J.Stoffer (she/they), BA, BEd, MEd, Phd candidate
@jastoffer.bsky.social
Neurodivergent/#DisabledEducator | PhD Candidate disrupting ableism in education. Anti-ableist agent of chaos. Member, Disabled Educators' Curriculum Collective. Lived experience is evidence based research.
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Disabled/Neurodivergent/Chronically Ill folk. We survive in solidarity and sustain ourselves by moving together. With the next generation leading us, and our ancestors pushing us forward, supporting us.
#Disability means that not only do I work full time, not only am I a PhD candidate, not only am I a spouse and step-parent, but I'm also a patient. The amount of time spent at doctors' offices, specialist appointments, etc., is, at the very least, a part-time job that I am not being compensated for
February 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
#Disability means that not only do I work full time, not only am I a PhD candidate, not only am I a spouse and step-parent, but I'm also a patient. The amount of time spent at doctors' offices, specialist appointments, etc., is, at the very least, a part-time job that I am not being compensated for
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#Sundays are sensory friendly. At your #Museum, lights and sounds are lowered wherever possible for a more sensory-friendly experience for visitors. No programming announcements will be made.
Daily Events
Monday to Friday Learn in the Lab - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (drop-in) Visit the Nature Lab and get to know some of the critters that call the Lab home and chat with a Naturalist. Snack Time With...Nova S...
naturalhistory.novascotia.ca
February 8, 2026 at 12:09 AM
#Inclusion requires acknowledging past ableist violence. We must validate and support disabled people's experiences of exclusion and work together to ensure reparations are made, and anti-ableist practices are at the centre of access and equity for disabled folks.
February 6, 2026 at 9:49 PM
#Inclusion requires acknowledging past ableist violence. We must validate and support disabled people's experiences of exclusion and work together to ensure reparations are made, and anti-ableist practices are at the centre of access and equity for disabled folks.
True #inclusion and #accessibility takes into account socio-economics, the dynamics of privilege and oppression, and centres leadership of the most impacted by the violence of inaccessibility and exclusion (and yes, these things are a form of violence).
February 2, 2026 at 1:17 PM
True #inclusion and #accessibility takes into account socio-economics, the dynamics of privilege and oppression, and centres leadership of the most impacted by the violence of inaccessibility and exclusion (and yes, these things are a form of violence).
Make sure to check in on your disabled neighbours, friends, community members as the storm/snow comes.
January 24, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Make sure to check in on your disabled neighbours, friends, community members as the storm/snow comes.
Just FYI to my city (Halifax) - disabled folks still need sidewalks in winter. Disabled folks still need bus stops to be accessible in winter. Disabled folks still need access in winter.
January 22, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Just FYI to my city (Halifax) - disabled folks still need sidewalks in winter. Disabled folks still need bus stops to be accessible in winter. Disabled folks still need access in winter.
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A very strong solar storm just hit Earth! Expect bright auroras tonight! #Canada
www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/arti...
www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/arti...
Bright auroras to shine over Canada after solar storm impact - The Weather Network
Sparked by a fast-moving solar storm, the Northern Lights may stretch far to the south tonight, and might even be visible from the southern United States.
www.theweathernetwork.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:26 PM
A very strong solar storm just hit Earth! Expect bright auroras tonight! #Canada
www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/arti...
www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/arti...
Give up the idea that you can be everywhere for everyone, doing everything. A focus is not an exclusion. We do our best as our bodyminds can.
January 18, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Give up the idea that you can be everywhere for everyone, doing everything. A focus is not an exclusion. We do our best as our bodyminds can.
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The bear necessity: With a $60,000 grant, how is work progressing toward Hope for Wildlife's bear rehabilitation centre?
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
The bear necessity: With a $60,000 grant, how is work progressing toward Hope for Wildlife's bear rehabilitation centre?
The grant puts the organization over a quarter of the way toward its $500,000 fundraising goal for a centre to rehab bear cubs
www.saltwire.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:45 PM
The bear necessity: With a $60,000 grant, how is work progressing toward Hope for Wildlife's bear rehabilitation centre?
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
There's more violence in schools because there's more violence in the world and everyone can feel it. Yout think young people can't? They feel it more.
January 10, 2026 at 1:20 PM
There's more violence in schools because there's more violence in the world and everyone can feel it. Yout think young people can't? They feel it more.
Disabled bodyminds are as diverse as any other aspect of identity - and no less valid in community, regardless of disability or diagnosis. #Disability
January 4, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Disabled bodyminds are as diverse as any other aspect of identity - and no less valid in community, regardless of disability or diagnosis. #Disability
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Those especially harmed by unmitigated illness include people who are BIPOC, trans, queer, disabled, immigrants, children, elderly, women, and/or poor.
Those who benefit from illness harming the aforementioned: fascists, colonizers, the ultra wealthy, bigots.
Refuse to be weaponized. Mask up.
