed can reach. -
Mutual Aid Checkpoint Roundup 27/05/2026
I’ve listed mutual aid requests from this week’s checkpoint that need urgent support: rent, food, medicine, utilities, and everything else that enables people to live with dignity. Please read through, support directly, share requests that still need movement, or boost this post far and wide so they can move beyond one feed and reach people who can help. Again, this is a roundup of the first 10 requests shared under the previous Friday mutual aid checkpoint on my main profile, @wrzky Give directly if possible, boost each request and this post, and see you next week.https://wrzky.com/mutual-aid-roundup-urgent-requests-to-support/
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Mutual Aid Checkpoint Returns!
WRZKY's weekly mutual aid checkpoint Insha'Allah will be back very soon -
Everyday Acts of Care as Resistance in Our Communities
Resistance encompasses diverse actions beyond physical presence, such as mutual aid and community care, which are crucial forms of support. These involve sharing resources, checking on neighbors, and behind-the-scenes organization, often led by disabled and neurodivergent individuals. Helping others is a vital form of resistance that emphasizes sustainability and connection within communities.https://dreamspacestudio.net/everyday-acts-of-care-as-resistance-in-our-communities/
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Gelebte Solidarität statt Pinkwashing! ✊💜
München sonnt sich gerne im Glanz der „Rainbow City“, doch für viele von uns ist das Leben in der teuersten Stadt Deutschlands ein täglicher Überlebenskampf. ⬇️
#MünchenWählt #Stadtrat2026 #DieLinke #Linke #QueerPolitics #Inklusion #DisabilityJustice #Intersektionalität #Queer #LGBTQIA #MünchenFürAlle #München #Munich #CommunityCare #CommunitySupport
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München wählt am 8. März. Zeit für eine Stadtpolitik von unten!⬇️
#MünchenWählt #Stadtrat2026 #DieLinke #Linke #QueerePolitik #Inklusion #DisabilityJustice #Uferlos #RadioLora #Intersektionalität #Queer #LGBTQIA #MünchenFürAlle #München #Munich #CommunityCare #CommunitySupport
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Wenn Menschen wie ich politisch Stellung beziehen, kommt sofort der immer gleiche alte ableistische Reflex: Wir seien "missbraucht", "vorgeschoben" oder "manipuliert". Dahinter steckt kein Zufall, es ist eine Strategie.⬇️
#DisabilityJustice #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #Disability #IntersectionalFeminism #QueerAndDisabled #AntiAbleism #Ableism #AntiRacism #QueerResistance #DisabledAndProud #Solidarity #Solidarität #Inklusion #SolidarityIsPower #MarginalizedVoices #Behinderung #FaceSMA
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I don’t usually post things like this, but it needs to be said:
A vulnerable woman was scammed out of thousands by someone pretending to be Sam Heughan. Her sister wrote to him in desperation. He responded with kindness—and a renewed public warning.
These scams are cruel. The shame is undeserved.
I wrote about it here.
💔 Victims aren’t stupid. They were targeted.
🛡️ Blue checks can be bought now; be cautious.
🔁 Share this if it helps someone else stay safe.#ScamAwareness #FanSafety #OnlineScams #DisabilityJustice #KindnessMatters
A Word About Scammers, Kindness, and Why This Matters https://sharonecathcart.wordpress.com/2025/11/29/a-word-about-scammers-kindness-and-why-this-matters/
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I woke up feeling flat. No spark, or real reason. It is a deep deep heaviness that settles in sometimes. A good coffee outside helped. The warmth, the stillness, the routine of of my Monday. That kind of grounding works better for me than trying to force a mood shift.
Tonight I am attending an online group for autistic people. It will be my first time and I have been looking forward to it. One of the things I already appreciate about the neurodivergent community is how much detail is given about events. People actually explain what to expect and list options. They do not assume you will know. That matters to me as I need to know how things will run before I join in. Unstructured situations are exhausting.
This group sounds amazing! You can join with or without your camera. You can speak, or type in the chat, or you can listen if that is what works. I am highly verbal, but speaking can still be hard. Sometimes the words are in my head, but I cannot get them out. It is not just about anxiety. It is about processing. It is about how much effort it takes to speak clearly when your hearing is unreliable and your brain is working through five layers at once. I have to concentrate on how the words feel on my lips. Reading is easier. I can read a chapter, absorb it, and retain the meaning far more efficiently than spoken conversation.
Today I have been preparing for lectures and tutorials. My autism and learning subject is focusing on different models of disability. I already knew about the social and medical models, but the charity model was new to me. That one is built on pity. It treats disabled people as objects of sympathy. It frames support as something to be given out of generosity, not rights. It highlights deficits instead of needs.
