Casey Doherty
@caseydoherty.bsky.social
Disability policy analyst @americanprogress.bsky.social by day, disability studies PhD student by night, disabled activist by later night.
ME/Long Covid/Lyme/MCAS/etc.
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Casey Doherty
@caseydoherty.bsky.social
· Nov 25
I’m here! I work in disability policy and am a disability studies PhD student. This account will be all things disability policy & research, pandemic mitigation measures, Long COVID/ME advocacy, reproductive justice, and more. And cats! Can’t forget cats.
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Christmas can be a difficult time for people with chronic illness. Thinking of everyone with severe #MECFS and #LongCovid, particularly those who are living alone or isolated in darkened rooms.
December 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Christmas can be a difficult time for people with chronic illness. Thinking of everyone with severe #MECFS and #LongCovid, particularly those who are living alone or isolated in darkened rooms.
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🚌 Two recent studies state that Long COVID is an occupational disease
👩🏽⚕️ Vanderbilt researchers are conducting an immune profiling study on Long COVID and POTS
💊 A new phase two remote clinical trial for ME will assess low-dose naltrexone
This week's #LongCOVID research: bit.ly/49bWgnJ
👩🏽⚕️ Vanderbilt researchers are conducting an immune profiling study on Long COVID and POTS
💊 A new phase two remote clinical trial for ME will assess low-dose naltrexone
This week's #LongCOVID research: bit.ly/49bWgnJ
![Vanderbilt researchers are conducting an immune profiling study on people with Long COVID and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). In the cross-sectional study, researchers are comparing three inflammatory markers in 150 people with POTS, Long COVID, and those with a history of SARS-C0V-2 infections who did not develop long-term symptoms. The researchers are evaluating a hypothesis that “post-COVID-19 POTS is caused by reduced [parasympathetic] activity, which in turn, contributes to persistent inflammation [and] orthostatic intolerance.” Contact: Marwa Mohamed, marwa.mohamed@vumc.org.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:age5xvis2s2vy5qiz2tjxoc6/bafkreigcdjuadbbervdk6vz2ig7a7mwwvy47piyzxu7xjqtop767fsubnq@jpeg)
December 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🚌 Two recent studies state that Long COVID is an occupational disease
👩🏽⚕️ Vanderbilt researchers are conducting an immune profiling study on Long COVID and POTS
💊 A new phase two remote clinical trial for ME will assess low-dose naltrexone
This week's #LongCOVID research: bit.ly/49bWgnJ
👩🏽⚕️ Vanderbilt researchers are conducting an immune profiling study on Long COVID and POTS
💊 A new phase two remote clinical trial for ME will assess low-dose naltrexone
This week's #LongCOVID research: bit.ly/49bWgnJ
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Merry Christmas to everyone spending today alone.
Who’s sick in bed and unable to participate in festivities.
Who’s in the hospital wishing they could be at home.
Who’s caring for someone who’s sick and having a difficult time.
The holidays hit different for us and that’s ok.
Who’s sick in bed and unable to participate in festivities.
Who’s in the hospital wishing they could be at home.
Who’s caring for someone who’s sick and having a difficult time.
The holidays hit different for us and that’s ok.
December 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Merry Christmas to everyone spending today alone.
Who’s sick in bed and unable to participate in festivities.
Who’s in the hospital wishing they could be at home.
Who’s caring for someone who’s sick and having a difficult time.
The holidays hit different for us and that’s ok.
Who’s sick in bed and unable to participate in festivities.
Who’s in the hospital wishing they could be at home.
Who’s caring for someone who’s sick and having a difficult time.
The holidays hit different for us and that’s ok.
Another Christmas alone due to illness. Sending love to all those navigating similar situations and trying to keep themselves and their loved ones safe🩷
December 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Another Christmas alone due to illness. Sending love to all those navigating similar situations and trying to keep themselves and their loved ones safe🩷
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trans kids deserve the goddamn world and when we swing this pendulum back in the enemy’s face i hope there’s thousands of them who feel safe and supported enough to come out. liberation and justice for all. fuck the haters.
