#disabilityjustice — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #disabilityjustice, aggregated by home.social.
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I stand in my kitchen wanting to use an appliance I have already paid for. Its smooth touchscreen gives me no tactile information. I use a camera app to find the controls, place markers where I think buttons may appear, and hope the layout has not changed. One accidental tap can take me somewhere I cannot identify or exit without sighted help. A task that should take moments becomes a process requiring concentration, technology, and luck.
Many disabled people know this experience. We become skilled at adapting. We label buttons, memorise layouts, ask friends or family to help with setup, search for accessible workarounds, and learn to make do with only part of what a product offers. Those strategies can be useful, and they can protect our independence in the moment.
Yet the effort is rarely recognised as work. It takes time, money, energy, confidence, and sometimes privacy. Products then appear “accessible” because a disabled person has managed to force a way through, even where the design itself has excluded us from using the product fully and reliably.
The barriers differ across disability experiences. A device that communicates only through sound can leave Deaf and hard of hearing users without vital information. Controls requiring fine precision, force, or repeated physical effort can be inaccessible for people living with pain, fatigue, mobility limitations, or reduced dexterity. Busy, inflexible interfaces can overwhelm or exclude people with cognitive disabilities and neurodivergent people. Voice assistants cannot serve everyone, especially people whose speech is not reliably recognised.
Manufacturers have choices. A touchscreen appliance can include tactile controls and meaningful feedback. Digital instructions can be made accessible. Settings can be simplified and personalised. Disabled people can be included while products are being researched, designed, tested, and supported. These approaches recognise that disabled people are customers, experts in our own access needs, and members of every household.
Sharing adaptations with each other remains important because people need solutions today. We also need to expect more from society, from businesses, and from the institutions responsible for consumer access. When access barriers are treated as individual problems for disabled people to solve, exclusion becomes routine. Naming the barrier, reporting it, supporting disability led advocacy, and insisting on inclusive design can help shift that expectation.
#AccessibleDesign #DisabilityJustice #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs
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Today's recommended read that I could not pick a single pull quote from because it's all so 🎯 :
https://www.vanityfair.com/story/healthcare-cancer-treatment-essay
#healthcare #medicine #bodies #healthAdvocacy #disabilityJustice
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Wenn mir das nächste Mal alte Menschen beim Flaschensammeln begegnen oder eine alleinerziehende Person um ein paar Euro für eine Brezel fürs Kind bittet, sage ich einfach: Reißt euch zusammen, ihr lebt schließlich im Paradies.⬇️
#HartAberFair #Klassismus #Kritik #Privilege #SozialeGerechtigkeit #Armut #Privilegien #DisabilityJustice #Systemkritik #Talkshow #Monchi
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If I am going to get a job, I will interview the employer.
- Daily food, drinks, transport, and shelter must be available.
- An ableism- and bigotry-free environment.
- A respectful environment.
- Non-coercive job.
- Clear monthly salary instead of ranges.#workersrights #labour #employment #dignity #neurodiversity #accessibility #disabilityjustice #transparency #workculture #antiwork #livedexperience #solidarity #reflections
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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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I'm back with mutual aid requests roundup article for the week after an unplanned hiatus last week for technical stuff. Amplifying each request is the bare minimum. Give direct support if it's within your capacity. Either way, be the person who dismantles the rotten capitalist conditioning that isolates you; "nobody is going to help/save you." Prove them wrong.
https://mutualaidspace.org/mutual-aid-requests-roundup-8-july-2026/
@[email protected] @[email protected] @mutualaidspace @[email protected] @edendestroyer
#DisabledWriters #press #activism #activitypub #fediverse #writer #politics #Iran #Palestine #DisabilityJustice #disastercapitalism #MutualAid #mutualaidspace #MutualAidRequest #DisabilityCrowdfund
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Annah needs $300 to get insulin. If you have the capacity, please help however you can.
