#loiscurtis — Public Fediverse posts

Thinking of Lois Curtis today and remembering her resilience and determination. She is deserving of every person's respect. If you don't know who she is, take some time to discover.

“To The Brave And Strong: Lois Curtis” https://outofexileidr.vivaldi.net/2024/11/03/to-the-brave-and-strong-lois-curtis/

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#disability #ActuallyAutistic #InvisibleDisabilities #ADA #MentalHealth #freedom #community #resilience #LoisCurtis #InvisibleDisabilityRights

@disabilityjustice @disability @disabledvoices @actuallyautistic

Thinking of Lois Curtis today and remembering her resilience and determination. She is deserving of every person's respect. If you don't know who she is, take some time to discover.

“To The Brave And Strong: Lois Curtis” https://outofexileidr.vivaldi.net/2024/11/03/to-the-brave-and-strong-lois-curtis/

💚 If you like my work, please consider buying me a coffee on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/outofexile_idr

👉🏼 View my other work or send support via stripe here: https://outofexileidr.vivaldi.net/dona

#disability #ActuallyAutistic #InvisibleDisabilities #ADA #MentalHealth #freedom #community #resilience #LoisCurtis #InvisibleDisabilityRights

@disabilityjustice @disability @disabledvoices @actuallyautistic

Thinking of Lois Curtis today and remembering her resilience and determination. She is deserving of every person's respect. If you don't know who she is, take some time to discover.

“To The Brave And Strong: Lois Curtis” https://outofexileidr.vivaldi.net/2024/11/03/to-the-brave-and-strong-lois-curtis/

💚 If you like my work, please consider buying me a coffee on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/outofexile_idr

👉🏼 View my other work or send support via stripe here: https://outofexileidr.vivaldi.net/dona

#disability #ActuallyAutistic #InvisibleDisabilities #ADA #MentalHealth #freedom #community #resilience #LoisCurtis #InvisibleDisabilityRights

@disabilityjustice @disability @disabledvoices @actuallyautistic

Thinking of Lois Curtis today and remembering her resilience and determination. She is deserving of every person's respect. If you don't know who she is, take some time to discover.

“To The Brave And Strong: Lois Curtis” https://outofexileidr.vivaldi.net/2024/11/03/to-the-brave-and-strong-lois-curtis/

💚 If you like my work, please consider buying me a coffee on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/outofexile_idr

👉🏼 View my other work or send support via stripe here: https://outofexileidr.vivaldi.net/dona

#disability #ActuallyAutistic #InvisibleDisabilities #ADA #MentalHealth #freedom #community #resilience #LoisCurtis #InvisibleDisabilityRights

@disabilityjustice @disability @disabledvoices @actuallyautistic

Thinking of Lois Curtis today and remembering her resilience and determination. She is deserving of every person's respect. If you don't know who she is, take some time to discover.

“To The Brave And Strong: Lois Curtis” https://outofexileidr.vivaldi.net/2024/11/03/to-the-brave-and-strong-lois-curtis/

💚 If you like my work, please consider buying me a coffee on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/outofexile_idr

👉🏼 View my other work or send support via stripe here: https://outofexileidr.vivaldi.net/dona

#disability #ActuallyAutistic #InvisibleDisabilities #ADA #MentalHealth #freedom #community #resilience #LoisCurtis #InvisibleDisabilityRights

@disabilityjustice @disability @disabledvoices @actuallyautistic

Thinking of Lois Curtis today and remembering her resilience and determination. She is deserving of every person’s respect. If you don’t know who she is, take some time to discover.

Without her heroic efforts, there would be no Olmstead Act protecting the right to freedom for people with invisible disabilities (IDs) and mental health challenges. Lois, and her co-plaintif Elaine Wilson, took the battle against societal, and institutionalized ableism all the way to the Supreme Court and won. There is, however, much that still needs to be accomplished on the trail that Lois blazed.

Lois Curtis was born in Georgia, on July 14, 1967, with developmental/cognitive disabilities, and was later diagnosed with schizophrenia. Until the age of 11, she lived with her family and attended public school which she loved, but behavioral issues stemming from her disabilities soon caused her to be institutionalized. Lack of understanding and lack of services in the community for individuals with invisible disabilities and mental health challenges are the main reasons that Lois spent most of her life essentially incarcerated in institutions for a health issue.

By age 11, Lois was repeatedly in and out of Georgia Regional Hospital, and not long after was institutionalized in other similar facilities throughout her adolescence, as well as most of her life. She was regularly sedated through her teen years. Her outlook only continued to darken as her misery grew–she was trapped in a “healthcare” prison due to lack of understanding and accommodation. The use of weaponized pharmaceuticals and other inhumane treatments to “control” individuals unnecessarily has been the fate of many with invisible disabilities throughout history. If you think this has changed entirely, you are sadly mistaken about the medical “industry”. If there’s no individual accommodation for each person’s specific disabilities, the system is fundamentally broken and actively harmful.

Eventually, doctors concurred that Lois no longer needed, nor did she fit the criteria for, involuntary institutional “incarceration”, but there were no home/residential settings or home care supports for her and others with similar disabilities affecting the mind. Because the entire community surrounding people with invisible disabilities did, and continues to, ignore and drop the ball regarding our need for proper services, Lois was basically an inmate in a prison disguised as a hospital for decades of her life. Imagine if you were diagnosed with brain cancer. Would the best treatment be to lock you up and throw away the key? What are those without these types of disabilities doing to change the rules, fight for fair pay, accommodate, and remove the stigmatude1, leaving only love and acceptance in its wake? Real change won’t happen without action from the abled.

During the many years that Lois Curtis was held prisoner because of her health, she developed a close friendship with another “patient” named Elaine Wilson. Together, the two of them stood in defiance against an ivory tower of injustice for the invisibly disabled community. With the help of, surprisingly, a Legal Aid Society attorney, they took their fight all the way to the Supreme Court, but not until Lois continuously, politely badgered attorney Sue Jameison, melting her heart and convincing her to take the case.

Having much personal history dealing with state disability protection agencies, legal aid societies and their funders like Legal Services Corp.gov LSC.gov, polite badgering seems to be the only way for many people with invisible disabilities to get accommodation and legal representation to protect themselves. I’ve had to play this legal wrangling game many times.

Finally, in 1995, Lois and Elaine Wilson’s determination paid off and Atlanta Legal Aid filed a case against Georgia Department of Human Resources Commissioner, Tommy Olmstead. The complaint reasoned that the state was violating their rights pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA section 504), arguing that people with invisible disabilities cannot be forcibly institutionalized. The decision also requires municipalities and state governments to provide community-based services, affording individuals like Lois Curtis the right to live in their own home, and enjoy full “community integration”. The ruling applies to any facility/institution that receives federal funding.

Four years after filing, the decision was handed down in 1999, and Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson won their freedom, and the right to freedom for every person with developmental and invisible disabilities. The decision is touted as the “Brown Vs. Board of Education” of Invisible Disability Rights. In the years following this historic Supreme Court case, Lois worked with the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (HHS OCR) on other Olmstead cases. She was also an honored guest at the White House during the Obama administration.