Those who benefit from illness harming the aforementioned: fascists, colonizers, the ultra wealthy, bigots.
Refuse to be weaponized. Mask up.
Worldwide Mask Bloc Directory – Find your local Mask Bloc
MaskBloc.org lists active Mask Blocs around the world. Free high-quality masks, COVID-19 tests and other equipment for your community. Mutual Aid & We Keep Us Safe.
Maskbloc.org
January 2, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Those especially harmed by unmitigated illness include people who are BIPOC, trans, queer, disabled, immigrants, children, elderly, women, and/or poor.
Those who benefit from illness harming the aforementioned: fascists, colonizers, the ultra wealthy, bigots.
Refuse to be weaponized. Mask up.
Those who benefit from illness harming the aforementioned: fascists, colonizers, the ultra wealthy, bigots.
Refuse to be weaponized. Mask up.
Focus on disability justice in #2026
January 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Focus on disability justice in #2026
Solstice blessings to everyone fighting for justice.
December 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Solstice blessings to everyone fighting for justice.
December 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Masking when you are sick is an act of true care.
December 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Masking when you are sick is an act of true care.
Hey though why is no one masked at the blood collection? #NSHealth especially when we are experiencing a high amount of disease this time of year.
People’s inability
To mask is disabling themselves and others
People’s inability
To mask is disabling themselves and others
December 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Hey though why is no one masked at the blood collection? #NSHealth especially when we are experiencing a high amount of disease this time of year.
People’s inability
To mask is disabling themselves and others
People’s inability
To mask is disabling themselves and others
If you only do one thing starting tomorrow on International Day of persons with disabilities
Start saying disability/disabled
Euphemisms for disability are ableist. They contribute to the erasure of disabled history, community, ancestry & knowledges.
Disability isn’t a bad word.
say it. #IDPWD
Start saying disability/disabled
Euphemisms for disability are ableist. They contribute to the erasure of disabled history, community, ancestry & knowledges.
Disability isn’t a bad word.
say it. #IDPWD
December 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
If you only do one thing starting tomorrow on International Day of persons with disabilities
Start saying disability/disabled
Euphemisms for disability are ableist. They contribute to the erasure of disabled history, community, ancestry & knowledges.
Disability isn’t a bad word.
say it. #IDPWD
Start saying disability/disabled
Euphemisms for disability are ableist. They contribute to the erasure of disabled history, community, ancestry & knowledges.
Disability isn’t a bad word.
say it. #IDPWD
Reminder that no one's religious beliefs supersede anyone else's freedom to live in safety and free from hatred
Culture Minister Marc Miller is expressing support for the removal of a religious exemption for hate speech in the Criminal Code--says he doesn’t believe people should be using religion to escape from prosecution for a hate crime.
I agree. #Canada #NoHate
halifax.citynews.ca/2025/12/02/l...
I agree. #Canada #NoHate
halifax.citynews.ca/2025/12/02/l...
Liberal minister backs Bloc call to eliminate religious exemption for hate speech
OTTAWA — Culture Minister Marc Miller is expressing support for the removal of a religious exemption for hate speech in the Criminal Code. Miller, who chaired the justice committee until he rejoined c...
halifax.citynews.ca
December 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Reminder that no one's religious beliefs supersede anyone else's freedom to live in safety and free from hatred
If you're not masking 😷 it's not disability justice
December 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
If you're not masking 😷 it's not disability justice
Disabled students should not have to be grateful to get the support they require to succeed, feel safe, and be nurtured in schools.
Disabled people do not need to thank anyone for access and inclusion. It is our right.
Disabled people do not need to thank anyone for access and inclusion. It is our right.
November 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Disabled students should not have to be grateful to get the support they require to succeed, feel safe, and be nurtured in schools.
Disabled people do not need to thank anyone for access and inclusion. It is our right.
Disabled people do not need to thank anyone for access and inclusion. It is our right.
Happy to have the opportunity to submit an essay from the heart.
Only TWO more weekends to submit to next summer's special disability issue!
Disability: The Revolution!
Special Issue Call for Submissions, Deadline November 30, 2025
If you identify as disabled and would like to answer this call, please submit! We would love to hear from you.
See the full call and instructions on how to submit here: thefiddlehead.ca/revolution
Special Issue Call for Submissions, Deadline November 30, 2025
If you identify as disabled and would like to answer this call, please submit! We would love to hear from you.
See the full call and instructions on how to submit here: thefiddlehead.ca/revolution
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Happy to have the opportunity to submit an essay from the heart.
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Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
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A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50.
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
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I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
Alice Wong, disability rights advocate and wordsmith, dies at 51
Alice Wong, a transformational leader for disability rights and justice, who founded the Disability Visibility project to magnify disabled culture, died Nov. 14.
wapo.st
November 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A nice obituary for Alice, who was going to be recognized as one of The Post 50.
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
I hate that we now have to live without this phenomenal woman.
#GiftLink
wapo.st/49WOdx1
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...