December 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
trans kids deserve the goddamn world and when we swing this pendulum back in the enemy’s face i hope there’s thousands of them who feel safe and supported enough to come out. liberation and justice for all. fuck the haters.
This🫶
Are you sick this Christmas?
Feeling lonely or isolated?
Struggling with a lack of support?
Do you know someone with a sick loved one?
Someone going through grief?
My Christmas article is for you.
It’s for all of us who struggle this time of year:
www.disabledginger.com/p/another-ch...
Feeling lonely or isolated?
Struggling with a lack of support?
Do you know someone with a sick loved one?
Someone going through grief?
My Christmas article is for you.
It’s for all of us who struggle this time of year:
www.disabledginger.com/p/another-ch...
Another Chronic Illness Christmas
When you're chronically ill, the holidays can be lonely. Feelings of guilt are common. A look at how to set boundaries, support other disabled people and a reminder that you're never alone.
www.disabledginger.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:12 AM
This🫶
Reposted by Casey Doherty
Are you sick this Christmas?
Feeling lonely or isolated?
Struggling with a lack of support?
Do you know someone with a sick loved one?
Someone going through grief?
My Christmas article is for you.
It’s for all of us who struggle this time of year:
www.disabledginger.com/p/another-ch...
Feeling lonely or isolated?
Struggling with a lack of support?
Do you know someone with a sick loved one?
Someone going through grief?
My Christmas article is for you.
It’s for all of us who struggle this time of year:
www.disabledginger.com/p/another-ch...
Another Chronic Illness Christmas
When you're chronically ill, the holidays can be lonely. Feelings of guilt are common. A look at how to set boundaries, support other disabled people and a reminder that you're never alone.
www.disabledginger.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Are you sick this Christmas?
Feeling lonely or isolated?
Struggling with a lack of support?
Do you know someone with a sick loved one?
Someone going through grief?
My Christmas article is for you.
It’s for all of us who struggle this time of year:
www.disabledginger.com/p/another-ch...
Feeling lonely or isolated?
Struggling with a lack of support?
Do you know someone with a sick loved one?
Someone going through grief?
My Christmas article is for you.
It’s for all of us who struggle this time of year:
www.disabledginger.com/p/another-ch...
Reposted by Casey Doherty
If you’ve got a few minutes during your holiday break, consider using it to submit a public comment on the proposed rules from HHS.
www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
How To Submit Public Comments To Oppose Proposed Rules Restricting Transgender Health Care Access
Comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services can help fight the Trump administration’s latest attempt to restrict federal funding for transgender health care for youth. This toolkit deta...
www.americanprogress.org
December 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
If you’ve got a few minutes during your holiday break, consider using it to submit a public comment on the proposed rules from HHS.
www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
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When a disabled person expresses concerns over assisted dying legislation, please listen to them.
Don’t speak over them.
Don’t assume they want to deny you the right to die.
We’re fighting for our right to live.
We’re fighting fascism & eugenics.
Assisted Dying policies will always target us.
Don’t speak over them.
Don’t assume they want to deny you the right to die.
We’re fighting for our right to live.
We’re fighting fascism & eugenics.
Assisted Dying policies will always target us.
December 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
When a disabled person expresses concerns over assisted dying legislation, please listen to them.
Don’t speak over them.
Don’t assume they want to deny you the right to die.
We’re fighting for our right to live.
We’re fighting fascism & eugenics.
Assisted Dying policies will always target us.
Don’t speak over them.
Don’t assume they want to deny you the right to die.
We’re fighting for our right to live.
We’re fighting fascism & eugenics.
Assisted Dying policies will always target us.
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We've been working as quickly as possible to get information out to folks so they can take action re: HHS rules against trans youth health care. Here's my latest guide for those who want to submit a public comment! www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
How To Submit Public Comments To Oppose Proposed Rules Restricting Transgender Health Care Access
Comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services can help fight the Trump administration’s latest attempt to restrict federal funding for transgender health care for youth. This toolkit deta...
www.americanprogress.org
December 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We've been working as quickly as possible to get information out to folks so they can take action re: HHS rules against trans youth health care. Here's my latest guide for those who want to submit a public comment! www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...