Despite the circumstances throughout her life, Lois always seemed to light every room she entered. Her thankful and simple approach to life, is an example everyone could learn from. Lois in her own words:

“Well, I make grits, eggs, and sausage in the morning and sweep the floor. I go out to eat sometimes. I take art classes. I draw pretty pictures and make money. I go out of town and sell me artwork. I go to church and pray to the Lord. I raise my voice high! In the summer I go to the pool and put my feet in the water. Maybe I’ll learn to swim someday. I been fishing. I seen a pig and a horse on a farm. I buy clothes and shoes. I have birthday parties. They a lot of fun. I’m not afraid of big dogs no more. I feel good about myself. My life a better life.”

– Lois Curtis, faams.org

Unfortunately, like so many with disabilities, Lois lived in poverty all of her life and on November 3, 2022, she died in poverty. I remember seeing the mutual aid requests for her on social media just before her passing. The strength and courage of Lois Curtis will always inspire me to keep fighting for IDR. She was a champion of change for invisible disability rights and forever will be. Thank you, Lois.

1. “My brain is not always helpful, but this flub combining two words was.
   Stigmatude: The attitude personified by lack of understanding and acceptance of people living with invisible disabilities and mental illness, that ableists and many others perpetuate.”
   -OutOfExile_IDR™
   ↩︎

OutOfExile_IDR™ © 2024

All writings, images, graphics, logos, and other content by: OutOfExile_IDR™ unless credited otherwise.

All Rights Reserved. No Scraping.

Image Courtesy of Anthesis

Sources:

Olmsted Rights: https://www.olmsteadrights.org/iamolmstead/history/

Lois Curtis on Life After Olmstead: https://publications.ici.umn.edu/impact/28-1/lois-curtis-on-life-after-olmstead

Families as Allies: https://publications.ici.umn.edu/impact/28-1/lois-curtis-on-life-after-olmstead

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Cur

National Women’s History Museum: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/lois-curtis

https://outofexileidr.vivaldi.net/2024/11/03/to-the-brave-and-strong-lois-curtis/

#Disability #InvisibleDisabilities #MentalHealth #ActuallyAutistic #InvisibleDisabilityRights #LoisCurtis #SupremeCourt

Thinking of Lois Curtis today and remembering her resilience and determination. She is deserving of every person’s respect. If you don’t know who she is, take some time to discover.

Without her heroic efforts, there would be no Olmstead Act protecting the right to freedom for people with invisible disabilities (IDs) and mental health challenges. Lois, and her co-plaintif Elaine Wilson, took the battle against societal, and institutionalized ableism all the way to the Supreme Court and won. There is, however, much that still needs to be accomplished on the trail that Lois blazed.

Lois Curtis was born in Georgia, on July 14, 1967, with developmental/cognitive disabilities, and was later diagnosed with schizophrenia. Until the age of 11, she lived with her family and attended public school which she loved, but behavioral issues stemming from her disabilities soon caused her to be institutionalized. Lack of understanding and lack of services in the community for individuals with invisible disabilities and mental health challenges are the main reasons that Lois spent most of her life essentially incarcerated in institutions for a health issue.

By age 11, Lois was repeatedly in and out of Georgia Regional Hospital, and not long after was institutionalized in other similar facilities throughout her adolescence, as well as most of her life. She was regularly sedated through her teen years. Her outlook only continued to darken as her misery grew–she was trapped in a “healthcare” prison due to lack of understanding and accommodation. The use of weaponized pharmaceuticals and other inhumane treatments to “control” individuals unnecessarily has been the fate of many with invisible disabilities throughout history. If you think this has changed entirely, you are sadly mistaken about the medical “industry”. If there’s no individual accommodation for each person’s specific disabilities, the system is fundamentally broken and actively harmful.

Eventually, doctors concurred that Lois no longer needed, nor did she fit the criteria for, involuntary institutional “incarceration”, but there were no home/residential settings or home care supports for her and others with similar disabilities affecting the mind. Because the entire community surrounding people with invisible disabilities did, and continues to, ignore and drop the ball regarding our need for proper services, Lois was basically an inmate in a prison disguised as a hospital for decades of her life. Imagine if you were diagnosed with brain cancer. Would the best treatment be to lock you up and throw away the key? What are those without these types of disabilities doing to change the rules, fight for fair pay, accommodate, and remove the stigmatude1, leaving only love and acceptance in its wake? Real change won’t happen without action from the abled.

During the many years that Lois Curtis was held prisoner because of her health, she developed a close friendship with another “patient” named Elaine Wilson. Together, the two of them stood in defiance against an ivory tower of injustice for the invisibly disabled community. With the help of, surprisingly, a Legal Aid Society attorney, they took their fight all the way to the Supreme Court, but not until Lois continuously, politely badgered attorney Sue Jameison, melting her heart and convincing her to take the case.

Having much personal history dealing with state disability protection agencies, legal aid societies and their funders like Legal Services Corp.gov LSC.gov, polite badgering seems to be the only way for many people with invisible disabilities to get accommodation and legal representation to protect themselves. I’ve had to play this legal wrangling game many times.

Finally, in 1995, Lois and Elaine Wilson’s determination paid off and Atlanta Legal Aid filed a case against Georgia Department of Human Resources Commissioner, Tommy Olmstead. The complaint reasoned that the state was violating their rights pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA section 504), arguing that people with invisible disabilities cannot be forcibly institutionalized. The decision also requires municipalities and state governments to provide community-based services, affording individuals like Lois Curtis the right to live in their own home, and enjoy full “community integration”. The ruling applies to any facility/institution that receives federal funding.

Four years after filing, the decision was handed down in 1999, and Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson won their freedom, and the right to freedom for every person with developmental and invisible disabilities. The decision is touted as the “Brown Vs. Board of Education” of Invisible Disability Rights. In the years following this historic Supreme Court case, Lois worked with the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (HHS OCR) on other Olmstead cases. She was also an honored guest at the White House during the Obama administration.

Despite the circumstances throughout her life, Lois always seemed to light every room she entered. Her thankful and simple approach to life, is an example everyone could learn from. Lois in her own words:

“Well, I make grits, eggs, and sausage in the morning and sweep the floor. I go out to eat sometimes. I take art classes. I draw pretty pictures and make money. I go out of town and sell me artwork. I go to church and pray to the Lord. I raise my voice high! In the summer I go to the pool and put my feet in the water. Maybe I’ll learn to swim someday. I been fishing. I seen a pig and a horse on a farm. I buy clothes and shoes. I have birthday parties. They a lot of fun. I’m not afraid of big dogs no more. I feel good about myself. My life a better life.”

– Lois Curtis, faams.org

Unfortunately, like so many with disabilities, Lois lived in poverty all of her life and on November 3, 2022, she died in poverty. I remember seeing the mutual aid requests for her on social media just before her passing. The strength and courage of Lois Curtis will always inspire me to keep fighting for IDR. She was a champion of change for invisible disability rights and forever will be. Thank you, Lois.

