Deanna Ronson 🇨🇦
@deannaronson.bsky.social
She/Her Disabled activist challenging broken systems.
Repro Justice • Community Care • Clean Air
Don’t let the bastards grind you down.
Repro Justice • Community Care • Clean Air
Don’t let the bastards grind you down.
Pinned
Donate to Help Me Fight Disability Discrimination in Ontario, organized by Deanna Ronson
I’m fundraising because I’m currently pursuing three Human Rights Tri… Deanna Ronson needs your support for Help Me Fight Disability Discrimination in Ontario
www.gofundme.com
Disabled people deserve equitable access to healthcare - full stop. I now have 3 HRTO cases challenging the systemic barriers I’ve faced. Fundraising for legal support; boosts make a real difference.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...
As a disabled, immunocompromised person, I’ve had to navigate barriers in healthcare that many people never see. That experience is why I’m fighting — and why I need legal support to do it. Can you please share this link & consider donating if able? Thank you! 🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
As a disabled, immunocompromised person, I’ve had to navigate barriers in healthcare that many people never see. That experience is why I’m fighting — and why I need legal support to do it. Can you please share this link & consider donating if able? Thank you! 🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...
Accessible healthcare shouldn’t be optional or negotiable. Safety shouldn’t depend on who you are or what accommodations you need.
If you believe in disability rights in healthcare, sharing my campaign helps it reach more people:
🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...
If you believe in disability rights in healthcare, sharing my campaign helps it reach more people:
🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...
Donate to Help Me Fight Disability Discrimination in Ontario, organized by Deanna Ronson
I’m fundraising because I’m currently pursuing three Human Rights Tri… Deanna Ronson needs your support for Help Me Fight Disability Discrimination in Ontario
www.gofundme.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Accessible healthcare shouldn’t be optional or negotiable. Safety shouldn’t depend on who you are or what accommodations you need.
If you believe in disability rights in healthcare, sharing my campaign helps it reach more people:
🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...
If you believe in disability rights in healthcare, sharing my campaign helps it reach more people:
🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...
Reposted by Deanna Ronson 🇨🇦
This is why masks belong in healthcare! Measles is not seasonal, it’s airborne, and sick people should not become sicker when seeking treatment.
@ipaccanada.bsky.social are not serious about their jobs.
@ipaccanada.bsky.social are not serious about their jobs.
November 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This is why masks belong in healthcare! Measles is not seasonal, it’s airborne, and sick people should not become sicker when seeking treatment.
@ipaccanada.bsky.social are not serious about their jobs.
@ipaccanada.bsky.social are not serious about their jobs.
Reposted by Deanna Ronson 🇨🇦
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
Reposted by Deanna Ronson 🇨🇦
...of the presumption that gradually increasing exercise is a rehabilitative for people with infection-associated chronic conditions like #MECFS and #LongCOVID.
The idea of graded exercise as a special therapy your doctor has to help you carry out is absurd.
The idea of graded exercise as a special therapy your doctor has to help you carry out is absurd.
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
...of the presumption that gradually increasing exercise is a rehabilitative for people with infection-associated chronic conditions like #MECFS and #LongCOVID.
The idea of graded exercise as a special therapy your doctor has to help you carry out is absurd.
The idea of graded exercise as a special therapy your doctor has to help you carry out is absurd.
Reposted by Deanna Ronson 🇨🇦
The rationale behind these studies, Seltzer contests, is [that] “it presumes that the patient had never heard of exercise until a doctor told them [it] exists.”
Thanks to Simon Spichak for putting this idea into print. I've said multiple times in interviews that it's the strangest part... 🧵
Thanks to Simon Spichak for putting this idea into print. I've said multiple times in interviews that it's the strangest part... 🧵
“People who are performing these studies are extraordinarily ignorant, and their ignorance is dangerous,” said @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social. She and other experts agree these trials are a waste of $$ and will not advance our biological understanding of Long COVID. 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 3:56 PM
The rationale behind these studies, Seltzer contests, is [that] “it presumes that the patient had never heard of exercise until a doctor told them [it] exists.”
Thanks to Simon Spichak for putting this idea into print. I've said multiple times in interviews that it's the strangest part... 🧵
Thanks to Simon Spichak for putting this idea into print. I've said multiple times in interviews that it's the strangest part... 🧵
Navigating healthcare as a disabled person is exhausting, expensive, and often isolating. Launching this GoFundMe wasn’t easy, but the support so far has been a real source of hope.
If you’re able to share the link, it helps so much:
🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...
If you’re able to share the link, it helps so much:
🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...
Donate to Help Me Fight Disability Discrimination in Ontario, organized by Deanna Ronson
I’m fundraising because I’m currently pursuing three Human Rights Tri… Deanna Ronson needs your support for Help Me Fight Disability Discrimination in Ontario
www.gofundme.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Navigating healthcare as a disabled person is exhausting, expensive, and often isolating. Launching this GoFundMe wasn’t easy, but the support so far has been a real source of hope.
If you’re able to share the link, it helps so much:
🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...
If you’re able to share the link, it helps so much:
🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...
A huge thank-you to everyone who’s shared, supported, or sent kind words today. Early visibility of GoFundMe campaigns (🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...) really matter, and I appreciate you all more than you know. ♥️
#HumanRights #DisabilityJustice #AccessibilityMatters #LdnOnt
#HumanRights #DisabilityJustice #AccessibilityMatters #LdnOnt
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
A huge thank-you to everyone who’s shared, supported, or sent kind words today. Early visibility of GoFundMe campaigns (🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...) really matter, and I appreciate you all more than you know. ♥️
#HumanRights #DisabilityJustice #AccessibilityMatters #LdnOnt
#HumanRights #DisabilityJustice #AccessibilityMatters #LdnOnt
Reposted by Deanna Ronson 🇨🇦
This paper goes into more detail on why infection control and public health leaders in 2020 were close to a century out of date on how infections are transmitted in aerosols. Mechanistic science training is inadequate in many medical programs.
The errors would be funny, except for all the death.
The errors would be funny, except for all the death.
What were the historical reasons for the resistance to recognizing airborne transmission during the COVID‐19 pandemic?
The question of whether SARS-CoV-2 is mainly transmitted by droplets or aerosols has been highly controversial. We sought to explain this controversy through a historical analysis of transmission res...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This paper goes into more detail on why infection control and public health leaders in 2020 were close to a century out of date on how infections are transmitted in aerosols. Mechanistic science training is inadequate in many medical programs.
The errors would be funny, except for all the death.
The errors would be funny, except for all the death.
In addition to charges of arson, I hope police consider laying charges of hate crime on the bases of race (targets of the arson were Indigenous) and sex (targets of the arson were women).
Winnipeg police have charged a man in connection to a number of fires at the constituency offices of two Manitoba MLAs and other buildings.
Winnipeg police make arrest after series of fires in city
The Winnipeg police say they've arrested a man they believe set a series of fires and committed vandalism in the city.
www.aptnnews.ca
November 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
In addition to charges of arson, I hope police consider laying charges of hate crime on the bases of race (targets of the arson were Indigenous) and sex (targets of the arson were women).
I’ve launched a GoFundMe to help me pursue disability-related human rights cases in healthcare. Disabled/immunocompromised people deserve safe, accessible care & the legal process to defend those rights can be long/costly.
To support/share, here’s the link:
🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...
Thx!
To support/share, here’s the link:
🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...
Thx!
November 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I’ve launched a GoFundMe to help me pursue disability-related human rights cases in healthcare. Disabled/immunocompromised people deserve safe, accessible care & the legal process to defend those rights can be long/costly.
To support/share, here’s the link:
🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...
Thx!
To support/share, here’s the link:
🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...
Thx!
Reposted by Deanna Ronson 🇨🇦
If community spread of measles continues until Jan 20th, the US will join Canada in losing its measles elimination status.
This is what happens when “you do you” individualism takes the place of public health.
Measles is disabling and deadly but it’s also preventable.
Get your vaccines
This is what happens when “you do you” individualism takes the place of public health.
Measles is disabling and deadly but it’s also preventable.
Get your vaccines
Measles outbreak in Arizona and Utah could spell the end for U.S. elimination status
With holiday travel and gatherings approaching, doctors worry that transmission could escalate further.
www.nbcnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:22 AM
If community spread of measles continues until Jan 20th, the US will join Canada in losing its measles elimination status.
This is what happens when “you do you” individualism takes the place of public health.
Measles is disabling and deadly but it’s also preventable.
Get your vaccines
This is what happens when “you do you” individualism takes the place of public health.
Measles is disabling and deadly but it’s also preventable.
Get your vaccines
Reposted by Deanna Ronson 🇨🇦
I hope you have the strength to speak out a about your abusers. Today's news is another example that a creep never stops. There's always another target, always another victim. I hope you never have to fear watching a predator get away with what they tried to keep in the shadows.