Thank you so much to Partners for Youth with Disabilities for this honor!🩷
Congrats to one of our awardees of Honors Night, Casey Doherty! She wasn't able to be in person, but she sent us her acceptance speech, which we're thrilled to share. Casey joined as a fellow ...
Congrats to one of our awardees of Honors Night, Casey Doherty! She wasn't able to be in person, but she sent us her acceptance speech, which we're thrilled to share. Casey joined as a fellow in the s...
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December 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Thank you so much to Partners for Youth with Disabilities for this honor!🩷
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From attacking disabled ppl at universities to at the airport, the Wallstreet Journal is bent on eliminating the accommodations we rely on by saying most who request r swindlers & cheaters. This will result in ppl having to "prove" their disability, creating even more barriers. This has got to end.
December 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
From attacking disabled ppl at universities to at the airport, the Wallstreet Journal is bent on eliminating the accommodations we rely on by saying most who request r swindlers & cheaters. This will result in ppl having to "prove" their disability, creating even more barriers. This has got to end.
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I started eating again in 2024. After 11 years not eating a crumb of food or a drop of water.
In 2025 I have started ‼️ TALKING ‼️ again after 12 years of not saying a word to anyone!
What will 2026 bring❓
👀 Watch, Listen and Read the whole post in my blog:
www.whitneydafoe.com/mecfs/?post=...
In 2025 I have started ‼️ TALKING ‼️ again after 12 years of not saying a word to anyone!
What will 2026 bring❓
👀 Watch, Listen and Read the whole post in my blog:
www.whitneydafoe.com/mecfs/?post=...
December 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I started eating again in 2024. After 11 years not eating a crumb of food or a drop of water.
In 2025 I have started ‼️ TALKING ‼️ again after 12 years of not saying a word to anyone!
What will 2026 bring❓
👀 Watch, Listen and Read the whole post in my blog:
www.whitneydafoe.com/mecfs/?post=...
In 2025 I have started ‼️ TALKING ‼️ again after 12 years of not saying a word to anyone!
What will 2026 bring❓
👀 Watch, Listen and Read the whole post in my blog:
www.whitneydafoe.com/mecfs/?post=...
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Under the proposed rule issued by the Trump Administration today, any Medicare- or Medicaid-participating hospital would be barred from providing gender-affirming care to *any child*, even if the care is not paid for by Medicare or Medicaid.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
December 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Under the proposed rule issued by the Trump Administration today, any Medicare- or Medicaid-participating hospital would be barred from providing gender-affirming care to *any child*, even if the care is not paid for by Medicare or Medicaid.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23465.pdf
I spoke with Mary O’Hara about being hit by a car outside a hospital - and deciding not to be admitted because the health/$ risks felt too high.
No one should have to make that choice. A functional health care system doesn’t force people - especially disabled people - to gamble to access care.
No one should have to make that choice. A functional health care system doesn’t force people - especially disabled people - to gamble to access care.
Why would you want the worst healthcare system in the world? - VIEWdigital
As the NHS continues to suffer from being underfunded amid creeping privatisation, journalist Mary O’Hara (above) examines the private health system in the United States and what it means for those wh...
viewdigital.org
December 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I spoke with Mary O’Hara about being hit by a car outside a hospital - and deciding not to be admitted because the health/$ risks felt too high.
No one should have to make that choice. A functional health care system doesn’t force people - especially disabled people - to gamble to access care.
No one should have to make that choice. A functional health care system doesn’t force people - especially disabled people - to gamble to access care.
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2) We will fight. I will publish commenting guides for all three NPRMs to help anyone who wants to submit a comment for the rule-making record maximize the impact of their comment with the goal of helping our litigators when they challenge these rules in court.
December 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
2) We will fight. I will publish commenting guides for all three NPRMs to help anyone who wants to submit a comment for the rule-making record maximize the impact of their comment with the goal of helping our litigators when they challenge these rules in court.
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Trump Regime Moves To Ban Gender Affirming Care for < 18's
1) If you are responsible for the welfare of a trans or gender non-conforming child under the age of 18 and you have the resources to get that child out of the United States of America, my advice is run.
www.patreon.com/posts/146156...