1. “My brain is not always helpful, but this flub combining two words was.
   Stigmatude: The attitude personified by lack of understanding and acceptance of people living with invisible disabilities and mental illness, that ableists and many others perpetuate.”
   -OutOfExile_IDR™
   ↩︎

OutOfExile_IDR™ © 2024

All writings, images, graphics, logos, and other content by: OutOfExile_IDR™ unless credited otherwise.

All Rights Reserved. No Scraping.

Image Courtesy of Anthesis

Sources:

Olmsted Rights: https://www.olmsteadrights.org/iamolmstead/history/

Lois Curtis on Life After Olmstead: https://publications.ici.umn.edu/impact/28-1/lois-curtis-on-life-after-olmstead

Families as Allies: https://publications.ici.umn.edu/impact/28-1/lois-curtis-on-life-after-olmstead

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Cur

National Women’s History Museum: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/lois-curtis

https://outofexileidr.vivaldi.net/2024/11/03/to-the-brave-and-strong-lois-curtis/

#Disability #InvisibleDisabilities #MentalHealth #ActuallyAutistic #InvisibleDisabilityRights #LoisCurtis #SupremeCourt

Thinking of Lois Curtis today and remembering her resilience and determination. She is deserving of every person’s respect. If you don’t know who she is, take some time to discover.

Without her heroic efforts, there would be no Olmstead Act protecting the right to freedom for people with invisible disabilities (IDs) and mental health challenges. Lois, and her co-plaintif Elaine Wilson, took the battle against societal, and institutionalized ableism all the way to the Supreme Court and won. There is, however, much that still needs to be accomplished on the trail that Lois blazed.

Lois Curtis was born in Georgia, on July 14, 1967, with developmental/cognitive disabilities, and was later diagnosed with schizophrenia. Until the age of 11, she lived with her family and attended public school which she loved, but behavioral issues stemming from her disabilities soon caused her to be institutionalized. Lack of understanding and lack of services in the community for individuals with invisible disabilities and mental health challenges are the main reasons that Lois spent most of her life essentially incarcerated in institutions for a health issue.

By age 11, Lois was repeatedly in and out of Georgia Regional Hospital, and not long after was institutionalized in other similar facilities throughout her adolescence, as well as most of her life. She was regularly sedated through her teen years. Her outlook only continued to darken as her misery grew–she was trapped in a “healthcare” prison due to lack of understanding and accommodation. The use of weaponized pharmaceuticals and other inhumane treatments to “control” individuals unnecessarily has been the fate of many with invisible disabilities throughout history. If you think this has changed entirely, you are sadly mistaken about the medical “industry”. If there’s no individual accommodation for each person’s specific disabilities, the system is fundamentally broken and actively harmful.

Eventually, doctors concurred that Lois no longer needed, nor did she fit the criteria for, involuntary institutional “incarceration”, but there were no home/residential settings or home care supports for her and others with similar disabilities affecting the mind. Because the entire community surrounding people with invisible disabilities did, and continues to, ignore and drop the ball regarding our need for proper services, Lois was basically an inmate in a prison disguised as a hospital for decades of her life. Imagine if you were diagnosed with brain cancer. Would the best treatment be to lock you up and throw away the key? What are those without these types of disabilities doing to change the rules, fight for fair pay, accommodate, and remove the stigmatude1, leaving only love and acceptance in its wake? Real change won’t happen without action from the abled.

During the many years that Lois Curtis was held prisoner because of her health, she developed a close friendship with another “patient” named Elaine Wilson. Together, the two of them stood in defiance against an ivory tower of injustice for the invisibly disabled community. With the help of, surprisingly, a Legal Aid Society attorney, they took their fight all the way to the Supreme Court, but not until Lois continuously, politely badgered attorney Sue Jameison, melting her heart and convincing her to take the case.

Having much personal history dealing with state disability protection agencies, legal aid societies and their funders like Legal Services Corp.gov LSC.gov, polite badgering seems to be the only way for many people with invisible disabilities to get accommodation and legal representation to protect themselves. I’ve had to play this legal wrangling game many times.

Finally, in 1995, Lois and Elaine Wilson’s determination paid off and Atlanta Legal Aid filed a case against Georgia Department of Human Resources Commissioner, Tommy Olmstead. The complaint reasoned that the state was violating their rights pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA section 504), arguing that people with invisible disabilities cannot be forcibly institutionalized. The decision also requires municipalities and state governments to provide community-based services, affording individuals like Lois Curtis the right to live in their own home, and enjoy full “community integration”. The ruling applies to any facility/institution that receives federal funding.

Four years after filing, the decision was handed down in 1999, and Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson won their freedom, and the right to freedom for every person with developmental and invisible disabilities. The decision is touted as the “Brown Vs. Board of Education” of Invisible Disability Rights. In the years following this historic Supreme Court case, Lois worked with the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (HHS OCR) on other Olmstead cases. She was also an honored guest at the White House during the Obama administration.

Despite the circumstances throughout her life, Lois always seemed to light every room she entered. Her thankful and simple approach to life, is an example everyone could learn from. Lois in her own words:

“Well, I make grits, eggs, and sausage in the morning and sweep the floor. I go out to eat sometimes. I take art classes. I draw pretty pictures and make money. I go out of town and sell me artwork. I go to church and pray to the Lord. I raise my voice high! In the summer I go to the pool and put my feet in the water. Maybe I’ll learn to swim someday. I been fishing. I seen a pig and a horse on a farm. I buy clothes and shoes. I have birthday parties. They a lot of fun. I’m not afraid of big dogs no more. I feel good about myself. My life a better life.”

– Lois Curtis, faams.org

Unfortunately, like so many with disabilities, Lois lived in poverty all of her life and on November 3, 2022, she died in poverty. I remember seeing the mutual aid requests for her on social media just before her passing. The strength and courage of Lois Curtis will always inspire me to keep fighting for IDR. She was a champion of change for invisible disability rights and forever will be. Thank you, Lois.

1. “My brain is not always helpful, but this flub combining two words was.
   Stigmatude: The attitude personified by lack of understanding and acceptance of people living with invisible disabilities and mental illness, that ableists and many others perpetuate.”
   -OutOfExile_IDR™
   ↩︎

OutOfExile_IDR™ © 2024

All writings, images, graphics, logos, and other content by: OutOfExile_IDR™ unless credited otherwise.

All Rights Reserved. No Scraping.

Image Courtesy of Anthesis

Sources:

Olmsted Rights: https://www.olmsteadrights.org/iamolmstead/history/

Lois Curtis on Life After Olmstead: https://publications.ici.umn.edu/impact/28-1/lois-curtis-on-life-after-olmstead

Families as Allies: https://publications.ici.umn.edu/impact/28-1/lois-curtis-on-life-after-olmstead

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lois_Cur

National Women’s History Museum: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/lois-curtis

https://outofexileidr.vivaldi.net/2024/11/03/to-the-brave-and-strong-lois-curtis/

#Disability #InvisibleDisabilities #MentalHealth #ActuallyAutistic #InvisibleDisabilityRights #LoisCurtis #SupremeCourt

International Women’s Day Hero of Invisible Disability Rights – Elaine Wilson:

In celebration of International Women's Day, OutOfExile_IDR honors Elaine Wilson, champion of invisible disability rights and the Olmstead Act.  It seems germane, as March is also Developmental Disabilities Month.

