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Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #disabilityrights, aggregated by home.social.

  1. I'm autistic. Here's what happened to us this week.

    - Scottish police used Tasers on children in custody 43 times in one year. Ten of those childran had learning disabilities or autism. A government watchdog says stop. Police Scotland says it will "consider" the recommendation.

    - A nonverbal autistic 5-year-old drowned in South Carolina. Warrants allege her parents removed her safety tracker before the trip... then misled searchers about where to look.

    - Brazil is considering a bill that goes beyond hiring quotas. It would require employers to change how workplaces actually function for autistic workers. The catch... disclosure still carries real risk.

    Plus a dozen more stories that hit where we live.

    If your child can't explain what's wrong during a crisis... if keeping a job means hiding who you are... this isn't abstact policy.

    This is the week we just lived.

    What does this fight look like where you live?

    johnnyprofaneknapp.substack.co

    #ActuallyAutistic #DisabilityRights #Neurodivergent #MentalHealth #Autism #Psychology

  2. Dr. Kirk Adams Book 'The Disability Dividend' Makes Business Case for Inclusion | EINPresswire.com | By Dr. Kirk Adams | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
    einpresswire.com/article/93586

    Only 35% of people with significant disabilities are in the workforce, vs 75% of non-disabled adults. Adams, blind since age five and former CEO of the American Foundation for the Blind, cites Accenture: disability-inclusive companies saw 28% higher revenue.

    #DisabilityRights #DisabilityCommunity #BlindCommunity

  3. Dr. Kirk Adams Book 'The Disability Dividend' Makes Business Case for Inclusion | EINPresswire.com | By Dr. Kirk Adams | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
    einpresswire.com/article/93586

    Only 35% of people with significant disabilities are in the workforce, vs 75% of non-disabled adults. Adams, blind since age five and former CEO of the American Foundation for the Blind, cites Accenture: disability-inclusive companies saw 28% higher revenue.

    #DisabilityRights #DisabilityCommunity #BlindCommunity

  4. Dr. Kirk Adams Book 'The Disability Dividend' Makes Business Case for Inclusion | EINPresswire.com | By Dr. Kirk Adams | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
    einpresswire.com/article/93586

    Only 35% of people with significant disabilities are in the workforce, vs 75% of non-disabled adults. Adams, blind since age five and former CEO of the American Foundation for the Blind, cites Accenture: disability-inclusive companies saw 28% higher revenue.

    #DisabilityRights #DisabilityCommunity #BlindCommunity

  5. 🎙️ Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: Interview with Tom Babinszki, Owner, Even Grounds
    drkirkadams.com/podcasts-by-dr

    Born blind in 1970s Hungary, where a relative suggested he might one day watch the geese, Babinszki now runs Even Grounds — accessibility consulting plus tactile 3D work for the Toledo Zoo, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Cincinnati Opera. His advice: don't ever accept that something is not accessible.

    #DisabilityRights #DisabilityCommunity #BlindCommunity

  6. 🎙️ Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: Interview with Tom Babinszki, Owner, Even Grounds
    drkirkadams.com/podcasts-by-dr

    Born blind in 1970s Hungary, where a relative suggested he might one day watch the geese, Babinszki now runs Even Grounds — accessibility consulting plus tactile 3D work for the Toledo Zoo, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Cincinnati Opera. His advice: don't ever accept that something is not accessible.

    #DisabilityRights #DisabilityCommunity #BlindCommunity

  7. 🎙️ Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: Interview with Tom Babinszki, Owner, Even Grounds
    drkirkadams.com/podcasts-by-dr

    Born blind in 1970s Hungary, where a relative suggested he might one day watch the geese, Babinszki now runs Even Grounds — accessibility consulting plus tactile 3D work for the Toledo Zoo, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Cincinnati Opera. His advice: don't ever accept that something is not accessible.

