dr. andy
@colombodougovito.com
associate professor in TX. pragmatic radical scholar. engaged educator. accidental, award-winning author. disabled punk. casually vegan. reluctant podcaster. TEDx’r 🤟
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· Nov 20
We Live in a Disabling Society … But We Don’t Have To | Andrew Colombo-Dougovito | TEDxUNT
Disability affects more than 60 million people in the United States alone. Colombo-Dougovito studies how movement connects to well-being, and how the systems...
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Welcome, new Bluesky friends!
If you want to know what I do, this 👇 is a pretty good synopsis:
If you want to know what I do, this 👇 is a pretty good synopsis:
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Haha holy shit countless people are going to suffer and die because of this
haha oh god the consequences of this are going to be so incredibly grave in five to ten years time
Outrage after Trump’s bill reclassifying nursing as not a ‘professional degree’
Nursing organizations warn limiting access to student funding ‘threatens the very foundation of patient care’
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Haha holy shit countless people are going to suffer and die because of this
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This is an irresponsibly favorable profile of RFK Jr, painting him as a vaccine skeptic rather than what he is: fervently anti-vaccine. Whether the reporter caved to pressure from RFK Jr or is so ignorant of science he doesn’t understand how many will come to harm bc of him, this is shameful. +
Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right?
How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This is an irresponsibly favorable profile of RFK Jr, painting him as a vaccine skeptic rather than what he is: fervently anti-vaccine. Whether the reporter caved to pressure from RFK Jr or is so ignorant of science he doesn’t understand how many will come to harm bc of him, this is shameful. +
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For the past decade, conversations around autism shifted from focusing around curing #ActuallyAutistic people to accommodating and accepting autistic people. We now live in the RFK Jr. backlash, which shifts discussions around autism toward prevention
www.ms.now/opinion/rfk-...
www.ms.now/opinion/rfk-...
Opinion | RFK Jr.'s latest anti-vaccine move will cause untold harm to autistic Americans
The Trump administration is working toward treating autism as something to be prevented, rather than building a health care system that helps people.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 AM
For the past decade, conversations around autism shifted from focusing around curing #ActuallyAutistic people to accommodating and accepting autistic people. We now live in the RFK Jr. backlash, which shifts discussions around autism toward prevention
www.ms.now/opinion/rfk-...
www.ms.now/opinion/rfk-...
It’s not hard folks. There’s way better coffee places — that are run by way better people.
Until they meet worker demands, go an extra block or two to get your coffee-adjacent drinks elsewhere.
Until they meet worker demands, go an extra block or two to get your coffee-adjacent drinks elsewhere.
Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It’s not hard folks. There’s way better coffee places — that are run by way better people.
Until they meet worker demands, go an extra block or two to get your coffee-adjacent drinks elsewhere.
Until they meet worker demands, go an extra block or two to get your coffee-adjacent drinks elsewhere.
This is a hill I’ll die on.
You know what, I'm just gonna re-up this post
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This is a hill I’ll die on.
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thing is you need to want civil rights for your neighbors—in your city, in your state, in your country and beyond—even if they are stupid fucking assholes
January 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
thing is you need to want civil rights for your neighbors—in your city, in your state, in your country and beyond—even if they are stupid fucking assholes
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Before IDEA, almost 1.8 million disabled U.S. students were completely blocked from educational opportunities. But since IDEA’s passage, the number of disabled students and children receiving IDEA services and attending school has continued to rise. #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 23, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Before IDEA, almost 1.8 million disabled U.S. students were completely blocked from educational opportunities. But since IDEA’s passage, the number of disabled students and children receiving IDEA services and attending school has continued to rise. #idea50
www.americanprogress.org/article/idea...
www.americanprogress.org/article/idea...
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The thing about “nothing about us without us” is… I do actually believe it, I think.
November 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The thing about “nothing about us without us” is… I do actually believe it, I think.
Ooooh ah ah ah ah!
Come on! Get up, get down with the sickness.
You motherfuckers! Get up, come on! Get down with the sickness.
Come on! Get up, get down with the sickness.
You motherfuckers! Get up, come on! Get down with the sickness.
MISSISSIPPI QUEEN!
If you know what I mean
MISSISSIPPI QUEEN!
