#disabilityrights — Public Fediverse posts

RE: https://lgbtqia.space/@aceofcosmicspace/117226113967982260

Boost for reach, help where you can, fediverse! Poverty plus disability is hard AF.

#boost #boostplease #MutualAidSavesLives #MutualAidRequest #mutualaidspace #MutualAidMonday #MutualAidThread @mutualaid #letsgo #help #trans #lgbtqia #transgender #chronicillness #disabilityrights #disability

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Federal officials are closing the comment window on a 336-page autism research plan. It could steer priorities at NIH, CDC, and beyond for the next two years. Advocates had to push for more time just to read it.

Meanwhile, prescriptions for leucovorin rose 46% after White House autism claims. But the largest supporting trial was retracted earlier this year.

And in North Carolina, new Medicaid rules for autism therapy are already raising access questions for families and providers.

This isn’t abstract policy. It shapes what gets studied, prescribed, funded, restricted... and who gets heard.

What story in this week’s briefing hits closest to home for you?

#ActuallyAutistic #DisabilityRights #Neurodivergent #MentalHealth #AutismResearch

https://johnnyprofaneknapp.substack.com/p/divergent-times-august-1319-2026

🎙️ Remarkable World Commentary Episode #98: How Accessible is Learning Online? | By Donna J. Jodhan, LLB, ACSP, MBA | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-op
https://donnajodhan.com/rwc-07-01-2026/

Host Donna J. Jodhan asks how accessible online learning really is, pointing beyond exams to registration forms and learning platforms that shut out blind, low-vision, and cognitively disabled users. Plus her 'mental stretch' relaxation technique.

#DonnaJodhan #PWDMediaCoOp #DisabilityRights #OnlineLearning #A11y

🎙️ Remarkable World Commentary Episode #98: How Accessible is Learning Online? | By Donna J. Jodhan, LLB, ACSP, MBA | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-op
https://donnajodhan.com/rwc-07-01-2026/

Host Donna J. Jodhan asks how accessible online learning really is, pointing beyond exams to registration forms and learning platforms that shut out blind, low-vision, and cognitively disabled users. Plus her 'mental stretch' relaxation technique.

#DonnaJodhan #PWDMediaCoOp #DisabilityRights #OnlineLearning #A11y

🎙️ Remarkable World Commentary Episode #98: How Accessible is Learning Online? | By Donna J. Jodhan, LLB, ACSP, MBA | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-op
https://donnajodhan.com/rwc-07-01-2026/

Host Donna J. Jodhan asks how accessible online learning really is, pointing beyond exams to registration forms and learning platforms that shut out blind, low-vision, and cognitively disabled users. Plus her 'mental stretch' relaxation technique.

#DonnaJodhan #PWDMediaCoOp #DisabilityRights #OnlineLearning #A11y

The Disability Dividend, Audited | By Aaron Di Blasi, Publisher, Access Information News | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
https://accessinformationnews.com/the-disability-dividend-by-dr-kirk-adams/

Rather than endorse a colleague's book, Di Blasi audits it — putting Dr. Kirk Adams's claim that disability inclusion is a measurable competitive advantage, not charity, on the bench. His verdict, with the numbers to back it: the dividend is real.

#DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityRights #PWDMediaCoOp #KirkAdams

The Disability Dividend, Audited | By Aaron Di Blasi, Publisher, Access Information News | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
https://accessinformationnews.com/the-disability-dividend-by-dr-kirk-adams/

Rather than endorse a colleague's book, Di Blasi audits it — putting Dr. Kirk Adams's claim that disability inclusion is a measurable competitive advantage, not charity, on the bench. His verdict, with the numbers to back it: the dividend is real.

#DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityRights #PWDMediaCoOp #KirkAdams

The Disability Dividend, Audited | By Aaron Di Blasi, Publisher, Access Information News | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op
https://accessinformationnews.com/the-disability-dividend-by-dr-kirk-adams/

Rather than endorse a colleague's book, Di Blasi audits it — putting Dr. Kirk Adams's claim that disability inclusion is a measurable competitive advantage, not charity, on the bench. His verdict, with the numbers to back it: the dividend is real.

#DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityRights #PWDMediaCoOp #KirkAdams

🎙️ Remarkable World Commentary Episode #98: How Accessible is Learning Online? | By Donna J. Jodhan, LLB, ACSP, MBA | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-op
https://donnajodhan.com/rwc-07-01-2026/

Host Donna J. Jodhan asks how accessible online learning really is, pointing beyond exams to registration forms and learning platforms that shut out blind, low-vision, and cognitively disabled users. Plus her 'mental stretch' relaxation technique.

#DonnaJodhan #PWDMediaCoOp #DisabilityRights #OnlineLearning #A11y

🎙️ Remarkable World Commentary Episode #98: How Accessible is Learning Online? | By Donna J. Jodhan, LLB, ACSP, MBA | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-op
https://donnajodhan.com/rwc-07-01-2026/

Host Donna J. Jodhan asks how accessible online learning really is, pointing beyond exams to registration forms and learning platforms that shut out blind, low-vision, and cognitively disabled users. Plus her 'mental stretch' relaxation technique.

#DonnaJodhan #PWDMediaCoOp #DisabilityRights #OnlineLearning #A11y

🎙️ Remarkable World Commentary Episode #98: How Accessible is Learning Online? | By Donna J. Jodhan, LLB, ACSP, MBA | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-op
https://donnajodhan.com/rwc-07-01-2026/

Host Donna J. Jodhan asks how accessible online learning really is, pointing beyond exams to registration forms and learning platforms that shut out blind, low-vision, and cognitively disabled users. Plus her 'mental stretch' relaxation technique.

#DonnaJodhan #PWDMediaCoOp #DisabilityRights #OnlineLearning #A11y

🎙️ Remarkable World Commentary Episode #98: How Accessible is Learning Online? | By Donna J. Jodhan, LLB, ACSP, MBA | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-op
https://donnajodhan.com/rwc-07-01-2026/

Host Donna J. Jodhan asks how accessible online learning really is, pointing beyond exams to registration forms and learning platforms that shut out blind, low-vision, and cognitively disabled users. Plus her 'mental stretch' relaxation technique.

#DonnaJodhan #PWDMediaCoOp #DisabilityRights #OnlineLearning #A11y

🎙️ Remarkable World Commentary Episode #98: How Accessible is Learning Online? | By Donna J. Jodhan, LLB, ACSP, MBA | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-op
https://donnajodhan.com/rwc-07-01-2026/

Host Donna J. Jodhan asks how accessible online learning really is, pointing beyond exams to registration forms and learning platforms that shut out blind, low-vision, and cognitively disabled users. Plus her 'mental stretch' relaxation technique.

#DonnaJodhan #PWDMediaCoOp #DisabilityRights #OnlineLearning #A11y

🎙️ Remarkable World Commentary Episode #98: How Accessible is Learning Online? | By Donna J. Jodhan, LLB, ACSP, MBA | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-op
https://donnajodhan.com/rwc-07-01-2026/

Host Donna J. Jodhan asks how accessible online learning really is, pointing beyond exams to registration forms and learning platforms that shut out blind, low-vision, and cognitively disabled users. Plus her 'mental stretch' relaxation technique.

#DonnaJodhan #PWDMediaCoOp #DisabilityRights #OnlineLearning #A11y

🎙️ Remarkable World Commentary Episode #98: How Accessible is Learning Online? | By Donna J. Jodhan, LLB, ACSP, MBA | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-op
https://donnajodhan.com/rwc-07-01-2026/

Host Donna J. Jodhan asks how accessible online learning really is, pointing beyond exams to registration forms and learning platforms that shut out blind, low-vision, and cognitively disabled users. Plus her 'mental stretch' relaxation technique.

#DonnaJodhan #PWDMediaCoOp #DisabilityRights #OnlineLearning #A11y

🎙️ Remarkable World Commentary Episode #98: How Accessible is Learning Online? | By Donna J. Jodhan, LLB, ACSP, MBA | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-op
https://donnajodhan.com/rwc-07-01-2026/

Host Donna J. Jodhan asks how accessible online learning really is, pointing beyond exams to registration forms and learning platforms that shut out blind, low-vision, and cognitively disabled users. Plus her 'mental stretch' relaxation technique.

#DonnaJodhan #PWDMediaCoOp #DisabilityRights #OnlineLearning #A11y

🎙️ Remarkable World Commentary Episode #98: How Accessible is Learning Online? | By Donna J. Jodhan, LLB, ACSP, MBA | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-op
https://donnajodhan.com/rwc-07-01-2026/

Host Donna J. Jodhan asks how accessible online learning really is, pointing beyond exams to registration forms and learning platforms that shut out blind, low-vision, and cognitively disabled users. Plus her 'mental stretch' relaxation technique.

