Gregory Mansfield
@ghmansfield.bsky.social
Disabled lawyer. Disability Rights and Disability Justice.
Email: Gregoryhmansfield at gmail
Email: Gregoryhmansfield at gmail
RIP, Alice Wong.
@sfdirewolf
Alice was not only an oracle.
Alice was a force.
@sfdirewolf
Alice was not only an oracle.
Alice was a force.
November 16, 2025 at 3:26 AM
RIP, Alice Wong.
@sfdirewolf
Alice was not only an oracle.
Alice was a force.
@sfdirewolf
Alice was not only an oracle.
Alice was a force.
When you equate disabled people with burden, the lives of disabled people are always in jeopardy.
November 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
When you equate disabled people with burden, the lives of disabled people are always in jeopardy.
Don’t assume that you know the access and accommodation that are needed by disabled people.
Ask disabled people.
Ask disabled people.
October 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Don’t assume that you know the access and accommodation that are needed by disabled people.
Ask disabled people.
Ask disabled people.
Access for disabled people is not a burden.
It is the excluders rightfully bearing the cost of the barriers that exclude disabled people.
It is the excluders rightfully bearing the cost of the barriers that exclude disabled people.
October 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Access for disabled people is not a burden.
It is the excluders rightfully bearing the cost of the barriers that exclude disabled people.
It is the excluders rightfully bearing the cost of the barriers that exclude disabled people.
Once you have called disabled people a burden, you have facilitated the devaluation, dehumanization and death of disabled people.
October 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Once you have called disabled people a burden, you have facilitated the devaluation, dehumanization and death of disabled people.
Limited or partial access for disabled people is not access.
It is exclusion.
It is exclusion.
September 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Limited or partial access for disabled people is not access.
It is exclusion.
It is exclusion.
“You don’t need your wheelchair. We have wheelchairs.”
Note to airline carriers, terminals, transportation providers, hospitals, medical providers and all others who need to hear this:
Wheelchairs are not interchangeable.
Wheelchairs are not one size fits all.
Note to airline carriers, terminals, transportation providers, hospitals, medical providers and all others who need to hear this:
Wheelchairs are not interchangeable.
Wheelchairs are not one size fits all.
September 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM
“You don’t need your wheelchair. We have wheelchairs.”
Note to airline carriers, terminals, transportation providers, hospitals, medical providers and all others who need to hear this:
Wheelchairs are not interchangeable.
Wheelchairs are not one size fits all.
Note to airline carriers, terminals, transportation providers, hospitals, medical providers and all others who need to hear this:
Wheelchairs are not interchangeable.
Wheelchairs are not one size fits all.
It is a sad commentary on our ableist society that, these days, the only access for disabled people that is prioritized is access for disabled people to die; assisted suicide and medical assistance in dying.
September 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
It is a sad commentary on our ableist society that, these days, the only access for disabled people that is prioritized is access for disabled people to die; assisted suicide and medical assistance in dying.
Nondisabled people should not be the arbiter of access for disabled people.
September 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Nondisabled people should not be the arbiter of access for disabled people.
Tru*mp’s Answer to Homelessness? Lock Up Unhoused and Disabled People. truthout.org/articles/tru...
Trump’s Answer to Homelessness? Lock Up Unhoused and Disabled People.
New coalitions are forming to protect those targeted by Trump’s move to institutionalize unhoused people.
truthout.org
August 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Tru*mp’s Answer to Homelessness? Lock Up Unhoused and Disabled People. truthout.org/articles/tru...
Q&A: Why physicians struggle to care for patients with disability www.statnews.com/2025/01/16/a... via @statnews.com
Q&A: Why physicians struggle to care for patients with disability
STAT spoke with researcher Carol Haywood about her new study that looked at the persistent ableism in medicine and its root causes.
www.statnews.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Q&A: Why physicians struggle to care for patients with disability www.statnews.com/2025/01/16/a... via @statnews.com
It is coercive for disabled people to be asked over and over again: “Do you want a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) Order?”
Nondisabled people are asked once.
Disabled people are asked repeatedly.
It is devaluation.
It is ableism.
Nondisabled people are asked once.
Disabled people are asked repeatedly.
It is devaluation.