During Martin Luther King week, I posted about Lois Curtis, a champion for Invisible Disability Rights (link below).  Lois, togather with another woman, Elaine Wilson, fought all the way to the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) for the right to live in the community, rather than being institutionalized.  Fighting courageously for their freedom, they won the right to freedom for all people with invisible disabilities.  The case is often refered to as the “Brown v. Board of Education” for people with (Invisible) disabilities.

Excerpt below & image of Elaine from:
https://www.olmsteadrights.org/iamolmstead/history/

[“Elaine Wilson became seriously ill when she was one years old. She was hospitalized with a raging fever and it was unclear whether she would survive... When the fever finally broke and Elaine was …sent home, ….Elaine had lost some of her early motor function abilities, such as crawling or even sitting up by herself. The doctors assured Elaine's mother that (it) was only a lingering effect of the illness…. Elaine eventually did recover, but very slowly”.[]

In school, Elaine lagged behind other students having difficulties with focus and learning , eventually being diagnosed with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) attributed to the prolonged high fever as an infant.  Likley, this was the correct diagnosis.

She was reevaluated as a teen upon enrollment at “Gracewood State School and Hospitol” in Georgia.  There, she was diagnosed with an ableist slur containing the “R" word, once used in reference to PEOPLE living with Down Syndrome. Providers believed the only recourse was institutionalization. (I am bitting my tongue and holding back my opinions on the lot of it.)

She would spend about a decade living in institutions (State hospitals) against her will.  Following that, in the 1980s, she would be “ping-ponged" from care homes to hospitals, back and forth for nearly two decades of her life.

“When I was in an institution, I didn't like myself," Elaine says. "I was trapped. . . . I had no hope. I thought, Oh God, Oh God - When am I ever going to leave here?"

Another hero deserving mention on IWD is Sue Jamieson, the Atlanta Legal Aid Society Attorney who brought the case.  Sue and Lois Curtis were joined by co-plaintiff Elaine Wilson, to blaze the path of freedom for countless individuals with disabilities in their wake.

After more than 30 years and 36 psychiatric institutions, at times living homeless and in varous “care homes", Elaine along with Lois Curtis, was victorious and finally free.

The 1997 ruling by Senior U.S. District Judge Marvin H. Shoob said that “… denying the women a community-based life amounted to segregation of people covered by the Americans With Disabilities Act.” Judge Shoob later remarked “They were both so articulate” in regard to the testimony of Elaine Wilson and Lois Curitis.

Elaine passed in 2004 at the age of 53 but, will be forever remembered as a Disability Rights Legend for her resilience, strength and courage.  As part of her testimony, she told the court: “When I was in an institution, I felt like I was in a little box and there was no way out”.

Thanks to Elaine Wilson and Lois Curtis, people with invisible disabilities are afforded the right to live in freedom at home, instead of confinement in a “box", cage or institution, merely because of a health issue.  Thanks and honor to Elaine, Lois and Sue on this International Women’s Day.

“The Brave and the Strong” Lois Curitis – OutOfExile_IDR:
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109690867328587920

Elaine’s story continued:
http://www.olmsteadrights.org/iamolmstead/history/item.5405-Elaine_Wilsons_Story_Continued

More on Olmstead and Elaine’s impact:
https://olmsteadrights.wordpress.com/tag/elaine-wilson/

More from disabilityjustice.org:
https://disabilityjustice.org/olmstead-v-lc/

ADA – Community Intergration for Everyone:
https://archive.ada.gov/olmstead/olmstead_about.htm

International Women’s Day Image from:
https://www.desicomments.com/womens-day/international-womens-day-5/

IMAGE CW - (eye contact)
Don't forget the ALT text.

#InternationalWomensDay #ElaineWilson #LoisCurtis #Hero #OlmsteadAct #SueJamieson #SCOTUS #freedom #home #gratitude #CommunityIntergration #DevelopmentalDisabilities #IntellectualDisabilities #BrainInjury #TBI #ABI #AcquiredBrainInjury #MentalHealth #disability #InvisibleDisabilityRights #Hero #DisabilityJustice #EmbraceEquity

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International Women’s Day Hero of Invisible Disability Rights – Elaine Wilson:

In celebration of International Women's Day, OutOfExile_IDR honors Elaine Wilson, champion of invisible disability rights and the Olmstead Act.  It seems germane, as March is also Developmental Disabilities Month.

During Martin Luther King week, I posted about Lois Curtis, a champion for Invisible Disability Rights (link below).  Lois, togather with another woman, Elaine Wilson, fought all the way to the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) for the right to live in the community, rather than being institutionalized.  Fighting courageously for their freedom, they won the right to freedom for all people with invisible disabilities.  The case is often refered to as the “Brown v. Board of Education” for people with (Invisible) disabilities.

Excerpt below & image of Elaine from:
https://www.olmsteadrights.org/iamolmstead/history/

[“Elaine Wilson became seriously ill when she was one years old. She was hospitalized with a raging fever and it was unclear whether she would survive... When the fever finally broke and Elaine was …sent home, ….Elaine had lost some of her early motor function abilities, such as crawling or even sitting up by herself. The doctors assured Elaine's mother that (it) was only a lingering effect of the illness…. Elaine eventually did recover, but very slowly”.[]

In school, Elaine lagged behind other students having difficulties with focus and learning , eventually being diagnosed with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) attributed to the prolonged high fever as an infant.  Likley, this was the correct diagnosis.

She was reevaluated as a teen upon enrollment at “Gracewood State School and Hospitol” in Georgia.  There, she was diagnosed with an ableist slur containing the “R" word, once used in reference to PEOPLE living with Down Syndrome. Providers believed the only recourse was institutionalization. (I am bitting my tongue and holding back my opinions on the lot of it.)

She would spend about a decade living in institutions (State hospitals) against her will.  Following that, in the 1980s, she would be “ping-ponged" from care homes to hospitals, back and forth for nearly two decades of her life.

“When I was in an institution, I didn't like myself," Elaine says. "I was trapped. . . . I had no hope. I thought, Oh God, Oh God - When am I ever going to leave here?"

Another hero deserving mention on IWD is Sue Jamieson, the Atlanta Legal Aid Society Attorney who brought the case.  Sue and Lois Curtis were joined by co-plaintiff Elaine Wilson, to blaze the path of freedom for countless individuals with disabilities in their wake.

After more than 30 years and 36 psychiatric institutions, at times living homelessness and in varous “care homes", Elaine along with Lois Curtis, were victorious and finally free.

The 1997 ruling by Senior U.S. District Judge Marvin H. Shoob said that “… denying the women a community-based life amounted to segregation of people covered by the Americans With Disabilities Act.”  Judge Shoob later remarked “They were both so articulate” in regard to the testimony of Elaine Wilson and Lois Curitis.

