J.Stoffer (she/they), BA, BEd, MEd, Phd candidate
@jastoffer.bsky.social
Neurodivergent/#DisabledEducator | PhD Candidate disrupting ableism in education. Anti-ableist agent of chaos. Member, Disabled Educators' Curriculum Collective. Lived experience is evidence based research.
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Disabled/Neurodivergent/Chronically Ill folk. We survive in solidarity and sustain ourselves by moving together. With the next generation leading us, and our ancestors pushing us forward, supporting us.
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Thank you Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Thank you Alice Wong
Did I mention that the Disabled Educators Curriculum Collective (to which I am a co-founder) has a chapter in this amazing book?
www.tcpress.com/beyond-compl...
www.tcpress.com/beyond-compl...
Beyond Compliance in Early Childhood Education 9780807786628 | Teachers College Press
Teachers College Press
www.tcpress.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Did I mention that the Disabled Educators Curriculum Collective (to which I am a co-founder) has a chapter in this amazing book?
www.tcpress.com/beyond-compl...
www.tcpress.com/beyond-compl...
War is a mass disabling event.
November 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
War is a mass disabling event.
I don’t know if you know this but a podcast isn’t going to solve teacher morale in a system that’s breaking under the pressure of being purposely underfunded - equity, inclusion and access cost money.
November 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I don’t know if you know this but a podcast isn’t going to solve teacher morale in a system that’s breaking under the pressure of being purposely underfunded - equity, inclusion and access cost money.
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‘Accessibility is the first thing to go’: Committee gives input on snow clearing in Halifax
By @suzannerent.bsky.social
By @suzannerent.bsky.social
'Accessibility is the first thing to go': Committee gives input on snow clearing in Halifax - Halifax Examiner
The municipality is undergoing a review of its service standards for winter operations.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
October 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
‘Accessibility is the first thing to go’: Committee gives input on snow clearing in Halifax
By @suzannerent.bsky.social
By @suzannerent.bsky.social
Invisible disabilities are only invisible because systemic ableism erases our access needs and quantifies who qualifies to be disabled based on capitalist and neuronormative standards of production.
October 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Invisible disabilities are only invisible because systemic ableism erases our access needs and quantifies who qualifies to be disabled based on capitalist and neuronormative standards of production.
The term "Individuals with diverse capacities" is an ableist euphemism and an erasure of the disability community.
Add another one to the "just say disability" list
Add another one to the "just say disability" list
October 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The term "Individuals with diverse capacities" is an ableist euphemism and an erasure of the disability community.
Add another one to the "just say disability" list
Add another one to the "just say disability" list
Invisible disabilities aren’t invisible - they’ve been erased by ableism and ignorance towards the concept of neurodivergence.
October 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Invisible disabilities aren’t invisible - they’ve been erased by ableism and ignorance towards the concept of neurodivergence.
A friendly reminder that 'neurodivergent' is a community-building term, and social justice matters with this term. We need to have more conversations about the disability community and who is privileged with social capital and who isn't, and why.
September 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A friendly reminder that 'neurodivergent' is a community-building term, and social justice matters with this term. We need to have more conversations about the disability community and who is privileged with social capital and who isn't, and why.
Friendly reminder that disabled people don't exist to inspire non-disabled folks. Just let us exist.
September 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Friendly reminder that disabled people don't exist to inspire non-disabled folks. Just let us exist.
Good morning,
Friendly reminder that disability/disabled is not a bad word.
Friendly reminder that disability/disabled is not a bad word.
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Good morning,
Friendly reminder that disability/disabled is not a bad word.
Friendly reminder that disability/disabled is not a bad word.
Knowing that @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social is working on access and inclusion makes me an even bigger fan of our provinces museums. #DisabilityPride
September 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Knowing that @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social is working on access and inclusion makes me an even bigger fan of our provinces museums. #DisabilityPride
So tylenol doesn't cause autism. I made a couple tshirts on my teepublic ($ goes towards helping me buy fun stuff for the disabled younglings I support daily)
www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/8073...
www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/8073...
Autism (tm) by jastoffer
Autism ™ , So you can get back to your special interests without Ableists trying to cure you
www.teepublic.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
So tylenol doesn't cause autism. I made a couple tshirts on my teepublic ($ goes towards helping me buy fun stuff for the disabled younglings I support daily)
www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/8073...
www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/8073...
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Steve Silberman is so pissed about this Tylenol bullshit that he's screaming from the afterlife he didn't even believe in.
Increased rates of autism are due to testing, a broadened definition, and greater awareness. It's not vaccines. It's not Tylenol.
It's like his work never happened.
Increased rates of autism are due to testing, a broadened definition, and greater awareness. It's not vaccines. It's not Tylenol.
It's like his work never happened.
September 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Steve Silberman is so pissed about this Tylenol bullshit that he's screaming from the afterlife he didn't even believe in.
Increased rates of autism are due to testing, a broadened definition, and greater awareness. It's not vaccines. It's not Tylenol.
It's like his work never happened.