    #DisabilityRights #DisabilityCommunity #BlindCommunity

  8. Call Luna. Learn Anything: Meet Derek Fine and Luna AI, Now Sponsoring Access Information News | By Aaron Di Blasi, Publisher | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
    accessinformationnews.com/meet

    An AI tutor you reach by ordinary phone call or WhatsApp - no app, no account, no screen. Load your own notes, PDFs or a Quizlet set and it teaches from your material, and calling is free. Aaron Di Blasi introduces the sponsor and founder Derek Fine.

    #AccessInformationNews #DisabilityRights #PWDMediaCoOp #AI

  9. Call Luna. Learn Anything: Meet Derek Fine and Luna AI, Now Sponsoring Access Information News | By Aaron Di Blasi, Publisher | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
    accessinformationnews.com/meet

    An AI tutor you reach by ordinary phone call or WhatsApp - no app, no account, no screen. Load your own notes, PDFs or a Quizlet set and it teaches from your material, and calling is free. Aaron Di Blasi introduces the sponsor and founder Derek Fine.

    #AccessInformationNews #DisabilityRights #PWDMediaCoOp #AI

  10. Call Luna. Learn Anything: Meet Derek Fine and Luna AI, Now Sponsoring Access Information News | By Aaron Di Blasi, Publisher | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
    accessinformationnews.com/meet

    An AI tutor you reach by ordinary phone call or WhatsApp - no app, no account, no screen. Load your own notes, PDFs or a Quizlet set and it teaches from your material, and calling is free. Aaron Di Blasi introduces the sponsor and founder Derek Fine.

    #AccessInformationNews #DisabilityRights #PWDMediaCoOp #AI

  11. The Doors Are Open: How to Join the Community Coalition for Sustainable Diversity and Inclusion | By Dr. Kirk Adams, Publisher | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
    drkirkadams.com/how-to-join-th

    Live since September 1, 2026, on four words: Connect, Learn, Act, Together. Founding Membership is co-authorship, not early access: $25.99/month or $239.88/year, $15.99/month honor-system for students and unemployed. Closes December 31, 2026.

    #DisabilityRights #DisabilityCommunity #BlindCommunity #DEIAB

  12. The Doors Are Open: How to Join the Community Coalition for Sustainable Diversity and Inclusion | By Dr. Kirk Adams, Publisher | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
    drkirkadams.com/how-to-join-th

    Live since September 1, 2026, on four words: Connect, Learn, Act, Together. Founding Membership is co-authorship, not early access: $25.99/month or $239.88/year, $15.99/month honor-system for students and unemployed. Closes December 31, 2026.

    #DisabilityRights #DisabilityCommunity #BlindCommunity #DEIAB

  13. The Doors Are Open: How to Join the Community Coalition for Sustainable Diversity and Inclusion | By Dr. Kirk Adams, Publisher | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
    drkirkadams.com/how-to-join-th

    Live since September 1, 2026, on four words: Connect, Learn, Act, Together. Founding Membership is co-authorship, not early access: $25.99/month or $239.88/year, $15.99/month honor-system for students and unemployed. Closes December 31, 2026.

    #DisabilityRights #DisabilityCommunity #BlindCommunity #DEIAB

  14. 🎙️ Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: Interview with Cazerny Bussey, Founder, Even Though I'm Blind Foundation
    drkirkadams.com/podcasts-by-dr

    Two blind leaders who arrived at the same work from opposite directions. Bussey lost his sight at fifteen, worked alongside Big Daddy Kane, LL Cool J and Chuck D, and was the only blind person in every room. That isolation became the Even Though I'm Blind Foundation, now a sponsor of Access Information News.

    #DisabilityRights #DisabilityCommunity #BlindCommunity

  15. 🎙️ Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: Interview with Cazerny Bussey, Founder, Even Though I'm Blind Foundation
    drkirkadams.com/podcasts-by-dr

    Two blind leaders who arrived at the same work from opposite directions. Bussey lost his sight at fifteen, worked alongside Big Daddy Kane, LL Cool J and Chuck D, and was the only blind person in every room. That isolation became the Even Though I'm Blind Foundation, now a sponsor of Access Information News.