Elaine passed in 2004 at the age of 53 but, will be forever remembered as a Disability Rights Legend for her resilience, strength and courage.  As part of her testimony, she told the court: “When I was in an institution, I felt like I was in a little box and there was no way out”.

Thanks to Elaine Wilson and Lois Curtis, people with invisible disabilities are afforded the right to live in freedom at home, instead of confinement in a “box", cage or institution, merely because of a health issue.  Thanks and honor to Elaine, Lois and Sue on this International Women’s Day.

“The Brave and the Strong” Lois Curitis – OutOfExile_ID:
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109690867328587920

Elaine’s story continued:
http://www.olmsteadrights.org/iamolmstead/history/item.5405-Elaine_Wilsons_Story_Continued

More on Olmstead and Elaine’s impact:
https://olmsteadrights.wordpress.com/tag/elaine-wilson/

More from disabilityjustice.org:
https://disabilityjustice.org/olmstead-v-lc/

ADA – Community Intergration for Everyone:
https://archive.ada.gov/olmstead/olmstead_about.htm

International Women’s Day Image from:
https://www.desicomments.com/womens-day/international-womens-day-5/

IMAGE CW - (eye contact)
Don't forget the ALT text.

#InternationalWomensDay #ElaineWilson #LoisCurtis #Hero #OlmsteadAct #SueJamieson #SCOTUS #freedom #home #gratitude #CommunityIntergration #DevelopmentalDisabilities #IntellectualDisabilities #BrainInjury #TBI #ABI #AcquiredBrainInjury #MentalHealth #disability #InvisibleDisabilityRights #Hero #DisabilityJustice #EmbraceEquity

@disabilityjustice
@disability

International Women’s Day Hero of Invisible Disability Rights – Elaine Wilson:

In celebration of International Women's Day, OutOfExile_IDR honors Elaine Wilson, champion of invisible disability rights and the Olmstead Act.  It seems germane, as March is also Developmental Disabilities Month.

During Martin Luther King week, I posted about Lois Curtis, a champion for Invisible Disability Rights (link below).  Lois, togather with another woman, Elaine Wilson, fought all the way to the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) for the right to live in the community, rather than being institutionalized.  Fighting courageously for their freedom, they won the right to freedom for all people with invisible disabilities.  The case is often refered to as the “Brown v. Board of Education” for people with (Invisible) disabilities.

Excerpt below & image of Elaine from:
https://www.olmsteadrights.org/iamolmstead/history/

[“Elaine Wilson became seriously ill when she was one years old. She was hospitalized with a raging fever and it was unclear whether she would survive... When the fever finally broke and Elaine was …sent home, ….Elaine had lost some of her early motor function abilities, such as crawling or even sitting up by herself. The doctors assured Elaine's mother that (it) was only a lingering effect of the illness…. Elaine eventually did recover, but very slowly”.[]

In school, Elaine lagged behind other students having difficulties with focus and learning , eventually being diagnosed with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) attributed to the prolonged high fever as an infant.  Likley, this was the correct diagnosis.

She was reevaluated as a teen upon enrollment at “Gracewood State School and Hospitol” in Georgia.  There, she was diagnosed with an ableist slur containing the “R" word, once used in reference to PEOPLE living with Down Syndrome. Providers believed the only recourse was institutionalization. (I am bitting my tongue and holding back my opinions on the lot of it.)

She would spend about a decade living in institutions (State hospitals) against her will.  Following that, in the 1980s, she would be “ping-ponged" from care homes to hospitals, back and forth for nearly two decades of her life.

“When I was in an institution, I didn't like myself," Elaine says. "I was trapped. . . . I had no hope. I thought, Oh God, Oh God - When am I ever going to leave here?"

Another hero deserving mention on IWD is Sue Jamieson, the Atlanta Legal Aid Society Attorney who brought the case.  Sue and Lois Curtis were joined by co-plaintiff Elaine Wilson, to blaze the path of freedom for countless individuals with disabilities in their wake.

After more than 30 years and 36 psychiatric institutions, at times living homeless and in varous “care homes", Elaine along with Lois Curtis, was victorious and finally free.

The 1997 ruling by Senior U.S. District Judge Marvin H. Shoob said that “… denying the women a community-based life amounted to segregation of people covered by the Americans With Disabilities Act.” Judge Shoob later remarked “They were both so articulate” in regard to the testimony of Elaine Wilson and Lois Curitis.

Elaine passed in 2004 at the age of 53 but, will be forever remembered as a Disability Rights Legend for her resilience, strength and courage.  As part of her testimony, she told the court: “When I was in an institution, I felt like I was in a little box and there was no way out”.

Thanks to Elaine Wilson and Lois Curtis, people with invisible disabilities are afforded the right to live in freedom at home, instead of confinement in a “box", cage or institution, merely because of a health issue.  Thanks and honor to Elaine, Lois and Sue on this International Women’s Day.

“The Brave and the Strong” Lois Curitis – OutOfExile_IDR:
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109690867328587920

Elaine’s story continued:
http://www.olmsteadrights.org/iamolmstead/history/item.5405-Elaine_Wilsons_Story_Continued

More on Olmstead and Elaine’s impact:
https://olmsteadrights.wordpress.com/tag/elaine-wilson/

More from disabilityjustice.org:
https://disabilityjustice.org/olmstead-v-lc/

ADA – Community Intergration for Everyone:
https://archive.ada.gov/olmstead/olmstead_about.htm

International Women’s Day Image from:
https://www.desicomments.com/womens-day/international-womens-day-5/

IMAGE CW - (eye contact)
Don't forget the ALT text.

#InternationalWomensDay #ElaineWilson #LoisCurtis #Hero #OlmsteadAct #SueJamieson #SCOTUS #freedom #home #gratitude #CommunityIntergration #DevelopmentalDisabilities #IntellectualDisabilities #BrainInjury #TBI #ABI #AcquiredBrainInjury #MentalHealth #disability #InvisibleDisabilityRights #Hero #DisabilityJustice #EmbraceEquity

@disabilityjustice
@disability

International Women’s Day Hero of Invisible Disability Rights – Elaine Wilson:

In celebration of International Women's Day, OutOfExile_IDR honors Elaine Wilson, champion of invisible disability rights and the Olmstead Act.  It seems germane, as March is also Developmental Disabilities Month.

During Martin Luther King week, I posted about Lois Curtis, a champion for Invisible Disability Rights (link below).  Lois, togather with another woman, Elaine Wilson, fought all the way to the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) for the right to live in the community, rather than being institutionalized.  Fighting courageously for their freedom, they won the right to freedom for all people with invisible disabilities.  The case is often refered to as the “Brown v. Board of Education” for people with (Invisible) disabilities.

Excerpt below & image of Elaine from:
https://www.olmsteadrights.org/iamolmstead/history/

[“Elaine Wilson became seriously ill when she was one years old. She was hospitalized with a raging fever and it was unclear whether she would survive... When the fever finally broke and Elaine was …sent home, ….Elaine had lost some of her early motor function abilities, such as crawling or even sitting up by herself. The doctors assured Elaine's mother that (it) was only a lingering effect of the illness…. Elaine eventually did recover, but very slowly”.[]

In school, Elaine lagged behind other students having difficulties with focus and learning , eventually being diagnosed with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) attributed to the prolonged high fever as an infant.  Likley, this was the correct diagnosis.

