Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #womenwithdisabilities, aggregated by home.social.
This is a wonderful initiative.
Best wishes to the organizers.
#AishwaryaRao #Founder #BetterWorldShelter for #WomenWithDisabilities #Nungambakkam #Chennai
Supported by #GreaterChennaiCorporation
Women with disabilities get exclusive space to train, exercise in Chennai
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/women-with-disabilities-get-exclusive-space-to-train-exercise-in-chennai/article69501566.ece
Some of us are able to keep swimming.
Many are too tired from treading water.
Some of us sink.
- emotional dysregulation
- mental exhaustion
- trauma
- #masking
- #neurotypical expectations
- #SensoryOverload
- social pressure
#WomenWithDisabilities #WomensMentalHealth #DisabilityJustice #DisabilityPolicy #neurodiversity
Some of us are able to keep swimming.
Many are too tired from treading water.
Some of us sink.
- emotional dysregulation
- mental exhaustion
- trauma
- #masking
- #neurotypical expectations
- #SensoryOverload
- social pressure
#WomenWithDisabilities #WomensMentalHealth #DisabilityJustice #DisabilityPolicy #neurodiversity
Confessions of living with an #InvisibleIllness:
- I don’t look sick
- I always feel guilty
- I’m always tired
- I feel like no one understands
- I get nervous for every doctor’s appointment
- I resent people who are healthy
- I am always in pain
- My #MentalHealth takes a toll
- I’ve tried so many different medications
- I never know how I’m going to feel day-to-day
#WomenWithDisabilities #WomensHealth #WomenWithDisabilities
Confessions of living with an #InvisibleIllness:
- I don’t look sick
- I always feel guilty
- I’m always tired
- I feel like no one understands
- I get nervous for every doctor’s appointment
- I resent people who are healthy
- I am always in pain
- My #MentalHealth takes a toll
- I’ve tried so many different medications
- I never know how I’m going to feel day-to-day
#WomenWithDisabilities #WomensHealth #WomenWithDisabilities
A day in the life of a #PWD:
“I’m afraid the specialist has rejected the referral. He says you’re “not sick enough.”
#DisabilityPolicy #ableism #WomenWithDisabilities #DisabilityJustice
A day in the life of a #PWD:
“I’m afraid the specialist has rejected the referral. He says you’re “not sick enough.”
#DisabilityPolicy #ableism #WomenWithDisabilities #DisabilityJustice
“Wait, why do we have to pay £30,000 per year for this #autistic adult’s support package?”
“Because while they were growing up, someone saved money by denying them a £10,000 per year support package.”
Even if you ignore the ethics, in the long run, it is literally cheaper to just provide children with the support they need.
#DisabilityJustice #WomenWithDisabilities #healthcare
“Wait, why do we have to pay £30,000 per year for this #autistic adult’s support package?”
“Because while they were growing up, someone saved money by denying them a £10,000 per year support package.”
Even if you ignore the ethics, in the long run, it is literally cheaper to just provide children with the support they need.
#DisabilityJustice #WomenWithDisabilities #healthcare
Companies are increasingly strategizing on how to reduce all kinds of bias in the workplace, including those related to disabled people. Despite empirical evidence to the contrary, perceptions remain that disabled employees are less competent, less productive, require more supervision, and are more expensive and more dependent, which results in lower levels of both employment and promotion.
However, disabilities are not a single entity, nor is the bias uniform across people or situations. For example, research suggests that disabilities categorized as “invisible” (including psychological and neurological) encounter more stigma than “visible” disabilities (such as amputations and paralysis). Although there has been a growing awareness and conscious effort to destigmatize mental health disabilities in recent years, tremendous bias still exists with consequences for employment, income, and levels of stress. In addition, research suggests that disabled women face even harsher penalties.
While disability studies often focus on bias at the level of employment or promotion decisions, the lived experiences of disabled employees also involve biases on the job. One context in which this can unfold is in professional negotiations.
#PeopleWithDisabilities #WomenWithDisabilities #DisabilityInWorkplaces #HumanResources #DisabilityIssues #WorkplaceInclusion #WorkplaceBias #DisabledEmployees
She couldn’t keep her colors inside the lines. So, she drew new lines.
#feminist #WomensMentalHealth #IndependentLiving #DisabledAndCapable #WomenWithDisabilities
She couldn’t keep her colors inside the lines. So, she drew new lines.
#feminist #WomensMentalHealth #IndependentLiving #DisabledAndCapable #WomenWithDisabilities
A day in the life of a #PWD:
“I’m not able to do that.”
“But my aunt has (insert #disability here), and SHE can do it.”
#diability #WomenWithDisabilities #DisabledAndCapable
A day in the life of a #PWD:
“I’m not able to do that.”
“But my aunt has (insert #disability here), and SHE can do it.”
#diability #WomenWithDisabilities #DisabledAndCapable
Keira Knightley says daughter has #dyslexia and reflects on her own struggles with the condition https://bit.ly/4erJwuj
She has battled dyslexia since she was six and has revealed that her daughter has also been diagnosed with the condition.
