Casey Doherty
@caseydoherty.bsky.social
Disability policy analyst @americanprogress.bsky.social by day, disability studies PhD student by night, disabled activist by later night.
ME/Long Covid/Lyme/MCAS/etc.
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Casey Doherty
@caseydoherty.bsky.social
· Nov 25
I’m here! I work in disability policy and am a disability studies PhD student. This account will be all things disability policy & research, pandemic mitigation measures, Long COVID/ME advocacy, reproductive justice, and more. And cats! Can’t forget cats.
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1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
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It also feels very dismissive of people who have had to continue isolating bc ppl saw the “lockdown” as oppressive rather than as a time for mutual protection and time to create new ways of being in this world together idk, it all just sucks
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
It also feels very dismissive of people who have had to continue isolating bc ppl saw the “lockdown” as oppressive rather than as a time for mutual protection and time to create new ways of being in this world together idk, it all just sucks
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The idea that mitigating harm to each other was like being in jail or something. Bro u could still do a lot of shit. lol
Not to say there wasn’t downsides and economic impact. But pls be fr. We can just say stay at home orders or quarantine.
Not to say there wasn’t downsides and economic impact. But pls be fr. We can just say stay at home orders or quarantine.
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The idea that mitigating harm to each other was like being in jail or something. Bro u could still do a lot of shit. lol
Not to say there wasn’t downsides and economic impact. But pls be fr. We can just say stay at home orders or quarantine.
Not to say there wasn’t downsides and economic impact. But pls be fr. We can just say stay at home orders or quarantine.
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Explaining to folks why saying “COVID lockdown” feels ableist and carceral
November 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Explaining to folks why saying “COVID lockdown” feels ableist and carceral
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The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
I’m honored to be quoted with @seemiaroll.bsky.social in a new congressional letter led by Senators Warren and Duckworth on how the Dept. of Labor is harming disabled people.
Read the letter here:
www.duckworth.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
Read the letter here:
www.duckworth.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.duckworth.senate.gov
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I’m honored to be quoted with @seemiaroll.bsky.social in a new congressional letter led by Senators Warren and Duckworth on how the Dept. of Labor is harming disabled people.
Read the letter here:
www.duckworth.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
Read the letter here:
www.duckworth.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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First of all, felons should not be disenfranchised at all, full stop, second of all, it is wild to have restoration of voting rights contingent on a governor's approval.
Virginia's tough rules for felons to regain their voting rights could soon be changing
Virginia is one of just a few states where only the governor can restore voting rights for people with felony convictions. But Virginia's rules may soon be changing.
www.npr.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
First of all, felons should not be disenfranchised at all, full stop, second of all, it is wild to have restoration of voting rights contingent on a governor's approval.
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Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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50 years ago, Congress passed IDEA to end the exclusion of disabled kids from public schools. Today, that promise is under threat from inadequate funding & policy rollbacks. https://action.momsrising.org/survey/Disability_story_collection/?source=bsky.mr @americanprogress.bsky.social #IDEA50 #MomSky
November 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
50 years ago, Congress passed IDEA to end the exclusion of disabled kids from public schools. Today, that promise is under threat from inadequate funding & policy rollbacks. https://action.momsrising.org/survey/Disability_story_collection/?source=bsky.mr @americanprogress.bsky.social #IDEA50 #MomSky
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Because of the ice raids, I haven’t been able to find a caregiver through medicaid since June. For three days a week I have to hire one from a company, and it cost $39.50 an hour. I owe $898 from my last bill and I’m struggling. If youd like to donate I would appreciate it ❤️
Donate to Critical Healthcare Support for Victoria, organized by Vee Copeland
Hello everyone,
My name is Victoria and thank you for checking out my gofundme.… Vee Copeland needs your support for Critical Healthcare Support for Victoria
www.gofundme.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Because of the ice raids, I haven’t been able to find a caregiver through medicaid since June. For three days a week I have to hire one from a company, and it cost $39.50 an hour. I owe $898 from my last bill and I’m struggling. If youd like to donate I would appreciate it ❤️
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In this tough and moving essay, Caroline Kennedy's 35-year-old daughter Tatiana Schlossberg reveals that she is terminally ill with leukemia. She has some choice words about how her cousin Bobby has made the limited time she has left worse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In this tough and moving essay, Caroline Kennedy's 35-year-old daughter Tatiana Schlossberg reveals that she is terminally ill with leukemia. She has some choice words about how her cousin Bobby has made the limited time she has left worse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
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People with #MECFS, and many with #LongCOVID experience post-exertional malaise: a flare of symptoms after activity. The response is disproportionate to the activity and can lead to permanent drops in functional capacity.