#DonnaJodhan #PWDMediaCoOp #DisabilityRights #OnlineLearning #A11y

Advocacy opportunities in today's news. Don't miss these →

📰 15 curated stories on disability rights, accessibility & workers' rights.

🔥 Today's Headlines:

1. The Disability Bulletin
2. Please Advise! Will Testicle-Tanning Tucker Carlson Invade Canada?
3. RCMP Seeks to Quash Discrimination Ruling by Human Rights Tribunal

🔗 Full digest: https://3mpwrapp.pages.dev/blog/#curated-daily

#3mpwrApp #DisabilityRights #Accessibility #ChronicIllness #WorkersRights #Canada #Neurodivers...

Ableism Enables All Forms of Inequity and Hampers All Liberation Efforts. Ableism has been used for generations to degrade, oppress, control and disappear disabled and nondisabled people alike.

In this engaging interview, Talila A. Lewis argues that ableism has deep implications for every other marginalized identity. In short, ableism, according to Lewis, is at the root of other powerful hegemonic sites — from race and class to colonialism and nationality. In this way, they uncover the ways in which ableism insidiously operates across space and time. As an abolitionist community lawyer, educator and organizer, Lewis has focused on abolishing the medical-carceral-industrial complex and highlighting the inextricable links between ableism, racism, classism, and all other forms of oppression and violence.

https://truthout.org/articles/ableism-enables-all-forms-of-inequity-and-hampers-all-liberation-efforts

#PeopleWithDisabilities #DecolonizeYourMind #AntiAbleism #DisabledLivesMatter #Decolonization #EndOppression #Intersectionality #Activism #DisabledActivists #BeAComrade #NoAbleism #DisabilityRights #HumanRights #Classism #Colonialism #Capitalism #Inequality #Liberation #Inequity #marginalized #RiseUpAgainstAbleism #StopBeingEnableists #Educational #DisabilityAwareness #Inclusion #NothingWithUsWithoutUs

@thetyee

["The decision was made after the provincial government’s recent backtracking on the redesign of language acquisition programs for deaf, hard-of-hearing and deafblind children.

It’s not just an organization closing,” said Sarah-Anne Hrycenko, a Deaf professional who received support through the Deaf Children’s Society of BC, or DCS, when she was a baby. “It’s the fading of an entire Deaf ecosystem that once nurtured language, identity and leadership in [the] B.C. Deaf community.” ]

This #BCgovernment doesn't really care about #PeopleWithDisabilities. Programs/services/supports for #disabled citizens have been cut, budgets slashed; we face years plus long waiting lists to access both medical & disability support services, we live under #eugenics public health policies, our BC government still denies prescription coverage for several essential medications, funding for nonprofits that help disabled people live/work has been fully cut or severely reduced. That's only the tip of the inhumane cruelty icebergs - when it comes to how our governments have #dehumanized & mistreated us disabled citizens. Their dishonest PR speeches do not align with the hard realities that people with disabilities in BC face, regularly.

#DeafPeople #BCNDP #BCpoli #CDNpoli #DisabledLivesMatter #DisabilityAdvocacy #BCNewDeathParty #DisabilitySupports #DisabilityRights

"US sues Uber, alleges discrimination against disabled riders"

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/us-sues-uber-alleges-discrimination-against-disabled-riders-2025-09-11/

"… Uber drivers routinely refuse to serve riders with disabilities, including people who travel with service animals or stowable wheelchairs."

"[Uber drivers] illegally charge cleaning fees for service animals, and cancellation fees to riders who are denied service."

#Uber #Disability #DisabilityRights #Accessibility #Wheelchairs #ServiceAnimals

#MaineQuestion1 is a good reason to vote in an "off-year" election (you know, when the sneaky types try and pass shit!).

#Mainers like #AbsenteeVoting. Question 1 would make that option harder.

The November referendum has been framed around requiring #VoterID, but it also includes a host of changes to absentee voting.

Rachel Ohm, August 24, 2025

Excerpt: "#MaineVoters have come to increasingly rely on absentee or #MailInBallots — a practice that is routinely targeted by #Republicans politicians as rife with potential fraud, even though evidence doesn’t support that.