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I hope you have the strength to speak out a about your abusers. Today's news is another example that a creep never stops. There's always another target, always another victim. I hope you never have to fear watching a predator get away with what they tried to keep in the shadows.
Reposted by Deanna Ronson 🇨🇦
The narrative that we are being sold that our children's safety is somehow threatened by trans people participating in all aspects of public life as their authentic selves is the exact same bullshit that was peddled about queer folks 30 years ago. It was a lie then and it's a lie now.
November 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The narrative that we are being sold that our children's safety is somehow threatened by trans people participating in all aspects of public life as their authentic selves is the exact same bullshit that was peddled about queer folks 30 years ago. It was a lie then and it's a lie now.
Reposted by Deanna Ronson 🇨🇦
Poverty and disability often go together.
It’s difficult to “try harder” your way out of financial problems when you lose your health.
The pull yourselves up by your bootstrap mentality goes out the window if you’re bedbound.
It can happen to anyone at any time.
They aren’t moral failings.
It’s difficult to “try harder” your way out of financial problems when you lose your health.
The pull yourselves up by your bootstrap mentality goes out the window if you’re bedbound.
It can happen to anyone at any time.
They aren’t moral failings.
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Poverty and disability often go together.
It’s difficult to “try harder” your way out of financial problems when you lose your health.
The pull yourselves up by your bootstrap mentality goes out the window if you’re bedbound.
It can happen to anyone at any time.
They aren’t moral failings.
It’s difficult to “try harder” your way out of financial problems when you lose your health.
The pull yourselves up by your bootstrap mentality goes out the window if you’re bedbound.
It can happen to anyone at any time.
They aren’t moral failings.
Reposted by Deanna Ronson 🇨🇦
"Patient Relations": only a phone number on TW's information board. Left a message there and am sending a letter to submit to your portal, but I also deem it super important to let everyone know:
FOR #COPD AND #ASTHMA MANAGEMENT IN TORONTO: THERE'S NOWHERE LEFT TO GO FOR PREVENTIVE HEALTHCARE.
FOR #COPD AND #ASTHMA MANAGEMENT IN TORONTO: THERE'S NOWHERE LEFT TO GO FOR PREVENTIVE HEALTHCARE.
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Reposted by Deanna Ronson 🇨🇦
the clinic hallways, coming in and out of rooms while I was in the waiting area.
With this level of lack of care, there was no sense in bothering trying to explain to anyone on that floor, or in the hospital, for that matter, that they are putting patients at risk.
With this level of lack of care, there was no sense in bothering trying to explain to anyone on that floor, or in the hospital, for that matter, that they are putting patients at risk.
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
the clinic hallways, coming in and out of rooms while I was in the waiting area.
With this level of lack of care, there was no sense in bothering trying to explain to anyone on that floor, or in the hospital, for that matter, that they are putting patients at risk.
With this level of lack of care, there was no sense in bothering trying to explain to anyone on that floor, or in the hospital, for that matter, that they are putting patients at risk.
Reposted by Deanna Ronson 🇨🇦
I just transferred my lung care to UHN after WCH made it clear they weren't going to accommodate me or any other patient under the AODA.
I asked for the first appointment of the day to reduce exposure to airborne pathogens. Witnessed 7-8 staff members going around without masks in (cont)
I asked for the first appointment of the day to reduce exposure to airborne pathogens. Witnessed 7-8 staff members going around without masks in (cont)
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I just transferred my lung care to UHN after WCH made it clear they weren't going to accommodate me or any other patient under the AODA.
I asked for the first appointment of the day to reduce exposure to airborne pathogens. Witnessed 7-8 staff members going around without masks in (cont)
I asked for the first appointment of the day to reduce exposure to airborne pathogens. Witnessed 7-8 staff members going around without masks in (cont)
Reposted by Deanna Ronson 🇨🇦
I came to 7th floor respirology
For the first appointment of the day
I saw an unmasked receptionist upon arrival
And unmasked staff coming in and out of exam room 428
I heard coughing from rm 428
And that "deep cough" from somewhere to my right.
I GTFO'd saying "this test - not happening today"
For the first appointment of the day
I saw an unmasked receptionist upon arrival
And unmasked staff coming in and out of exam room 428
I heard coughing from rm 428
And that "deep cough" from somewhere to my right.
I GTFO'd saying "this test - not happening today"
November 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I came to 7th floor respirology
For the first appointment of the day
I saw an unmasked receptionist upon arrival
And unmasked staff coming in and out of exam room 428
I heard coughing from rm 428
And that "deep cough" from somewhere to my right.