She taught me everything
If you know what I mean
MISSISSIPPI QUEEN!
She taught me everything
November 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Ooooh ah ah ah ah!
Come on! Get up, get down with the sickness.
You motherfuckers! Get up, come on! Get down with the sickness.
Come on! Get up, get down with the sickness.
You motherfuckers! Get up, come on! Get down with the sickness.
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My thoughts on ABC news- Scientists, not political appointees, should be who advises the public on clinical guidance. RFK needs to meet with CDC career leaders and learn about the agency's responses to outbreaks and overall programs vs directing CDC website changes based on ideology not science
Video Former CDC chief on agency webpage saying autism, vaccines link ignored
Dr. Debra Houry, who resigned from her position as chief medical officer of the CDC in 2025, called the change on the CDC’s website "disturbing."
abcnews.go.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
My thoughts on ABC news- Scientists, not political appointees, should be who advises the public on clinical guidance. RFK needs to meet with CDC career leaders and learn about the agency's responses to outbreaks and overall programs vs directing CDC website changes based on ideology not science
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Ummm, were you all aware of this bullshit???
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it sets about implementing various measures regarding student loans laid out in President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill."
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it sets about implementing various measures regarding student loans laid out in President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill."
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
Nursing is no longer counted as a 'professional degree' by Trump admin
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it implements various changes to student loans.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Ummm, were you all aware of this bullshit???
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it sets about implementing various measures regarding student loans laid out in President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill."
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it sets about implementing various measures regarding student loans laid out in President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill."
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
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🧪Let’s set the record straight. AGAIN
Andrew Wakefield’s paper was RETRACTED by The Lancet in Feb 2010.
Andrew Wakefield’s paper was RETRACTED by The Lancet in Feb 2010.
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
🧪Let’s set the record straight. AGAIN
Andrew Wakefield’s paper was RETRACTED by The Lancet in Feb 2010.
Andrew Wakefield’s paper was RETRACTED by The Lancet in Feb 2010.
interrobang
a zine-letter for inquisitives, justice-seekers, and people who care.
zine.amcd.wtf
November 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
no no no no no no no no no no no
"Nearly 60% of special education teachers reported using AI to develop an IEP or Section 504 plan during the 2024-25 school year."
YIKES. AI has anti-disability biases, so this is bad.
www.k12dive.com/news/artific...
YIKES. AI has anti-disability biases, so this is bad.
www.k12dive.com/news/artific...
Heightened AI use in special education brings elevated risks
Nearly 60% of special education teachers reported using AI to develop an IEP or Section 504 plan during the 2024-25 school year, a CDT report finds.
www.k12dive.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
no no no no no no no no no no no
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In his reelection announcement last week, Gov. Abbott proposed eliminating school property taxes without suggesting how to replace the billions of dollars in lost revenue, much of which is used to fund public education. Instead, Abbott celebrated his new $1 billion voucher program.
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
In his reelection announcement last week, Gov. Abbott proposed eliminating school property taxes without suggesting how to replace the billions of dollars in lost revenue, much of which is used to fund public education. Instead, Abbott celebrated his new $1 billion voucher program.
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To add to the pile of Alice Wong's work (that we should continue reading for years and years to come), here's an archival link to an digital Bitch Media Access Issue that Alice co-edited back in 2021 (apologies for access issues on this archival link) web.archive.org/web/20211104...
Why We’re Running a Series About Access
Access is still treated as if it’s a privilege, a burden, or a form of special treatment.
web.archive.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
To add to the pile of Alice Wong's work (that we should continue reading for years and years to come), here's an archival link to an digital Bitch Media Access Issue that Alice co-edited back in 2021 (apologies for access issues on this archival link) web.archive.org/web/20211104...
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The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) will turn 50. Please join the community as we celebrate with a week of action. Post your stories at 3pm est everyday this week! #IDEA50
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) will turn 50. Please join the community as we celebrate with a week of action. Post your stories at 3pm est everyday this week! #IDEA50
"Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place."
~ Kurt Vonnegut
~ Kurt Vonnegut
November 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place."
~ Kurt Vonnegut
~ Kurt Vonnegut
“Good shit takes time. Extend time, bend time, crip time.”
~Alice Wong, Year of the Tiger
Thank you for sharing everything with the world, and for voicing what so many of us struggle to express.
