Karsten Johansson<p>The MOVE 4 Kids Event is a national fundraising event in support of the MOVE by GoodLife Kids physical activity and fitness program for youth with autism and intellectual disabilities, offered by GoodLife Kids Foundation.</p><p>If I raise enough in donations to let at least one kid with <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autism</span></a> or other <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/intellectualdisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intellectualdisabilities</span></a> to use this valuable resource, it'll be awesome. It's a great program for kids who are often left out.</p><p>I hope my <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> colleagues can help me blow this goal out of the water! More info, and donation link here:</p><p><a href="https://goodlifekids.akaraisin.com/ui/MOVE4Kids2025/p/3ea63f5e66fd48528a96d4ba64c3998c" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">goodlifekids.akaraisin.com/ui/</span><span class="invisible">MOVE4Kids2025/p/3ea63f5e66fd48528a96d4ba64c3998c</span></a></p>
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Franke James<p>Echoes of IDD abuses around the world. People with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/intellectualdisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>intellectualdisabilities</span></a> are so vulnerable. The good news in this report is that the BBC is helping to expose the mocking and bullying...</p><p> "An undercover reporter spent almost 7 weeks at Life Wirral in Wallasey & witnessed staff using offensive language to mock pupils for their neurodiversity or learning disabilities, as well as manhandling them into dangerous headlocks."</p><p><a href="https://bbc.com/news/articles/cp6643jd8nwo" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cp6643jd</span><span class="invisible">8nwo</span></a></p>
Franke James<p>How did we protect my sister Teresa's Rights and help her regain control of her life when she was wrongly put into a nursing home?</p><p>Join us & Community Living Ontario for a Zoom webinar on May 23:<br />- Stephanie Dickson (Partner, PooranLaw), <br />- Franke James and Teresa Heartchild (Authors of Freeing Teresa: A True Story about My Sister and Me), <br />- Nicole Flynn (President, Council of CLO)</p><p>Thursday, May 23, 2024, 12:00 to 1:30 pm EDT:<br /><a href="https://bit.ly/ProtectingRightsandIncreasingControl" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bit.ly/ProtectingRightsandIncr</span><span class="invisible">easingControl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/downsyndrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>downsyndrome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/intellectualdisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>intellectualdisabilities</span></a></p>
PhoenixSerenity<p>When bus driver Hue Sze Wei found out that service 173 that he operates will have a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/bus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bus</span></a> featuring <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/artwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artwork</span></a> by <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> with <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/IntellectualDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntellectualDisabilities</span></a>, the 41-year-old was happy to hop on board with the initiative. </p><p>He is no stranger to the invasive stares & rude remarks that members of public sometimes have for those with intellectual <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/disabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disabilities</span></a>, as he has a son who attended a kindergarten for autistic children. </p><p><a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/intellectual-disabilities-buses-special-needs-tower-transit-4288146" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">channelnewsasia.com/singapore/</span><span class="invisible">intellectual-disabilities-buses-special-needs-tower-transit-4288146</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AsianMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AsianMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DisabledArtists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabledArtists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TootSEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TootSEA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a></p>
deconspray<p>The W3C gives advice on how to make content usable for people with cognitive and learning disabilities. </p><p><a href="https://buff.ly/2PbOhOO" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/2PbOhOO</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/A11y" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>A11y</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cognitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cognitive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CognitiveDisability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CognitiveDisability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LearningDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningDisabilities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neurodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neurodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IntellectualDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntellectualDisabilities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UserExperience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UserExperience</span></a></p>
Stephanie Ortoleva<p>Lawmakers Want To End SSI <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/MarriagePenalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarriagePenalty</span></a> For People With <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/DevelopmentalDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevelopmentalDisabilities</span></a> <a href="https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2024/01/26/lawmakers-want-to-end-ssi-marriage-penalty-for-people-with-developmental-disabilities/30716/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">disabilityscoop.com/2024/01/26</span><span class="invisible">/lawmakers-want-to-end-ssi-marriage-penalty-for-people-with-developmental-disabilities/30716/</span></a><br><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/WomenWithDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenWithDisabilities</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/DisabilityJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityJustice</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/DisabilityPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/DisabledAndCapable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabledAndCapable</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/IntellectualDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntellectualDisabilities</span></a></p>