#WomenWithDisabilities #DisabilityPolicy #DisabledAndCapable #neurodiversity
Keira Knightley says daughter has #dyslexia and reflects on her own struggles with the condition https://bit.ly/4erJwuj
She has battled dyslexia since she was six and has revealed that her daughter has also been diagnosed with the condition.
#WomenWithDisabilities #DisabilityPolicy #DisabledAndCapable #neurodiversity
Is your #disability percentage enough? https://bit.ly/3XLPO2p
By moving away from narrow definitions and rigid classification systems, we can create policies and practices that foster greater inclusivity and equity in higher education and beyond.
#DisabilityJustice #DisabilityPolicy #RepresentationMatters #DisabledAndCapable #WomenWithDisabilities #India
Is your #disability percentage enough? https://bit.ly/3XLPO2p
By moving away from narrow definitions and rigid classification systems, we can create policies and practices that foster greater inclusivity and equity in higher education and beyond.
#DisabilityJustice #DisabilityPolicy #RepresentationMatters #DisabledAndCapable #WomenWithDisabilities #India
No one gets to tell you what was or was not traumatic to you. Your experience is valid. Your feelings are valid.
#WomenWithDisabilities #WomensHealth #WomensMentalHealth #MentalHealth #WomenWithDisabilities #disability
No one gets to tell you what was or was not traumatic to you. Your experience is valid. Your feelings are valid.
#WomenWithDisabilities #WomensHealth #WomensMentalHealth #MentalHealth #WomenWithDisabilities #disability
A sensory meltdown is not the same as a temper tantrum.
#WomenWithDisabilities #WomensHealth #neurodiversity
A sensory meltdown is not the same as a temper tantrum.
#WomenWithDisabilities #WomensHealth #neurodiversity
Maybe there is nothing wrong with you. Maybe it is just really difficult to exist within a system that was not designed to support a spirit like yours.
#WomenWithDisabilities #DisabilityInclusion #InclusionMatters #accessibility
Maybe there is nothing wrong with you. Maybe it is just really difficult to exist within a system that was not designed to support a spirit like yours.
#WomenWithDisabilities #DisabilityInclusion #InclusionMatters #accessibility
Barbie introduces the first #blind and #black Barbie Doll with #DownSyndrome
https://bit.ly/3WEhFku
Barbie partnered with the American Foundation for the Blind and National Down Syndrome Society to ensure doll designs accurately reflect the community they are designed to represent.
#DisabilityRights #RepresentationMatters #InclusionMatters #WomenWithDisabilities #DisabilityInclusion
Barbie introduces the first #blind and #black Barbie Doll with #DownSyndrome
https://bit.ly/3WEhFku
Barbie partnered with the American Foundation for the Blind and National Down Syndrome Society to ensure doll designs accurately reflect the community they are designed to represent.
#DisabilityRights #RepresentationMatters #InclusionMatters #WomenWithDisabilities #DisabilityInclusion
1 in 10 #pregnant #women with #COVID19 go on to develop #LongCOVID
https://bit.ly/46qFmzY
#Obesity & #MentalHealth difficulties also increase risk of long #COVID #WomenWithDisabilities #WomensHealth
1 in 10 #pregnant #women with #COVID19 go on to develop #LongCOVID
https://bit.ly/46qFmzY
#Obesity & #MentalHealth difficulties also increase risk of long #COVID #WomenWithDisabilities #WomensHealth
#nonverbal does not mean:
-- non hearing
-- non thinking
-- non feeling
-- non understanding
#WomenWithDisabilities #autism #autistic #InclusionMatters
#nonverbal does not mean:
-- non hearing
-- non thinking
-- non feeling
-- non understanding
#WomenWithDisabilities #autism #autistic #InclusionMatters
#Disability does not make me:
-- weak
-- less than
-- lazy
-- incapable
-- incompetent
-- unworthy
-- a burden
-- entitled
-- a problem
#WomenWithDisabilities #DisabilityJustice #DisabilityPolicy #DisabilityInclusion #DisabledAndCapable
(Drawing by Disabled by Society)
#Disability does not make me:
-- weak
-- less than
-- lazy
-- incapable
-- incompetent
-- unworthy
-- a burden
-- entitled
-- a problem
#WomenWithDisabilities #DisabilityJustice #DisabilityPolicy #DisabilityInclusion #DisabledAndCapable
(Drawing by Disabled by Society)
#Disabled folks deserve a life with dignity, not #poverty
(thanks to [#Disability Without Poverty])
#WomenWithDisabilities #DisabilityJustice #DisabilityPolicy
#Disabled folks deserve a life with dignity, not #poverty
(thanks to [#Disability Without Poverty])
#WomenWithDisabilities #DisabilityJustice #DisabilityPolicy
A new kind of intergenerational care-based #cohousing https://bit.ly/447k8pA
Older adults, some low-income and disabled, will live alongside caregivers and the caregivers’ families, sharing rich programming, utilities and meals.
#WomenWithDisabilities #InclusionMatters #DisabilityPolicy
A new kind of intergenerational care-based #cohousing https://bit.ly/447k8pA
Older adults, some low-income and disabled, will live alongside caregivers and the caregivers’ families, sharing rich programming, utilities and meals.
#WomenWithDisabilities #InclusionMatters #DisabilityPolicy