The social model is stronger. It shifts the focus to the environment. It says that the problem is not the person, but the barriers around them. That makes sense to me. Public transport. Education systems. Physical spaces. Social attitudes. All of these create exclusion. But the social model has a gap. It does not fully address impairment itself or the supports a person might still need.
That is where the human rights model fits. It blends both perspectives. It says people deserve access and participation, but it also recognises that disability can bring real impacts and real support needs. It centres autonomy. It asks what the person needs to live with dignity and full agency.
This course is igniting something in me. I am not just studying for the sake of knowledge. I want to do something with it. I want things to change, not in vague ways, but in actual lives.
So yes. A flat morning. A helpful coffee. A good study session. And tonight, I will join a space where I do not have to mask or explain. That is something worth looking forward to.
#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent #DisabilityJustice #AutismStudies #HumanRightsModel #AutisticCommunity #AutisticVoice #OnlineSupport #AccessIsEverything
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I am hosting a race and documentary to spread awareness against ABA in November.
https://www.facebook.com/share/1AMm2J8A49/
#AntiABA #EndABA #ABAReform #StopABA #Neurodiversity #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticVoices #ListenToAutistics #DisabilityRights #AutismAdvocacy #SayNoToABA #AutismAcceptance #ABAisAbuse
#AutisticJustice #AutisticRights #AutismEducation #AutismAwareness #HumanRights #AutismRevolution #StopTheHarm #BanABA #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #AutisticCommunity #Neurodivergent #DisabilityJustice -
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#AntiABA #EndABA #ABAReform #StopABA #Neurodiversity #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticVoices #ListenToAutistics #DisabilityRights #AutismAdvocacy #SayNoToABA #AutismAcceptance #ABAisAbuse #BoycottABA
#AutisticJustice #AutisticRights #AutismEducation #AutismAwareness #HumanRights #AutismRevolution #StopTheHarm #BanABA #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #AutisticCommunity #Neurodivergent #DisabilityJustice #AutisticSurvivors #TraumaInformedCare #AutismCulture #SupportNotSuppress -
#AntiABA #EndABA #ABAReform #StopABA #Neurodiversity #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticVoices #ListenToAutistics #DisabilityRights #AutismAdvocacy #SayNoToABA #AutismAcceptance #ABAisAbuse #BoycottABA
#AutisticJustice #AutisticRights #AutismEducation #AutismAwareness #HumanRights #AutismRevolution #StopTheHarm #BanABA #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #AutisticCommunity #Neurodivergent #DisabilityJustice #AutisticSurvivors #TraumaInformedCare #AutismCulture #SupportNotSuppress -
Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, Missouri, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia have sued (Texas v. Becerra) the United States Government, asking the court to get rid of Section 504, which bans discrimination on the basis of disability and ensures equal access for disabled people to schools and healthcare.
If you live in one of the states that is part of the lawsuit, you can contact your state Attorney General and tell them to drop out of the case. If you live in a state that is not part of the lawsuit, you can still contact your Attorney General and tell them to protect Section 504.
For instance, Section 504 requires that
• Schools must include students with disabilities and help them learn.
• Doctors and schools must have sign language interpreters for people who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing who sign. Videos must have captions.
• Doctors must give clear information to disabled people. This includes people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• Websites for schools and hospitals must work for people who are blind and low vision.
• Doctors and hospitals cannot stop helping someone because they have a disability.
• Doctors and hospitals must have tools and machines that work for wheelchair users. This includes machines that check for cancer.One of the reasons for the states' suit is that "gender dysphoria" is included in the list of qualifying disabilities in 504; these 17 states don't want to provide work and school accommodations or Medicaid coverage for trans people. From the lawsuit: "By including gender dysphoria within the definition of disability in the employment context, Texas’s agencies, as employers, must expend time, money, and resources to provide what Defendants believe are reasonable accommodations to those diagnosed with gender dysphoria. Such accommodations likely include using employees’ preferred names and pronouns that do not align with their biological, immutable sex, allowing employees to dress as a member of the opposite sex in violation of dress codes prohibiting unprofessional or inappropriate clothing, and allowing employees to use sex-segregated bathrooms and locker rooms that do not align with their biological, immutable sex" (p. 21).
The lawsuit calls for the elimination of not just that part of Section 504 but the whole thing.
The film Crip Camp includes some of the story of how activists fought for Section 504 in 1977.
Find out more:
https://dredf.org/protect-504/
https://cripcamp.com/#DisabilityJustice #TransRights #TransJustice #DisabilityRights
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Jfc the president of my school just sent out an email titled, "Starting a special year with a renewed commitment to belonging," that lays out why they are soft banning masks on campus.
The policy states that campus security will determine whether you're wearing a mask for health or to conceal your identity. If they believe it is the latter, they will ask you to remove your mask to be identified.
Not only does that pose a health risk, it will most certainly result in an I crease of racial profiling on campus.
Wtf.
#CovidCautious #MaskUp #COVID #MaskBan #Canada #BIPOC #A11y #DisabilityJustice
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Shellshocked, attacked, left to die – this is the reality for #DisabledPeople in #Gaza.
When evacuation orders were issued in the north, initially in October last year, many #PeopleWithDisabilities could not flee – and their families refused to leave them behind. Those who could escape were packed like luggage into cars, carts or minibuses. Assistance devices, such as wheelchairs, canes, crutches and medical equipment often had to be left behind. Hearing aids, eyeglasses, adaptive toilet seats and incontinence pads were destroyed or lost.
Most #AssistiveDevices are not being included in the minimal #HumanitarianAid coming into Gaza. The Israelis have declared certain spare parts and batteries for these devices dangerous, so-called dual use items – saying they could be used for military purposes. Without wheelchairs, canes, walkers, splints and prosthetics, people with disabilities are struggling to survive, left isolated, with no independence or sense of autonomy or dignity. There is no liquid food or #DisabilityInclusive feeding equipment, like feeding tubes or adaptive utensils. The #psychological torture of feeling like a burden is #unbearable and #degrading.
https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/19/disabled-people-gaza-cerebral-palsy
#FreePalestine #StopGenocide #OccupationIsNotFreedom #FreeGaza #IsraelWarCrimes #IsraelIsATerroristState #ICC #Apartheid #HumanRights #PalestinianLivesMatter #ArmsEmbargoOnIsrael #BoycottIsrael #BDSMovement #BoycottIsraeliApartheid #DefundIsrael #OstracizeIsrael #SocialJustice #Humanitarian #DisabilityJustice
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Rikki Poynter - #NoMoreCraptions campaign
The Deaf community are sick of YouTube's auto-generated captions - so Rikki did something about it. #NoMoreCraptions #CaptionsMatter
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International Women’s Day Hero of Invisible Disability Rights – Elaine Wilson:
In celebration of International Women's Day, OutOfExile_IDR honors Elaine Wilson, champion of invisible disability rights and the Olmstead Act. It seems germane, as March is also Developmental Disabilities Month.
During Martin Luther King week, I posted about Lois Curtis, a champion for Invisible Disability Rights (link below). Lois, togather with another woman, Elaine Wilson, fought all the way to the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) for the right to live in the community, rather than being institutionalized. Fighting courageously for their freedom, they won the right to freedom for all people with invisible disabilities. The case is often refered to as the “Brown v. Board of Education” for people with (Invisible) disabilities.
Excerpt below & image of Elaine from:
https://www.olmsteadrights.org/iamolmstead/history/[“Elaine Wilson became seriously ill when she was one years old. She was hospitalized with a raging fever and it was unclear whether she would survive... When the fever finally broke and Elaine was …sent home, ….Elaine had lost some of her early motor function abilities, such as crawling or even sitting up by herself. The doctors assured Elaine's mother that (it) was only a lingering effect of the illness…. Elaine eventually did recover, but very slowly”.[]
In school, Elaine lagged behind other students having difficulties with focus and learning , eventually being diagnosed with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) attributed to the prolonged high fever as an infant. Likley, this was the correct diagnosis.
She was reevaluated as a teen upon enrollment at “Gracewood State School and Hospitol” in Georgia. There, she was diagnosed with an ableist slur containing the “R" word, once used in reference to PEOPLE living with Down Syndrome. Providers believed the only recourse was institutionalization. (I am bitting my tongue and holding back my opinions on the lot of it.)
She would spend about a decade living in institutions (State hospitals) against her will. Following that, in the 1980s, she would be “ping-ponged" from care homes to hospitals, back and forth for nearly two decades of her life.
“When I was in an institution, I didn't like myself," Elaine says. "I was trapped. . . . I had no hope. I thought, Oh God, Oh God - When am I ever going to leave here?"
Another hero deserving mention on IWD is Sue Jamieson, the Atlanta Legal Aid Society Attorney who brought the case. Sue and Lois Curtis were joined by co-plaintiff Elaine Wilson, to blaze the path of freedom for countless individuals with disabilities in their wake.
After more than 30 years and 36 psychiatric institutions, at times living homelessness and in varous “care homes", Elaine along with Lois Curtis, were victorious and finally free.