You gave us a blueprint for a better world.
I’m sorry you didn’t get to see it flourish.
~Alice Wong, Year of the Tiger
Thank you for sharing everything with the world, and for voicing what so many of us struggle to express.
You gave us a blueprint for a better world.
I’m sorry you didn’t get to see it flourish.
November 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
“Good shit takes time. Extend time, bend time, crip time.”
~Alice Wong, Year of the Tiger
Thank you for sharing everything with the world, and for voicing what so many of us struggle to express.
You gave us a blueprint for a better world.
I’m sorry you didn’t get to see it flourish.
~Alice Wong, Year of the Tiger
Thank you for sharing everything with the world, and for voicing what so many of us struggle to express.
You gave us a blueprint for a better world.
I’m sorry you didn’t get to see it flourish.
Passive language continues to be the downfall of Western society.
Research on brain disorders may slow as young neuroscientists struggle to find jobs and research grants. n.pr/4pgmAna
As funding falters, young brain scientists rethink careers in research
Research on brain disorders may slow as young neuroscientists struggle to find jobs and research grants.
n.pr
November 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Passive language continues to be the downfall of Western society.
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In the last chapter of Alice’s memoir, “Year of the Tiger,” she wrote her own future obituary.
The wonderful “oracle, storyteller, cyborg, trouble-maker, activist, night owl” we loved so much closed it with:
“Enjoy all of Alice’s good shit, and may you create some good shit as well.”
The wonderful “oracle, storyteller, cyborg, trouble-maker, activist, night owl” we loved so much closed it with:
“Enjoy all of Alice’s good shit, and may you create some good shit as well.”
November 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
In the last chapter of Alice’s memoir, “Year of the Tiger,” she wrote her own future obituary.
The wonderful “oracle, storyteller, cyborg, trouble-maker, activist, night owl” we loved so much closed it with:
“Enjoy all of Alice’s good shit, and may you create some good shit as well.”
The wonderful “oracle, storyteller, cyborg, trouble-maker, activist, night owl” we loved so much closed it with:
“Enjoy all of Alice’s good shit, and may you create some good shit as well.”
Hey, it’s Friday and a paper of mine was published earlier this week. Huzzah!
Please read responsibly.
www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
Please read responsibly.
www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
“Not Everybody Enjoys Physical Activity”: A Qualitative Social Media Study of the Barriers Experienced by Autistic Adults
<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d1540805e157">Physical activity (PA) has been suggested as a key modifier for many health concerns
amo...
www.scienceopen.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Hey, it’s Friday and a paper of mine was published earlier this week. Huzzah!
Please read responsibly.
www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
Please read responsibly.
www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
TX repubs are no longer hiding their all-out assault on public education or their distain for the social mobility afforded through education.
They’re fine not hiding anymore because they think there are no consequences.
Deplorable.
They’re fine not hiding anymore because they think there are no consequences.
Deplorable.
Gov. Greg Abbott is promising to destroy public schools by making it almost impossible for districts to raise taxes. He also said voters should have the power to reduce or eliminate school funding entirely. #txlege www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col...
Tomlinson: Abbott promises to starve public schools of tax revenues
Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to cut property taxes will starve public schools while he sends state money to private schools.
www.houstonchronicle.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
TX repubs are no longer hiding their all-out assault on public education or their distain for the social mobility afforded through education.
They’re fine not hiding anymore because they think there are no consequences.
Deplorable.
They’re fine not hiding anymore because they think there are no consequences.
Deplorable.
It’s Friday, y’all!
A restful weekend to you all—
Except the fascists…all y’all can smother yourselves in a satchel of Richards.
link.deezer.com/s/31xDuqQy1a...
A restful weekend to you all—
Except the fascists…all y’all can smother yourselves in a satchel of Richards.
link.deezer.com/s/31xDuqQy1a...
Forever Yours
Johnnie Carwash - song - 2020
link.deezer.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It’s Friday, y’all!
A restful weekend to you all—
Except the fascists…all y’all can smother yourselves in a satchel of Richards.
link.deezer.com/s/31xDuqQy1a...
A restful weekend to you all—
Except the fascists…all y’all can smother yourselves in a satchel of Richards.
link.deezer.com/s/31xDuqQy1a...