    #DisabilityRights #DisabilityCommunity #BlindCommunity

  16. 🎙️ Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: Interview with Cazerny Bussey, Founder, Even Though I'm Blind Foundation
    drkirkadams.com/podcasts-by-dr

    Two blind leaders who arrived at the same work from opposite directions. Bussey lost his sight at fifteen, worked alongside Big Daddy Kane, LL Cool J and Chuck D, and was the only blind person in every room. That isolation became the Even Though I'm Blind Foundation, now a sponsor of Access Information News.

    #DisabilityRights #DisabilityCommunity #BlindCommunity

  17. Recording: Official Launch of The Community Coalition for Sustainable Diversity and Inclusion | ISDI | By Dr. Kirk Adams, Publisher | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
    drkirkadams.com/ccsdi-launch-0

    The full recording of the September 1 launch of the national membership community ISDI built to move inclusion work from isolated survival mode to collective power. A complete transcript is included. Founding membership open through Dec 31, 2026.

    #DisabilityRights #DisabilityCommunity #BlindCommunity

  18. Recording: Official Launch of The Community Coalition for Sustainable Diversity and Inclusion | ISDI | By Dr. Kirk Adams, Publisher | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
    drkirkadams.com/ccsdi-launch-0

    The full recording of the September 1 launch of the national membership community ISDI built to move inclusion work from isolated survival mode to collective power. A complete transcript is included. Founding membership open through Dec 31, 2026.

    #DisabilityRights #DisabilityCommunity #BlindCommunity

  19. Recording: Official Launch of The Community Coalition for Sustainable Diversity and Inclusion | ISDI | By Dr. Kirk Adams, Publisher | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
    drkirkadams.com/ccsdi-launch-0

    The full recording of the September 1 launch of the national membership community ISDI built to move inclusion work from isolated survival mode to collective power. A complete transcript is included. Founding membership open through Dec 31, 2026.

    #DisabilityRights #DisabilityCommunity #BlindCommunity

  20. It Started With Braille on a Bath Sponge: Welcome, Jeremy Grandstaff and The Inspiration Foundation | By Aaron Di Blasi, Publisher, Access Information News | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
    accessinformationnews.com/welc

    AIN welcomes its newest sponsor. It starts with the working Braille on Cleanlogic's bath and body packaging, and runs to Jeremy Grandstaff, the Foundation's first executive director in twenty years.

    #AccessInformationNews #DisabilityRights #PWDMediaCoOp

  21. It Started With Braille on a Bath Sponge: Welcome, Jeremy Grandstaff and The Inspiration Foundation | By Aaron Di Blasi, Publisher, Access Information News | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
    accessinformationnews.com/welc

    AIN welcomes its newest sponsor. It starts with the working Braille on Cleanlogic's bath and body packaging, and runs to Jeremy Grandstaff, the Foundation's first executive director in twenty years.

    #AccessInformationNews #DisabilityRights #PWDMediaCoOp

  22. It Started With Braille on a Bath Sponge: Welcome, Jeremy Grandstaff and The Inspiration Foundation | By Aaron Di Blasi, Publisher, Access Information News | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
    accessinformationnews.com/welc

    AIN welcomes its newest sponsor. It starts with the working Braille on Cleanlogic's bath and body packaging, and runs to Jeremy Grandstaff, the Foundation's first executive director in twenty years.

    #AccessInformationNews #DisabilityRights #PWDMediaCoOp

  23. Braille Is Beautiful, and Braille Is Literacy | By Dr. Kirk Adams | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
    drkirkadams.com/braille-is-bea

    Kirk Adams argues braille is not an enrichment activity but literacy itself, and that the right principle is not braille or technology but braille and technology. Then he fact-checks his own side: the familiar 10% claim rests on a 1979 report, and the 90% employment figure on a 1996 study of 74 adults.