She was reevaluated as a teen upon enrollment at “Gracewood State School and Hospitol” in Georgia.  There, she was diagnosed with an ableist slur containing the “R" word, once used in reference to PEOPLE living with Down Syndrome. Providers believed the only recourse was institutionalization. (I am bitting my tongue and holding back my opinions on the lot of it.)

She would spend about a decade living in institutions (State hospitals) against her will.  Following that, in the 1980s, she would be “ping-ponged" from care homes to hospitals, back and forth for nearly two decades of her life.

“When I was in an institution, I didn't like myself," Elaine says. "I was trapped. . . . I had no hope. I thought, Oh God, Oh God - When am I ever going to leave here?"

Another hero deserving mention on IWD is Sue Jamieson, the Atlanta Legal Aid Society Attorney who brought the case.  Sue and Lois Curtis were joined by co-plaintiff Elaine Wilson, to blaze the path of freedom for countless individuals with disabilities in their wake.

After more than 30 years and 36 psychiatric institutions, at times living homeless and in varous “care homes", Elaine along with Lois Curtis, was victorious and finally free.

The 1997 ruling by Senior U.S. District Judge Marvin H. Shoob said that “… denying the women a community-based life amounted to segregation of people covered by the Americans With Disabilities Act.” Judge Shoob later remarked “They were both so articulate” in regard to the testimony of Elaine Wilson and Lois Curitis.

Elaine passed in 2004 at the age of 53 but, will be forever remembered as a Disability Rights Legend for her resilience, strength and courage.  As part of her testimony, she told the court: “When I was in an institution, I felt like I was in a little box and there was no way out”.

Thanks to Elaine Wilson and Lois Curtis, people with invisible disabilities are afforded the right to live in freedom at home, instead of confinement in a “box", cage or institution, merely because of a health issue.  Thanks and honor to Elaine, Lois and Sue on this International Women’s Day.

“The Brave and the Strong” Lois Curitis – OutOfExile_IDR:
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109690867328587920

Elaine’s story continued:
http://www.olmsteadrights.org/iamolmstead/history/item.5405-Elaine_Wilsons_Story_Continued

More on Olmstead and Elaine’s impact:
https://olmsteadrights.wordpress.com/tag/elaine-wilson/

More from disabilityjustice.org:
https://disabilityjustice.org/olmstead-v-lc/

ADA – Community Intergration for Everyone:
https://archive.ada.gov/olmstead/olmstead_about.htm

International Women’s Day Image from:
https://www.desicomments.com/womens-day/international-womens-day-5/

IMAGE CW - (eye contact)
Don't forget the ALT text.

#InternationalWomensDay #ElaineWilson #LoisCurtis #Hero #OlmsteadAct #SueJamieson #SCOTUS #freedom #home #gratitude #CommunityIntergration #DevelopmentalDisabilities #IntellectualDisabilities #BrainInjury #TBI #ABI #AcquiredBrainInjury #MentalHealth #disability #InvisibleDisabilityRights #Hero #DisabilityJustice #EmbraceEquity

@disabilityjustice
@disability

International Women’s Day Hero of Invisible Disability Rights – Elaine Wilson:

In celebration of International Women's Day, OutOfExile_IDR honors Elaine Wilson, champion of invisible disability rights and the Olmstead Act.  It seems germane, as March is also Developmental Disabilities Month.

During Martin Luther King week, I posted about Lois Curtis, a champion for Invisible Disability Rights (link below).  Lois, togather with another woman, Elaine Wilson, fought all the way to the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) for the right to live in the community, rather than being institutionalized.  Fighting courageously for their freedom, they won the right to freedom for all people with invisible disabilities.  The case is often refered to as the “Brown v. Board of Education” for people with (Invisible) disabilities.

Excerpt below & image of Elaine from:
https://www.olmsteadrights.org/iamolmstead/history/

[“Elaine Wilson became seriously ill when she was one years old. She was hospitalized with a raging fever and it was unclear whether she would survive... When the fever finally broke and Elaine was …sent home, ….Elaine had lost some of her early motor function abilities, such as crawling or even sitting up by herself. The doctors assured Elaine's mother that (it) was only a lingering effect of the illness…. Elaine eventually did recover, but very slowly”.[]

In school, Elaine lagged behind other students having difficulties with focus and learning , eventually being diagnosed with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) attributed to the prolonged high fever as an infant.  Likley, this was the correct diagnosis.

She was reevaluated as a teen upon enrollment at “Gracewood State School and Hospitol” in Georgia.  There, she was diagnosed with an ableist slur containing the “R" word, once used in reference to PEOPLE living with Down Syndrome. Providers believed the only recourse was institutionalization. (I am bitting my tongue and holding back my opinions on the lot of it.)

She would spend about a decade living in institutions (State hospitals) against her will.  Following that, in the 1980s, she would be “ping-ponged" from care homes to hospitals, back and forth for nearly two decades of her life.

“When I was in an institution, I didn't like myself," Elaine says. "I was trapped. . . . I had no hope. I thought, Oh God, Oh God - When am I ever going to leave here?"

Another hero deserving mention on IWD is Sue Jamieson, the Atlanta Legal Aid Society Attorney who brought the case.  Sue and Lois Curtis were joined by co-plaintiff Elaine Wilson, to blaze the path of freedom for countless individuals with disabilities in their wake.

After more than 30 years and 36 psychiatric institutions, at times living homelessness and in varous “care homes", Elaine along with Lois Curtis, were victorious and finally free.

The 1997 ruling by Senior U.S. District Judge Marvin H. Shoob said that “… denying the women a community-based life amounted to segregation of people covered by the Americans With Disabilities Act.”  Judge Shoob later remarked “They were both so articulate” in regard to the testimony of Elaine Wilson and Lois Curitis.

Elaine passed in 2004 at the age of 53 but, will be forever remembered as a Disability Rights Legend for her resilience, strength and courage.  As part of her testimony, she told the court: “When I was in an institution, I felt like I was in a little box and there was no way out”.

Thanks to Elaine Wilson and Lois Curtis, people with invisible disabilities are afforded the right to live in freedom at home, instead of confinement in a “box", cage or institution, merely because of a health issue.  Thanks and honor to Elaine, Lois and Sue on this International Women’s Day.

“The Brave and the Strong” Lois Curitis – OutOfExile_ID:
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109690867328587920

Elaine’s story continued:
http://www.olmsteadrights.org/iamolmstead/history/item.5405-Elaine_Wilsons_Story_Continued

More on Olmstead and Elaine’s impact:
https://olmsteadrights.wordpress.com/tag/elaine-wilson/

More from disabilityjustice.org:
https://disabilityjustice.org/olmstead-v-lc/

ADA – Community Intergration for Everyone:
https://archive.ada.gov/olmstead/olmstead_about.htm

International Women’s Day Image from:
https://www.desicomments.com/womens-day/international-womens-day-5/

IMAGE CW - (eye contact)
Don't forget the ALT text.