It is ableism.
June 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
It is coercive for disabled people to be asked over and over again: “Do you want a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) Order?”
Nondisabled people are asked once.
Disabled people are asked repeatedly.
It is devaluation.
It is ableism.
Nondisabled people are asked once.
Disabled people are asked repeatedly.
It is devaluation.
It is ableism.
Medical assistance in dying is not a medical treatment.
It is the infliction of death.
It is the infliction of death.
June 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Medical assistance in dying is not a medical treatment.
It is the infliction of death.
It is the infliction of death.
The fact that disabled people face challenges does not mean that disabled people are a burden.
June 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The fact that disabled people face challenges does not mean that disabled people are a burden.
The point is not that everyone is going to die sometime.
The point is that no one should die because their health benefits have been terminated.
The point is that no one should die because their health benefits have been terminated.
June 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The point is not that everyone is going to die sometime.
The point is that no one should die because their health benefits have been terminated.
The point is that no one should die because their health benefits have been terminated.
Ableist language is not harmless.
It is a lack of empathy, the attribution of inferiority and expression of cruelty.
It is a lack of empathy, the attribution of inferiority and expression of cruelty.
June 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Ableist language is not harmless.
It is a lack of empathy, the attribution of inferiority and expression of cruelty.
It is a lack of empathy, the attribution of inferiority and expression of cruelty.
He Died Without Getting Mental Health Care He Sought. A New Lawsuit Says His Insurer’s Ghost Network Is to Blame. - ProPublica
June 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
He Died Without Getting Mental Health Care He Sought. A New Lawsuit Says His Insurer’s Ghost Network Is to Blame. - ProPublica
How can we facilitate the death of disabled people when we have a government and a society that does not facilitate life for disabled people?
May 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
How can we facilitate the death of disabled people when we have a government and a society that does not facilitate life for disabled people?
For far too long, nondisabled people have defined access, accommodation and equity for disabled people.
April 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
For far too long, nondisabled people have defined access, accommodation and equity for disabled people.
Ableism is not just a belief.
It is a weapon of destruction targeting the lives of disabled people.
It is a weapon of destruction targeting the lives of disabled people.
April 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Ableism is not just a belief.
It is a weapon of destruction targeting the lives of disabled people.
It is a weapon of destruction targeting the lives of disabled people.
Access for disabled people is not an advantage.
It is an equalizer.
It is an equalizer.
April 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Access for disabled people is not an advantage.
It is an equalizer.
It is an equalizer.
HHS firings undermine federal government’s ability to care for vulnerable Americans and put disabled people at risk www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h... via @statnews.com
HHS firings undermine federal government's ability to care for vulnerable Americans
Layoffs across health agencies could disrupt the flow of millions of dollars in grants and critical services for Americans with disabilities.
www.statnews.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
HHS firings undermine federal government’s ability to care for vulnerable Americans and put disabled people at risk www.statnews.com/2025/04/01/h... via @statnews.com
Reposted by Gregory Mansfield
If you were a prospective client, would you rather hire a law firm that is willing to fight to defend you from clearly lawless action, or one that sells out your interests out of fear and greed?
Opinion | For God’s Sake, Fellow Lawyers, Stand Up to Trump
If law firms won’t defend the rule of law, who will?
www.nytimes.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
If you were a prospective client, would you rather hire a law firm that is willing to fight to defend you from clearly lawless action, or one that sells out your interests out of fear and greed?
Disabled people are more than 25% of the population.
It is a cruel blow when government tries to disappear 1 out of 4 people who have disabilities.
It is a cruel blow when government tries to disappear 1 out of 4 people who have disabilities.
March 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Disabled people are more than 25% of the population.
It is a cruel blow when government tries to disappear 1 out of 4 people who have disabilities.
It is a cruel blow when government tries to disappear 1 out of 4 people who have disabilities.
The lack of access for disabled people is not accidental or inadvertent.
It is a choice.
A knowing choice to exclude disabled people.
It is a choice.
A knowing choice to exclude disabled people.
March 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The lack of access for disabled people is not accidental or inadvertent.
It is a choice.
A knowing choice to exclude disabled people.
It is a choice.
A knowing choice to exclude disabled people.