1) If you are responsible for the welfare of a trans or gender non-conforming child under the age of 18 and you have the resources to get that child out of the United States of America, my advice is run.
www.patreon.com/posts/146156...
Trump Regime Moves To Ban Gender Affirming Care for < 18's | Matthew Cortland
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December 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Trump Regime Moves To Ban Gender Affirming Care for < 18's
1) If you are responsible for the welfare of a trans or gender non-conforming child under the age of 18 and you have the resources to get that child out of the United States of America, my advice is run.
www.patreon.com/posts/146156...
1) If you are responsible for the welfare of a trans or gender non-conforming child under the age of 18 and you have the resources to get that child out of the United States of America, my advice is run.
www.patreon.com/posts/146156...
I am beyond excited for this book: Sick Work: Exhaustion, Labor, and Invisible Illness, an original historiography and ethnography on ME. Out in Sept. 2026
www.dukeupress.edu/sick-work
www.dukeupress.edu/sick-work
Sick Work: Exhaustion, Labor, and Invisible Illness
www.dukeupress.edu
December 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I am beyond excited for this book: Sick Work: Exhaustion, Labor, and Invisible Illness, an original historiography and ethnography on ME. Out in Sept. 2026
www.dukeupress.edu/sick-work
www.dukeupress.edu/sick-work
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Earlier this year, @msjpauly.bsky.social and I spent tens of hours speaking to trans kids and their families about their lives under Trump 2.0. Now is not a bad time to re-read it.
Coverage of the latest news coming from colleagues at Mother Jones later today.
Coverage of the latest news coming from colleagues at Mother Jones later today.
"We're going to do whatever it takes to keep her safe"
How families are fighting to survive Trump's war on transgender kids
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Earlier this year, @msjpauly.bsky.social and I spent tens of hours speaking to trans kids and their families about their lives under Trump 2.0. Now is not a bad time to re-read it.
Coverage of the latest news coming from colleagues at Mother Jones later today.
Coverage of the latest news coming from colleagues at Mother Jones later today.
Reposted by Casey Doherty
for ppl filling out the survey, pls dont forget that its for people with ME. 💙 if you have LC, but not ME, this one isnt for you I am sad to say! But if you have LC AND ME, please do fill it out!
If you have ME/CFS (even without a formal diagnosis) & live in California, I would love if you could fill out & share this survey with your friends. I am trying to prepare for a few legislative meetings I have in January w/ some old colleagues.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
for ppl filling out the survey, pls dont forget that its for people with ME. 💙 if you have LC, but not ME, this one isnt for you I am sad to say! But if you have LC AND ME, please do fill it out!
My little one says, "Mom, you just finished your last final and it's 3am. Don't you dare open this laptop."
December 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
My little one says, "Mom, you just finished your last final and it's 3am. Don't you dare open this laptop."
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A federal judge nominee admitted today that he said during a sermon that disabled people shouldn't get married. As I wrote for @motherjones.com, in fact, many can't out of risk of losing their benefits. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A federal judge nominee said disabled people shouldn’t be wed. In fact, many can’t.
Marriage often nullifies the government benefits they need to get by.
www.motherjones.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
A federal judge nominee admitted today that he said during a sermon that disabled people shouldn't get married. As I wrote for @motherjones.com, in fact, many can't out of risk of losing their benefits. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
All I have to say is gross
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 4:25 AM
All I have to say is gross
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"Ensuring equal access to the ballot requires dismantling the systems that permit others to decide whose voice counts." @caseydoherty.bsky.social via @americanprogress.bsky.social
Democracy Denied for Disabled Americans: Guardianship and the Right To Vote
Democracy Denied for Disabled Americans: Guardianship and the Right To Vote
Democracy Denied for Disabled Americans: Guardianship and the Right To Vote
Protecting the right to vote for many disabled Americans requires eliminating guardianship laws that restrict access to the ballot.
www.americanprogress.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
"Ensuring equal access to the ballot requires dismantling the systems that permit others to decide whose voice counts." @caseydoherty.bsky.social via @americanprogress.bsky.social
Democracy Denied for Disabled Americans: Guardianship and the Right To Vote
Democracy Denied for Disabled Americans: Guardianship and the Right To Vote