#disabilitysolidarity — Public Fediverse posts

Happy Labor Day to all my fellow disabled citizens. Once again, bend over.

A year ago today, it looked like there was hope that things might change, but as you know the world has gone to total shit in the last year, including efforts to finally end wage exploitation of disabled Americans; it looks like there is no relief in sight.

Before they killed the proposed amendment, did the Education and Workforce Committee consider or research the 10+ states that have made 14(c) certificate slave exploitation of individuals with disabilities illegal and what the impact of that was? They should have looked into that before they just dropped such a proposal.

👉🏻 Here are links for further reading on the abolishment of the Biden-Harris 14(c) Rule.

My Labor Day 2024 article: https://outofexileidr.vivaldi.net/2024/09/03/the-regulatory-equivalent-of-abolition-for-federally-sanctioned-exploitation-of-disabled-workers-massive-legal-and-political-battle-looms-in-dc/

DOL's announcement: https://paproviders.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/DOL-14c-Recission-2025-12534.pdf

Committee's announcement: https://edworkforce.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=412297

Article: https://paproviders.org/dol-withdraws-proposal-to-eliminate-section-14c-certificates/

💚 View my other work or send support via Stripe here: https://ko-fi.com/outofexile_idr

#politics
#InvisibleDisabilityRights
#equality
#change
#DisabilitySolidarity
#DisabilityEconomicJustice
#LaborDay
#disability
#wages
#union
#SocialJustice

Happy Labor Day to all my fellow disabled citizens. Once again, bend over.

A year ago today, it looked like there was hope that things might change, but as you know the world has gone to total shit in the last year, including efforts to finally end wage exploitation of disabled Americans; it looks like there is no relief in sight.

Before they killed the proposed amendment, did the Education and Workforce Committee consider or research the 10+ states that have made 14(c) certificate slave exploitation of individuals with disabilities illegal and what the impact of that was? They should have looked into that before they just dropped such a proposal.

👉🏻 Here are links for further reading on the abolishment of the Biden-Harris 14(c) Rule.

My Labor Day 2024 article: https://outofexileidr.vivaldi.net/2024/09/03/the-regulatory-equivalent-of-abolition-for-federally-sanctioned-exploitation-of-disabled-workers-massive-legal-and-political-battle-looms-in-dc/

DOL's announcement: https://paproviders.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/DOL-14c-Recission-2025-12534.pdf

Committee's announcement: https://edworkforce.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=412297

Article: https://paproviders.org/dol-withdraws-proposal-to-eliminate-section-14c-certificates/

💚 View my other work or send support via Stripe here: https://ko-fi.com/outofexile_idr

#politics
#InvisibleDisabilityRights
#equality
#change
#DisabilitySolidarity
#DisabilityEconomicJustice
#LaborDay
#disability
#wages
#union
#SocialJustice

Happy Labor Day to all my fellow disabled citizens. Once again, bend over.

A year ago today, it looked like there was hope that things might change, but as you know the world has gone to total shit in the last year, including efforts to finally end wage exploitation of disabled Americans; it looks like there is no relief in sight.

Before they killed the proposed amendment, did the Education and Workforce Committee consider or research the 10+ states that have made 14(c) certificate slave exploitation of individuals with disabilities illegal and what the impact of that was? They should have looked into that before they just dropped such a proposal.

👉🏻 Here are links for further reading on the abolishment of the Biden-Harris 14(c) Rule.

My Labor Day 2024 article: https://outofexileidr.vivaldi.net/2024/09/03/the-regulatory-equivalent-of-abolition-for-federally-sanctioned-exploitation-of-disabled-workers-massive-legal-and-political-battle-looms-in-dc/

DOL's announcement: https://paproviders.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/DOL-14c-Recission-2025-12534.pdf

Committee's announcement: https://edworkforce.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=412297

Article: https://paproviders.org/dol-withdraws-proposal-to-eliminate-section-14c-certificates/

💚 View my other work or send support via Stripe here: https://ko-fi.com/outofexile_idr

#politics
#InvisibleDisabilityRights
#equality
#change
#DisabilitySolidarity
#DisabilityEconomicJustice
#LaborDay
#disability
#wages
#union
#SocialJustice

Happy Labor Day to all my fellow disabled citizens. Once again, bend over.

A year ago today, it looked like there was hope that things might change, but as you know the world has gone to total shit in the last year, including efforts to finally end wage exploitation of disabled Americans; it looks like there is no relief in sight.

Before they killed the proposed amendment, did the Education and Workforce Committee consider or research the 10+ states that have made 14(c) certificate slave exploitation of individuals with disabilities illegal and what the impact of that was? They should have looked into that before they just dropped such a proposal.

👉🏻 Here are links for further reading on the abolishment of the Biden-Harris 14(c) Rule.

My Labor Day 2024 article: https://outofexileidr.vivaldi.net/2024/09/03/the-regulatory-equivalent-of-abolition-for-federally-sanctioned-exploitation-of-disabled-workers-massive-legal-and-political-battle-looms-in-dc/

DOL's announcement: https://paproviders.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/DOL-14c-Recission-2025-12534.pdf

Committee's announcement: https://edworkforce.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=412297

Article: https://paproviders.org/dol-withdraws-proposal-to-eliminate-section-14c-certificates/

💚 View my other work or send support via Stripe here: https://ko-fi.com/outofexile_idr

#politics
#InvisibleDisabilityRights
#equality
#change
#DisabilitySolidarity
#DisabilityEconomicJustice
#LaborDay
#disability
#wages
#union
#SocialJustice

Happy Labor Day to all my fellow disabled citizens. Once again, bend over.

A year ago today, it looked like there was hope that things might change, but as you know the world has gone to total shit in the last year, including efforts to finally end wage exploitation of disabled Americans; it looks like there is no relief in sight.

Before they killed the proposed amendment, did the Education and Workforce Committee consider or research the 10+ states that have made 14(c) certificate slave exploitation of individuals with disabilities illegal and what the impact of that was? They should have looked into that before they just dropped such a proposal.

👉🏻 Here are links for further reading on the abolishment of the Biden-Harris 14(c) Rule.