Stuart D Neilson<p>"Many people with disabilities face stigma, prejudice and discrimination because of their disability... a general pattern was for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> conditions, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IntellectualDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntellectualDisabilities</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autism</span></a> to be judged more negatively than <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhysicalDisability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhysicalDisability</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SensoryDisability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SensoryDisability</span></a>, despite everything else in the scenario being the same. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhysicallyDisabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhysicallyDisabled</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> are judged more negatively than physically disabled <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/men" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>men</span></a> with respect to having <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/relationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>relationships</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://www.esri.ie/publications/degree-of-ableism-depends-on-disability-gender-and-the-social-context" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">esri.ie/publications/degree-of</span><span class="invisible">-ableism-depends-on-disability-gender-and-the-social-context</span></a></p>
Stuart D Neilson<p>"An <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ESRI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESRI</span></a> survey of 2,000 adults showed higher levels of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ableism</span></a> towards <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> conditions, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Intellectualdisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Intellectualdisabilities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ID</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autism</span></a> than physical or sensory disabilities...<br>While they judged potential <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prejudice</span></a> against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DisabledPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabledPeople</span></a> as unacceptable, they viewed it as more acceptable, for example, to reduce the school hours of a child with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autism</span></a> than a child with a speech and language disorder."<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autistic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0123/1428035-esri-report-ableism/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0123/</span><span class="invisible">1428035-esri-report-ableism/</span></a></p>
Stephanie Ortoleva<p>People with <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/disabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disabilities</span></a> have long struggled to access quality <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> and research shows that many physicians are ill-equipped to care for this population in the same way as others. <a href="https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2023/12/15/adults-with-idd-face-significant-hurdles-at-the-doctor-study-finds/30674/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">disabilityscoop.com/2023/12/15</span><span class="invisible">/adults-with-idd-face-significant-hurdles-at-the-doctor-study-finds/30674/</span></a></p><p>As a result of the hardships faced, the National Institutes of Health agreed in September to designate people with disabilities as a health disparity population.<br><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/WomenWithDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomenWithDisabilities</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/WomensHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealth</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/WomensMentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensMentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/IntellectualDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntellectualDisabilities</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/DisabilityPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a></p>
Franke James<p>After Tackling ‘R-Word,’ Disability Group Seeks To Erase Stigma Associated With ‘Special’</p><p>"With a new campaign, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Special" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Special</span></a> Olympics wants to take back the word “special” and other language that they say has been turned against people with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/disabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>disabilities</span></a>.</p><p>The international sports org for people with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/intellectualdisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>intellectualdisabilities</span></a> is rolling out the effort dubbed “Yeah, I am Special” with a pair of NYC billboards and a video voiced by ESPN's Stephen A. Smith"</p><p><a href="https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2023/12/11/after-tackling-r-word-disability-group-seeks-to-erase-stigma-associated-with-special/30668/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">disabilityscoop.com/2023/12/11</span><span class="invisible">/after-tackling-r-word-disability-group-seeks-to-erase-stigma-associated-with-special/30668/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/downsyndrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>downsyndrome</span></a></p>
Franke James<p>Anger in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Japan</span></a> as report reveals children were forcibly sterilised</p><p>“The report noted that <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sterilisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sterilisation</span></a> under the now defunct <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>eugenics</span></a> law – which allowed authorities to carry out the procedure on people with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/intellectualdisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>intellectualdisabilities</span></a>, mental illness or hereditary <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/disorders" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>disorders</span></a> to prevent the birth of “inferior” children…”</p><p>“The report did not reveal why the law was created, why it took 48 years to amend it or why the victims were never compensated,” Niisato said.” <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/22/anger-in-japan-as-report-reveals-children-were-forcibly-sterilised?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2023/jun</span><span class="invisible">/22/anger-in-japan-as-report-reveals-children-were-forcibly-sterilised?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>
Bicycling Monterey 💚🌎🌍🌏<p>Newcomer to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SeaOtterClassic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeaOtterClassic</span></a> in 2023: Adventure for All. </p><p>We have no experience with Adventure for All and have not researched them, beyond a very fast peek at their website, which still includes a lot of "coming soon." Nonetheless, sharing this for any of you who may want to check them out. <a href="https://adventureforall.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">adventureforall.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Inclusive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inclusive</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Bicycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bicycling</span></a> <br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Exceptionalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Exceptionalism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Disabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disabilities</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AutismSpectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AutismSpectrum</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DownSyndrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DownSyndrome</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CerebralPalsy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CerebralPalsy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ADHD</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DevelopmentalExceptionalities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevelopmentalExceptionalities</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DevelopmentalDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevelopmentalDisabilities</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/IntellectualExceptionalities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntellectualExceptionalities</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/IntellectualDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntellectualDisabilities</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MontereyCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MontereyCounty</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BikeFestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BikeFestival</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bicycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bicycle</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/biking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biking</span></a></p>
nathanlovestrees<p>Any other caregivers out there who care for their adult siblings with intellectual/developmental disabilities? </p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/caregiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>caregiver</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/caregiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>caregiving</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/IntellectualDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntellectualDisabilities</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/DevelopmentalDisability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevelopmentalDisability</span></a></p>
OutOfExile_IDR § Voice ®™️<p>International Women’s Day Hero of Invisible Disability Rights – Elaine Wilson:</p><p>In celebration of International Women's Day, OutOfExile_IDR honors Elaine Wilson, champion of invisible disability rights and the Olmstead Act. It seems germane, as March is also Developmental Disabilities Month.</p><p>During Martin Luther King week, I posted about Lois Curtis, a champion for Invisible Disability Rights (link below). Lois, togather with another woman, Elaine Wilson, fought all the way to the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) for the right to live in the community, rather than being institutionalized. Fighting courageously for their freedom, they won the right to freedom for all people with invisible disabilities. The case is often refered to as the “Brown v. Board of Education” for people with (Invisible) disabilities. </p><p>Excerpt below & image of Elaine from:<br><a href="https://www.olmsteadrights.org/iamolmstead/history/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">olmsteadrights.org/iamolmstead</span><span class="invisible">/history/</span></a> </p><p>[“Elaine Wilson became seriously ill when she was one years old. She was hospitalized with a raging fever and it was unclear whether she would survive... When the fever finally broke and Elaine was …sent home, ….Elaine had lost some of her early motor function abilities, such as crawling or even sitting up by herself. The doctors assured Elaine's mother that (it) was only a lingering effect of the illness…. Elaine eventually did recover, but very slowly”.[]</p><p>In school, Elaine lagged behind other students having difficulties with focus and learning , eventually being diagnosed with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) attributed to the prolonged high fever as an infant. Likley, this was the correct diagnosis.</p><p>She was reevaluated as a teen upon enrollment at “Gracewood State School and Hospitol” in Georgia. There, she was diagnosed with an ableist slur containing the “R" word, once used in reference to PEOPLE living with Down Syndrome. Providers believed the only recourse was institutionalization. (I am bitting my tongue and holding back my opinions on the lot of it.) </p><p>She would spend about a decade living in institutions (State hospitals) against her will. Following that, in the 1980s, she would be “ping-ponged" from care homes to hospitals, back and forth for nearly two decades of her life.</p><p>“When I was in an institution, I didn't like myself," Elaine says. "I was trapped. . . . I had no hope. I thought, Oh God, Oh God - When am I ever going to leave here?"</p><p>Another hero deserving mention on IWD is Sue Jamieson, the Atlanta Legal Aid Society Attorney who brought the case. Sue and Lois Curtis were joined by co-plaintiff Elaine Wilson, to blaze the path of freedom for countless individuals with disabilities in their wake.</p><p>After more than 30 years and 36 psychiatric institutions, at times living homeless and in varous “care homes", Elaine along with Lois Curtis, was victorious and finally free.</p><p>The 1997 ruling by Senior U.S. District Judge Marvin H. Shoob said that “… denying the women a community-based life amounted to segregation of people covered by the Americans With Disabilities Act.” Judge Shoob later remarked “They were both so articulate” in regard to the testimony of Elaine Wilson and Lois Curitis.</p><p>Elaine passed in 2004 at the age of 53 but, will be forever remembered as a Disability Rights Legend for her resilience, strength and courage. As part of her testimony, she told the court: “When I was in an institution, I felt like I was in a little box and there was no way out”.</p><p>Thanks to Elaine Wilson and Lois Curtis, people with invisible disabilities are afforded the right to live in freedom at home, instead of confinement in a “box", cage or institution, merely because of a health issue. Thanks and honor to Elaine, Lois and Sue on this International Women’s Day.</p><p>“The Brave and the Strong” Lois Curitis – OutOfExile_IDR:<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109690867328587920" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_I</span><span class="invisible">DR_Voice/109690867328587920</span></a></p><p>Elaine’s story continued:<br><a href="http://www.olmsteadrights.org/iamolmstead/history/item.5405-Elaine_Wilsons_Story_Continued" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">olmsteadrights.org/iamolmstead</span><span class="invisible">/history/item.5405-Elaine_Wilsons_Story_Continued</span></a></p><p>More on Olmstead and Elaine’s impact:<br><a href="https://olmsteadrights.wordpress.com/tag/elaine-wilson/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">olmsteadrights.wordpress.com/t</span><span class="invisible">ag/elaine-wilson/</span></a></p><p>More from disabilityjustice.org:<br><a href="https://disabilityjustice.org/olmstead-v-lc/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">disabilityjustice.org/olmstead</span><span class="invisible">-v-lc/</span></a></p><p>ADA – Community Intergration for Everyone:<br><a href="https://archive.ada.gov/olmstead/olmstead_about.