#disabilityrights — Public Fediverse posts
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So, the DOJ's recent memo re: the ADA's integration mandate isn't getting nearly enough attention (of course not... it has to do with disability rights).
The basic gist is that the mandate says that disabled people should be integrated into their communities unless it's completely unfeasible, and that, in turn, is used as the base justification for home care and community care to be mandated over nursing homes or other forms of institutionalization. The added side effect is that home/community care is cheaper (costs tax payers less) and results in overall better outcomes than the alternative.
The memo is an invitation for red states to stop paying for this kind of care, which will inevitably lead to law suits that will reach the SCOTUS. You can see where this is going, right? This is the first step in MAGA's/MAHA's desire to take people like me out of our homes. Remember - the OG Nazis did the same thing and tortured and killed 200,000+ disabled people.
This should absolutely be raising alarm bells, but because the disabled are always (intentionally) out of sight, out of mind (despite being the largest marginalized community), no one seems to give a shit.
#disability #disabilityrights #olmstead #fuckmaga #fuckmaha #fuckfascism #fuckfascists #fucktrump #fuckrfk #fuckscotus #resist
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Unsere Körper, unsere Entscheidung! ✊🛑
Der aktuelle Bericht des Österreichischen Behindertenrats zeigt schwarz auf weiß, was wir in der Community schon lange wissen: Die reproduktive Selbstbestimmung von Menschen mit Behinderungen wird mit Füßen getreten.
Achtung Überraschung (nicht): In Deutschland sieht es kein Stück besser aus.⬇️#DisabilityRights #ReproductiveJustice #Ableism #Inklusion #Schwangerschaft #Periode #Feminism #MyBodyMyChoice #Selbstbestimmung #Behinderung #Disability
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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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One of the most punk things you can do is exist in a world that doesn’t want you to.
Shared from Misa on Wheels https://www.facebook.com/share/p/188oC87VJh/
#disability #DisabilityRights #mobility #disabilityJustice #DisabilityAccess
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#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 voteBy 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
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The London police had 7 cops turn up to arrest an autistic activist in his supported accommodation flat. He had only attended some meeting and handed out flyers- he had no intention of being involved in disruptive protest and says he now suffers from PTSD as a result of police treatment.
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#Canadian #TransportationAgency has issued a $97,500 penalty to #AirCanada after a #BritishColumbia man was forced to drag himself off a flight – and the #airline could be facing a lawsuit next.
#PrinceGeorge resident Rodney Hodgins, who has #CerebralPalsy and uses a motorized #wheelchair for mobility, was put in the uncomfortable position last August after Air Canada's third-party ground assistance personnel were unavailable to help him off his flight in Las Vegas.
#TransportCanada #Ableism #PeopleWithDisabilities #HumanRights #DisabilityRights
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Looking for a cure?
#LizCarr has stepped away from acting to advocate against the legalization of assisted suicide. Her latest #documentary, "Better Off Dead?", explores the implications of such laws, focusing on how they endanger disabled individuals.
Travelling to Canada, Carr investigates the effects of permissive assisted suicide laws. There not only the terminally ill can opt for a medically assisted death. This practice is even extended to those facing social deprivation, presenting a grave ethical dilemma.
In Britain, Carr meets with staunch opponents, including Baroness Jane Campbell, who shares a personal story of having a ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ order placed on her without consent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G_xF4dvS-U
https://piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=-G_xF4dvS-U#disability #eugenism #assistedDeath #assistedSuicide #suicide #Canada #normal #normality #conformance #conformation #ethics #sociology #queer #medecine #activism #militants #choice #euthanasia #depression #mentalHealth #disabilityRights #handicap
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Two waves (1950s & 1970s) of systemic deinstitutionalisation and there are more “beds” than before; they just look different.
Busting the Deinstitutionalization Myth: We Actually Have More Beds Than Ever Before
New data upends common beliefs about asylum closures, deinstitutionalization, and rates of psychiatric coercion.Hashtags & Group mentions below
#Madness #MadMastodon #MadPride #MadThought
#MadMovement #MadStudies #Mad #Madodon #TransMad#eugenics #asylum #CarceralAbleism
#AntiBlackSanism #instutionalization#Ablesim #DisabilityCommunity #InvisibleDisabilities
#PsychiatricSurvivor #AntiPsychiatry #DisabilityJustice
#LivedExperience #PsychSurvivor #ChronicPain
#DisabilityMastodon #Neurodivergent #RadicalMentalHealth
#CripCamp #DisabilityRights #NeuroDiversity
#Sanism #Disability #DisabilityStudies
#Stories #isolation——
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Disability doula. Peer support. Social support. Physical support. Cultural roots.
#MadLiterature
Newly disabled people aren’t given a ‘how-to’ guide. Disability doulas are closing those gaps.