My Labor Day 2024 article: https://outofexileidr.vivaldi.net/2024/09/03/the-regulatory-equivalent-of-abolition-for-federally-sanctioned-exploitation-of-disabled-workers-massive-legal-and-political-battle-looms-in-dc/

DOL's announcement: https://paproviders.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/DOL-14c-Recission-2025-12534.pdf

Committee's announcement: https://edworkforce.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=412297

Article: https://paproviders.org/dol-withdraws-proposal-to-eliminate-section-14c-certificates/

💚 View my other work or send support via Stripe here: https://ko-fi.com/outofexile_idr

#politics
#InvisibleDisabilityRights
#equality
#change
#DisabilitySolidarity
#DisabilityEconomicJustice
#LaborDay
#disability
#wages
#union
#SocialJustice

Solidarity is the best way forward

# AltTextPalestine: Showing Solidarity By Creating Access, by Sarah Blahovec

Via her toolkit (link in article) I found a free online OCR reader which makes writing AltText a lot easier!

https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2024/03/03/alttextpalestine-showing-solidarity-by-creating-access/

#accessibility #DisabilityJustice #DisabilitySolidarity #AltText #PalestineSolidarity #DisabilityActivism
@palestine @israel

Solidarity is the best way forward

# AltTextPalestine: Showing Solidarity By Creating Access, by Sarah Blahovec

Via her toolkit (link in article) I found a free online OCR reader which makes writing AltText a lot easier!

https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2024/03/03/alttextpalestine-showing-solidarity-by-creating-access/

#accessibility #DisabilityJustice #DisabilitySolidarity #AltText #PalestineSolidarity #DisabilityActivism
@palestine @israel

Solidarity is the best way forward

# AltTextPalestine: Showing Solidarity By Creating Access, by Sarah Blahovec

Via her toolkit (link in article) I found a free online OCR reader which makes writing AltText a lot easier!

https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2024/03/03/alttextpalestine-showing-solidarity-by-creating-access/

#accessibility #DisabilityJustice #DisabilitySolidarity #AltText #PalestineSolidarity #DisabilityActivism
@palestine @israel

Solidarity is the best way forward

# AltTextPalestine: Showing Solidarity By Creating Access, by Sarah Blahovec

Via her toolkit (link in article) I found a free online OCR reader which makes writing AltText a lot easier!

https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2024/03/03/alttextpalestine-showing-solidarity-by-creating-access/

#accessibility #DisabilityJustice #DisabilitySolidarity #AltText #PalestineSolidarity #DisabilityActivism
@palestine @israel

Solidarity is the best way forward

# AltTextPalestine: Showing Solidarity By Creating Access, by Sarah Blahovec

Via her toolkit (link in article) I found a free online OCR reader which makes writing AltText a lot easier!

https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2024/03/03/alttextpalestine-showing-solidarity-by-creating-access/

#accessibility #DisabilityJustice #DisabilitySolidarity #AltText #PalestineSolidarity #DisabilityActivism
@palestine @israel

Art from late 2024, for the Covid cautious queers zine 2. You can get it on Ko-fi, it's pay what you want.

➡️ https://ko-fi.com/s/21e1bd8f09

All sales go towards disabled mutual aid.
…
As a new covid variant (NB 1.8.1) rapidly spreads, this is the perfect time to start taking covid-safety measures, if you haven't done yet. Wearing masks or respirators; getting your boosters; practicing safe-distancing; using air purifiers; and much more.

Even if something is out of your means, such as respirators, wearing a simple cloth mask is better than nothing. There are many low-cost or no cost ways to maximize their protection capabilities.

Don't just protect yourself, but others as well. Prevention is a form of community care, remember that. Solidarity with disabled and immunocompromised makes us stronger. ✨

#2024art #zine #zineart #animalart #horse #covid #covidart #MaskUp #WearAMask #covidsnotover #DisabilitySolidarity

Art from late 2024, for the Covid cautious queers zine 2. You can get it on Ko-fi, it's pay what you want.

➡️ https://ko-fi.com/s/21e1bd8f09

All sales go towards disabled mutual aid.
…
As a new covid variant (NB 1.8.1) rapidly spreads, this is the perfect time to start taking covid-safety measures, if you haven't done yet. Wearing masks or respirators; getting your boosters; practicing safe-distancing; using air purifiers; and much more.

Even if something is out of your means, such as respirators, wearing a simple cloth mask is better than nothing. There are many low-cost or no cost ways to maximize their protection capabilities.

Don't just protect yourself, but others as well. Prevention is a form of community care, remember that. Solidarity with disabled and immunocompromised makes us stronger. ✨

#2024art #zine #zineart #animalart #horse #covid #covidart #MaskUp #WearAMask #covidsnotover #DisabilitySolidarity

Art from late 2024, for the Covid cautious queers zine 2. You can get it on Ko-fi, it's pay what you want.

➡️ https://ko-fi.com/s/21e1bd8f09

All sales go towards disabled mutual aid.
…
As a new covid variant (NB 1.8.1) rapidly spreads, this is the perfect time to start taking covid-safety measures, if you haven't done yet. Wearing masks or respirators; getting your boosters; practicing safe-distancing; using air purifiers; and much more.

Even if something is out of your means, such as respirators, wearing a simple cloth mask is better than nothing. There are many low-cost or no cost ways to maximize their protection capabilities.

Don't just protect yourself, but others as well. Prevention is a form of community care, remember that. Solidarity with disabled and immunocompromised makes us stronger. ✨

#2024art #zine #zineart #animalart #horse #covid #covidart #MaskUp #WearAMask #covidsnotover #DisabilitySolidarity

Art from late 2024, for the Covid cautious queers zine 2. You can get it on Ko-fi, it's pay what you want.

➡️ https://ko-fi.com/s/21e1bd8f09

All sales go towards disabled mutual aid.
…
As a new covid variant (NB 1.8.1) rapidly spreads, this is the perfect time to start taking covid-safety measures, if you haven't done yet. Wearing masks or respirators; getting your boosters; practicing safe-distancing; using air purifiers; and much more.

Even if something is out of your means, such as respirators, wearing a simple cloth mask is better than nothing. There are many low-cost or no cost ways to maximize their protection capabilities.

Don't just protect yourself, but others as well. Prevention is a form of community care, remember that. Solidarity with disabled and immunocompromised makes us stronger. ✨

#2024art #zine #zineart #animalart #horse #covid #covidart #MaskUp #WearAMask #covidsnotover #DisabilitySolidarity

The mind-body connection is real, and it's measurable. 🧠🔬💪

Studies show:
→ Chronic stress shrinks the hippocampus
→ Depression increases inflammatory markers
→ Anxiety alters gut microbiota

But here’s the hopeful part: every positive mental health choice also physically heals you.

Longer read with sources: https://bit.ly/4cGqu3p

(Alt text: Illustration of a brain and heart connected by neural pathways)

#MentalHealth #Neurodiversity #ActuallyAutistic #PublicHealth #DisabilitySolidarity

The mind-body connection is real, and it's measurable. 🧠🔬💪

Studies show:
→ Chronic stress shrinks the hippocampus
→ Depression increases inflammatory markers
→ Anxiety alters gut microbiota

But here’s the hopeful part: every positive mental health choice also physically heals you.