#InternationalWomensDay #ElaineWilson #LoisCurtis #Hero #OlmsteadAct #SueJamieson #SCOTUS #freedom #home #gratitude #CommunityIntergration #DevelopmentalDisabilities #IntellectualDisabilities #BrainInjury #TBI #ABI #AcquiredBrainInjury #MentalHealth #disability #InvisibleDisabilityRights #Hero #DisabilityJustice #EmbraceEquity

@disabilityjustice
@disability

A social experiment.
👇 👇
The results are in and somewhat sad.

I did a social experiment last night: "Rolos vs IDR - Invisible Disability Rights."

I posted two pieces and the above "social experiment" toot simultaneously so they would appear on the timeline together. Links to both are below.

The score was:
Rolos 9 - IDR 1

The response for Rolo included favoring, boosting and two comments from the same Mastodonian that seemed to want to give a lesson on geometry in reference to the shape of Rolos.

Only one responce for IDR, a single boost. Thanks Jack. :solidarity:

Social change comes with support from all, abled and disabled individuals alike. As long as candy takes precedence over the abuse, mistreatment, exclusion and inequality of human beings, the future looks bleak for persons with invisible disabilities. Experiment failure.

Invisible Disability Rights are #HumanRights and #DisabilityIsDiversity

Heinous abuse of people with invisible disabilities by humanity (cw):
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109549519506159425

Rolos candy:
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109674897422321516

#equality #change #amplify #inclusion #support #listen #EndBigotry #EndAbleism #disability #MentalHealth #DevelopmentalDisabilities #IntellectualDisabilities #TBI
#DisabilitySolidarity #Love4All #DisabilityCommunity #InvisibleDisabilityRights #Legend #LoisCurtis #ElaineWilson #OlmsteadDecision #heros

@autisticadvocacy @disabilityjustice @disability

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A social experiment.
👇 👇
The results are in and somewhat sad.

I did a social experiment last night: "Rolos vs IDR - Invisible Disability Rights."

I posted two pieces and the above "social experiment" toot simultaneously so they would appear on the timeline together. Links to both are below.

The score was:
Rolos 9 - IDR 1

The response for Rolo included favoring, boosting and two comments from the same Mastodonian that seemed to want to give a lesson on geometry in reference to the shape of Rolos.

Only one responce for IDR, a single boost. Thanks Jack. :solidarity:

Social change comes with support from all, abled and disabled individuals alike. As long as candy takes precedence over the abuse, mistreatment, exclusion and inequality of human beings, the future looks bleak for persons with invisible disabilities. Experiment failure.

Invisible Disability Rights are #HumanRights and #DisabilityIsDiversity

Heinous abuse of people with invisible disabilities by humanity (cw):
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109549519506159425

Rolos candy:
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109674897422321516

#equality #change #amplify #inclusion #support #listen #EndBigotry #EndAbleism #disability #MentalHealth #DevelopmentalDisabilities #IntellectualDisabilities #TBI
#DisabilitySolidarity #Love4All #DisabilityCommunity #InvisibleDisabilityRights #Legend #LoisCurtis #ElaineWilson #OlmsteadDecision #heros

@autisticadvocacy @disabilityjustice @disability

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A social experiment.
👇 👇
The results are in and somewhat sad.

I did a social experiment last night: "Rolos vs IDR - Invisible Disability Rights."

I posted two pieces and the above "social experiment" toot simultaneously so they would appear on the timeline together. Links to both are below.

The score was:
Rolos 9 - IDR 1

The response for Rolo included favoring, boosting and two comments from the same Mastodonian that seemed to want to give a lesson on geometry in reference to the shape of Rolos.

Only one responce for IDR, a single boost. Thanks Jack. :solidarity:

Social change comes with support from all, abled and disabled individuals alike. As long as candy takes precedence over the abuse, mistreatment, exclusion and inequality of human beings, the future looks bleak for persons with invisible disabilities. Experiment failure.

Invisible Disability Rights are #HumanRights and #DisabilityIsDiversity

Heinous abuse of people with invisible disabilities by humanity (cw):
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109549519506159425

Rolos candy:
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109674897422321516

#equality #change #amplify #inclusion #support #listen #EndBigotry #EndAbleism #disability #MentalHealth #DevelopmentalDisabilities #IntellectualDisabilities #TBI
#DisabilitySolidarity #Love4All #DisabilityCommunity #InvisibleDisabilityRights #Legend #LoisCurtis #ElaineWilson #OlmsteadDecision #heros

@autisticadvocacy @disabilityjustice @disability

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A social experiment.
👇 👇
The results are in and somewhat sad.

I did a social experiment last night: "Rolos vs IDR - Invisible Disability Rights."

I posted two pieces and the above "social experiment" toot simultaneously so they would appear on the timeline together. Links to both are below.

The score was:
Rolos 9 - IDR 1

The response for Rolo included favoring, boosting and two comments from the same Mastodonian that seemed to want to give a lesson on geometry in reference to the shape of Rolos.

Only one responce for IDR, a single boost. Thanks Jack. :solidarity:

Social change comes with support from all, abled and disabled individuals alike. As long as candy takes precedence over the abuse, mistreatment, exclusion and inequality of human beings, the future looks bleak for persons with invisible disabilities. Experiment failure.

Invisible Disability Rights are #HumanRights and #DisabilityIsDiversity

Heinous abuse of people with invisible disabilities by humanity (cw):
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109549519506159425

Rolos candy:
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109674897422321516

#equality #change #amplify #inclusion #support #listen #EndBigotry #EndAbleism #disability #MentalHealth #DevelopmentalDisabilities #IntellectualDisabilities #TBI
#DisabilitySolidarity #Love4All #DisabilityCommunity #InvisibleDisabilityRights #Legend #LoisCurtis #ElaineWilson #OlmsteadDecision #heros

@autisticadvocacy @disabilityjustice @disability

Image courtesy of psu.com

A social experiment.
👇 👇
The results are in and somewhat sad.

I did a social experiment last night: "Rolos vs IDR - Invisible Disability Rights."

I posted two pieces and the above "social experiment" toot simultaneously so they would appear on the timeline together. Links to both are below.

The score was:
Rolos 9 - IDR 1

The response for Rolo included favoring, boosting and two comments from the same Mastodonian that seemed to want to give a lesson on geometry in reference to the shape of Rolos.

Only one responce for IDR, a single boost. Thanks Jack. :solidarity:

Social change comes with support from all, abled and disabled individuals alike. As long as candy takes precedence over the abuse, mistreatment, exclusion and inequality of human beings, the future looks bleak for persons with invisible disabilities. Experiment failure.