@mutualaid @mutualaid @disability @autistics @actuallyadhd @wrzky
mutualaid #mutualaidrequest #disabilitymutualaid #mutualaidboost #disability #advocacy #press #activism #politics #artist #neurodivergence #ongoingsupport #anarchism #politics #socialmedia #writer #disabledwriter #medicalassistance #disabilityjustice #womensrights #muslim #Islam #muslimah #muslimwomen #poverty #healthcare #mentalhealth #books #fedi #update
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Update 2026-05-07 16:40 UTC+7
No movement so far. I still need $212 to cover the total of $560 for this month. The deadline is fast approaching :') I'm disabled without a fixed income or healthcare. Support helps me stay connected and continue my work in mutual aid, political writing, and advocacy. If you have the capacity, I appreciate any support. If not, please help amplify this far and wide. Thank you, thank you https://wrzky.com/links -
It’s been a minute…
After losing multiple Threads accounts, WRZKY began rebuilding through the Fediverse, federating the website via ActivityPub, and developing independent mutual aid infrastructure beyond Meta’s corporate control and algorithmic suppression—while preparing the return of Mutual Aid Checkpoint through decentralised platforms and newsletter-based community organising. -
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348/560 — $212 left to cover May essentials. Thank you to everyone who’s contributed so far 🙂↕️ I’m disabled with no healthcare or fixed income, and I need ongoing support to stay afloat. If you can spare at least $5/month, it would make a real difference. If you prefer one-off support, that helps just as much. Please help amplify this so it reaches more people. Thank you, truly. #update #fedi #mutualaid @mutualaid @mutualaid @disability […] -
UPDATE 4-MAY-2026 18:23 UTC+7
348/560 — $212 left to cover May essentials.
Thank you to everyone who’s contributed so far 🙂↕️I’m disabled with no healthcare or fixed income, and I need ongoing support to stay afloat.
If you can spare at least $5/month, it would make a real difference.
If you prefer one-off support, that helps just as much.Please help amplify this so it reaches more people. Thank you, truly.
@posts
@[email protected] @[email protected] @disability @autistics
@actuallyadhd#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #disabilitymutualaid #MutualAidBoost #disability #press #activism #politics #artist #audhd #cptsd #chronicillness #neurodivergence #ongoingsupport #anarchism #socialmedia #writer #disabledwriter #medicalassistance #disabilityjustice #womensrights #Muslim #islam #Muslimah #muslimwomen #poverty #healthcare #mentalhealth #books #fedi #MayThe4th #maythe4th2026
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UPDATE 4-MAY-2026 18:23 UTC+7
348/560 — $212 left to cover May essentials.
Thank you to everyone who’s contributed so far 🙂↕️I’m disabled with no healthcare or fixed income, and I need ongoing support to stay afloat.
If you can spare at least $5/month, it would make a real difference.
If you prefer one-off support, that helps just as much.Please help amplify this so it reaches more people. Thank you, truly.
@posts @[email protected] @[email protected] @disability @autistics @actuallyadhd
#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #disabilitymutualaid #MutualAidBoost #disability #press #activism #politics #artist #audhd #cptsd #chronicillness #neurodivergence #ongoingsupport #anarchism #socialmedia #writer #disabledwriter #medicalassistance #disabilityjustice #womensrights #Muslim #islam #Muslimah #muslimwomen #poverty #healthcare #mentalhealth #books #fedi #MayThe4th #maythe4th2026
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Mutual Aid Checkpoint Returns!
WRZKY's weekly mutual aid checkpoint Insha'Allah will be back very soon -
MAY ESSENTIALS $560 DEADLINE 16/05/2026
I need to cover $560 for groceries, utilities, internet, and basic necessities after an April shortfall carried into May.
April’s goal was $625, but only $440 was met.
The minimum for April was $375, but only $190 was received for April essentials. The rest covered overdue March costs and groceries for the first weeks of April.
The remaining $185 groceries gap now carries into May.
