Curt Garrett
@cercules.bsky.social
I identify as a disabled older white man. After 27 years as a youth developer I changed my life focus to Disability Advocacy. #CripPride
And of course there are my dogs Greta and JarJar
And of course there are my dogs Greta and JarJar
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson just drew a line in the sand...refusing to let Trump’s troops or ICE turn his city into a staging ground. That’s not politics...that’s spine. Fire...fight...and the kind of defiance America needs right now.🔥
August 31, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson just drew a line in the sand...refusing to let Trump’s troops or ICE turn his city into a staging ground. That’s not politics...that’s spine. Fire...fight...and the kind of defiance America needs right now.🔥
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Federal officials are holding off on implementing new regulations that were hailed as the largest expansion of rights for airline passengers with #disabilities in a generation.
New Disability Regulations For Airlines Won't Be Enforced
Federal officials are holding off on implementing new regulations that were hailed as the largest expansion of rights for airline passengers with disabilities in a generation.
www.disabilityscoop.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Federal officials are holding off on implementing new regulations that were hailed as the largest expansion of rights for airline passengers with #disabilities in a generation.
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Close the #DisabilityVotingGap www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... Sign up for a proxy www.gov.uk/apply-proxy-... or postal vote www.gov.uk/apply-postal... if you can't get to your local polling station - asap, before the imminent council elections www.local.gov.uk/about/our-me.... #DisabilitySky
March 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Close the #DisabilityVotingGap www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... Sign up for a proxy www.gov.uk/apply-proxy-... or postal vote www.gov.uk/apply-postal... if you can't get to your local polling station - asap, before the imminent council elections www.local.gov.uk/about/our-me.... #DisabilitySky
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If you're in Wisconsin, please know that Judge Susan Crawford will protect YOUR rights and freedoms. Find your polling place and make a plan to vote tomorrow: vote.wisdems.org
Find Your Voting Locations | WISDEMS Voter Protection Team
This searchable map shows you early voting and dropbox info for hundreds of villages, towns, and cities across Wisconsin. Enter the address you're registered at and your options will pop up!
vote.wisdems.org
March 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
If you're in Wisconsin, please know that Judge Susan Crawford will protect YOUR rights and freedoms. Find your polling place and make a plan to vote tomorrow: vote.wisdems.org
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Hi, BlueSky. It's Hillary.
I've joined up here to help get the word out about an important election in Wisconsin tomorrow, and other ways to defend our democracy against those who think votes can be bought.
I've joined up here to help get the word out about an important election in Wisconsin tomorrow, and other ways to defend our democracy against those who think votes can be bought.
March 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Hi, BlueSky. It's Hillary.
I've joined up here to help get the word out about an important election in Wisconsin tomorrow, and other ways to defend our democracy against those who think votes can be bought.
I've joined up here to help get the word out about an important election in Wisconsin tomorrow, and other ways to defend our democracy against those who think votes can be bought.
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Accessibility is anathema to fascism's hyperindividualistic, every-man-for-himself destructive ethos.
Make your content accessible and make fascists angry. 🌈
Make your content accessible and make fascists angry. 🌈
February 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Accessibility is anathema to fascism's hyperindividualistic, every-man-for-himself destructive ethos.
Make your content accessible and make fascists angry. 🌈
Make your content accessible and make fascists angry. 🌈
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This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
February 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
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since vaccinations are falling out of style in the US everything is already coming back... TB, measles, even polio in wastewater monitoring, which i doubt we will still be doing. it's really insane we call ourselves civilized when we're hovering so close to the edge :(
February 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
since vaccinations are falling out of style in the US everything is already coming back... TB, measles, even polio in wastewater monitoring, which i doubt we will still be doing. it's really insane we call ourselves civilized when we're hovering so close to the edge :(
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February 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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"Make America Healthy Again," just like wellness culture, is rooted in ableism, healthism/health supremacy (the belief that not being 'healthy' is a moral failing), and disinformation about health/science
January 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"Make America Healthy Again," just like wellness culture, is rooted in ableism, healthism/health supremacy (the belief that not being 'healthy' is a moral failing), and disinformation about health/science
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How to Push Back - Employees are fighting back.
How to Push Back
There is a reason Trump is afraid of the federal bureaucracy, the career civil servants he wants to replace.
open.substack.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
How to Push Back - Employees are fighting back.
This is really big for the disabled community. Medical www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Medical debt to be removed from all Americans' credit scores
"This will be life-changing for millions of families," Vice President Kamala Harris said.
www.motherjones.com
January 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This is really big for the disabled community. Medical www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
December 24, 2024 at 5:01 PM
December 24, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Dad’s watching football again
December 20, 2024 at 2:39 AM
Dad’s watching football again
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Families caring for kids with disabilities in rural areas are often forced to travel long distances for care while also navigating a complicated network of specialists, insurers and government agencies.
How Rural Communities Can Fill Care Gaps For Children With Special Health Care Needs
Families caring for kids with disabilities in rural areas are often forced to travel long distances for care while also navigating a complicated network of specialists, insurers and government agencie...
www.disabilityscoop.com
December 17, 2024 at 4:14 AM
Families caring for kids with disabilities in rural areas are often forced to travel long distances for care while also navigating a complicated network of specialists, insurers and government agencies.
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Its accommodations were once heralded as the best in the industry, but after #Disney made big changes, research shows people with #disabilities are more anxious during visits or forgoing trips entirely.
Changes At Disney Bring Challenges, Frustration For Those With Disabilities
Its accommodations were once heralded as the best in the industry, but after Disney made big changes, research shows people with disabilities are more anxious during visits or forgoing trips entirely.
www.disabilityscoop.com
December 18, 2024 at 4:48 AM
Its accommodations were once heralded as the best in the industry, but after #Disney made big changes, research shows people with #disabilities are more anxious during visits or forgoing trips entirely.
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Federal officials are finalizing a rule that they say will yield the largest expansion of rights for #airline passengers with #disabilities in a generation.
New Rule Expands Disability Rights In Air Travel
Federal officials are finalizing a rule that they say will yield the largest expansion of rights for airline passengers with disabilities in a generation.
www.disabilityscoop.com
December 17, 2024 at 4:15 AM
Federal officials are finalizing a rule that they say will yield the largest expansion of rights for #airline passengers with #disabilities in a generation.
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Saw a bumper sticker that said “don’t share my wealth, share my work ethic!”
They were parked in an accessible parking spot without a visible placard.
They were parked in an accessible parking spot without a visible placard.
December 7, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Saw a bumper sticker that said “don’t share my wealth, share my work ethic!”
They were parked in an accessible parking spot without a visible placard.
They were parked in an accessible parking spot without a visible placard.