Longer read with sources: https://bit.ly/4cGqu3p

(Alt text: Illustration of a brain and heart connected by neural pathways)

#MentalHealth #Neurodiversity #ActuallyAutistic #PublicHealth #DisabilitySolidarity

The mind-body connection is real, and it's measurable. 🧠🔬💪

Studies show:
→ Chronic stress shrinks the hippocampus
→ Depression increases inflammatory markers
→ Anxiety alters gut microbiota

But here’s the hopeful part: every positive mental health choice also physically heals you.

Longer read with sources: https://bit.ly/4cGqu3p

(Alt text: Illustration of a brain and heart connected by neural pathways)

#MentalHealth #Neurodiversity #ActuallyAutistic #PublicHealth #DisabilitySolidarity

The mind-body connection is real, and it's measurable. 🧠🔬💪

Studies show:
→ Chronic stress shrinks the hippocampus
→ Depression increases inflammatory markers
→ Anxiety alters gut microbiota

But here’s the hopeful part: every positive mental health choice also physically heals you.

Longer read with sources: https://bit.ly/4cGqu3p

(Alt text: Illustration of a brain and heart connected by neural pathways)

#MentalHealth #Neurodiversity #ActuallyAutistic #PublicHealth #DisabilitySolidarity

@callisto @dyani
I definitely appreciate the feedback, and I'm always wondering about alt text, as well as things like this. I'm sorry you have trouble with the colors on my site, but I see my friend Dyani is on the case. She's great like that, and she'll probably find something to help.

I use the color scheme and font for my own disabilities, to accommodate a few things. If you ever have time to chat back and forth, I'll be glad to change the theme around for you to sample. I can't guarantee the one that works best for you will be the one that I use, but we can try.

Accommodating others is important to me, but at the same time I have to accommodate my disabilities as well. I understand the dilemma and appreciate your patience and your feedback.

#DisabilitySolidarity #DisabilityCommunity #CrossDisabilitySupport

@callisto @dyani
I definitely appreciate the feedback, and I'm always wondering about alt text, as well as things like this. I'm sorry you have trouble with the colors on my site, but I see my friend Dyani is on the case. She's great like that, and she'll probably find something to help.

I use the color scheme and font for my own disabilities, to accommodate a few things. If you ever have time to chat back and forth, I'll be glad to change the theme around for you to sample. I can't guarantee the one that works best for you will be the one that I use, but we can try.

Accommodating others is important to me, but at the same time I have to accommodate my disabilities as well. I understand the dilemma and appreciate your patience and your feedback.

#DisabilitySolidarity #DisabilityCommunity #CrossDisabilitySupport

@callisto @dyani
I definitely appreciate the feedback, and I'm always wondering about alt text, as well as things like this. I'm sorry you have trouble with the colors on my site, but I see my friend Dyani is on the case. She's great like that, and she'll probably find something to help.

I use the color scheme and font for my own disabilities, to accommodate a few things. If you ever have time to chat back and forth, I'll be glad to change the theme around for you to sample. I can't guarantee the one that works best for you will be the one that I use, but we can try.

Accommodating others is important to me, but at the same time I have to accommodate my disabilities as well. I understand the dilemma and appreciate your patience and your feedback.

#DisabilitySolidarity #DisabilityCommunity #CrossDisabilitySupport

@callisto @dyani
I definitely appreciate the feedback, and I'm always wondering about alt text, as well as things like this. I'm sorry you have trouble with the colors on my site, but I see my friend Dyani is on the case. She's great like that, and she'll probably find something to help.

I use the color scheme and font for my own disabilities, to accommodate a few things. If you ever have time to chat back and forth, I'll be glad to change the theme around for you to sample. I can't guarantee the one that works best for you will be the one that I use, but we can try.

Accommodating others is important to me, but at the same time I have to accommodate my disabilities as well. I understand the dilemma and appreciate your patience and your feedback.

#DisabilitySolidarity #DisabilityCommunity #CrossDisabilitySupport

@callisto @dyani
I definitely appreciate the feedback, and I'm always wondering about alt text, as well as things like this. I'm sorry you have trouble with the colors on my site, but I see my friend Dyani is on the case. She's great like that, and she'll probably find something to help.

I use the color scheme and font for my own disabilities, to accommodate a few things. If you ever have time to chat back and forth, I'll be glad to change the theme around for you to sample. I can't guarantee the one that works best for you will be the one that I use, but we can try.

Accommodating others is important to me, but at the same time I have to accommodate my disabilities as well. I understand the dilemma and appreciate your patience and your feedback.

#DisabilitySolidarity #DisabilityCommunity #CrossDisabilitySupport

If you're disabled, and you only consider and accommodate people with your particular disability, you might be an ablest... Strike that, you are! I'm not always Pollyanna, sometimes I'm Oscar the grouch. Please don't take the lid off my can.

“With Gentle Affect – Surviving Trauma” https://outofexileidr.vivaldi.net/2024/11/02/with-gentle-affect-surviving-trauma/

#DisabilityCommunity #disability #DisabilitySolidarity #CPTSD #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #InvisibleDisabilities #InvisibleDisabilityRights
@actuallyautistic @disabilityjustice @disability

If you're disabled, and you only consider and accommodate people with your particular disability, you might be an ablest... Strike that, you are! I'm not always Pollyanna, sometimes I'm Oscar the grouch. Please don't take the lid off my can.

“With Gentle Affect – Surviving Trauma” https://outofexileidr.vivaldi.net/2024/11/02/with-gentle-affect-surviving-trauma/

#DisabilityCommunity #disability #DisabilitySolidarity #CPTSD #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #InvisibleDisabilities #InvisibleDisabilityRights
@actuallyautistic @disabilityjustice @disability

If you're disabled, and you only consider and accommodate people with your particular disability, you might be an ablest... Strike that, you are! I'm not always Pollyanna, sometimes I'm Oscar the grouch. Please don't take the lid off my can.

“With Gentle Affect – Surviving Trauma” https://outofexileidr.vivaldi.net/2024/11/02/with-gentle-affect-surviving-trauma/

#DisabilityCommunity #disability #DisabilitySolidarity #CPTSD #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #InvisibleDisabilities #InvisibleDisabilityRights
@actuallyautistic @disabilityjustice @disability

If you're disabled, and you only consider and accommodate people with your particular disability, you might be an ablest... Strike that, you are! I'm not always Pollyanna, sometimes I'm Oscar the grouch. Please don't take the lid off my can.