    #Braille #DisabilityRights #DisabilityCommunity #BlindCommunity

  24. Braille Is Beautiful, and Braille Is Literacy | By Dr. Kirk Adams | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
    drkirkadams.com/braille-is-bea

    Kirk Adams argues braille is not an enrichment activity but literacy itself, and that the right principle is not braille or technology but braille and technology. Then he fact-checks his own side: the familiar 10% claim rests on a 1979 report, and the 90% employment figure on a 1996 study of 74 adults.

    #Braille #DisabilityRights #DisabilityCommunity #BlindCommunity

  25. Braille Is Beautiful, and Braille Is Literacy | By Dr. Kirk Adams | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
    drkirkadams.com/braille-is-bea

    Kirk Adams argues braille is not an enrichment activity but literacy itself, and that the right principle is not braille or technology but braille and technology. Then he fact-checks his own side: the familiar 10% claim rests on a 1979 report, and the 90% employment figure on a 1996 study of 74 adults.

    #Braille #DisabilityRights #DisabilityCommunity #BlindCommunity

  26. 🎙️ Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: Interview with Joel Snyder, Founder & President, Audio Description Associates, LLC and Founding Director Emeritus, ACB's Audio Description Project | By Dr. Kirk Adams | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-op
    drkirkadams.com/podcasts-by-dr

    Kirk talks with Joel Snyder, a pioneer of audio description since 1980, on the field's history and why a trained human voice still beats AI for describing dramas and films.

    #AudioDescription #DisabilityRights #BlindCommunity

  27. 🎙️ Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: Interview with Joel Snyder, Founder & President, Audio Description Associates, LLC and Founding Director Emeritus, ACB's Audio Description Project | By Dr. Kirk Adams | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-op
    drkirkadams.com/podcasts-by-dr

    Kirk talks with Joel Snyder, a pioneer of audio description since 1980, on the field's history and why a trained human voice still beats AI for describing dramas and films.

    #AudioDescription #DisabilityRights #BlindCommunity

  28. 🎙️ Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: Interview with Joel Snyder, Founder & President, Audio Description Associates, LLC and Founding Director Emeritus, ACB's Audio Description Project | By Dr. Kirk Adams | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-op
    drkirkadams.com/podcasts-by-dr

    Kirk talks with Joel Snyder, a pioneer of audio description since 1980, on the field's history and why a trained human voice still beats AI for describing dramas and films.

    #AudioDescription #DisabilityRights #BlindCommunity

  29. 🎙️ Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: Interview with Joel Snyder, Founder & President, Audio Description Associates, LLC and Founding Director Emeritus, ACB's Audio Description Project | By Dr. Kirk Adams | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-op
    drkirkadams.com/podcasts-by-dr

    Kirk talks with Joel Snyder, a pioneer of audio description since 1980, on the field's history and why a trained human voice still beats AI for describing dramas and films.

    #AudioDescription #DisabilityRights #BlindCommunity

  30. 🎙️ Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: Interview with Joel Snyder, Founder & President, Audio Description Associates, LLC and Founding Director Emeritus, ACB's Audio Description Project | By Dr. Kirk Adams | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-op
    drkirkadams.com/podcasts-by-dr

    Kirk talks with Joel Snyder, a pioneer of audio description since 1980, on the field's history and why a trained human voice still beats AI for describing dramas and films.

    #AudioDescription #DisabilityRights #BlindCommunity

  31. 🎙️ Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: Interview with Joel Snyder, Founder & President, Audio Description Associates, LLC and Founding Director Emeritus, ACB's Audio Description Project | By Dr. Kirk Adams | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-op
    drkirkadams.com/podcasts-by-dr

    Kirk talks with Joel Snyder, a pioneer of audio description since 1980, on the field's history and why a trained human voice still beats AI for describing dramas and films.

    #AudioDescription #DisabilityRights #BlindCommunity

  32. 🎙️ Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: Interview with Joel Snyder, Founder & President, Audio Description Associates, LLC and Founding Director Emeritus, ACB's Audio Description Project | By Dr. Kirk Adams | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-op
    drkirkadams.com/podcasts-by-dr

    Kirk talks with Joel Snyder, a pioneer of audio description since 1980, on the field's history and why a trained human voice still beats AI for describing dramas and films.

