Andrea Shettle (she/hers)
@andreashettle.bsky.social
Disability rights and social justice must be intersectional and must be global.
Alice Wong, disability rights advocate and wordsmith, dies at 51
November 16, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Alice Wong, disability rights advocate and wordsmith, dies at 51
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October 7-8 all books purchased from our @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social and @peoplesbooktakoma.com wishlists come with free delivery! With the Banned Books Week Bookdrive, a donor will cash match every book! Right now is the best time to donate to DC Books to Prisons – linktr.ee/dcbtp
October 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
October 7-8 all books purchased from our @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social and @peoplesbooktakoma.com wishlists come with free delivery! With the Banned Books Week Bookdrive, a donor will cash match every book! Right now is the best time to donate to DC Books to Prisons – linktr.ee/dcbtp
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Imagine... the year is 2050, and disability rights are real.
Send us a letter to tell us what this future looks like.
We'll publish our five favourite entries and pay £100 for each one. The deadline is 1st November 2025.
www.disabilitydebrief.org/letters-from...
Send us a letter to tell us what this future looks like.
We'll publish our five favourite entries and pay £100 for each one. The deadline is 1st November 2025.
www.disabilitydebrief.org/letters-from...
Letters from the Future
An Open Call for Disability Science Fiction
www.disabilitydebrief.org
September 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Imagine... the year is 2050, and disability rights are real.
Send us a letter to tell us what this future looks like.
We'll publish our five favourite entries and pay £100 for each one. The deadline is 1st November 2025.
www.disabilitydebrief.org/letters-from...
Send us a letter to tell us what this future looks like.
We'll publish our five favourite entries and pay £100 for each one. The deadline is 1st November 2025.
www.disabilitydebrief.org/letters-from...
Why democracy is backsliding, faster and faster
The movement away from Democracy and Democratic processes toward autocracy is a concerning global trend across national and continental boundaries. How do we reverse this? The article at the link suggests some options. What are others?
The movement away from Democracy and Democratic processes toward autocracy is a concerning global trend across national and continental boundaries. How do we reverse this? The article at the link suggests some options. What are others?
September 14, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Why democracy is backsliding, faster and faster
The movement away from Democracy and Democratic processes toward autocracy is a concerning global trend across national and continental boundaries. How do we reverse this? The article at the link suggests some options. What are others?
The movement away from Democracy and Democratic processes toward autocracy is a concerning global trend across national and continental boundaries. How do we reverse this? The article at the link suggests some options. What are others?
Does anyone I know or follow use the Finch self care pet app? (If you and I have interacted in social media that counts for “knowing each other” in my book!) If so, Tap the link to add me as a friend, or add my friend code WTGFVCWZXA. finch.go.link/2XWNC?adj_la...
Finch - Your New Self-Care Best Friend
Finch - Your New Self-Care Best Friend
finch.go.link
September 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Does anyone I know or follow use the Finch self care pet app? (If you and I have interacted in social media that counts for “knowing each other” in my book!) If so, Tap the link to add me as a friend, or add my friend code WTGFVCWZXA. finch.go.link/2XWNC?adj_la...
Getting kind of fed up with how too many doctor's offices think it's okay or even legal to say "We don't provide that" when a deaf patient requests a sign language interpreter. It's 35 years after when the ADA was passed, catch up already!
#DisabilityRights #A11y #CommunicationAccess
#DisabilityRights #A11y #CommunicationAccess
August 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Getting kind of fed up with how too many doctor's offices think it's okay or even legal to say "We don't provide that" when a deaf patient requests a sign language interpreter. It's 35 years after when the ADA was passed, catch up already!
#DisabilityRights #A11y #CommunicationAccess
#DisabilityRights #A11y #CommunicationAccess
So I just called for a doctor’s appointment and they say they don’t provide sign language interpreters. Then they called me back to cancel my appointment on me because they needed to find an interpreter. Which is illegal for them to do under the Americans with Disabilities Act, but here we are.
August 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
So I just called for a doctor’s appointment and they say they don’t provide sign language interpreters. Then they called me back to cancel my appointment on me because they needed to find an interpreter. Which is illegal for them to do under the Americans with Disabilities Act, but here we are.
Supreme Court justice pauses ruling weakening Voting Rights Act
July 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Supreme Court justice pauses ruling weakening Voting Rights Act
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Happy Juneteenth!
Today we celebrate freedom hard won and honor the strength, resilience, and courage of those who fought for it. Let’s use this day to learn, reflect, and take action for true justice.
Freedom is a journey. Let’s keep moving forward together.
Today we celebrate freedom hard won and honor the strength, resilience, and courage of those who fought for it. Let’s use this day to learn, reflect, and take action for true justice.
Freedom is a journey. Let’s keep moving forward together.
June 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Happy Juneteenth!
Today we celebrate freedom hard won and honor the strength, resilience, and courage of those who fought for it. Let’s use this day to learn, reflect, and take action for true justice.