“With Gentle Affect – Surviving Trauma” https://outofexileidr.vivaldi.net/2024/11/02/with-gentle-affect-surviving-trauma/

#DisabilityCommunity #disability #DisabilitySolidarity #CPTSD #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #InvisibleDisabilities #InvisibleDisabilityRights
@actuallyautistic @disabilityjustice @disability

If you're disabled, and you only consider and accommodate people with your particular disability, you might be an ablest... Strike that, you are! I'm not always Pollyanna, sometimes I'm Oscar the grouch. Please don't take the lid off my can.

“With Gentle Affect – Surviving Trauma” https://outofexileidr.vivaldi.net/2024/11/02/with-gentle-affect-surviving-trauma/

#DisabilityCommunity #disability #DisabilitySolidarity #CPTSD #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #InvisibleDisabilities #InvisibleDisabilityRights
@actuallyautistic @disabilityjustice @disability

Solidarity is the best way forward

# AltTextPalestine: Showing Solidarity By Creating Access, by Sarah Blahovec

https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2024/03/03/alttextpalestine-showing-solidarity-by-creating-access/

#accessibility #DisabilityJustice #DisabilitySolidarity #AltText #PalestineSolidarity #StopGenocide #StopApartheid #DisabilityActivism
@palestine @israel

Solidarity is the best way forward

# AltTextPalestine: Showing Solidarity By Creating Access, by Sarah Blahovec

https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2024/03/03/alttextpalestine-showing-solidarity-by-creating-access/

#accessibility #DisabilityJustice #DisabilitySolidarity #AltText #PalestineSolidarity #StopGenocide #StopApartheid #DisabilityActivism
@palestine @israel

Solidarity is the best way forward

# AltTextPalestine: Showing Solidarity By Creating Access, by Sarah Blahovec

https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2024/03/03/alttextpalestine-showing-solidarity-by-creating-access/

#accessibility #DisabilityJustice #DisabilitySolidarity #AltText #PalestineSolidarity #StopGenocide #StopApartheid #DisabilityActivism
@palestine @israel

Solidarity is the best way forward

# AltTextPalestine: Showing Solidarity By Creating Access, by Sarah Blahovec

https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2024/03/03/alttextpalestine-showing-solidarity-by-creating-access/

#accessibility #DisabilityJustice #DisabilitySolidarity #AltText #PalestineSolidarity #StopGenocide #StopApartheid #DisabilityActivism
@palestine @israel

Solidarity is the best way forward

# AltTextPalestine: Showing Solidarity By Creating Access, by Sarah Blahovec

https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2024/03/03/alttextpalestine-showing-solidarity-by-creating-access/

#accessibility #DisabilityJustice #DisabilitySolidarity #AltText #PalestineSolidarity #StopGenocide #StopApartheid
@palestine @israel

People with Disabilities and Extreme Heat
"Deaths of People with Disabilities Surge in Spain, As Does the Heat" – Human Rights Watch

People with physical and invisible disabilities are affected by heat in many different ways. Extreme heat in Spain, has taken the lives of approximately 1200 people since mid-July. The number of which are disabled, is unclear, but during the 2021 "heat dome" in British Columbia, Canada, 91% of those who died were disabled or chronically ill. I know heat certainly affects me. How does it affect you in relation to your disabilities?

The "Human Rights Watch" article linked below, reports on "the serious physical and mental health consequences heat has for people with disabilities". During their study of disabled residents of Andalusia, they found issues including: "gaps in public responses to protect the disabled... A lack of outreach services… and lack of data" about people with disabilities.

The "HRW" also cites a "LACK OF PARTICIPATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN SHAPING RESPONSES". People's hesitance to share disability related info for statistics is understandable, but advocacy and activism from the community is a key part in bringing change. Stand up, speak out and unite for disability rights and climate change. #DisabilitySolidarity

Human Rights Watch article By Jonas Bull: https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/08/15/deaths-people-disabilities-surge-spain-does-heat

Image courtesy of AstroGraphics_Visuals: https://pixabay.com/users/astrographix_visuals-2249158/

#Disability #ChronicIllness #ClimateChange #InvisibleDisabilities #ExtremeHeat #HeatDome #InvisibleDisabilityRights #HumanRights
@disability @disabilityjustice

People with Disabilities and Extreme Heat
"Deaths of People with Disabilities Surge in Spain, As Does the Heat" – Human Rights Watch

People with physical and invisible disabilities are affected by heat in many different ways. Extreme heat in Spain, has taken the lives of approximately 1200 people since mid-July. The number of which are disabled, is unclear, but during the 2021 "heat dome" in British Columbia, Canada, 91% of those who died were disabled or chronically ill. I know heat certainly affects me. How does it affect you in relation to your disabilities?

The "Human Rights Watch" article linked below, reports on "the serious physical and mental health consequences heat has for people with disabilities". During their study of disabled residents of Andalusia, they found issues including: "gaps in public responses to protect the disabled... A lack of outreach services… and lack of data" about people with disabilities.

The "HRW" also cites a "LACK OF PARTICIPATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN SHAPING RESPONSES". People's hesitance to share disability related info for statistics is understandable, but advocacy and activism from the community is a key part in bringing change. Stand up, speak out and unite for disability rights and climate change. #DisabilitySolidarity

Human Rights Watch article By Jonas Bull: https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/08/15/deaths-people-disabilities-surge-spain-does-heat

Image courtesy of AstroGraphics_Visuals: https://pixabay.com/users/astrographix_visuals-2249158/

#Disability #ChronicIllness #ClimateChange #InvisibleDisabilities #ExtremeHeat #HeatDome #InvisibleDisabilityRights #HumanRights
@disability @disabilityjustice

People with Disabilities and Extreme Heat
"Deaths of People with Disabilities Surge in Spain, As Does the Heat" – Human Rights Watch

People with physical and invisible disabilities are affected by heat in many different ways. Extreme heat in Spain, has taken the lives of approximately 1200 people since mid-July. The number of which are disabled, is unclear, but during the 2021 "heat dome" in British Columbia, Canada, 91% of those who died were disabled or chronically ill. I know heat certainly affects me. How does it affect you in relation to your disabilities?

The "Human Rights Watch" article linked below, reports on "the serious physical and mental health consequences heat has for people with disabilities". During their study of disabled residents of Andalusia, they found issues including: "gaps in public responses to protect the disabled... A lack of outreach services… and lack of data" about people with disabilities.