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.ada.gov/olmstead/olmst</span><span class="invisible">ead_about.htm</span></a></p><p>International Women’s Day Image from:<br><a href="https://www.desicomments.com/womens-day/international-womens-day-5/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">desicomments.com/womens-day/in</span><span class="invisible">ternational-womens-day-5/</span></a></p><p>IMAGE CW - (eye contact)<br>Don't forget the ALT text.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InternationalWomensDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalWomensDay</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElaineWilson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElaineWilson</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LoisCurtis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LoisCurtis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hero</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OlmsteadAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OlmsteadAct</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SueJamieson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SueJamieson</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/home" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>home</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gratitude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gratitude</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CommunityIntergration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityIntergration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DevelopmentalDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevelopmentalDisabilities</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IntellectualDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntellectualDisabilities</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrainInjury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainInjury</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TBI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ABI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ABI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AcquiredBrainInjury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcquiredBrainInjury</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InvisibleDisabilityRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InvisibleDisabilityRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hero</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DisabilityJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityJustice</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EmbraceEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmbraceEquity</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/disabilityjustice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>disabilityjustice</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/disability" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>disability</span></a></span></p>
OutOfExile_IDR § Voice ®™️<p>Student with Downs Syndrome Excluded:</p><p>A post by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://awscommunity.social/@JDS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JDS</span></a></span> linked an article about an Alabama elementary school girls basketball team that won the championship in a boys league. Despite defeating all the boys teams they faced enroute to the top, the league refused to award the trophy to the girls team. As if this example of “exclusion by bigotry” was not enough to get the juices flowing, the article linked another <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> related story that I couldn’t pass up. So much for easing back into it.</p><p>Morgyn Arnold, who lives with down syndrome, worked as the manager of her Junior high school’s cheerleading team. The cheer team at Shoreline Junior High School in Layton, Utah, chose to take two team photos; one with Morgyn and one without. The photo excluding her is the one used on social media and printed in the yearbook. Her name was not even mentioned as part of the team. Despite all of her “hard work and dedication to the team”, she was excluded .</p><p> According to a relative of Morgyn's, this “was the second time in three years” that she had “been left out of the yearbook” and had been left off the class list of students by the school in the past. The school issued a statement on social media that was later deleted. Is that the “swooshing" of brooms I hear?</p><p>I personally have had a similar taste of this elixir of exclusion during my time broadcasting for one university hockey team. Among the numerous discriminatory and ableist acts I experienced, I too was never mentioned or thanked in anyway by that team. I felt as if I was a dirty secret or that the team that raved about my broadcasts, was ashamed of me. </p><p>The big difference? Down Syndrome is not one of my disabilities and I was not 14 years old like Morgyn. Even with my experience, I can’t imagine how she must have felt being subjected to these patronizing, demeaning and deplorable ableist acts of exclusion.</p><p>In the mind of the offenders, exclusion, discrimination and bigotry doesn’t have to make sense. Oftentimes, they assume the people living with invisible, developmental or intellectual disabilities to be clueless or lacking reason and intelligence. In actuality, this type of behavior and “stigmatude” suggests that perpetrators may be lacking in some of these areas.</p><p>For this blatant act of ableism and oblivion to inclusion, Community Intergration and equality I have no cheers, only jeers.<br>“HIP HIP! Shame on you.”</p><p>OutOfExile_IDR <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InvisibleDisabilityRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InvisibleDisabilityRights</span></a> </p><p>Link to the article and photos: <a href="https://www.ibtimes.sg/utah-school-under-fire-after-leaving-student-down-syndrome-out-cheerleading-team-photo-claims-it-58223?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=related" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ibtimes.sg/utah-school-under-f</span><span class="invisible">ire-after-leaving-student-down-syndrome-out-cheerleading-team-photo-claims-it-58223?utm_source=Internal&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=related</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndAbleism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndAbleism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndBigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndBigotry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InvisibleDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InvisibleDisabilities</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IntellectualDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntellectualDisabilities</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DevelopmentalDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevelopmentalDisabilities</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DownSyndrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DownSyndrome</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CommunityIntergration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityIntergration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equality</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/stigmatude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stigmatude</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/disabilityjustice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>disabilityjustice</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/disability" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>disability</span></a></span></p>
