Kathy Flaherty
@connconnection.bsky.social
CW: mental health, law, Covid. MUFC/HCFC/FC Pinzgau. Adoptee. Arc bender. Muter of trolls. I made it!
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“More than half (51%) of disabled people surveyed said they felt humiliated by going through the benefits process. 45% said it had made symptoms of the condition worse.”
What a shameful indictment of our social security system. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
What a shameful indictment of our social security system. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Blind woman denied benefits because she attended DWP interview with help of mother
Charlotte Easton says she was told that as she had been able to travel to her assessment, she must be able to work
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2024 at 10:06 AM
“More than half (51%) of disabled people surveyed said they felt humiliated by going through the benefits process. 45% said it had made symptoms of the condition worse.”
What a shameful indictment of our social security system. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
What a shameful indictment of our social security system. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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"…Harsha Walia asks a question I often turn to: 'Is what we’re doing increasing the possibility of freedom?' If my answer is NO, then I’m not doing it.
We have a lot to learn. Defund is the floor. We’ve moved on."
Mariame Kaba
@prisonculture.bsky.social
forgeorganizing.org/article/what...
We have a lot to learn. Defund is the floor. We’ve moved on."
Mariame Kaba
@prisonculture.bsky.social
forgeorganizing.org/article/what...
What Will Increase Everyone’s Well-Being?
Mariame Kaba explains Transformative Justice and why it is essential to improving the lives of all humans. From Mariame's opening statement at the Abolitionist Gathering at the 2022 Allied Media Confe...
forgeorganizing.org
September 29, 2023 at 7:40 PM
"…Harsha Walia asks a question I often turn to: 'Is what we’re doing increasing the possibility of freedom?' If my answer is NO, then I’m not doing it.
We have a lot to learn. Defund is the floor. We’ve moved on."
Mariame Kaba
@prisonculture.bsky.social
forgeorganizing.org/article/what...
We have a lot to learn. Defund is the floor. We’ve moved on."
Mariame Kaba
@prisonculture.bsky.social
forgeorganizing.org/article/what...
Was excited to have scheduled my flu shot and updated Covid booster for tomorrow but this afternoon I received this text. 🤬
September 29, 2023 at 9:09 PM
Was excited to have scheduled my flu shot and updated Covid booster for tomorrow but this afternoon I received this text. 🤬
Reposted by Kathy Flaherty
Disability community says royal commission a turning point, but action must follow for meaningful change
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09...
Disability community says royal commission a turning point, but action must follow
The disability royal commission's report has been described by advocates as a turning point towards a fully inclusive and de-segregated Australia — but they warn the recommendations must be acted on...
www.abc.net.au
September 29, 2023 at 8:58 PM
Disability community says royal commission a turning point, but action must follow for meaningful change
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09...
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The Physical and Mental Toll of Living With Long COVID: ‘I Feel Like We’ve Been Abandoned and Forgotten’
The Physical and Mental Toll of Living With Long COVID: ‘I Feel Like
Amid many unanswered questions and the end of the federal COVID-19 public health emergency declaration earlier this year, long COVID patients remain in limbo as they continue to manage and live with t...
news.wttw.com
September 27, 2023 at 3:28 PM
The Physical and Mental Toll of Living With Long COVID: ‘I Feel Like We’ve Been Abandoned and Forgotten’
Advocacy didn’t start with a lawsuit and won’t end with a settlement https://www.courant.com/2023/09/20/alicia-abramson-advocacy-that-didnt-start-with-a-yale-lawsuit-wont-end-with-a-settlement/
September 23, 2023 at 5:02 PM
Advocacy didn’t start with a lawsuit and won’t end with a settlement https://www.courant.com/2023/09/20/alicia-abramson-advocacy-that-didnt-start-with-a-yale-lawsuit-wont-end-with-a-settlement/
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A return to warehousing has always been the end game for this government. They have a lot of pals with a lot of money in private care homes, and given how little publicly-owned care remains, this is just another money funnel from the public purse to private corporations.
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@johnpring.bsky.social
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@johnpring.bsky.social
Fear over council policy that could force disabled people into care homes
Disabled activists have said they are “very frightened” by council plans that could force people who rely on social care into residential homes against their wishes, and which they believe breach ...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
September 21, 2023 at 7:30 PM
A return to warehousing has always been the end game for this government. They have a lot of pals with a lot of money in private care homes, and given how little publicly-owned care remains, this is just another money funnel from the public purse to private corporations.
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@johnpring.bsky.social
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The implications of state mandated mental health treatment are to violently rob people of autonomy & restrict freedom. I've had court mandated treatment, been committed involuntarily in-patient & out-patient. Hands off our bodies & minds.
September 21, 2023 at 1:11 AM
The implications of state mandated mental health treatment are to violently rob people of autonomy & restrict freedom. I've had court mandated treatment, been committed involuntarily in-patient & out-patient. Hands off our bodies & minds.
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There was a complete disconnect between Free Britney & a dismantling of institutional sanism & or cultural sanism. The same people who got on the bandwagon for her freedom mocked her for her mental health before & after. And zero consideration of the systemic harm done to people who aren't famous.
September 21, 2023 at 1:27 AM
There was a complete disconnect between Free Britney & a dismantling of institutional sanism & or cultural sanism. The same people who got on the bandwagon for her freedom mocked her for her mental health before & after. And zero consideration of the systemic harm done to people who aren't famous.
Pickle donut from The Big E (I haven’t had this, but I would definitely try it. I know there are people on here who wouldn’t but why not restart the pickle discourse)
September 20, 2023 at 10:39 PM
Pickle donut from The Big E (I haven’t had this, but I would definitely try it. I know there are people on here who wouldn’t but why not restart the pickle discourse)
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Here’s my latest update on the UAW negotiations. T-minus six hours until the Big Three contracts expire!