Increased rates of autism are due to testing, a broadened definition, and greater awareness. It's not vaccines. It's not Tylenol.
It's like his work never happened.
Reposted by J.Stoffer (she/they), BA, BEd, MEd, Phd candidate
Steve Silberman is not here to shout it — so it’s up to all of us.
Vaccines don’t cause autism.
Neither does Tylenol. (I mean seriously WTF?!?!)
The “epidemic” of autism is the result of increased testing, broader definitions, and raised awareness.
LOUDER.
Vaccines don’t cause autism.
Neither does Tylenol. (I mean seriously WTF?!?!)
The “epidemic” of autism is the result of increased testing, broader definitions, and raised awareness.
LOUDER.
Steve Silberman is so pissed about this Tylenol bullshit that he's screaming from the afterlife he didn't even believe in.
Increased rates of autism are due to testing, a broadened definition, and greater awareness. It's not vaccines. It's not Tylenol.
It's like his work never happened.
Increased rates of autism are due to testing, a broadened definition, and greater awareness. It's not vaccines. It's not Tylenol.
It's like his work never happened.
September 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Steve Silberman is not here to shout it — so it’s up to all of us.
Vaccines don’t cause autism.
Neither does Tylenol. (I mean seriously WTF?!?!)
The “epidemic” of autism is the result of increased testing, broader definitions, and raised awareness.
LOUDER.
Vaccines don’t cause autism.
Neither does Tylenol. (I mean seriously WTF?!?!)
The “epidemic” of autism is the result of increased testing, broader definitions, and raised awareness.
LOUDER.
The "textbookificaton" of disabled ppl (non disabled so-called "experts" teaching health professionals, educators, etc, about disability & disabled ppl) is how ableism stays centred in inclusive ed & health care. Anti-ableist pedagogy/practice means we are taught about disability by disabled ppl
September 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The "textbookificaton" of disabled ppl (non disabled so-called "experts" teaching health professionals, educators, etc, about disability & disabled ppl) is how ableism stays centred in inclusive ed & health care. Anti-ableist pedagogy/practice means we are taught about disability by disabled ppl
Here’s a pro tip.
Don’t ask your disabled colleagues what their disability is. Even if they talk about how they’re disabled. It’s none of your business.
Don’t ask your disabled colleagues what their disability is. Even if they talk about how they’re disabled. It’s none of your business.
September 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Here’s a pro tip.
Don’t ask your disabled colleagues what their disability is. Even if they talk about how they’re disabled. It’s none of your business.
Don’t ask your disabled colleagues what their disability is. Even if they talk about how they’re disabled. It’s none of your business.
When we are speaking of disability research, finding ways of supporting disabled folks (in school, at work, etc), the lived experiences of disabled people MUST be central to what we call "evidence-based research". If not, it's just ableist (and usually props up eugenics).
September 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
When we are speaking of disability research, finding ways of supporting disabled folks (in school, at work, etc), the lived experiences of disabled people MUST be central to what we call "evidence-based research". If not, it's just ableist (and usually props up eugenics).
The saying - No Justice, No Peace
Is in order.
Is in order.
September 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The saying - No Justice, No Peace
Is in order.
Is in order.
Abolition includes Mad Liberation.
August 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Abolition includes Mad Liberation.
Teaching is political. Gov dictates what must be taught (curriculum), & teachers are trained according to a mandated (& approved) curriculum. Stop pretending it isn't & make a decision on what kind of adults we want our students to become. I personally want more Ms Rachels in the world.
August 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Teaching is political. Gov dictates what must be taught (curriculum), & teachers are trained according to a mandated (& approved) curriculum. Stop pretending it isn't & make a decision on what kind of adults we want our students to become. I personally want more Ms Rachels in the world.
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Halifax Mayor Andy Fillmore is a coward
Morning File by me
Morning File by me
Halifax Mayor Andy Fillmore is a coward - Halifax Examiner
A wise leader has the courage of their convictions. Halifax Mayor Andy Fillmore is not a wise leader.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
August 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Halifax Mayor Andy Fillmore is a coward
Morning File by me
Morning File by me
Queers for Palestine Ottawa understand that any justice movement means solidarity with all justice movements, that we are interdependent beings, and that my liberation, is your liberation is our liberation.
No pride in Genocide.
Queer justice is Disability justice is Palestinian justice.
No pride in Genocide.
Queer justice is Disability justice is Palestinian justice.
Today's Pride parade was cancelled after Queers for Palestine Ottawa halted the march.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Pride parade cancelled after being halted by pro-Palestinian protesters | CBC News
Ottawa's annual Pride parade was cancelled on Sunday after it was halted by the group Queers for Palestine, which blocked the parade in front of Parliament Hill.
www.cbc.ca
August 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Queers for Palestine Ottawa understand that any justice movement means solidarity with all justice movements, that we are interdependent beings, and that my liberation, is your liberation is our liberation.
No pride in Genocide.
Queer justice is Disability justice is Palestinian justice.
No pride in Genocide.
Queer justice is Disability justice is Palestinian justice.
August 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM