Joyner Emerick
@mx-joyner.bsky.social
Disability Justice, public service, education, parenting. Personal account.
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Joyner Emerick
@mx-joyner.bsky.social
· Nov 14
I’m a disabled, elected school board director in Minneapolis. Looking for connection especially with folks on
-intersections of disability, race, segregated Special Education placements, and the school to prison pipeline
-use of Disability Justice as a framework to transform Special Education
-intersections of disability, race, segregated Special Education placements, and the school to prison pipeline
-use of Disability Justice as a framework to transform Special Education
May 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Beautiful to read; beautiful to see my doctor’s name among the co-authors.
“We’re not going anywhere. What’s more: we’re expanding.”
Nearly a dozen of Minnesota’s foremost experts on gender-affirming care collaborated on this beautiful op-ed in today’s Strib. No paywall.
Nearly a dozen of Minnesota’s foremost experts on gender-affirming care collaborated on this beautiful op-ed in today’s Strib. No paywall.
Those of us who work in gender medicine are not going anywhere
What’s more, we’re expanding.
www.startribune.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Beautiful to read; beautiful to see my doctor’s name among the co-authors.
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Donald Trump’s executive order targeting gender-affirming care is illegal and deeply hurtful, so I'm suing to end it.
I will not stand by and let Trump weaponize the federal government against young people trying to be themselves and against doctors providing the best care they can.
I will not stand by and let Trump weaponize the federal government against young people trying to be themselves and against doctors providing the best care they can.
February 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Donald Trump’s executive order targeting gender-affirming care is illegal and deeply hurtful, so I'm suing to end it.
I will not stand by and let Trump weaponize the federal government against young people trying to be themselves and against doctors providing the best care they can.
I will not stand by and let Trump weaponize the federal government against young people trying to be themselves and against doctors providing the best care they can.
POV: home with my disabled child looking at my wife's labs as she lays in a hospital bed begging the nurse to get imaging of her chest cuz I’m begging her to beg, & the nurse making excuses to avoid putting in the order all night.
This morning the CT they finally gave her found clots in both lungs.
This morning the CT they finally gave her found clots in both lungs.
February 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
POV: home with my disabled child looking at my wife's labs as she lays in a hospital bed begging the nurse to get imaging of her chest cuz I’m begging her to beg, & the nurse making excuses to avoid putting in the order all night.
This morning the CT they finally gave her found clots in both lungs.
This morning the CT they finally gave her found clots in both lungs.
My thoughts on the new Hechinger Report article re: Inclusion.
“Equal academic performance is not a reasonable goal across Special Education and shouldn’t be the measure of successful inclusion. However, successful inclusion could be a measure of academic integrity.”
tinyurl.com/483wer9k
“Equal academic performance is not a reasonable goal across Special Education and shouldn’t be the measure of successful inclusion. However, successful inclusion could be a measure of academic integrity.”
tinyurl.com/483wer9k
Neuromess
A comment-essay I wrote in the MPS Academics Advocacy Group, where this article was posted for discussion.
I read the article. I think the most salient parts are near the end.
One of the claims is....
tinyurl.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
My thoughts on the new Hechinger Report article re: Inclusion.
“Equal academic performance is not a reasonable goal across Special Education and shouldn’t be the measure of successful inclusion. However, successful inclusion could be a measure of academic integrity.”
tinyurl.com/483wer9k
“Equal academic performance is not a reasonable goal across Special Education and shouldn’t be the measure of successful inclusion. However, successful inclusion could be a measure of academic integrity.”
tinyurl.com/483wer9k
Any other autistics just so bored of this vaccine-autism misinformation campaign? Like, this busted ass old thing again? Really?
February 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Any other autistics just so bored of this vaccine-autism misinformation campaign? Like, this busted ass old thing again? Really?
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Include disabled people in your resistance planning. In many ways we’re built for resistance, as we have to find creative and sustainable ways to survive every single day.
This is the time for intersectionality and community care. We need to work together and save one another.
This is the time for intersectionality and community care. We need to work together and save one another.
February 4, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Include disabled people in your resistance planning. In many ways we’re built for resistance, as we have to find creative and sustainable ways to survive every single day.
This is the time for intersectionality and community care. We need to work together and save one another.
This is the time for intersectionality and community care. We need to work together and save one another.
Can we talk about the Grammys a little bit more? Just another day or two, then I’ll get right back to the dystopia doom feed-o-matic, I swear.
February 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Can we talk about the Grammys a little bit more? Just another day or two, then I’ll get right back to the dystopia doom feed-o-matic, I swear.
Sometimes I write on that other place.
If representation matters, it’s important to see a leader actively, effectively lead in virtual attendance, from bed, with their head propped on a pillow.
When my brain says, ”Leaders don’t look like this”, it’s saying that leaders are not disabled.
I know that’s not true.
tinyurl.com/mr3nuxby
When my brain says, ”Leaders don’t look like this”, it’s saying that leaders are not disabled.
I know that’s not true.
tinyurl.com/mr3nuxby
Neuromess
I’m a multiply disabled autistic person, and this summer has been medically rough for me. My mobility and positioning have been impacted by disability in new and different ways, and while a slew of...
tinyurl.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Sometimes I write on that other place.