The UAW Strike Matters for the Entire US Working Class
The United Auto Workers, headed by a new reform leadership, are set to strike the Big Three automakers at midnight tonight. The entire working class will be watching to see if autoworkers can claw bac...
jacobin.com
September 14, 2023 at 10:14 PM
Here’s my latest update on the UAW negotiations. T-minus six hours until the Big Three contracts expire!
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I feel like the definition of being at “high risk” from covid really needs to include “high probability of messing up your health and life for months or years” not just “likely to immediately kill you.”
A 9% chance that I’m gonna be sick for at least three months is a pretty high risk!
A 9% chance that I’m gonna be sick for at least three months is a pretty high risk!
The prevalence of Long Covid in the US by age
Previously unpublished, presented at CDC meeting yesterday
Previously unpublished, presented at CDC meeting yesterday
September 13, 2023 at 8:10 PM
I feel like the definition of being at “high risk” from covid really needs to include “high probability of messing up your health and life for months or years” not just “likely to immediately kill you.”
A 9% chance that I’m gonna be sick for at least three months is a pretty high risk!
A 9% chance that I’m gonna be sick for at least three months is a pretty high risk!
Grateful to State Senator Saud Anwar for hosting a Facebook Live tonight about harm reduction in mental health and peer respites https://fb.watch/n23kFCX1qf/?mibextid=qC1gEa
Anwar FB Live: Harm Reduction in Mental Health | Senator Saud Anwar...
Senator Saud Anwar was live.
fb.watch
September 14, 2023 at 12:29 AM
Grateful to State Senator Saud Anwar for hosting a Facebook Live tonight about harm reduction in mental health and peer respites https://fb.watch/n23kFCX1qf/?mibextid=qC1gEa
It shouldn’t take a lawsuit for Yale to change its student mental health policies, but it did. Great work Disability Rights CT. https://tinyurl.com/3fcp5zck
Yale to update policies after lawsuit over student mental health
Yale agreed to change policies and revise training as part of a settlement in a lawsuit alleging the school discriminated against people with mental health issues.
tinyurl.com
August 26, 2023 at 12:31 AM
It shouldn’t take a lawsuit for Yale to change its student mental health policies, but it did. Great work Disability Rights CT. https://tinyurl.com/3fcp5zck
Ok, pickle cupcakes are taking this pickle thing a bit too far. But, if you’re going to The Big E this fall, they’ll be there https://tinyurl.com/2p8v2w6s
The Big E foods of 2023 include pickle cupcakes, dessert pizza
When the Big E returns to West Springfield, Mass. on Sept. 15, vendors will be offering...
tinyurl.com
August 25, 2023 at 5:05 PM
Ok, pickle cupcakes are taking this pickle thing a bit too far. But, if you’re going to The Big E this fall, they’ll be there https://tinyurl.com/2p8v2w6s
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We know COVID is airborne. We know what airborne infection control looks like. But we’re so committed to the “back to normal” delusion, we’re refusing to implement it in hospitals - and killing patients
Read my latest on Substack:
thegauntlet.substack.com/p/hospitals-...
Read my latest on Substack:
thegauntlet.substack.com/p/hospitals-...
Hospitals are killing patients because they don't feel like doing infection control
We now know COVID is fully airborne. We also know how to control airborne disease. So why are vulnerable people still dying of hospital-acquired COVID?
thegauntlet.substack.com
August 23, 2023 at 2:32 PM
We know COVID is airborne. We know what airborne infection control looks like. But we’re so committed to the “back to normal” delusion, we’re refusing to implement it in hospitals - and killing patients
Read my latest on Substack:
thegauntlet.substack.com/p/hospitals-...
Read my latest on Substack:
thegauntlet.substack.com/p/hospitals-...
Ouch this truth hurts
Remember, a realistic lawyer movie would just be one person sitting at their desk & staring at a computer screen, & every 15 minutes they’d say “Goddammit.” That’s it, the whole thing, 95 minutes
August 23, 2023 at 12:53 AM
Ouch this truth hurts
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August 22, 2023 at 9:02 PM
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Really wish more policy makers would understand that forced psychiatric treatment doesn’t accomplish what they think it will, doesn’t promote recovery, disrespects humanity, and causes harm. It’s not “help” when it’s coerced.
August 22, 2023 at 8:47 PM
Really wish more policy makers would understand that forced psychiatric treatment doesn’t accomplish what they think it will, doesn’t promote recovery, disrespects humanity, and causes harm. It’s not “help” when it’s coerced.
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I feel like we are really good at promoting stuff for two weeks and then it disappears into the abyss so I'm reupping this piece on how design that integrates and even foregrounds disability is better design, because I worked hard on it and like it.
The Future of Design Is Designing for Disability
Accessibility should not be a grudging afterthought. With planning, it can lead to elegant, beautiful, and engaging art.
www.thenation.com
August 21, 2023 at 8:09 PM
I feel like we are really good at promoting stuff for two weeks and then it disappears into the abyss so I'm reupping this piece on how design that integrates and even foregrounds disability is better design, because I worked hard on it and like it.
Who knew that jumping into the pickle discourse with a pickle pizza and peanut butter toast with pickles and sriracha would be the skeets that get me attention here 🤣🤣🤣
August 19, 2023 at 12:11 AM
Who knew that jumping into the pickle discourse with a pickle pizza and peanut butter toast with pickles and sriracha would be the skeets that get me attention here 🤣🤣🤣