The 1997 ruling by Senior U.S. District Judge Marvin H. Shoob said that “… denying the women a community-based life amounted to segregation of people covered by the Americans With Disabilities Act.” Judge Shoob later remarked “They were both so articulate” in regard to the testimony of Elaine Wilson and Lois Curitis.
Elaine passed in 2004 at the age of 53 but, will be forever remembered as a Disability Rights Legend for her resilience, strength and courage. As part of her testimony, she told the court: “When I was in an institution, I felt like I was in a little box and there was no way out”.
Thanks to Elaine Wilson and Lois Curtis, people with invisible disabilities are afforded the right to live in freedom at home, instead of confinement in a “box", cage or institution, merely because of a health issue. Thanks and honor to Elaine, Lois and Sue on this International Women’s Day.
“The Brave and the Strong” Lois Curitis – OutOfExile_ID:
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109690867328587920Elaine’s story continued:
http://www.olmsteadrights.org/iamolmstead/history/item.5405-Elaine_Wilsons_Story_ContinuedMore on Olmstead and Elaine’s impact:
https://olmsteadrights.wordpress.com/tag/elaine-wilson/More from disabilityjustice.org:
https://disabilityjustice.org/olmstead-v-lc/ADA – Community Intergration for Everyone:
https://archive.ada.gov/olmstead/olmstead_about.htmInternational Women’s Day Image from:
https://www.desicomments.com/womens-day/international-womens-day-5/IMAGE CW - (eye contact)
Don't forget the ALT text.#InternationalWomensDay #ElaineWilson #LoisCurtis #Hero #OlmsteadAct #SueJamieson #SCOTUS #freedom #home #gratitude #CommunityIntergration #DevelopmentalDisabilities #IntellectualDisabilities #BrainInjury #TBI #ABI #AcquiredBrainInjury #MentalHealth #disability #InvisibleDisabilityRights #Hero #DisabilityJustice #EmbraceEquity
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CW: Hashtags Galore! (including NSFW ones)
I've seen a few other new Mastodonians posting with a bunch of hashtags in order to find their people, which I thought was a cool idea so I figured I'd give that another whirl :ablobwobble:
For anyone already following me/not interested, happy scrolling!
I feel I'm forgetting important things or rather there are things I'm not quite sure how to articulate so... I'll probably be back 😆
#BodyLiberation #DisabilityJustice #Disabled #Disability #ChronicIllness #ChronicallyIll #Spoonie #RheumatoidArthritis #PsoriaticArthritis #InflammatoryArthritis #Polyarthritis #VideoGames #Tabletop #TabletopGames #LGBTQIA #Witch #Kink #SexPositivity #WonnaruaCountry #HunterRegion #AuDHD #AuDHDer #Indigenous #FirstNations #Cats #Foxes #AnimalRights #Disney #BDSM #NSFW #NudePhotography #Femme #SelfPhotography #TransRights #Accessibility #PersonalityTypes #MentalIllness #MentallyIll #Activism #Anxiety #Depression #GAD #MDD #Kinky #SocialActivism #Psychology #Neurodivergence #Fortnite #Crocs #Leftist #Anarchism #Lefty #AntiDiet #AntiDietCulture #HAES #HealthAtEverySize #IntuitiveEating #CrazyExGirlfriend #DemiLovato #McFly #MusicalTheatre #Musicals #Hamilton #LinManuelMiranda #Wicked #NatashaLyonne #Friends #Cluedo #Clue #Yellow #Fat #WLW #Sapphic #Dyke #RachelBloom #Aquarius #AquariusSun #VirgoMoon #SagittariusRising #INFJ #4w5 #BlackLivesMatter #Blak #BlakLivesMatter #BLM #Enneagram #TheSims4 #Aliens #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #AutoImmuneDisease #ASMR
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#introductions No.2 - Searchable post of hashtags I am about, for the purposes of making new connections on here :moji14:
#DisabilityJustice #ACAB #NEISvoid #RaiseTheRate #DeepEcology #LandBack #TreatyNow #DisabledJoy #ChronicPain #NeuroSpicy #Neurodivergent #Poetry #houseplants #SnailMail #PenPal #PaperCraft #BlackLivesMatter #Hypermobility #TransRights #Queer #QueerJoy #nonbinary #CatParent #TraumaInformed #Permaculture #BrainFog #Writers #PlantBasedRecipes #FatJoy #FatEmpowerment #FatAcceptance #ProChoice #mspec #ChildrensRights #FatLiberation #ChildrensLiberation #DisabledQueer #DisabledLiberation #MelbourneQueer #ArtsAndCulture