The "HRW" also cites a "LACK OF PARTICIPATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN SHAPING RESPONSES". People's hesitance to share disability related info for statistics is understandable, but advocacy and activism from the community is a key part in bringing change. Stand up, speak out and unite for disability rights and climate change. #DisabilitySolidarity

Human Rights Watch article By Jonas Bull: https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/08/15/deaths-people-disabilities-surge-spain-does-heat

Image courtesy of AstroGraphics_Visuals: https://pixabay.com/users/astrographix_visuals-2249158/

#Disability #ChronicIllness #ClimateChange #InvisibleDisabilities #ExtremeHeat #HeatDome #InvisibleDisabilityRights #HumanRights
@disability @disabilityjustice

People with Disabilities and Extreme Heat
"Deaths of People with Disabilities Surge in Spain, As Does the Heat" – Human Rights Watch

People with physical and invisible disabilities are affected by heat in many different ways. Extreme heat in Spain, has taken the lives of approximately 1200 people since mid-July. The number of which are disabled, is unclear, but during the 2021 "heat dome" in British Columbia, Canada, 91% of those who died were disabled or chronically ill. I know heat certainly affects me. How does it affect you in relation to your disabilities?

The "Human Rights Watch" article linked below, reports on "the serious physical and mental health consequences heat has for people with disabilities". During their study of disabled residents of Andalusia, they found issues including: "gaps in public responses to protect the disabled... A lack of outreach services… and lack of data" about people with disabilities.

The "HRW" also cites a "LACK OF PARTICIPATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN SHAPING RESPONSES". People's hesitance to share disability related info for statistics is understandable, but advocacy and activism from the community is a key part in bringing change. Stand up, speak out and unite for disability rights and climate change. #DisabilitySolidarity

Human Rights Watch article By Jonas Bull: https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/08/15/deaths-people-disabilities-surge-spain-does-heat

Image courtesy of AstroGraphics_Visuals: https://pixabay.com/users/astrographix_visuals-2249158/

#Disability #ChronicIllness #ClimateChange #InvisibleDisabilities #ExtremeHeat #HeatDome #InvisibleDisabilityRights #HumanRights
@disability @disabilityjustice

People with Disabilities and Extreme Heat
"Deaths of People with Disabilities Surge in Spain, As Does the Heat" – Human Rights Watch

People with physical and invisible disabilities are affected by heat in many different ways. Extreme heat in Spain, has taken the lives of approximately 1200 people since mid-July. The number of which are disabled, is unclear, but during the 2021 "heat dome" in British Columbia, Canada, 91% of those who died were disabled or chronically ill. I know heat certainly affects me. How does it affect you in relation to your disabilities?

The "Human Rights Watch" article linked below, reports on "the serious physical and mental health consequences heat has for people with disabilities". During their study of disabled residents of Andalusia, they found issues including: "gaps in public responses to protect the disabled... A lack of outreach services… and lack of data" about people with disabilities.

The "HRW" also cites a "LACK OF PARTICIPATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN SHAPING RESPONSES". People's hesitance to share disability related info for statistics is understandable, but advocacy and activism from the community is a key part in bringing change. Stand up, speak out and unite for disability rights and climate change. #DisabilitySolidarity

Human Rights Watch article By Jonas Bull: https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/08/15/deaths-people-disabilities-surge-spain-does-heat

Image courtesy of AstroGraphics_Visuals: https://pixabay.com/users/astrographix_visuals-2249158/

#Disability #ChronicIllness #ClimateChange #InvisibleDisabilities #ExtremeHeat #HeatDome #InvisibleDisabilityRights #HumanRights
@disability @disabilityjustice

@DesertHarper
Great post about something most abled people would never even consider. 👊🏽

Keep up the good fight.
#DisabilitySolidarity :solidarity:

@disability

@DesertHarper
Great post about something most abled people would never even consider. 👊🏽

Keep up the good fight.
#DisabilitySolidarity :solidarity:

@disability

@DesertHarper
Great post about something most abled people would never even consider. 👊🏽

Keep up the good fight.
#DisabilitySolidarity :solidarity:

@disability

@DesertHarper
Great post about something most abled people would never even consider. 👊🏽

Keep up the good fight.
#DisabilitySolidarity :solidarity:

@disability

@DesertHarper
Great post about something most abled people would never even consider. 👊🏽

Keep up the good fight.
#DisabilitySolidarity :solidarity:

@disability

"Everyone has a stake in defending humanity and dignity and Palestinian liberation is tied to disability justice." - Alice Wong
https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/12/02/why-palestinian-liberation-is-disability-justice/ #CollectiveLiberation, #Disability #Solidarity #Justice #DisabilitySolidarity, #Gaza #Genocide, #Palestine #SettlerColonialism #Solidarity #Zionism

"Everyone has a stake in defending humanity and dignity and Palestinian liberation is tied to disability justice." - Alice Wong
https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/12/02/why-palestinian-liberation-is-disability-justice/ #CollectiveLiberation, #Disability #Solidarity #Justice #DisabilitySolidarity, #Gaza #Genocide, #Palestine #SettlerColonialism #Solidarity #Zionism

"Everyone has a stake in defending humanity and dignity and Palestinian liberation is tied to disability justice." - Alice Wong
https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/12/02/why-palestinian-liberation-is-disability-justice/ #CollectiveLiberation, #Disability #Solidarity #Justice #DisabilitySolidarity, #Gaza #Genocide, #Palestine #SettlerColonialism #Solidarity #Zionism

"Everyone has a stake in defending humanity and dignity and Palestinian liberation is tied to disability justice." - Alice Wong
https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/12/02/why-palestinian-liberation-is-disability-justice/ #CollectiveLiberation, #Disability #Solidarity #Justice #DisabilitySolidarity, #Gaza #Genocide, #Palestine #SettlerColonialism #Solidarity #Zionism

"Everyone has a stake in defending humanity and dignity and Palestinian liberation is tied to disability justice." - Alice Wong
https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/12/02/why-palestinian-liberation-is-disability-justice/ #CollectiveLiberation, #Disability #Solidarity #Justice #DisabilitySolidarity, #Gaza #Genocide, #Palestine #SettlerColonialism #Solidarity #Zionism

⚠️ CW – Suicide Prevention Month (TBI and Suicide)⚠️

September is National suicide prevention month and many members of the Invisible Disability Community are at high risk but, they're not alone. Individuals in the LGBTQIA community are "four times more likely" to make such an attempt for much the same reason as disabled individuals. The way they are mistreated and stigmatized in society. It is also the second leading cause of death for young people in the US between the ages of 18 and 25. "Native American communities experience higher rates of suicide compared to all other racial and ethnic groups in the US being the eighth leading cause of death…".