"During last year’s presidential election, almost half of all votes cast were absentee. The latest citizen-initiated proposal would make that more difficult.
If passed, it would prohibit voters from requesting absentee ballots by phone, and would require older Mainers and those with disabilities to renew their eligibility each year. The proposal also would limit the number of #DropBoxes municipalities are allowed to have and prohibit them from including prepaid return postage."

Read more:
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/08/21/question-1-would-make-changes-to-absentee-voting-an-option-mainers-increasingly-like/

Archived version:
https://archive.md/CuNbt

#Absentee #BallotAccess #Disabled #Poor #MaineVoters #DisabilityRights #VoterDisenfranchisement #USPol #MainePol #USElections

#VisuallyImpaired #voters sue #NewHampshire over changes to #Absentee #BallotAccess

The plaintiffs say the new law will deter some voters with #disabilities from participating in the democratic process at all, even after they have registered to vote

By Steven Porter Globe Staff, Updated August 21, 2025, 9:30 a.m.

"Three people with visual impairments are suing New Hampshire officials to challenge the constitutionality of a law that will soon tighten #PhotoID requirements for voters seeking an #AbsenteeBallot.

"The plaintiffs — Adele Robertson of #ExeterNH, Daniel Frye of #ConcordNH, and Regina Wilson of #BrentwoodNH — allege the new law, known as #SenateBill287, will impose a significant burden on every #AbsenteeVoter statewide.

" 'And, in some cases, these burdens will entirely prevent voters from exercising their #RightToVote,' their lawsuit states.
Under the new rules imposed by #SB287, voters will be required to either bring a photo ID to their local election officials to request an absentee ballot in person, or submit a copy of their ID or a notarized signature along with their application.
While proponents said the legislation will better protect election integrity, critics said the changes will add barriers that disproportionately impact #seniors, voters with #disabilities, and those living in #rural parts of the state."

Read more:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/21/metro/nh-blind-disabilities-voters-absentee-ballots/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/DWXKG

#VoterDisenfranchisement #DisabilityRights #USPol #NHPol #AbsenteeVoting #USElections

Disabled women are more likely to experience abuse than their non disabled peers.

We’re often trapped with caregivers who treat us badly & lack the financial support to leave. We may also be physically dependent on the abuser for basic activities of daily living.

Many disability benefits are cut if you marry or cohabitate, which further enforces dependency.

For International Women’s Day help us fight for a universal basic income, better social and medical support and access so that we may regain as much autonomy as possible.

#IWD2025 #InternationalWomensDay #disability #disabilityrights #ableism #ubi #autonomy #abuse

The War on #Masks Has Taken on a New Meaning

This time, the masks have nothing to do with #COVID19.

By Henry Grabar
Feb 05, 20254:57 PM

"Last month, state legislators in New York introduced a bill that would create a new crime: 'masked harassment.'

"That, the law explains, is when you wear a mask 'for the primary purpose of menacing or threatening violence against another person' or 'placing another person or group of persons in reasonable fear for their physical safety.'

"If that seems like a bit of a niche offense—threatening violence is already a crime, after all—it’s because the language has been watered down to attract political support. It’s a sign of New York Democrats’ cautious new approach over masks in public life, and a retreat from last spring, when anti-Israel protests, on top of a widespread urban crime panic, pushed leaders from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to consider mask bans.

"In its original form, the New York bill would have banned masks at public assemblies entirely. But the outcry from #DisabilityRights advocates, #CriminalJustice reformers, #HealthCareWorkers, and #CivilLiberties groups was swift, and so New York wound up with this bill on 'masked harassment' instead.

"Elsewhere, the pandemic-era leniency on masking in public is over. #NorthCarolina Republicans overrode a gubernatorial veto last summer to once again #BanPublicFaceCoverings, except to stop the spread of contagious diseases. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost dusted off an old law to threaten #StudentProtesters with #felonies. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has asked the state’s Senate to consider a bill to #unmask #protesters this year.

"For Republicans, it’s a chance to kill two birds with one stone. They can strike back against the perceived overreach of pandemic-era #HealthDirectives and make it easier to arrest #demonstrators at the same time.

"In #Ohio and North Carolina, the original statutes were written in the 1950s to stop demonstrations by the #KuKluxKlan, but had been ignored or suspended during the #pandemic and the #GeorgeFloydProtests. Many lawmakers have cited the recent demonstrations in defense of #Gaza as a reason to crack down again. Defending the proposed mask ban in New York, Anti-Defamation League [#ADL] president Jonathan Greenblatt said the demonstrators were using '#KKK tactics' to intimidate Jewish New Yorkers.

