Emily Anne
@crawfoea85.bsky.social
Just an insignificant collection of stardust trying to make this world a better place✨🫶🏻
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The deficit model of disability sucks: “We get told what we can and can’t do & it mixes around in our brains and becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It is based very firmly in ableism & doesn’t help anyone, least of all the person with disability.” -Yenn Purkis
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Don’t tell me what I can’t do! – The impact of deficits thinking and disability
For many years I thought I couldn’t manage staff. The reason for this was a housemate I had telling me I could be public servant but I couldn’t manage staff because I am autistic, and autistic peop…
yennpurkis.home.blog
March 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The deficit model of disability sucks: “We get told what we can and can’t do & it mixes around in our brains and becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It is based very firmly in ableism & doesn’t help anyone, least of all the person with disability.” -Yenn Purkis
yennpurkis.home.blog/2025/02/28/d...
yennpurkis.home.blog/2025/02/28/d...
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Boycotting Tesla is not "illegal", as Trump claims.
The purpose of a boycott is to send a clear message: We the people have the power and choice to not give our hard-earned cash to billionaire oligarchs.
The purpose of a boycott is to send a clear message: We the people have the power and choice to not give our hard-earned cash to billionaire oligarchs.
Trump calls Tesla boycott ‘illegal’ and says he’s buying one to support Musk
President makes statement in support of Musk’s ‘baby’ as company shares fall hard and owners sell vehicles
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March 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Boycotting Tesla is not "illegal", as Trump claims.
The purpose of a boycott is to send a clear message: We the people have the power and choice to not give our hard-earned cash to billionaire oligarchs.
The purpose of a boycott is to send a clear message: We the people have the power and choice to not give our hard-earned cash to billionaire oligarchs.
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It has been shown again and again that vaccines do not cause autism. The CDC's proposed study is a waste of time and resources that could be spent on research that would actually help autistic people.
Exclusive: U.S. CDC plans study into vaccines and autism, sources say
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning a large study into potential connections between vaccines and autism, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, despite extensive scientific research that has disproven or failed to find evidence of such links.
www.reuters.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It has been shown again and again that vaccines do not cause autism. The CDC's proposed study is a waste of time and resources that could be spent on research that would actually help autistic people.
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Today is a Save Medicaid Call-In Day! Lots of people will be calling Congress to tell them: NO cuts to Medicaid. Please use @autisticadvocacy.org's plain language Action Alert to learn how you can talk to your legislators about protecting Medicaid:
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Tell Your Legislators: Protect Medicaid! - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Table of Contents Words to Know What is this Action Alert? What is Medicaid? What services does Medicaid help people get? What is happening with Medicaid right now? Medicaid and the Budget Process The...
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March 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Today is a Save Medicaid Call-In Day! Lots of people will be calling Congress to tell them: NO cuts to Medicaid. Please use @autisticadvocacy.org's plain language Action Alert to learn how you can talk to your legislators about protecting Medicaid:
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Nothing will ever trickle down.
March 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Nothing will ever trickle down.
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March 5, 2025:
March 5, 2025
In the gym of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, on March 5, 1946, former and future prime minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill rose to deliver a speech.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
March 6, 2025 at 7:44 AM
March 5, 2025:
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🔥 Rep. Al Green is not new to standing up
March 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
🔥 Rep. Al Green is not new to standing up
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BREAKING: The Senate declined to advance a bill that would exclude transgender student athletes from playing on sports teams that align with their gender identity.
All young people deserve the freedom to be themselves on and off the field.
All young people deserve the freedom to be themselves on and off the field.
March 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
BREAKING: The Senate declined to advance a bill that would exclude transgender student athletes from playing on sports teams that align with their gender identity.
All young people deserve the freedom to be themselves on and off the field.
All young people deserve the freedom to be themselves on and off the field.
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President Trump's attacks on established civil rights programs would reverse decades of progress.
DEI and Accessibility, Explained | ACLU
Diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility policies…
www.aclu.org
March 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
President Trump's attacks on established civil rights programs would reverse decades of progress.
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"We can look at the sensorimotor, language, cognitive, emotional & social experiences & skill building that play can provide & we can find ways to make sure that autistic kids are getting that practice in ways that work for them." @juststimming.bsky.social:
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March 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"We can look at the sensorimotor, language, cognitive, emotional & social experiences & skill building that play can provide & we can find ways to make sure that autistic kids are getting that practice in ways that work for them." @juststimming.bsky.social:
juststimming.wordpress.com/2021/12/20/a...
juststimming.wordpress.com/2021/12/20/a...
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A brief word today at the end of the sixth horrific week of Trump 2.0 https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-sermon
March 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A brief word today at the end of the sixth horrific week of Trump 2.0 https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-sermon
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Spectacular!
Saturn, Mars, Venus, Jupiter and crescent moon just before sunrise.