www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/s0025-6196(23)00402-0/fulltext
www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/s0025-6196(23)00402-0/fulltext
Diagnosis and Management of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a chronic neurologic
disease often preceded by infection. There has been increased interest in ME/CFS recently
because of its significant...
www.mayoclinicproceedings.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
People with #MECFS, and many with #LongCOVID experience post-exertional malaise: a flare of symptoms after activity. The response is disproportionate to the activity and can lead to permanent drops in functional capacity.
www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/s0025-6196(23)00402-0/fulltext
www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/s0025-6196(23)00402-0/fulltext
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We are up to 688 LoCITT participants!
If we could enroll all 1,000 participants within a month of launch (by 11/30), it would send a powerful message about the demand for remote Long COVID clinical trials.
We appreciate the community's help to spread the word:
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
If we could enroll all 1,000 participants within a month of launch (by 11/30), it would send a powerful message about the demand for remote Long COVID clinical trials.
We appreciate the community's help to spread the word:
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
LoCITT-T - Long COVID Treatment Trial
The Long COVID Treatment Trial-Tirzepatide (LoCITT-T) is investigating the efficacy of repurposing this drug to treat Long COVID.
longcovid.scripps.edu
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
We are up to 688 LoCITT participants!
If we could enroll all 1,000 participants within a month of launch (by 11/30), it would send a powerful message about the demand for remote Long COVID clinical trials.
We appreciate the community's help to spread the word:
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
If we could enroll all 1,000 participants within a month of launch (by 11/30), it would send a powerful message about the demand for remote Long COVID clinical trials.
We appreciate the community's help to spread the word:
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
Thank you for joining us for #IDEA50 this week! Remember: IDEA is a civil rights law. Protect it. Celebrate it. Fund it. #IDEA50
www.americanprogress.org/article/idea...
www.americanprogress.org/article/idea...
IDEA at 50: Resources To Support Students With Disabilities During the Week of Action
Fifty years after the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act transformed special education services for children with disabilities, it is important to both celebrate its legacy and confront the u...
www.americanprogress.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Thank you for joining us for #IDEA50 this week! Remember: IDEA is a civil rights law. Protect it. Celebrate it. Fund it. #IDEA50
www.americanprogress.org/article/idea...
www.americanprogress.org/article/idea...
Before IDEA, more than 1.8 million disabled children were denied education altogether. The Trump administration plans to allow history to repeat itself. #IDEA50
November 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Before IDEA, more than 1.8 million disabled children were denied education altogether. The Trump administration plans to allow history to repeat itself. #IDEA50
IDEA provides planning and services to disabled students to help them transition from school to work, college, and community life. Protect IDEA’s promise for the next generation. #IDEA50
www.americanprogress.org/article/idea...
www.americanprogress.org/article/idea...
IDEA at 50: Resources To Support Students With Disabilities During the Week of Action
Fifty years after the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act transformed special education services for children with disabilities, it is important to both celebrate its legacy and confront the u...
www.americanprogress.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
IDEA provides planning and services to disabled students to help them transition from school to work, college, and community life. Protect IDEA’s promise for the next generation. #IDEA50
www.americanprogress.org/article/idea...
www.americanprogress.org/article/idea...
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Today @thesicktimes.org: big story from @spichaksimon.bsky.social examining exercise trials for Long COVID. His analysis found that, among LC exercise trials registered on clinicaltrials.gov, less than 20% even *mention* PEM in their trial registration. thesicktimes.org/2025/11/21/l...
Less than 20% of Long COVID trials involving exercise even mention post-exertional malaise - The Sick Times
An analysis by The Sick Times find that less than 15% of Long COVID clinical trials testing the benefits of exercise or cardiopulmonary rehabilitation measured post-exertional malaise, according to th...
thesicktimes.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Today @thesicktimes.org: big story from @spichaksimon.bsky.social examining exercise trials for Long COVID. His analysis found that, among LC exercise trials registered on clinicaltrials.gov, less than 20% even *mention* PEM in their trial registration. thesicktimes.org/2025/11/21/l...
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Four in five exercise trials of Long COVID don't even mention post-exertional malaise anywhere in the trial registration.