Freedom is a journey. Let’s keep moving forward together.
Today we celebrate freedom hard won and honor the strength, resilience, and courage of those who fought for it. Let’s use this day to learn, reflect, and take action for true justice.
Freedom is a journey. Let’s keep moving forward together.
So I'm looking at FocusMate to match me to a "body double" when I'm working on something and reading the information on their "quiet mode" for people in an environment where they can't speak (eg cafe, library). The FAQ carefully explains that ppl can use text chat to communicate in quiet mode. 😐
June 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
So I'm looking at FocusMate to match me to a "body double" when I'm working on something and reading the information on their "quiet mode" for people in an environment where they can't speak (eg cafe, library). The FAQ carefully explains that ppl can use text chat to communicate in quiet mode. 😐
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Attention @senatedemocrats.bsky.social , @housedemocrats.bsky.social - investigate the private immigration detention centers!
Please meet thus moment!
Please meet thus moment!
June 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Attention @senatedemocrats.bsky.social , @housedemocrats.bsky.social - investigate the private immigration detention centers!
Please meet thus moment!
Please meet thus moment!
Why Trump’s push for ‘gold-standard science’ has researchers alarmed
June 1, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Why Trump’s push for ‘gold-standard science’ has researchers alarmed
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Vaccines are vital. Masks (n95 or p100) are community care.
And we can also clean the air! Quoted post is re hospital air. This article is re school air.
We have the tools.
Make them use them.
Contact local officials, schools, hospitals, etc. Demand health & disability justice. #CleanTheAir
And we can also clean the air! Quoted post is re hospital air. This article is re school air.
We have the tools.
Make them use them.
Contact local officials, schools, hospitals, etc. Demand health & disability justice. #CleanTheAir
May 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Vaccines are vital. Masks (n95 or p100) are community care.
And we can also clean the air! Quoted post is re hospital air. This article is re school air.
We have the tools.
Make them use them.
Contact local officials, schools, hospitals, etc. Demand health & disability justice. #CleanTheAir
And we can also clean the air! Quoted post is re hospital air. This article is re school air.
We have the tools.
Make them use them.
Contact local officials, schools, hospitals, etc. Demand health & disability justice. #CleanTheAir
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#booksky #bannedbooksky
This one might be a doozy. As always I post friend links to all my articles about banned books.
baos.pub/this-banned-...
This one might be a doozy. As always I post friend links to all my articles about banned books.
baos.pub/this-banned-...
This Banned Book From 1935 Is The Real Inspiration For Project 2025
“It Can’t Happen Here” By Sinclair Lewis
baos.pub
April 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
#booksky #bannedbooksky
This one might be a doozy. As always I post friend links to all my articles about banned books.
baos.pub/this-banned-...
This one might be a doozy. As always I post friend links to all my articles about banned books.
baos.pub/this-banned-...
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Visions of borderlines.
Barbed wire
ripped through our hearts and
souls.
Young children
left
in cages,
in cold tents,
alone
at the Texas border.
Families
split up,
hearts shattered.
#poetry #TheTrumpYears #poets #booksky
Barbed wire
ripped through our hearts and
souls.
Young children
left
in cages,
in cold tents,
alone
at the Texas border.
Families
split up,
hearts shattered.
#poetry #TheTrumpYears #poets #booksky
April 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Visions of borderlines.
Barbed wire
ripped through our hearts and
souls.
Young children
left
in cages,
in cold tents,
alone
at the Texas border.
Families
split up,
hearts shattered.
#poetry #TheTrumpYears #poets #booksky
Barbed wire
ripped through our hearts and
souls.
Young children
left
in cages,
in cold tents,
alone
at the Texas border.
Families
split up,
hearts shattered.
#poetry #TheTrumpYears #poets #booksky
I signed the petition asking for U.S. congress to impeach our current president (45/47) again. Will you join in signing? www.impeachtrumpagain.org #SaveOurDemocracy #ImpeachTrump #ProtectOurConstitution #Resist
IMPEACH TRUMP. AGAIN.
Impeach Trump. Sign the petition NOW to defend democracy and demand accountability! He is disqualified from office, and has violated the U.S. Constitution.
www.impeachtrumpagain.org
April 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I signed the petition asking for U.S. congress to impeach our current president (45/47) again. Will you join in signing? www.impeachtrumpagain.org #SaveOurDemocracy #ImpeachTrump #ProtectOurConstitution #Resist
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia is everything right now
For the Trump regime, their ability to disappear the humanity of one Maryland dad is central toward a project of establishing American dictatorship
It's why we must fight for Kilmar's freedom...and our own. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/kilm...
For the Trump regime, their ability to disappear the humanity of one Maryland dad is central toward a project of establishing American dictatorship
It's why we must fight for Kilmar's freedom...and our own. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/kilm...