📸 Ren Theelen
Saturn, Mars, Venus, Jupiter and crescent moon just before sunrise.
📸 Ren Theelen
March 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Spectacular!
Saturn, Mars, Venus, Jupiter and crescent moon just before sunrise.
📸 Ren Theelen
Saturn, Mars, Venus, Jupiter and crescent moon just before sunrise.
📸 Ren Theelen
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In Colorado, we support freedom, and we will not cater to a brutal Russian dictator who is no friend to America, our interests, or our future. America plays a crucial role in supporting our international allies and protecting democracy abroad; Colorado continues to stand with Ukraine.
February 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
In Colorado, we support freedom, and we will not cater to a brutal Russian dictator who is no friend to America, our interests, or our future. America plays a crucial role in supporting our international allies and protecting democracy abroad; Colorado continues to stand with Ukraine.
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The top 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth.
Read that back.
Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.
The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth.
Read that back.
Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.
March 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The top 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth.
Read that back.
Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.
The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth.
Read that back.
Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.
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February 28, 2025
February 28, 2025
Today, President Donald Trump ambushed Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky in an attack that seemed designed to give the White House an excuse for siding with Russia in its war on Ukraine.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
March 1, 2025 at 9:26 AM
February 28, 2025
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Today is Disability Day of Mourning, when our community remembers disabled people lost to filicide. Join us for our virtual vigil tonight at 6pm ET: youtu.be/MXGAnBRM5zM
March 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Today is Disability Day of Mourning, when our community remembers disabled people lost to filicide. Join us for our virtual vigil tonight at 6pm ET: youtu.be/MXGAnBRM5zM
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Sigh: Learn about the rotten roots of the modern anti-vaccine movement, and of the misinformed and skewed fears that still fuel it – from the fallout of a mishandled polio vaccine, to mercenary former doctor Andrew Wakefield's fully discredited autism "study". @npr.org:
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/1...
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The Anti-Vaccine Movement : Throughline
The alleged link between vaccines and autism was first published in 1998, in a since-retracted study in medical journal The Lancet. The claim has been repeatedly disproven: there is no evidence that v...
www.npr.org
March 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Sigh: Learn about the rotten roots of the modern anti-vaccine movement, and of the misinformed and skewed fears that still fuel it – from the fallout of a mishandled polio vaccine, to mercenary former doctor Andrew Wakefield's fully discredited autism "study". @npr.org:
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/1...
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/1...
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Anxious about calling your Senators? Offices are closed for the weekend — now is a great time to call and urge your Senators to vote NO on McMahon for Secretary of Education before the confirmation on Monday, March 3!
Action Alert: Stop McMahon’s confirmation! - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
The president’s pick for the new Secretary of Education is Linda McMahon. The President is trying to destroy the Department of Education, and nominating McMahon is part of his plan. Normally, we…
autisticadvocacy.org
March 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Anxious about calling your Senators? Offices are closed for the weekend — now is a great time to call and urge your Senators to vote NO on McMahon for Secretary of Education before the confirmation on Monday, March 3!
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Child Dies from Measles in Texas as Disease "Comes Roaring Back" Amid Anti-Vaccine Disinformation
Child Dies from Measles in Texas as Disease “Comes Roaring Back” Amid Anti-Vaccine Disinformation
An unvaccinated child has died of measles, Texas officials announced Wednesday, the first death from measles in the United States in a decade. The child’s death in a hospital in Lubbock, in West Texas,...
www.democracynow.org
February 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Child Dies from Measles in Texas as Disease "Comes Roaring Back" Amid Anti-Vaccine Disinformation
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Cartoon by Nick Anderson
February 27, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Cartoon by Nick Anderson
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Yes, you did label people when your were younger too…
Just instead of Autism/ADHD/etc., they were labelled “disruptive”, “stupid”, “difficult”, “problems”, and all sorts of slurs (even more than they are today).
Just instead of Autism/ADHD/etc., they were labelled “disruptive”, “stupid”, “difficult”, “problems”, and all sorts of slurs (even more than they are today).
February 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Yes, you did label people when your were younger too…
Just instead of Autism/ADHD/etc., they were labelled “disruptive”, “stupid”, “difficult”, “problems”, and all sorts of slurs (even more than they are today).
Just instead of Autism/ADHD/etc., they were labelled “disruptive”, “stupid”, “difficult”, “problems”, and all sorts of slurs (even more than they are today).
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All autistic people need to be included in our advocacy. Our equity plan explains the steps ASAN will take to center anti-racism and intersectionality in everything we do.
ASAN’s Equity and Strategic Plans - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Since the beginning of 2020, ASAN has been engaged in a formal process to examine our internal structures and practices, and develop a plan to embed equity and racial justice in our work and…
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February 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
All autistic people need to be included in our advocacy. Our equity plan explains the steps ASAN will take to center anti-racism and intersectionality in everything we do.
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Trickle up economics.
February 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Trickle up economics.
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