Invisible Disability Rights are #HumanRights and #DisabilityIsDiversity

Heinous abuse of people with invisible disabilities by humanity (cw):
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109549519506159425

Rolos candy:
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109674897422321516

#equality #change #amplify #inclusion #support #listen #EndBigotry #EndAbleism #disability #MentalHealth #DevelopmentalDisabilities #IntellectualDisabilities #TBI
#DisabilitySolidarity #Love4All #DisabilityCommunity #InvisibleDisabilityRights #Legend #LoisCurtis #ElaineWilson #OlmsteadDecision #heros

@autisticadvocacy @disabilityjustice @disability

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@MarkRuffalo

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Your wisdom and opinions here are greatly appreciated. The oppression of POC was, and is an ongoing plague on society. MLK and his wisdoms have always inspired and fueled my fight for Invisible Disability Rights (IDR) as well.

To paraphrase your statement, I feel it is equally important to:
"listen to the (disabled) community, uplift their voices, celebrate their achievements, and lend support in the ongoing fight for (disability) justice and equality.

Below are two articles. One about oppression and one about a great achievement from a black woman who is a hero to people with invisible disabilities. Lois Curtis' landmark SCOTUS case is touted as the "Brown vs Board Education" for persons with invisible disabilities yet, so few know who she is and fail to honor her for what she did.

Two of my favorites from MLK:

 “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

  He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it,” King said. “He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. - Martin Luther King Jr.

Oppression:
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109549519506159425

Achievement of Lois Curtis:
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109690867328587920

#equality #change #amplify #inclusion #support #listen #BLM #EndBigotry #EndAbleism #disability #MentalHealth #DevelopmentalDisabilities #IntellectualDisabilities #TBI
#DisabilitySolidarity #Love4All #DisabilityCommunity #InvisibleDisabilityRights #Legend #LoisCurtis #MLK #ElaineWilson #OlmsteadDecision #JohnLewis MartinLutherKingJr #heros

@disabilityjustice @disability @actuallyautistic

@MarkRuffalo

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Your wisdom and opinions here are greatly appreciated. The oppression of POC was, and is an ongoing plague on society. MLK and his wisdoms have always inspired and fueled my fight for Invisible Disability Rights (IDR) as well.

To paraphrase your statement, I feel it is equally important to:
"listen to the (disabled) community, uplift their voices, celebrate their achievements, and lend support in the ongoing fight for (disability) justice and equality.

Below are two articles. One about oppression and one about a great achievement from a black woman who is a hero to people with invisible disabilities. Lois Curtis' landmark SCOTUS case is touted as the "Brown vs Board Education" for persons with invisible disabilities yet, so few know who she is and fail to honor her for what she did.

Two of my favorites from MLK:

 “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

  He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it,” King said. “He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. - Martin Luther King Jr.

Oppression:
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109549519506159425

Achievement of Lois Curtis:
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109690867328587920

#equality #change #amplify #inclusion #support #listen #BLM #EndBigotry #EndAbleism #disability #MentalHealth #DevelopmentalDisabilities #IntellectualDisabilities #TBI
#DisabilitySolidarity #Love4All #DisabilityCommunity #InvisibleDisabilityRights #Legend #LoisCurtis #MLK #ElaineWilson #OlmsteadDecision #JohnLewis MartinLutherKingJr #heros

@disabilityjustice @disability @actuallyautistic

@MarkRuffalo

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Your wisdom and opinions here are greatly appreciated. The oppression of POC was, and is an ongoing plague on society. MLK and his wisdoms have always inspired and fueled my fight for Invisible Disability Rights (IDR) as well.

To paraphrase your statement, I feel it is equally important to:
"listen to the (disabled) community, uplift their voices, celebrate their achievements, and lend support in the ongoing fight for (disability) justice and equality.

Below are two articles. One about oppression and one about a great achievement from a black woman who is a hero to people with invisible disabilities. Lois Curtis' landmark SCOTUS case is touted as the "Brown vs Board Education" for persons with invisible disabilities yet, so few know who she is and fail to honor her for what she did.

Two of my favorites from MLK:

 “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

  He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it,” King said. “He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. - Martin Luther King Jr.

Oppression:
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109549519506159425

Achievement of Lois Curtis:
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109690867328587920

#equality #change #amplify #inclusion #support #listen #BLM #EndBigotry #EndAbleism #disability #MentalHealth #DevelopmentalDisabilities #IntellectualDisabilities #TBI
#DisabilitySolidarity #Love4All #DisabilityCommunity #InvisibleDisabilityRights #Legend #LoisCurtis #MLK #ElaineWilson #OlmsteadDecision #JohnLewis MartinLutherKingJr #heros

@disabilityjustice @disability @actuallyautistic

@MarkRuffalo

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Your wisdom and opinions here are greatly appreciated. The oppression of POC was, and is an ongoing plague on society. MLK and his wisdoms have always inspired and fueled my fight for Invisible Disability Rights (IDR) as well.

To paraphrase your statement, I feel it is equally important to:
"listen to the (disabled) community, uplift their voices, celebrate their achievements, and lend support in the ongoing fight for (disability) justice and equality.

Below are two articles. One about oppression and one about a great achievement from a black woman who is a hero to people with invisible disabilities. Lois Curtis' landmark SCOTUS case is touted as the "Brown vs Board Education" for persons with invisible disabilities yet, so few know who she is and fail to honor her for what she did.

Two of my favorites from MLK:

 “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

  He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it,” King said. “He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. - Martin Luther King Jr.

Oppression:
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109549519506159425

Achievement of Lois Curtis:
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109690867328587920

#equality #change #amplify #inclusion #support #listen #BLM #EndBigotry #EndAbleism #disability #MentalHealth #DevelopmentalDisabilities #IntellectualDisabilities #TBI
#DisabilitySolidarity #Love4All #DisabilityCommunity #InvisibleDisabilityRights #Legend #LoisCurtis #MLK #ElaineWilson #OlmsteadDecision #JohnLewis MartinLutherKingJr #heros

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@MarkRuffalo

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Your wisdom and opinions here are greatly appreciated. The oppression of POC was, and is an ongoing plague on society. MLK and his wisdoms have always inspired and fueled my fight for Invisible Disability Rights (IDR) as well.

To paraphrase your statement, I feel it is equally important to:
"listen to the (disabled) community, uplift their voices, celebrate their achievements, and lend support in the ongoing fight for (disability) justice and equality.

Below are two articles. One about oppression and one about a great achievement from a black woman who is a hero to people with invisible disabilities. Lois Curtis' landmark SCOTUS case is touted as the "Brown vs Board Education" for persons with invisible disabilities yet, so few know who she is and fail to honor her for what she did.

Two of my favorites from MLK:

 “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

  He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it,” King said. “He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. - Martin Luther King Jr.

Oppression:
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109549519506159425

Achievement of Lois Curtis:
https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109690867328587920

#equality #change #amplify #inclusion #support #listen #BLM #EndBigotry #EndAbleism #disability #MentalHealth #DevelopmentalDisabilities #IntellectualDisabilities #TBI
#DisabilitySolidarity #Love4All #DisabilityCommunity #InvisibleDisabilityRights #Legend #LoisCurtis #MLK #ElaineWilson #OlmsteadDecision #JohnLewis MartinLutherKingJr #heros

@disabilityjustice @disability @actuallyautistic