    #AudioDescription #DisabilityRights #BlindCommunity

  33. 🎙️ Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: Interview with Joel Snyder, Founder & President, Audio Description Associates, LLC and Founding Director Emeritus, ACB's Audio Description Project | By Dr. Kirk Adams | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-op
    drkirkadams.com/podcasts-by-dr

    Kirk talks with Joel Snyder, a pioneer of audio description since 1980, on the field's history and why a trained human voice still beats AI for describing dramas and films.

    #AudioDescription #DisabilityRights #BlindCommunity

  34. 🎙️ Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: Interview with Joel Snyder, Founder & President, Audio Description Associates, LLC and Founding Director Emeritus, ACB's Audio Description Project | By Dr. Kirk Adams | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-op
    drkirkadams.com/podcasts-by-dr

    Kirk talks with Joel Snyder, a pioneer of audio description since 1980, on the field's history and why a trained human voice still beats AI for describing dramas and films.

    #AudioDescription #DisabilityRights #BlindCommunity

  35. 🎙️ Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: Interview with Joel Snyder, Founder & President, Audio Description Associates, LLC and Founding Director Emeritus, ACB's Audio Description Project | By Dr. Kirk Adams | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-op
    drkirkadams.com/podcasts-by-dr

    Kirk talks with Joel Snyder, a pioneer of audio description since 1980, on the field's history and why a trained human voice still beats AI for describing dramas and films.

    #AudioDescription #DisabilityRights #BlindCommunity

  36. 🎙️ Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: Interview with Joel Snyder, Founder & President, Audio Description Associates, LLC and Founding Director Emeritus, ACB's Audio Description Project | By Dr. Kirk Adams | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-op
    drkirkadams.com/podcasts-by-dr

    Kirk talks with Joel Snyder, a pioneer of audio description since 1980, on the field's history and why a trained human voice still beats AI for describing dramas and films.

    #AudioDescription #DisabilityRights #BlindCommunity

  37. Pioneering disability rights advocate Helen Keller was born on this day in 1880. An inspiration to many, her legacy is extensive. We're pleased to offer powerful tools for teaching with Crip Camp about Disability Rights and the contemporary Disability Rights activists who picked up her torch.

    Get the free Crip Camp curriculum guide and bring this engaging film to your classroom.

    journeysinfilm.org/product/cri

    @education @disabilityhistory
    #HelenKeller #Education #Homeschooling #Disability #DisabilityRights #DisabilityHistory #DisabilityJustice

  38. A list of the #SocialSecurity offices across the US expected to close this year

    By MEG KINNARD
    Updated 12:59 PM EDT, March 19, 2025

    WASHINGTON (AP) — "Dozens of Social Security Administration [#SSA] offices across the country are slated to close this year due to actions taken by #ElonMusk’s Department of Government Efficiency as part of the #Trump administration’s unprecedented effort to shrink the size of government.

    "#DOGE has published a list of nearly 800 federal real estate leases that it is seeking to cancel. The Associated Press has obtained an internal planning document from the General Services Administration, which manages federal real estate, which shows when nearly two-thirds of those cancellations are expected to go into effect.

    "The offices are closing despite a new requirement that tighter identity-proofing measures be put in place to prevent fraud and abuse. These steps will require millions of recipients and applicants to visit agency field offices rather than interact with agency employees over the phone.

    "The AP also obtained more information about each lease on DOGE’s list through other publicly available datasets, including their addresses, the dates the leases had started and were originally expected to expire, and the landlords who own the properties."

    Read more (includes a list of offices that will be closing):
    apnews.com/article/social-secu
    #ResistDOGE #TakeToTheStreets #KillThePoor #USPol #KillTheElderly #HungerGames #Authoritarianism #Oligarchy #DisabilityRights #ElderRights #TakeCareOfThePoor #SocialSecurityPayments #SocialSecurityAdministration