🗒️ Breakdown:
$185 April groceries gap
$375 May basics
• $250 groceries
• $90 utilities + water
• $35 internet + phone dataIf you’re able to help, please support today through the link in bio or by scanning the QR code. Monthly pledges are especially helpful due to disability and the constraints that come with it, but one-off support also helps greatly.
Even small contributions make a real difference toward food, bills, and staying connected online.
Sharing this post also helps greatly if financial support is not possible.
This support helps keep me fed, connected, and able to continue sustaining a global mutual-aid network with comrades organising across borders.
Every bit helps keep it going. Thank you.
Updates will be posted on the website and fediverse @posts
@[email protected] @[email protected]
@disability
@autistics
@actuallyadhd#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #disabilitymutualaid #MutualAidBoost #disability #press #activism #politics #artist #update #neurodivergence #ongoingsupport #anarchism #politics #socialmedia #writer #disabledwriter #medicalassistance #disabilityjustice #womensrights #Muslim #islam #Muslimah #muslimwomen #poverty #healthcare #mentalhealth #books
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Disabled Organizers Are Facing Down Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Disability justice organizers are turning to immigrant rights groups to guide their interventions and support work.https://murica.website/2026/03/disabled-organizers-are-facing-down-trumps-immigration-crackdown/
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Heute ist der Internationale Tag der Menschen mit Behinderung und ich denke an mein jüngeres Ich. An einen jungen Menschen, dem niemand zutraute, jemals sichtbar zu sein. Der ohne Vorbilder aufwuchs, in einer Welt, die behinderte Leben klein hält.⬇️
#InternationalerTagDerMenschenMitBehinderung #Behinderung #Inklusion #Inkluencer #Disability #FaceSMA #DisabilityJustice #DisabledAndProud #BarrierefreiheitJetzt #CripPride #DisabledVoices #HumanRights #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #DisabilityPower
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For International Day of Persons with Disabilities, celebrate and educate with Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution! Get our free Crip Camp lesson plans to teach about ableism, disability rights history, and the connection to disability justice.
#DisabilityDay #IDPD #DisabilityPride #DisabilityJustice #DisabilityHistory #Activism #DisabledVoices #History #Education #Homeschooling #Edutooters #Movies
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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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CW: Attacks on Disabled people, PIP, UK politics
The attacks on Disabled people and social security such as Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is further evidence of what the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Disabled People reported last week, which "said the UK government had 'failed to take all appropriate measures to address grave and systematic violations' of disabled people’s human rights and had 'failed to eliminate the root causes of inequality and discrimination' since November 2016. It particularly highlighted its failures on the rights to independent living, to work, and to an adequate standard of living and social protection, laid out in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD)." - https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/seven-years-on-and-no-progress-on-disability-rights-by-uk-government-says-un/
(Obviously to really tackle the root causes, things like capitalism need to go and no electoral system is going to help here!)
Central to independent living is the recognition that Disabled people face socio-economic and ideologically (e.g medical model) shaped barriers, linking into the social model of disability. PIP - which already has such a harmful, damaging application and assessment process central to it - is intended to help with related extra costs, whether in work or not...