Why Kilmar Abrego Garcia is the Jenga piece that could topple the American Experiment | Will Bunch
The Trump regime lies about a Salvadoran laborer and dad because the truth of his humanity could unravel its dream of autocracy.
www.inquirer.com
April 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is everything right now
For the Trump regime, their ability to disappear the humanity of one Maryland dad is central toward a project of establishing American dictatorship
It's why we must fight for Kilmar's freedom...and our own. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/kilm...
For the Trump regime, their ability to disappear the humanity of one Maryland dad is central toward a project of establishing American dictatorship
It's why we must fight for Kilmar's freedom...and our own. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/kilm...
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This #Passover, some of us will remember enslaved #Uyghurs by placing #cotton balls on our #seder plates. Learn more at
www.washingtonjewishweek.com/cotton-balls...
#TikkunOlam #Uyghur #slavery #genocide #HumanRights #CivilRights #Xinjiang #EastTurkistan #EastTurkestan
www.washingtonjewishweek.com/cotton-balls...
#TikkunOlam #Uyghur #slavery #genocide #HumanRights #CivilRights #Xinjiang #EastTurkistan #EastTurkestan
Cotton Balls on the Seder Plate
By Nechama Liss-Levinson This year, as I celebrate Passover, I will put some cotton balls on the seder plate. Hopefully, as with so much of the seder, our guests will ask the question “why?” Each year...
www.washingtonjewishweek.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This #Passover, some of us will remember enslaved #Uyghurs by placing #cotton balls on our #seder plates. Learn more at
www.washingtonjewishweek.com/cotton-balls...
#TikkunOlam #Uyghur #slavery #genocide #HumanRights #CivilRights #Xinjiang #EastTurkistan #EastTurkestan
www.washingtonjewishweek.com/cotton-balls...
#TikkunOlam #Uyghur #slavery #genocide #HumanRights #CivilRights #Xinjiang #EastTurkistan #EastTurkestan
In February, we once again protested in the dark outside the Chinese embassy in #WashingtonDC, calling upon the Chinese government to end its #genocide of the #Uyghur people of #EastTurkistan (a.k.a. #Xinjiang).
#China #TikkunOlam #HumanRights
#China #TikkunOlam #HumanRights
April 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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In February, we once again protested in the dark outside the Chinese embassy in #WashingtonDC, calling upon the Chinese government to end its #genocide of the #Uyghur people of #EastTurkistan (a.k.a. #Xinjiang).
#China #TikkunOlam #HumanRights
#China #TikkunOlam #HumanRights
April 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
In February, we once again protested in the dark outside the Chinese embassy in #WashingtonDC, calling upon the Chinese government to end its #genocide of the #Uyghur people of #EastTurkistan (a.k.a. #Xinjiang).
#China #TikkunOlam #HumanRights
#China #TikkunOlam #HumanRights
Our protests outside the Chinese embassy in #WashingtonDC attract a variety of people, including this handsome young man. We appreciate his commitment to protesting against the Chinese government's ongoing #genocide of the Uyghurs in East Turkistan (a.k.a. #Xinjiang).
#dog #GSD #GermanShepherd #CCP
#dog #GSD #GermanShepherd #CCP
April 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Our protests outside the Chinese embassy in #WashingtonDC attract a variety of people, including this handsome young man. We appreciate his commitment to protesting against the Chinese government's ongoing #genocide of the Uyghurs in East Turkistan (a.k.a. #Xinjiang).
#dog #GSD #GermanShepherd #CCP
#dog #GSD #GermanShepherd #CCP
April 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Our protests outside the Chinese embassy in #WashingtonDC attract a variety of people, including this handsome young man. We appreciate his commitment to protesting against the Chinese government's ongoing #genocide of the Uyghurs in East Turkistan (a.k.a. #Xinjiang).
#dog #GSD #GermanShepherd #CCP
#dog #GSD #GermanShepherd #CCP
So, um,
What do you do when your research leads to a certain name for your character and you get used to it and really like the name because of what you learned about its meaning
But then! You later find it has additional meanings that you aren't as thrilled about?
#AuthorSky
What do you do when your research leads to a certain name for your character and you get used to it and really like the name because of what you learned about its meaning
But then! You later find it has additional meanings that you aren't as thrilled about?
#AuthorSky
April 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
So, um,
What do you do when your research leads to a certain name for your character and you get used to it and really like the name because of what you learned about its meaning
But then! You later find it has additional meanings that you aren't as thrilled about?
#AuthorSky
What do you do when your research leads to a certain name for your character and you get used to it and really like the name because of what you learned about its meaning
But then! You later find it has additional meanings that you aren't as thrilled about?
#AuthorSky
In conversations around whether and when to leave the country due to policies that further marginalize people who are already marginalized, bear in mind that MANY countries don't allow disabled people to immigrate or else make it very difficult. Not everyone shares the same options.
April 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
In conversations around whether and when to leave the country due to policies that further marginalize people who are already marginalized, bear in mind that MANY countries don't allow disabled people to immigrate or else make it very difficult. Not everyone shares the same options.