"That instinct was bolstered by the sense among many city residents and elected leaders that widespread masking was a factor behind the pandemic-era crime spike. That led to #Philadelphia banning #SkiMasks in parks, on trains, and in public buildings. A more recent, high-profile example came in December with the Midtown Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO #BrianThompson by a #MaskedAssassin, which prompted New York Mayor Eric Adams to call for cab drivers and business owners to ask customers to remove their masks. The new New York bill has won over the liberal Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who endorsed the 'tailored' approach. As the police say: #NoFaceNoCase.

"For what it’s worth, there are too many confounding variables and too little data to be sure if mask-wearing is associated with crime, said Ernesto Lopez at the Council for Criminal Justice, which collects crime reporting statistics from various cities. 'From a theoretical statement it makes sense that could occur, but it has not been demonstrated that’s the case,' he told me.

"But if all that weighed in favor of more mask bans, there was also widespread resistance. Disability advocates mobilized to defend the right to mask; North Carolina had to write a medical exemption into their bill at the insistence of a GOP House member. #PoliceReformers observed that #MaskBans have often been used for pretextual #policing and racial profiling against #BlackAmericans. (#AtlantaGeorgia tabled a mask ban for that reason.)

"What looms largest, as the second Trump administration begins, is the role of protest. As Semafor’s Dave Weigel has noted, masks have become a badge of left-wing protest culture. That’s in part an extension of politicized COVID-era concerns about health and civility, but at this point it is mostly a tactic to preserve anonymity in an era of #FacialRecognition, streaming video, and #doxing. Last year, the anonymous #ProIsrael website the #CanaryMission posted photographs of hundreds of students and faculty at campus protests and posted their names and photos online, labeling some as supporters of terrorism.

"'The concern takes on new urgency as Donald Trump pledges to revoke the visas of pro-Palestine protesters, and the Trump-Musk GOP embraces the naming and shaming of otherwise private citizens. A conservative group called the American Accountability Foundation has begun circulating lists of federal workers, many of them Black, who should be
'targets' for their alleged involvement in #DEI initiatives at work.

"Clearly, the masked protest does not always sit well with an older generation, many of whom cut their teeth in the protests of the pre-internet age. As Georgetown professor Michael Kazin told the New York Times last year: 'I do think if you are going to demonstrate, and it’s something you feel deeply about, you should be willing to stand up and be counted.'"

Source:
https://slate.com/business/2025/02/mask-bans-new-york-los-angeles-crime-protests-criminalize-face-coverings.html?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#Fascism #AuthoritarianRule #BigBrother #BigBrotherIsWatchingYou #SurveillanceState #SilencingDissent

On International Day of #People with #Disabilities, please note some disabilities are #invisible

#invisibleillness #disabled #disabledpeople #DisabilityRights #DisabilityRightsAreHumanRights
#IDPD #IDPD2024 #IDPD24 #IDPWD #IDPWD24 #IDPWD2024 #Disability @chronicillness
@spoonies
@disability
@mecfs @longcovid
#LongCovid #MEcfs #CFS #PwME

My latest: CDC's #HICPAC fails again-- Weighs Lowering Infection Protections Even More via @forbes https://forbes.com/sites/judystone/2024/11/21/cdc-weighs-lowering-infection-protections-even-more/

With thanks for perspective from @nynurses Lisa Baum, NYSNANurses undefined, Peg Seminario, Amanda Finley Diggs and the many others who testified at the #HICPAC meeting to tell them how their decisions were killing people.

#Covid #LongCovid #DisabilityRights #Respirators #Masks

In #BritishColumbia #Canada - We haven't really had a genuine #PublicHealth leader for awhile. We have an #Eugenics monster, Bonnie Henry, being paid with taxpayers funds, to kill & disable more citizens, not help us stay medically safer & healthier.

Medical professionals who are violators of their #HippocraticOath should be #fired & #ostracized from #health fields - not be given high paying public health leadership jobs.