I thought this would be a good time to migrate and repost a piece I did on TBI "traumatic brain injury" and suicide to include these other at risk groups. What can you do if someone in your life is at risk? Spend some time with them, don't be judgmental, listen and love. If you see them being victimized or bullied, stand up and say something.

TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide (originally posted Dec 27, 2022)

Why support is so important for those that live with TBI and Brain Injury. Between 2014 to 2017, the traumatic brain injury-linked death rate rose from 16.3 to 17.5 per 100,000 people.
There were 61,131 TBI-linked deaths in 2017 alone, and nearly half of these deaths were by suicide or homicide from 2015 to 2017. Last summer, a rash of suicides on the USS Washington raised questions about lack of support and services said to contribute to these deaths.

The links below present the dismal statistics and some ways to help prevent suicide among the population living with Brain Injuries and other marginalized people.

Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide | Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolutionary-psychiatry/201809/traumatic-brain-injury-and-suicide

cdc.gov
https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/prevention/index.html

TBI and Suicide – PubMed.gov:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22329620/

Indigenous communities and suicide:
https://www.publichealthpost.org/databyte/suicide-rates-indigenous/

Trevor Project– LGBTQIA suicide: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/facts-about-lgbtq-youth-suicide/

US News:
https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-11-21/suicide-is-top-cause-of-deaths-tied-to-traumatic-brain-injury

Science Direct:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563205000531

Association between disability and suicide – pub med.gov: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34465506/

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/geralt-9301/

#TBI #BrainInjury #suicide #SuicidePrevention #indigenous #native #disability #LGBTQIA #EmotionalSupport #inclusion #love #understanding #education #EndAbleism #DisabilitySolidarity #DisabilityCommunity #Here4All #ActuallyAutisic #InvisibleDisabilityRights #landback #TransLivesMatter

@disability

⚠️ CW – Suicide Prevention Month (TBI and Suicide)⚠️

September is National suicide prevention month and many members of the Invisible Disability Community are at high risk but, they're not alone. Individuals in the LGBTQIA community are "four times more likely" to make such an attempt for much the same reason as disabled individuals. The way they are mistreated and stigmatized in society. It is also the second leading cause of death for young people in the US between the ages of 18 and 25. "Native American communities experience higher rates of suicide compared to all other racial and ethnic groups in the US being the eighth leading cause of death…".

I thought this would be a good time to migrate and repost a piece I did on TBI "traumatic brain injury" and suicide to include these other at risk groups. What can you do if someone in your life is at risk? Spend some time with them, don't be judgmental, listen and love. If you see them being victimized or bullied, stand up and say something.

TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide (originally posted Dec 27, 2022)

Why support is so important for those that live with TBI and Brain Injury. Between 2014 to 2017, the traumatic brain injury-linked death rate rose from 16.3 to 17.5 per 100,000 people.
There were 61,131 TBI-linked deaths in 2017 alone, and nearly half of these deaths were by suicide or homicide from 2015 to 2017. Last summer, a rash of suicides on the USS Washington raised questions about lack of support and services said to contribute to these deaths.

The links below present the dismal statistics and some ways to help prevent suicide among the population living with Brain Injuries and other marginalized people.

Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide | Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolutionary-psychiatry/201809/traumatic-brain-injury-and-suicide

cdc.gov
https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/prevention/index.html

TBI and Suicide – PubMed.gov:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22329620/

Indigenous communities and suicide:
https://www.publichealthpost.org/databyte/suicide-rates-indigenous/

Trevor Project– LGBTQIA suicide: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/facts-about-lgbtq-youth-suicide/

US News:
https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-11-21/suicide-is-top-cause-of-deaths-tied-to-traumatic-brain-injury

Science Direct:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563205000531

Association between disability and suicide – pub med.gov: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34465506/

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/geralt-9301/

#TBI #BrainInjury #suicide #SuicidePrevention #indigenous #native #disability #LGBTQIA #EmotionalSupport #inclusion #love #understanding #education #EndAbleism #DisabilitySolidarity #DisabilityCommunity #Here4All #ActuallyAutisic #InvisibleDisabilityRights #landback #TransLivesMatter

@disability

⚠️ CW – Suicide Prevention Month (TBI and Suicide)⚠️

September is National suicide prevention month and many members of the Invisible Disability Community are at high risk but, they're not alone. Individuals in the LGBTQIA community are "four times more likely" to make such an attempt for much the same reason as disabled individuals. The way they are mistreated and stigmatized in society. It is also the second leading cause of death for young people in the US between the ages of 18 and 25. "Native American communities experience higher rates of suicide compared to all other racial and ethnic groups in the US being the eighth leading cause of death…".

I thought this would be a good time to migrate and repost a piece I did on TBI "traumatic brain injury" and suicide to include these other at risk groups. What can you do if someone in your life is at risk? Spend some time with them, don't be judgmental, listen and love. If you see them being victimized or bullied, stand up and say something.

TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide (originally posted Dec 27, 2022)

Why support is so important for those that live with TBI and Brain Injury. Between 2014 to 2017, the traumatic brain injury-linked death rate rose from 16.3 to 17.5 per 100,000 people.
There were 61,131 TBI-linked deaths in 2017 alone, and nearly half of these deaths were by suicide or homicide from 2015 to 2017. Last summer, a rash of suicides on the USS Washington raised questions about lack of support and services said to contribute to these deaths.

The links below present the dismal statistics and some ways to help prevent suicide among the population living with Brain Injuries and other marginalized people.

Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide | Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolutionary-psychiatry/201809/traumatic-brain-injury-and-suicide

cdc.gov
https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/prevention/index.html

TBI and Suicide – PubMed.gov:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22329620/

Indigenous communities and suicide:
https://www.publichealthpost.org/databyte/suicide-rates-indigenous/

Trevor Project– LGBTQIA suicide: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/facts-about-lgbtq-youth-suicide/

US News:
https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-11-21/suicide-is-top-cause-of-deaths-tied-to-traumatic-brain-injury

Science Direct:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563205000531

Association between disability and suicide – pub med.gov: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34465506/

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/geralt-9301/

#TBI #BrainInjury #suicide #SuicidePrevention #indigenous #native #disability #LGBTQIA #EmotionalSupport #inclusion #love #understanding #education #EndAbleism #DisabilitySolidarity #DisabilityCommunity #Here4All #ActuallyAutisic #InvisibleDisabilityRights #landback #TransLivesMatter

@disability

⚠️ CW – Suicide Prevention Month (TBI and Suicide)⚠️

September is National suicide prevention month and many members of the Invisible Disability Community are at high risk but, they're not alone. Individuals in the LGBTQIA community are "four times more likely" to make such an attempt for much the same reason as disabled individuals. The way they are mistreated and stigmatized in society. It is also the second leading cause of death for young people in the US between the ages of 18 and 25. "Native American communities experience higher rates of suicide compared to all other racial and ethnic groups in the US being the eighth leading cause of death…".