Latest for @thesicktimes.org diving into the problems with these trials.
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/21/l...
Latest for @thesicktimes.org diving into the problems with these trials.
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/21/l...
Less than 20% of Long COVID trials involving exercise even mention post-exertional malaise - The Sick Times
An analysis by The Sick Times find that less than 15% of Long COVID clinical trials testing the benefits of exercise or cardiopulmonary rehabilitation measured post-exertional malaise, according to th...
thesicktimes.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Four in five exercise trials of Long COVID don't even mention post-exertional malaise anywhere in the trial registration.
Latest for @thesicktimes.org diving into the problems with these trials.
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/21/l...
Latest for @thesicktimes.org diving into the problems with these trials.
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/21/l...
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Support Disabled-Trans & Two-Spirit-Led Projects today and every day! @CrushColonialism.bsky.social, tinyurl.com/DisabilityProjectTLC, @FDMORG.bsky.social, and us at @DisabilityLab.bsky.social, are great places to start! Disabled Trans people deserve to thrive now.
November 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Support Disabled-Trans & Two-Spirit-Led Projects today and every day! @CrushColonialism.bsky.social, tinyurl.com/DisabilityProjectTLC, @FDMORG.bsky.social, and us at @DisabilityLab.bsky.social, are great places to start! Disabled Trans people deserve to thrive now.
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Visit TransRemembrance.org to submit stories about Trans people who have passed and to honor Trans lives lost, and follow @transequality.bsky.social.
Trans Remembrance Project
TransRemembrance.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Visit TransRemembrance.org to submit stories about Trans people who have passed and to honor Trans lives lost, and follow @transequality.bsky.social.
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Help Trans people thrive by donating to ForTheGworls.com, @theokraproject.bsky.social , and @translifeline.org.
FOR THE GWORLS
ForTheGworls.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Help Trans people thrive by donating to ForTheGworls.com, @theokraproject.bsky.social , and @translifeline.org.
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Today, we call attention to the deep harm done to the Disabled Trans community every day, as well as the strength of Trans resilience. We must fight for Trans survival, Trans joy, and Trans community. Fight for the Trans people in your community, and donate to Trans people and organizations!
![Over a blue background, there is a top and bottom border made up of white and pink geometric shapes. Underneath the top border, the header reads “Help Trans People Thrive” with a chevron shape pointing to the header text. Below is the “FOR THE GWORLS” logo for “Fundraisers for Black Trans people,” and the website “ForTheGworls.com” Next is the “The Okra Project” logo for “Mutual aid for Black Trans people,” and the username “@TheOkraProject.bsky.social.” Lastly is the “Trans Lifeline” logo for “Peer support & [a] crisis hotline,” and the username “@TransLifeline.org.” Below the text is the white Disability Culture Lab logo, and then the bottom border. In the bottom right corner, the center of the white geometric shape that is part of the border has the page number “3.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tip3far4dmzq4j5pktwo4sxt/bafkreie4qljrme3ypb6b7gpoho3i3pmzwsjyvxt4kn4hdnp5cwnwyt2hbi@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Today, we call attention to the deep harm done to the Disabled Trans community every day, as well as the strength of Trans resilience. We must fight for Trans survival, Trans joy, and Trans community. Fight for the Trans people in your community, and donate to Trans people and organizations!
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This may be one of the best videos DJI has commissioned. Thank you Xiomara and @elenahung.bsky.social for being willing to share your story. The IDEA is essential for disabled kids futures . We must protect and increase its funding. #IDEA50
For 50 years, IDEA has helped disabled children get the education they need to dream big about their future. With more than $38 billion gap in IDEA funding, elected officials must protect and strengthen IDEA to ensure students continue to get the services they need. #IDEA50
November 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This may be one of the best videos DJI has commissioned. Thank you Xiomara and @elenahung.bsky.social for being willing to share your story. The IDEA is essential for disabled kids futures . We must protect and increase its funding. #IDEA50
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For 50 years, IDEA has helped disabled children get the education they need to dream big about their future. With more than $38 billion gap in IDEA funding, elected officials must protect and strengthen IDEA to ensure students continue to get the services they need. #IDEA50
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
For 50 years, IDEA has helped disabled children get the education they need to dream big about their future. With more than $38 billion gap in IDEA funding, elected officials must protect and strengthen IDEA to ensure students continue to get the services they need. #IDEA50