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"Project 2025 would end efforts to tackle issues such as #ClimateChange, and politicized research produced to back the project’s views on #EnvironmentalPolicy, the 'evils' of #Transgenderism, and #WomensHealth would take priority." https://globalextremism.org/project-2025-the-far-right-playbook-for-american-authoritarianism/
#Project2025 #ChristianNationalists #ChristianNationalism #ReproductiveRights #LGBTQ+ #DisabilityJustice #Immigrants #Women #PeopleOfColor #DEI #Equity #RacialJustice -
"Project 2025 would end efforts to tackle issues such as #ClimateChange, and politicized research produced to back the project’s views on #EnvironmentalPolicy, the 'evils' of #Transgenderism, and #WomensHealth would take priority." https://globalextremism.org/project-2025-the-far-right-playbook-for-american-authoritarianism/
#Project2025 #ChristianNationalists #ChristianNationalism #ReproductiveRights #LGBTQ+ #DisabilityJustice #Immigrants #Women #PeopleOfColor #DEI #Equity #RacialJustice -
"Project 2025 would end efforts to tackle issues such as #ClimateChange, and politicized research produced to back the project’s views on #EnvironmentalPolicy, the 'evils' of #Transgenderism, and #WomensHealth would take priority." https://globalextremism.org/project-2025-the-far-right-playbook-for-american-authoritarianism/
#Project2025 #ChristianNationalists #ChristianNationalism #ReproductiveRights #LGBTQ+ #DisabilityJustice #Immigrants #Women #PeopleOfColor #DEI #Equity #RacialJustice -
"Project 2025 would end efforts to tackle issues such as #ClimateChange, and politicized research produced to back the project’s views on #EnvironmentalPolicy, the 'evils' of #Transgenderism, and #WomensHealth would take priority." https://globalextremism.org/project-2025-the-far-right-playbook-for-american-authoritarianism/
#Project2025 #ChristianNationalists #ChristianNationalism #ReproductiveRights #LGBTQ+ #DisabilityJustice #Immigrants #Women #PeopleOfColor #DEI #Equity #RacialJustice -
"Project 2025 would end efforts to tackle issues such as #ClimateChange, and politicized research produced to back the project’s views on #EnvironmentalPolicy, the 'evils' of #Transgenderism, and #WomensHealth would take priority." https://globalextremism.org/project-2025-the-far-right-playbook-for-american-authoritarianism/
#Project2025 #ChristianNationalists #ChristianNationalism #ReproductiveRights #LGBTQ+ #DisabilityJustice #Immigrants #Women #PeopleOfColor #DEI #Equity #RacialJustice -
I wrote a thing about my personal experiences and how we need to take the quality HVAC technology into consideration when we talk about whether buildings are accessible. Could anyone recommend a place that might be interested in publishing something like this?
#Disability #DisabilityJustice #Accessibility #HVAC #Disabled #ChronicIllness #ChronicallyIll #POTS #SensoryProcessingDisorder #SensoryIssues #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent
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Hello! You can call me mystic or resilient. I slowly migrated from #Twitter as of today but I will still be active on Twitter. I'll just have both accounts and go back & forth from each platform. I use my socials as an anonymous outlet & for support because support is not available or there in my personal life. I mask 24/7 and people who think they may know me, do not know me at all.
I'm extremely introverted. People think I'm extroverted but I'm really not. I'm socially awkward and it's painfully excruciating to even make eye contact. It feels like my eyes are drilling into someone else's soul if that even makes sense. I'm also very random. I can be hyper at times.
Anyways, I was diagnosed in my early 20's with #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder, #Anxiety, #Depression, & #CPTSD. I'm still waiting to get assessed for #ADHD and I'm slowly embracing my neurodivergency. I had no idea what being #Neurodivergent was until recently and I started reading and following a bunch of other Neurodivergent users.
I've never really felt accepted anywhere but in the neurodivergent community and it feels like family to me. It feels like I belong.
While growing up, I have had doctors tell me that i have #OppositionalDefiantDisorder and #SensoryProcessingDisorder - There has never actually been a diagnosis. There should have been. Professionals do not really take me seriously. It's because I'm able to mask and function normally. But people don't see how easily frustrated I can get. It's there. So is the anger. It's just hidden.
Here are a few interests:
- #Unicorns 🦄🦄
- #MentalHealth
- #MentalIllness
- #PolicingReform
- #Criminology
- #SocialJustice
- #Policing
- #PTSD
- #HumanRights
- #Disability
- #Advocacy
- #Medium
- #Photography
- #ChrisEvans 😍😍❤️❤️❤️
- #FrenchLatte
- #Montreal
- #DisabilityJustice
- #DisabilityInclusion
- #COVID
- #SelfCare
- #Equality
- #Accessibility
- #HealthCareI love you all! Remember to stay amazing & that unicorns are awesome! ❤️🌟🦄
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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