I thought this would be a good time to migrate and repost a piece I did on TBI "traumatic brain injury" and suicide to include these other at risk groups. What can you do if someone in your life is at risk? Spend some time with them, don't be judgmental, listen and love. If you see them being victimized or bullied, stand up and say something.

TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide (originally posted Dec 27, 2022)

Why support is so important for those that live with TBI and Brain Injury. Between 2014 to 2017, the traumatic brain injury-linked death rate rose from 16.3 to 17.5 per 100,000 people.
There were 61,131 TBI-linked deaths in 2017 alone, and nearly half of these deaths were by suicide or homicide from 2015 to 2017. Last summer, a rash of suicides on the USS Washington raised questions about lack of support and services said to contribute to these deaths.

The links below present the dismal statistics and some ways to help prevent suicide among the population living with Brain Injuries and other marginalized people.

Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide | Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolutionary-psychiatry/201809/traumatic-brain-injury-and-suicide

cdc.gov
https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/prevention/index.html

TBI and Suicide – PubMed.gov:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22329620/

Indigenous communities and suicide:
https://www.publichealthpost.org/databyte/suicide-rates-indigenous/

Trevor Project– LGBTQIA suicide: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/facts-about-lgbtq-youth-suicide/

US News:
https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-11-21/suicide-is-top-cause-of-deaths-tied-to-traumatic-brain-injury

Science Direct:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563205000531

Association between disability and suicide – pub med.gov: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34465506/

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/geralt-9301/

#TBI #BrainInjury #suicide #SuicidePrevention #indigenous #native #disability #LGBTQIA #EmotionalSupport #inclusion #love #understanding #education #EndAbleism #DisabilitySolidarity #DisabilityCommunity #Here4All #ActuallyAutisic #InvisibleDisabilityRights #landback #TransLivesMatter

@disability

⚠️ CW – Suicide Prevention Month (TBI and Suicide)⚠️

September is National suicide prevention month and many members of the Invisible Disability Community are at high risk but, they're not alone. Individuals in the LGBTQIA community are "four times more likely" to make such an attempt for much the same reason as disabled individuals. The way they are mistreated and stigmatized in society. It is also the second leading cause of death for young people in the US between the ages of 18 and 25. "Native American communities experience higher rates of suicide compared to all other racial and ethnic groups in the US being the eighth leading cause of death…".

I thought this would be a good time to migrate and repost a piece I did on TBI "traumatic brain injury" and suicide to include these other at risk groups. What can you do if someone in your life is at risk? Spend some time with them, don't be judgmental, listen and love. If you see them being victimized or bullied, stand up and say something.

TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide (originally posted Dec 27, 2022)

Why support is so important for those that live with TBI and Brain Injury. Between 2014 to 2017, the traumatic brain injury-linked death rate rose from 16.3 to 17.5 per 100,000 people.
There were 61,131 TBI-linked deaths in 2017 alone, and nearly half of these deaths were by suicide or homicide from 2015 to 2017. Last summer, a rash of suicides on the USS Washington raised questions about lack of support and services said to contribute to these deaths.

The links below present the dismal statistics and some ways to help prevent suicide among the population living with Brain Injuries and other marginalized people.

Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide | Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolutionary-psychiatry/201809/traumatic-brain-injury-and-suicide

cdc.gov
https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/prevention/index.html

TBI and Suicide – PubMed.gov:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22329620/

Indigenous communities and suicide:
https://www.publichealthpost.org/databyte/suicide-rates-indigenous/

Trevor Project– LGBTQIA suicide: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/facts-about-lgbtq-youth-suicide/

US News:
https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-11-21/suicide-is-top-cause-of-deaths-tied-to-traumatic-brain-injury

Science Direct:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563205000531

Association between disability and suicide – pub med.gov: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34465506/

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/geralt-9301/

#TBI #BrainInjury #suicide #SuicidePrevention #indigenous #native #disability #LGBTQIA #EmotionalSupport #inclusion #love #understanding #education #EndAbleism #DisabilitySolidarity #DisabilityCommunity #Here4All #ActuallyAutisic #InvisibleDisabilityRights #landback #TransLivesMatter

@disability

⚠️ CW – Suicide Prevention Month (TBI and Suicide)⚠️

September is National suicide prevention month and many members of the Invisible Disability Community are at high risk but, they're not alone. Individuals in the LGBTQIA community are "four times more likely" to make such an attempt for much the same reason as disabled individuals. The way they are mistreated and stigmatized in society. It is also the second leading cause of death for young people in the US between the ages of 18 and 25. "Native American communities experience higher rates of suicide compared to all other racial and ethnic groups in the US being the eighth leading cause of death…".

I thought this would be a good time to migrate and repost a piece I did on TBI "traumatic brain injury" and suicide to include these other at risk groups. What can you do if someone in your life is at risk? Spend some time with them, don't be judgmental, listen and love. If you see them being victimized or bullied, stand up and say something.

TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide (originally posted Dec 27, 2022)

Why support is so important for those that live with TBI and Brain Injury.

From 2014 to 2017, the traumatic brain injury-linked death rate rose from 16.3 to 17.5 per 100,000 people.

There were 61,131 TBI-linked deaths in 2017 alone, and nearly half of these deaths were by suicide or homicide from 2015 to 2017.

Last summer, a rash of suicides on the USS Washington raised questions about lack of support and services said to contribute to these deaths.

The links below present the dismal statistics and some ways to help prevent suicide among the population living with Brain Injuries and other marginalized people.

Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide | Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolutionary-psychiatry/201809/traumatic-brain-injury-and-suicide

cdc.gov
https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/prevention/index.html

TBI and Suicide – PubMed.gov:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22329620/

Indigenous communities and suicide:
https://www.publichealthpost.org/databyte/suicide-rates-indigenous/

Trevor Project– LGBTQIA suicide: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/facts-about-lgbtq-youth-suicide/

US News:
https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-11-21/suicide-is-top-cause-of-deaths-tied-to-traumatic-brain-injury

Science Direct:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563205000531

Association between disability and suicide – pub med.gov: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34465506/

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/geralt-9301/

#TBI #BrainInjury #suicide #SuicidePrevention #indigenous #native #disability #LGBTQIA #EmotionalSupport #inclusion #love #understanding #education #EndAbleism #DisabilitySolidarity #DisabilityCommunity #Here4All #ActuallyAutisic #InvisibleDisabilityRights #landback

@disability

⚠️ CW – Suicide Prevention Month (TBI and Suicide)⚠️

September is National suicide prevention month and many members of the Invisible Disability Community are at high risk but, they're not alone. Individuals in the LGBTQIA community are "four times more likely" to make such an attempt for much the same reason as disabled individuals. The way they are mistreated and stigmatized in society. It is also the second leading cause of death for young people in the US between the ages of 18 and 25. "Native American communities experience higher rates of suicide compared to all other racial and ethnic groups in the US being the eight leading cause of death…".