Franke James<p>Worth reading: Mental Age Theory Hurts: Every adult has the right to grow up. - <br />By Ivanova Smith<br />"Have you ever heard the phrase, “That person has the mind of a five-year-old in an adult body?” We often hear the term “mental age of” when medical professionals or news media describe adults with intellectual and developmental <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/disabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>disabilities</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/IDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IDD</span></a>). It is something very harmful that many adults with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/intellectualdisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>intellectualdisabilities</span></a> have to deal with." <a href="https://www.spectrumlife.org/blog/mental-age-theory-hurts-651" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">spectrumlife.org/blog/mental-a</span><span class="invisible">ge-theory-hurts-651</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MentalAgeTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MentalAgeTheory</span></a></p>
saaski<p>I've been looking for new <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> on <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/neurodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neurodiversity</span></a> and <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> to request or donate to my local library. I've got tons of books on ADHD and autism to go through now, and a few on dyspraxia, but we need more...well...diversity!</p><p>Can anyone recommend books on these topics? Preferably new (2021-2023) and written by neurodivergent authours, but all suggestions are welcome. Looking for queer and BIPOC authours, especially. Thanks!</p><p><a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/BPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BPD</span></a> <br><a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/OCD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OCD</span></a><br><a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/OCPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OCPD</span></a><br><a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/Tourettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tourettes</span></a><br><a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/FASD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FASD</span></a><br><a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/Dyspraxia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dyspraxia</span></a> <br><a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/Dyslexia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dyslexia</span></a> <br><a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/Dysgraphia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dysgraphia</span></a><br><a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/Dyscalculia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dyscalculia</span></a> <br><a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/LearningDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearningDisabilities</span></a><br><a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/IntellectualDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntellectualDisabilities</span></a><br><a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/PhysicalDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhysicalDisabilities</span></a> <br><a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/MentalIllness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalIllness</span></a><br><a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/Trauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trauma</span></a> <br><a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/CPTSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPTSD</span></a></p><p><a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fiction</span></a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/NonFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NonFiction</span></a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/ChildrensLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildrensLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://neurodifferent.me/tags/KidLit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KidLit</span></a></p><p>Edited to add a few tags. Kids books and fiction books with ND, disabled, queer, or otherwise marginalized protagonists are welcome, too!</p>
OutOfExile_IDR § Voice ®™️<p>A social experiment.<br>👇 👇<br>The results are in and somewhat sad.</p><p>I did a social experiment last night: "Rolos vs IDR - Invisible Disability Rights."<br> <br>I posted two pieces and the above "social experiment" toot simultaneously so they would appear on the timeline together. Links to both are below.</p><p>The score was:<br>Rolos 9 - IDR 1</p><p>The response for Rolo included favoring, boosting and two comments from the same Mastodonian that seemed to want to give a lesson on geometry in reference to the shape of Rolos.</p><p>Only one responce for IDR, a single boost. Thanks Jack. :solidarity: </p><p>Social change comes with support from all, abled and disabled individuals alike. As long as candy takes precedence over the abuse, mistreatment, exclusion and inequality of human beings, the future looks bleak for persons with invisible disabilities. Experiment failure.</p><p>Invisible Disability Rights are <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DisabilityIsDiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityIsDiversity</span></a> </p><p>Heinous abuse of people with invisible disabilities by humanity (cw):<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109549519506159425" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_I</span><span class="invisible">DR_Voice/109549519506159425</span></a></p><p>Rolos candy:<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109674897422321516" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_I</span><span