#CovidIsNotOver #CovidKilledMyDad #FireBonnieHenry #BCpoli #EugenicsIsEvil #BringBackMaskMandate #MaskUpSaveLives #MasksProtect #CovidSafety #CovidNeverEnded #MasksAreCommunityCare #PutYourMaskOn #BCNDP #DontVoteForAntimaskers #VoteOutEugenists #CallOutEugenists #PeopleWithDisabilities #Ableists #StopEugenics #DisabilityRights #DisabilityMatters #InclusivenessNeedsMasks #StopTryingToKillUs #AdrianDix #BonnieHenry #DavidEby #DisabledRightsAreHumanRights #Medical #ProtectBC #DoNoHarmBC

A #Toronto woman is calling for more #accessibility in #AirTravel after she had to be carried off an #AirCanada plane in a badly broken aisle chair, an experience she says was #unsafe & #undignified.

Tori Lacey, 26, chronicled the troubling incident on her #TikTok & #Instagram pages, where she usually posts content about her #travel exploits as a person who uses a #wheelchair.

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7211123

#DisabilityRights #PeopleWithDisabilities #DisabledCanadians #StopAbleism #CDNpoli #Canada

A #CradleCatholic. As a wee lad, I did all the stuff - Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation. I was born here all my life. When I was around four years old, the church kicked out my mom and, by extension, my family. An #ExcludedCatholic? I explored other practices and faiths, #meditation, #yoga, #Buddhism, and all the things. I wanted to not convert to a religion or practice that I had not been born to or wasn't otherwise ancestrally connected. A deep dive into Protestant fellowships lead to immersion into the #EarlyChurch Fathers and early #ChurchHistory. Entering the #OrthodoxChurch, I lived in several monasteries and wandered around the US like the guy in Way of a Pilgrim. I was ultimately drawn to #Theosis and the #PrayerOfTheHeart, sometimes called the #JesusPrayer. Long story short, decades later, a pandemic, and a few ends of the world, here I am. The #2024Election US has me wondering about US Christianities that support social actions and movements that contradict the teachings of Jesus. Shouldn't Christ's Gospel teachings be central?

Some of my interests:
#NewMexico #Ogapoge #SantaFe #SantaFeRiver #Water #Birds #Plants #Medicine #Hiking #Walking #NaturePhotography #Biophilia #Wilderness #Rewild #Rewilding #Regenerative #RegenerativeDesign #UniversalDesign #RegenerativeAg #RegenAg #AppropriateTechnology #Contemplation #Hesychasm #Prayer #Ancestors #Death #Dying #Grief #DeathDoula #DeathAdvocacy #Apophatic #RadicalCompassion #Compassion #SocialJustice #PublicHealth #SocialWork #EnvironmentalJustice #DisabilityRights #HealthEquity #Recovery #RecoveryPosse #Drawing #Writing #VisualThinking #WriteToThink #Journal #BulletJournal #SystemsChange #Humanrights #Inclusion #Accessability #InvisibleDisabilityRights #DisabilityVoice #RacialEquality #PublicHealth #Grief #Hospice #Humanrights #Food #Health #Fasting #Movement

I'll continue to post interest hashtags in this thread to be.

#introduction #introductions

Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes bill that would give people with disabilities new option to vote by mail

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/20/texas-voting-mail-ballot-disabilities-abbott-veto/

#TexasTribune #AbbottVeto #DisabilityRights #VotingAccess #MailInVoting #ElectionIntegrity #Politics #News

Our penal discussion on "Touch Me Not - Poetics and Politics of the Body", part of the lecture series about Care, Disability and Art, hosted by the Zurich Hochschule der Kunst and the art history institute on Thursday, May 11th at 6.15 pm will be streamed live.

Join us here:

https://vimeo.com/event/3374914

#artanddisability #inclusion #bodypositivity #care #accessibility #disabilityrights #disabilityawareness #artforall #diversityandinclusion #representationmatters #intersectionality #poetryofthebody #politicsofthebody #cathedralofthebody #venicebiennale #socialjustice #empowerment #breakingstereotypes #arttherapy #disabilityadvocate

Time for an #introduction
I'm Mercedes Tarasovich, a #chronicillness health education content designer and #medical #sociology PhD candidate at UAB. My #academic research is on how/if #suicide attempt survivors get #mentalheaIth care. (Study info is on my website, link in bio.)

Other relevant info:
#neurodivergent #academia #StarTrek #SciFi #watercolor #goauche #mastoart #art #painting #knitting #science #ologies #WestWing #SherlockHolmes #feminism #intersectional #DisabilityRights