I GTFO'd saying "this test - not happening today"
For the first appointment of the day
I saw an unmasked receptionist upon arrival
And unmasked staff coming in and out of exam room 428
I heard coughing from rm 428
And that "deep cough" from somewhere to my right.
I GTFO'd saying "this test - not happening today"
Reposted by Deanna Ronson 🇨🇦
What enrages me is that I likely will get "pathologized" for following science in a setting where capitalism and healthcare instersect.
It's all about narrative, not facts anymore. It's politicized, embedded, and cultural.
Ableism IS the culture in Canada.
It's all about narrative, not facts anymore. It's politicized, embedded, and cultural.
Ableism IS the culture in Canada.
November 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
What enrages me is that I likely will get "pathologized" for following science in a setting where capitalism and healthcare instersect.
It's all about narrative, not facts anymore. It's politicized, embedded, and cultural.
Ableism IS the culture in Canada.
It's all about narrative, not facts anymore. It's politicized, embedded, and cultural.
Ableism IS the culture in Canada.
Reposted by Deanna Ronson 🇨🇦
Thank you for posting. The hospital is the most dangerous place I go. It doesn’t have to be this way. #DisabledLivesMatter #WearAMask #DoNoHarm
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Thank you for posting. The hospital is the most dangerous place I go. It doesn’t have to be this way. #DisabledLivesMatter #WearAMask #DoNoHarm
I’ve launched a GoFundMe to help cover legal fees for my 3 HRTO cases about disability discrimination in healthcare. A win here could help set precedent for disabled & immunocompromised folks across Ontario. Early shares matter. 💜
🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...
#DisabilityJustice
🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...
#DisabilityJustice
Donate to Help Me Fight Disability Discrimination in Ontario, organized by Deanna Ronson
I’m fundraising because I’m currently pursuing three Human Rights Tri… Deanna Ronson needs your support for Help Me Fight Disability Discrimination in Ontario
www.gofundme.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I’ve launched a GoFundMe to help cover legal fees for my 3 HRTO cases about disability discrimination in healthcare. A win here could help set precedent for disabled & immunocompromised folks across Ontario. Early shares matter. 💜
🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...
#DisabilityJustice
🔗 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...
#DisabilityJustice
Disabled people deserve equitable access to healthcare - full stop. I now have 3 HRTO cases challenging the systemic barriers I’ve faced. Fundraising for legal support; boosts make a real difference.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...
Donate to Help Me Fight Disability Discrimination in Ontario, organized by Deanna Ronson
I’m fundraising because I’m currently pursuing three Human Rights Tri… Deanna Ronson needs your support for Help Me Fight Disability Discrimination in Ontario
www.gofundme.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Disabled people deserve equitable access to healthcare - full stop. I now have 3 HRTO cases challenging the systemic barriers I’ve faced. Fundraising for legal support; boosts make a real difference.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-fi...
"Give the daughters of today equal opportunities and the mothers of tomorrow will change the world" (Zainab Siddiqi). #DayoftheGirl #GirlsBelongHere
October 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"Give the daughters of today equal opportunities and the mothers of tomorrow will change the world" (Zainab Siddiqi). #DayoftheGirl #GirlsBelongHere
Reminder: Counter-Protest is Tomorrow!
We’ll be standing in solidarity at Wellington & Commissioners this Sun., Oct. 5, 1–3 PM to oppose the Life Chain.
This is a masked event, because care is collective.
#ReproductiveJustice #HealthJustice #DisabilityJustice #COVIDIsNotOver #AbortionIsHealthcare
We’ll be standing in solidarity at Wellington & Commissioners this Sun., Oct. 5, 1–3 PM to oppose the Life Chain.
This is a masked event, because care is collective.
#ReproductiveJustice #HealthJustice #DisabilityJustice #COVIDIsNotOver #AbortionIsHealthcare
October 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Reminder: Counter-Protest is Tomorrow!
We’ll be standing in solidarity at Wellington & Commissioners this Sun., Oct. 5, 1–3 PM to oppose the Life Chain.
This is a masked event, because care is collective.
#ReproductiveJustice #HealthJustice #DisabilityJustice #COVIDIsNotOver #AbortionIsHealthcare
We’ll be standing in solidarity at Wellington & Commissioners this Sun., Oct. 5, 1–3 PM to oppose the Life Chain.
This is a masked event, because care is collective.
#ReproductiveJustice #HealthJustice #DisabilityJustice #COVIDIsNotOver #AbortionIsHealthcare