class="invisible">DR_Voice/109674897422321516</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equality</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/change" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>change</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/amplify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amplify</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>support</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/listen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>listen</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndBigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndBigotry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndAbleism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndAbleism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DevelopmentalDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevelopmentalDisabilities</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IntellectualDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntellectualDisabilities</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TBI</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DisabilitySolidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilitySolidarity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Love4All" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Love4All</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DisabilityCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InvisibleDisabilityRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InvisibleDisabilityRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Legend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Legend</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LoisCurtis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LoisCurtis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElaineWilson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElaineWilson</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OlmsteadDecision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OlmsteadDecision</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/heros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heros</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/autisticadvocacy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>autisticadvocacy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/disabilityjustice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>disabilityjustice</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/disability" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>disability</span></a></span> </p><p>Image courtesy of psu.com</p>
OutOfExile_IDR § Voice ®™️<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MarkRuffalo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MarkRuffalo</span></a></span> </p><p>Click here 🧠 to expand.<br>Your wisdom and opinions here are greatly appreciated. The oppression of POC was, and is an ongoing plague on society. MLK and his wisdoms have always inspired and fueled my fight for Invisible Disability Rights (IDR) as well.</p><p>To paraphrase your statement, I feel it is equally important to:<br> "listen to the (disabled) community, uplift their voices, celebrate their achievements, and lend support in the ongoing fight for (disability) justice and equality.</p><p>Below are two articles. One about oppression and one about a great achievement from a black woman who is a hero to people with invisible disabilities. Lois Curtis' landmark SCOTUS case is touted as the "Brown vs Board Education" for persons with invisible disabilities yet, so few know who she is and fail to honor her for what she did.</p><p>Two of my favorites from MLK:</p><p> “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.”<br>― Martin Luther King Jr.</p><p> He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it,” King said. “He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. - Martin Luther King Jr.</p><p>Oppression:<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109549519506159425" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_I</span><span class="invisible">DR_Voice/109549519506159425</span></a></p><p>Achievement of Lois Curtis:<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_IDR_Voice/109690867328587920" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kolektiva.social/@OutOfExile_I</span><span class="invisible">DR_Voice/109690867328587920</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equality</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/change" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>change</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/amplify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amplify</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>support</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/listen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>listen</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndBigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndBigotry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndAbleism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndAbleism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DevelopmentalDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevelopmentalDisabilities</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IntellectualDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IntellectualDisabilities</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TBI</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DisabilitySolidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilitySolidarity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Love4All" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Love4All</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DisabilityCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InvisibleDisabilityRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InvisibleDisabilityRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Legend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Legend</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LoisCurtis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LoisCurtis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MLK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MLK</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElaineWilson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElaineWilson</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OlmsteadDecision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OlmsteadDecision</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JohnLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnLewis</span></a> MartinLutherKingJr <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/heros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heros</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/disabilityjustice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>disabilityjustice</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/disability" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>disability</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyautistic</span></a></span></p>
Franke James<p>“Eunice was also in many ways the anti-Kennedy… She idolized her father, but his competitive zeal had proven disastrous for…<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Rosemary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Rosemary</span></a>, who had been lobotomized in 1941, in a botched attempt to treat the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/mentalillness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mentalillness</span></a> that compounded her <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/intellectualdisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>intellectualdisabilities</span></a>. The surgery, initiated by Joe w/o his wife’s knowledge, left their 23-year-old daughter incapacitated, exiled from her family… until <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Eunice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Eunice</span></a> brought her out of the shadows after her father’s… stroke in ‘61.” <a href="https://a.co/i1tSChh" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">a.co/i1tSChh</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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