I thought this would be a good time to migrate and repost a piece I did on TBI "traumatic brain injury" and suicide and include these other at risk groups. What can you do if someone in your life is at risk? Spend some time with them, don't be judgmental, listen and love. if you see them being victimized or believed, stand up and say something.

TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide (originally posted Dec 27, 2022)

Why support is so important for those that live with TBI and Brain Injury.

From 2014 to 2017, the traumatic brain injury-linked death rate rose from 16.3 to 17.5 per 100,000 people.

There were 61,131 TBI-linked deaths in 2017 alone, and nearly half of these deaths were by suicide or homicide from 2015 to 2017.

Last summer, a rash of suicides on the USS Washington raised questions about lack of support and services said to contribute to these deaths.

The links below present the dismal statistics and some ways to help prevent suicide among the population living with Brain Injuries and other marginalized people.

Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide | Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolutionary-psychiatry/201809/traumatic-brain-injury-and-suicide

cdc.gov
https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/prevention/index.html

TBI and Suicide – PubMed.gov:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22329620/

Indigenous communities and suicide:
https://www.publichealthpost.org/databyte/suicide-rates-indigenous/

Trevor Project– LGBTQIA suicide: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/facts-about-lgbtq-youth-suicide/

US News:
https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-11-21/suicide-is-top-cause-of-deaths-tied-to-traumatic-brain-injury

Science Direct:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563205000531

Association between disability and suicide – pub med.gov: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34465506/

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/geralt-9301/

#TBI #BrainInjury #suicide #SuicidePrevention #indigenous #native #disability #LGBTQIA #EmotionalSupport #inclusion #love #understanding #education #EndAbleism #DisabilitySolidarity #DisabilityCommunity #Here4All #ActuallyAutisic #InvisibleDisabilityRights #landback

@disability

⚠️ CW – Suicide Prevention Month (TBI and Suicide)⚠️

September is National suicide prevention month and many members of the Invisible Disability Community are at high risk but, they're not alone. Individuals in the LGBTQIA community are "four times more likely" to make such an attempt for much the same reason as disabled individuals. The way they are mistreated and stigmatized in society. It is also the second leading cause of death for young people in the US between the ages of 18 and 25. "Native American communities experience higher rates of suicide compared to all other racial and ethnic groups in the US being the eight leading cause of death…".

I thought this would be a good time to migrate and repost a piece I did on TBI "traumatic brain injury" and suicide and include these other at risk groups. What can you do if someone in your life is at risk? Spend some time with them, don't be judgmental, listen and love. if you see them being victimized or believed, stand up and say something.

TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide (originally posted Dec 27, 2022)

Why support is so important for those that live with TBI and Brain Injury.

From 2014 to 2017, the traumatic brain injury-linked death rate rose from 16.3 to 17.5 per 100,000 people.

There were 61,131 TBI-linked deaths in 2017 alone, and nearly half of these deaths were by suicide or homicide from 2015 to 2017.

Last summer, a rash of suicides on the USS Washington raised questions about lack of support and services said to contribute to these deaths.

The links below present the dismal statistics and some ways to help prevent suicide among the population living with Brain Injuries and other marginalized people.

Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide | Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolutionary-psychiatry/201809/traumatic-brain-injury-and-suicide

cdc.gov
https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/prevention/index.html

TBI and Suicide – PubMed.gov:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22329620/

Indigenous communities and suicide:
https://www.publichealthpost.org/databyte/suicide-rates-indigenous/

Trevor Project– LGBTQIA suicide: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/facts-about-lgbtq-youth-suicide/

US News:
https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-11-21/suicide-is-top-cause-of-deaths-tied-to-traumatic-brain-injury

Science Direct:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563205000531

Association between disability and suicide – pub med.gov: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34465506/

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/geralt-9301/

#TBI #BrainInjury #suicide #SuicidePrevention #indigenous #native #disability #LGBTQIA #EmotionalSupport #inclusion #love #understanding #education #EndAbleism #DisabilitySolidarity #DisabilityCommunity #Here4All #ActuallyAutisic #InvisibleDisabilityRights #landback

@disability

⚠️ CW – Suicide Prevention Month (TBI and Suicide)⚠️

September is National suicide prevention month and many members of the Invisible Disability Community are at high risk but, they're not alone. Individuals in the LGBTQIA community are "four times more likely" to make such an attempt for much the same reason as disabled individuals. The way they are mistreated and stigmatized in society. It is also the second leading cause of death for young people in the US between the ages of 18 and 25. "Native American communities experience higher rates of suicide compared to all other racial and ethnic groups in the US being the eighth leading cause of death…".

I thought this would be a good time to migrate and repost a piece I did on TBI "traumatic brain injury" and suicide to include these other at risk groups. What can you do if someone in your life is at risk? Spend some time with them, don't be judgmental, listen and love. If you see them being victimized or bullied, stand up and say something.

TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide (originally posted Dec 27, 2022)

Why support is so important for those that live with TBI and Brain Injury.

From 2014 to 2017, the traumatic brain injury-linked death rate rose from 16.3 to 17.5 per 100,000 people.

There were 61,131 TBI-linked deaths in 2017 alone, and nearly half of these deaths were by suicide or homicide from 2015 to 2017.

Last summer, a rash of suicides on the USS Washington raised questions about lack of support and services said to contribute to these deaths.

The links below present the dismal statistics and some ways to help prevent suicide among the population living with Brain Injuries and other marginalized people.

Traumatic Brain Injury and Suicide | Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolutionary-psychiatry/201809/traumatic-brain-injury-and-suicide

cdc.gov
https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/prevention/index.html

TBI and Suicide – PubMed.gov:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22329620/

Indigenous communities and suicide:
https://www.publichealthpost.org/databyte/suicide-rates-indigenous/

Trevor Project– LGBTQIA suicide: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/facts-about-lgbtq-youth-suicide/

US News:
https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-11-21/suicide-is-top-cause-of-deaths-tied-to-traumatic-brain-injury

Science Direct:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563205000531

Association between disability and suicide – pub med.gov: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34465506/

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/users/geralt-9301/

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