The community care practice, pioneered by queer women of color, reorients newly disabled people to a different lifehttps://19thnews.org/2023/07/disability-doulas-support-newly-disabled-people/
Hashtags & Group mentions below
#AntiBlackSanism
#Madness #MadMastodon #MadPride #MadThought
#MadMovement #MadStudies #Mad #Madodon #TransMad#Ablesim #DisabilityCommunity #InvisibleDisabilities
#PsychiatricSurvivor #AntiPsychiatry #DisabilityJustice
#LivedExperience #PsychSurvivor #ChronicPain
#DisabilityMastodon #Neurodivergent #RadicalMentalHealth
#CripCamp #DisabilityRights #NeuroDiversity
#Sanism #Disability #DisabilityStudies
#Stories——
@MadMovementMastodon
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@disability
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#MadLiterature in progress:
RD Laing, David Cooper, Ervin Goffman, & Thomas Szaz
Interesting. History.
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Hashtags & Group mentions below#eugenics #asylum #CarceralAbleism.
#AntiBlackSanism #instutionalization
#Madness #MadMastodon #MadPride #MadThought
#MadMovement #MadStudies #Mad #Madodon #TransMad#Ablesim #DisabilityCommunity #InvisibleDisabilities
#PsychiatricSurvivor #AntiPsychiatry #DisabilityJustice
#LivedExperience #PsychSurvivor #ChronicPain
#DisabilityMastodon #Neurodivergent #RadicalMentalHealth
#CripCamp #DisabilityRights #NeuroDiversity
#Sanism #Disability #DisabilityStudies
#Stories——
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Enclosure and debilitating restriction.
Enmeshing of care & treatment & dehumanization and loss of agency.#MadLiterature
Institutions Often Treat Disability and Mental Health Not With Care But Violence
by George Yancy
https://truthout.org/articles/institutions-often-treat-disability-and-mental-health-not-with-care-but-violence/——
Hashtags & Group mentions below#eugenics #asylum #CarceralAbleism.
#AntiBlackSanism #instutionalization
#Madness #MadMastodon #MadPride #MadThought
#MadMovement #MadStudies #Mad #Madodon #TransMad#Ablesim #DisabilityCommunity #InvisibleDisabilities
#PsychiatricSurvivor #AntiPsychiatry #DisabilityJustice
#LivedExperience #PsychSurvivor #ChronicPain
#DisabilityMastodon #Neurodivergent #RadicalMentalHealth
#CripCamp #DisabilityRights #NeuroDiversity
#Sanism #Disability #DisabilityStudies
#Stories——
@MadMovementMastodon
@[email protected]
@disability
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@disabilityhistory
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Politics of madness;
racism. institutionalization. story of place. history of schizophrenia.
#MadLiterature
The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease
by Jonathan Metzl——
Hashtags & Group mentions below#eugenics #history #michigan #asylum
#AntiBlackSanism #instutionalization
#Madness #MadMastodon #MadPride #MadThought
#MadMovement #MadStudies #Mad #Madodon #TransMad#Ablesim #DisabilityCommunity #InvisibleDisabilities
#PsychiatricSurvivor #AntiPsychiatry #DisabilityJustice
#LivedExperience #PsychSurvivor #ChronicPain
#DisabilityMastodon #Neurodivergent #RadicalMentalHealth
#CripCamp #DisabilityRights #NeuroDiversity
#Sanism #Disability #DisabilityStudies
#Stories——
@MadMovementMastodon
@[email protected]
@disability
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What to do with the mad people?
Outta sight outta mind.
History. Treatments. Surgery. Sterilization.
#MadLiterature
The Rise and Fall of the Asylum
PBS series: Mysteries of Mental Illness
About an hour long
Aired: 06/23/21
Expires: 07/22/24
https://www.pbs.org/video/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-asylum-mbvisj/——
Hashtags & Group mentions below#DorotheaDix #eugenics #Galton #darwin #MoralTreatment #history
#documentary #asylum
#AntiBlackSanism
#Madness #MadMastodon #MadPride #MadThought
#MadMovement #MadStudies #Mad #Madodon #TransMad#Ablesim #DisabilityCommunity #InvisibleDisabilities
#PsychiatricSurvivor #AntiPsychiatry #DisabilityJustice
#LivedExperience #PsychSurvivor #ChronicPain
#DisabilityMastodon #Neurodivergent #RadicalMentalHealth
#CripCamp #DisabilityRights #NeuroDiversity
#Sanism #Disability #DisabilityStudies
#Stories——
@MadMovementMastodon
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@disability
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Super cool resource & literature. Need more time in a day!!! I just read the interview with Sofia Jeppsson
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The series is designed to provide a public venue for discussion with disabled philosophers about a range of topics, including their philosophical work on disability; the place of philosophy of disability vis-à-vis the discipline and profession; their experiences of institutional exclusion and personal and structural gaslighting in philosophy, in particular, and in academia, more generally; resistance to ableism, racism, sexism, and other apparatuses of power; accessibility; and anti-oppressive pedagogy.#MadLiterature
BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: Dialogues on Disabilityhttps://biopoliticalphilosophy.com/dialogues-on-disability/
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Hashtags & Group mentions below#AntiBlackSanism
#Madness #MadMastodon #MadPride #MadThought
#MadMovement #MadStudies #Mad #Madodon #TransMad#Ablesim #DisabilityCommunity #InvisibleDisabilities
#PsychiatricSurvivor #AntiPsychiatry #DisabilityJustice
#LivedExperience #PsychSurvivor #ChronicPain
#DisabilityMastodon #Neurodivergent #RadicalMentalHealth
#CripCamp #DisabilityRights #NeuroDiversity
#Sanism #Disability #DisabilityStudies
#Stories——
@MadMovementMastodon
@[email protected]
@disability
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carceral logics.
carceral sanism.
victim-blaming.
coercive policy approaches.assumes black, poor and unhoused people are disposable—
specifically those in “mental health crisis.”Article includes links to multiple intersectional grassroots organizations.
#MadLiterature
Psychiatric Incarceration Isn’t Treatment — It’s Violence, Survivors Sayhttps://truthout.org/articles/psychiatric-incarceration-isnt-treatment-its-violence-survivors-say/
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Hashtags & Group mentions below#AntiBlackSanism
#Madness #MadMastodon #MadPride #MadThought
#MadMovement #MadStudies #Mad #Madodon #TransMad#Ablesim #DisabilityCommunity #InvisibleDisabilities
#PsychiatricSurvivor #AntiPsychiatry #DisabilityJustice
#LivedExperience #PsychSurvivor #ChronicPain
#DisabilityMastodon #Neurodivergent #RadicalMentalHealth
#CripCamp #DisabilityRights #NeuroDiversity
#Sanism #Disability #DisabilityStudies
#Stories——
@MadMovementMastodon
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@disability
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Sanism is nested within and alongside neoliberal virtues. Colonization. Ableism. Racism. and and and.
State violence is the central theme
Upholds the normal/abnormal binary
Historical pathologization of marginalized groupsRadical Disability Allyship, Mad Activism, and Black Mental Health
https://www.invisibledisabilityproject.org/new-blog/2020/6/29/radical-disability-allyship-mad-activism-and-black-mental-health-xb4cy
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Hashtags & Group mentions below#AntiBlackSanism
#Madness #MadMastodon #MadPride #MadThought
#MadMovement #MadStudies #Mad #Madodon #TransMad#Ablesim #DisabilityCommunity #InvisibleDisabilities
#PsychiatricSurvivor #AntiPsychiatry #DisabilityJustice
#LivedExperience #PsychSurvivor #ChronicPain
#DisabilityMastodon #Neurodivergent #RadicalMentalHealth
#CripCamp #DisabilityRights #NeuroDiversity
#Sanism #Disability #DisabilityStudies
#Stories——
@MadMovementMastodon
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@disability
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Mad Studies (or the organization of mad people around literature and learning) needs to be more than just wypipo with wypipo ideas and wypipo histories
Anti-black violence has a long history with sanism
#MadLiterature
https://truthout.org/articles/jordan-neely-is-being-blamed-for-his-own-death-due-to-sanism-and-racism/
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Hashtags & Group mentions below#AntiBlackSanism
#Madness #MadMastodon #MadPride #MadThought
#MadMovement #MadStudies #Mad #Madodon #TransMad#Ablesim #DisabilityCommunity #InvisibleDisabilities
#PsychiatricSurvivor #AntiPsychiatry #DisabilityJustice
#LivedExperience #PsychSurvivor #ChronicPain
#DisabilityMastodon #Neurodivergent #RadicalMentalHealth
#CripCamp #DisabilityRights #NeuroDiversity
#Sanism #Disability #DisabilityStudies
#Stories——
@MadMovementMastodon
@[email protected]
@disability
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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
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Hello to new followers! Just so you know - these are my top things to toot about/things I'm passionate about:
- #HumanRights
- #Cats
- #Environmentalism
- #SocialJustice
- #EcoJustice
- #DisabilityRights
- #StopRacism
- #misogyny
- #CancelBillionaires
- #DisbandRCMPCIRG
- #DefundRCMP
- #CorporateGreed
- #Equity & #FairWages
- #Geopolitics
- #CPTSD #PTSD & #AdultADHD
- #Trauma #Recovery #InterpersonalRelationships
- #Art & #Music
- #Psychology & #neuroscienceThis is my nutshell quickie.