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Accessibility Fun

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Let's educate ourselves on using modern and respectful terms when referring to people with disabilities.
#Accessibility #DisabilityAdvocate #Marketing #BusinessOwners #Communication #SocialCues #Respect #AssistiveTechnology

A comparison of what to call disabled people and what not to call disabled people

March 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM

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Shay O’Reilly

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Tomorrow morning, 8AM, Prospect Park West & President St, if you're mad at Schumer let's show it.

SCHUMER: FIGHT BACK OR STEP DOWN, NO ON CLOTURE, NO TRUMP/MUSK BUDGET, 9 PROSPECT PARK WEST, MARCH 14, 8AM

March 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM

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Disability Daily Podcast

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Today we celebrate the Capitol Crawl #protest in 1990, double #amputee Dr. Tammy Duckworth & British #polio survivor Robin Cavendish.

Listen/read: disabilitydaily.podbean.com/e/episode72/

🗃 #history #EduSky #veterans #ADA #wheelchair #UK #activism #TodayInHistory #a11y #disability #disabled

Three photos. First, a group of disabled protesters, including a young blonde girl wearing a bandana, crawl up the steep steps of the U.S. Capitol building.
Next,Tammy Duckworth with chin-length dark hair and glasses sits in a wheelchair. She has two prosthetic legs and is wearing a decorated military uniform. She holds a paper and has a wooden podium with a microphone and a line of different flags behind her.
At bottom, Robin Cavendish sits in his specialized wheelchair with his legs reclined and covered by a blanket. Beside him is a young boy drinking from a bottle. They are surrounded by trees in a wooded area.

March 13, 2025 at 6:11 AM

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PolitiFact

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PolitiFact fact-checked President Donald Trump’s address to Congress which covered his administration’s approach to immigration, foreign policy. Trump alleged Social Security fraud and touted false lowered numbers of border apprehensions. www.politifact.com/article/2025...

March 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM

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Robert Reich

@rbreich.bsky.social

Remember this: Tyranny cannot prevail over people who refuse to succumb to it.

March 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM

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Ryan Mac 🙃

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18F, a digital services unit inside the General Services Administration, has been completely laid off, according to an email I’ve seen. The email says that 18F was deemed “non-critical” and the decision was made with the “explicit” direction of the administration and GSA leadership.

March 1, 2025 at 7:51 AM