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Janelle Monae ATE that tribute my god
February 3, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Janelle Monae ATE that tribute my god
New EO this evening pertaining to K-12 Ed. I have reached out to the Chair of my Board, the office of our Supt, and leadership of our educators’ union. Let’s go.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling – The White House
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. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
January 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
New EO this evening pertaining to K-12 Ed. I have reached out to the Chair of my Board, the office of our Supt, and leadership of our educators’ union. Let’s go.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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1. Getting word that we have another anti-trans EO tonight, this time targeting teachers.
It directs the federal government to work with state AGs to put teachers who use trans kids pronouns in jail through "sexual exploitation" laws or "practicing medicine without a license."
From a RW source:
It directs the federal government to work with state AGs to put teachers who use trans kids pronouns in jail through "sexual exploitation" laws or "practicing medicine without a license."
From a RW source:
January 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
1. Getting word that we have another anti-trans EO tonight, this time targeting teachers.
It directs the federal government to work with state AGs to put teachers who use trans kids pronouns in jail through "sexual exploitation" laws or "practicing medicine without a license."
From a RW source:
It directs the federal government to work with state AGs to put teachers who use trans kids pronouns in jail through "sexual exploitation" laws or "practicing medicine without a license."
From a RW source:
I don’t know all the details of the litigation over the past years, but this outcome is a heartbreaking atrocity and does not seem to be the will of the majority of this body’s constituency. For shame.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
www.kare11.com/article/news...
Lakeville district board votes to remove inclusive poster series
The series has been the subject of litigation for several years.
www.kare11.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I don’t know all the details of the litigation over the past years, but this outcome is a heartbreaking atrocity and does not seem to be the will of the majority of this body’s constituency. For shame.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
www.kare11.com/article/news...
Classic deli tuna macaroni salad with candied jalapeño relish mixed in. Can recommend.
January 28, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Classic deli tuna macaroni salad with candied jalapeño relish mixed in. Can recommend.
Purchased and queued up. Really excited to get into it.
'Trans/Rad/Fem' is LIVE ON ITCH NOW!!!
Trans/Rad/Fem by taliabhatt
Essays on Transfeminism
taliabhatt.itch.io
January 26, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Purchased and queued up. Really excited to get into it.
As a high school student, Stop The Reroute, Minneapolis, late 90s. Rad documentary here: tinyurl.com/yc232ycz
As a U of Wisconsin system student in the early 2000s, membership in United Council, a USSA org. It was neat to come across this recent article referencing that work.
tinyurl.com/3hvbb6m2
As a U of Wisconsin system student in the early 2000s, membership in United Council, a USSA org. It was neat to come across this recent article referencing that work.
tinyurl.com/3hvbb6m2
January 26, 2025 at 5:17 AM
As a high school student, Stop The Reroute, Minneapolis, late 90s. Rad documentary here: tinyurl.com/yc232ycz
As a U of Wisconsin system student in the early 2000s, membership in United Council, a USSA org. It was neat to come across this recent article referencing that work.
tinyurl.com/3hvbb6m2
As a U of Wisconsin system student in the early 2000s, membership in United Council, a USSA org. It was neat to come across this recent article referencing that work.
tinyurl.com/3hvbb6m2
Kids are such great comrades when you forget what you’re even fighting for anymore.
January 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Kids are such great comrades when you forget what you’re even fighting for anymore.
My Medicaid WAIVER funds disability support services in my home and community, which I receive having WAIVED my right to an institutional placement funded by the state. If state and federal cuts to Medicaid and disability service are substantial, I won’t be able to WAIVE that right any more.
January 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My Medicaid WAIVER funds disability support services in my home and community, which I receive having WAIVED my right to an institutional placement funded by the state. If state and federal cuts to Medicaid and disability service are substantial, I won’t be able to WAIVE that right any more.
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In a major victory for Minnesota House Democrats, the state Supreme Court ruled that 68 House members must be present for a quorum, which means the lower chamber has had no official proceedings during a Democratic boycott.
Minnesota Supreme Court sides with House DFL, invalidating House GOP’s work for last two weeks • Minnesota Reformer
In a major victory for Minnesota House Democrats Friday, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that 68 House members must be present for a quorum, which means the lower chamber has had no official proceed...
minnesotareformer.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
In a major victory for Minnesota House Democrats, the state Supreme Court ruled that 68 House members must be present for a quorum, which means the lower chamber has had no official proceedings during a Democratic boycott.
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And we all gasped simultaneously at the idea of Janelle Monae playing Jareth the Goblin King in a Labyrinth sequel and fell silent for several seconds because we all instantly wanted this to exist SO BADLY.
January 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
And we all gasped simultaneously at the idea of Janelle Monae playing Jareth the Goblin King in a Labyrinth sequel and fell silent for several seconds because we all instantly wanted this to exist SO BADLY.
Minnesota SF 507 protects access for parents with disabilities and parents requiring linguistic assistance in their children’s IEP process.
tinyurl.com/yuunu8c8
tinyurl.com/yuunu8c8
SF 507 as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
tinyurl.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Minnesota SF 507 protects access for parents with disabilities and parents requiring linguistic assistance in their children’s IEP process.
tinyurl.com/yuunu8c8
tinyurl.com/yuunu8c8
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I get that we need to stay aware, but a couple national politics news pit stops a day is good for me, what else y’all got?
January 23, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I get that we need to stay aware, but a couple national politics news pit stops a day is good for me, what else y’all got?
Being wildly unpopular for being extremely effective is SUCH an autistic mood.
January 22, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Being wildly unpopular for being extremely effective is SUCH an autistic mood.