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Dr. Kathryn Woodcock
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Deaf professor, human factors engineering especially amusement rides and attractions, error/ investigation/ inspection. Also accessibility! equity!
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wyattehall.bsky.social
Just learned I spooked the American Cochlear Implant Alliance so much with my Lancet commentary they called it out in their January newsletter. I can receive no higher compliment so you can find the Lancet paper here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 1/2
Primary health-care practices for deaf children should include early incorporation of a signed language
For the optimal care of deaf and hard-of-hearing children, primary care paediatricians and family practitioners should consider signed language acquisition normal and healthy. Early acquisition of a s...
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March 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Reposted by Dr. Kathryn Woodcock
juliametraux.bsky.social
Today is Disabled Day of Mourning, to honor disabled people killed by caregivers. Fellow journalists, when we write about these situations, we need to clearly call it murder, and not through a"poor caregiver" lens.
March 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Today is Disability Day of Mourning, when our community remembers disabled people lost to filicide. Our virtual vigil is starting now. Join us here:
2025 Disability Day of Mourning Virtual Vigil
Content Warning: fillicideWhat is the Day of Mourning?Every year on March 1st, the disability community comes together to remember the victims of filicide – ...
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March 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Maybe all this winter weather has you thinking of spring and summer, BUT DID YOU KNOW, to 5-year-olds, a slide can be A MENACE

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CPSC PSA Archive | Playground Safety
YouTube video by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
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February 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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autisticadvocacy.org
We hold the Day of Mourning vigils to draw attention to these injustices, to commemorate the lives of victims, and demand justice and equal protection under the law for all people with disabilities. Join ASAN for a virtual vigil this March 1st: https://www.facebook.com/events/1155185306166317
February 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
safeandsilent.bsky.social
Another beautiful ParkLore post. Recommended reading for students of the medium 🎢🏰🎡
parklore.com Park Lore✨ @parklore.com · Feb 20
Today, I want to share one of my favorite weird niche theme park storytelling projects: my PARK PATHS art series. Here, I wanted to capture the "personalities" of the parks we love by looking at the negative space we often overlook – their pathways!

🧵 below, 📚 at https://buff.ly/4gyaaCn
Park Paths: The Histories and Personalities of Disney & Universal Theme Parks As Seen from a New Perspective - Park Lore
“Here you leave today and enter the worlds of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy.” Since 1955, those words have welcomed guests into Disneyland, and their spirit pervades Disney theme parks across the…
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February 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Just gonna leave this here for anyone who would like a great read on regulatory law ☺️
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February 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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cpsc.gov
Love? Yeah. We've heard of it.

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Se Pone Caliente - We're Safety Now Haven't We
YouTube video by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
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February 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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cpsc.gov
Hands
A person safely using a snow blower to move some snow. The snow blower has the face and body of a Great White shark. The text reads: Hands off! Never use your hands to unclog wet snow from a snow blower. Turn your snow blower off and use a cleanout tool or a long stick.
February 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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cpsc.gov
Due to foreseen circumstances, we will not be performing at the Grammys tonight.

Download and stream our debut album - 'We're Safety Now Haven't We'

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The cover of our debut album We're Safety Now Haven't We. There are 4 of our main CPSC social media characters - Copernicus Jackson holding a cell phone with fireworks on it, Handsome Ron a european robin wearing a hat riding a smoke alarm, Potato the dog standing on top of an ATV with a helmet on his butt, and Quinn the Safety Fox wearing a bike helmet. There are lasers and fireworks going off. A warning label reads warning, this is a government public service announcement about consumer product safety.
February 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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This is Groundhog Day
A forest full of space heaters sitting in the trees. There is an ice arena. Two groundhogs - one fighting for spring and one fighting for winter - shoot fireballs and icicles at each other. The fire groundhog shouts, "Parry this, vermin ice wizard!!!" The ice groundhog shouts, "For winter!!!" The text reads: As the champions rage use your space heater safely. Whatever their fate, the space heaters know they must be plugged into a wall, never a power strip; kept at least 3ft away from anything flammable, and turned off before their owner goes to bed.
February 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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cpsc.gov
Here is the version for your cat.
A space heater facing off against a stuffed bear. They are much too close to one another. Hovering over them is a vast fire entity with the face of a dragon waiting for a fire to spark. The text reads: meow mow mow meow mowmow. mow mow meowmow mow 1 meter. hiss. mow mow, mow, meow, meow, mow, meow. mow meow.
January 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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cpsc.gov
Carbon monoxide deaths spike in winter. Make sure you have working carbon monoxide alarms. Make sure the vents for your home heating appliances are clear of ice and snow.
A young child and their mom sitting on a windowsill smiling. A cloaked figure passes by the window. Their face is only a skull. It is death. The text reads: Carbon monoxide kills in winter. Make sure you have a working CO alarm on every level of your home and outside sleeping areas.
January 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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tryangregory.bsky.social
Now would be an excellent time for Canada to greatly increase funding for scientific research and public health. Just saying.
January 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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juliametraux.bsky.social
With attacks on NIH, I'm thinking about the fact it took until 2023 for the department to add people with disabilities to health disparity research, which @bonnieswenor.bsky.social pushed hard for. Some equity pushes are quite new, and attacks on DEI put them in danger. hub.jhu.edu/2023/10/02/n...
Advocates convince NIH to add people with disabilities to health disparity research
As a newly designated 'health disparity population,' people with disabilities will be included in more research related to health inequities
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January 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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juliametraux.bsky.social
So, Charlie Kirk and other anti-DEI people are attacking ASL interpreters who are providing vital information to Deaf people during the Los Angeles wildfires. New from me at @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
LA is burning, and the Right is furious—about sign language interpreters
Life-saving ASL interpretation is the latest woke scourge.
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January 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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kakape.bsky.social
More than 60 German-speaking universities and research institutes have just jointly announced they will cease activities on X because “the current orientation of the platform is not compatible with their core values” incl. scientific integrity, transparency and democratic discourse” 🧪
January 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Do you know a UK-based wheelchair user who works in a lab and would be willing to user-test our prototype of what is believed to be the first-ever lab coat adapted for wheelchair users?

Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT

More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...
Two photos of Anna, a young white woman using an electric wheelchair, wearing a blue lab coat that fits her well with tables and dry-lab equipment in the background. Text reads: "A team of researchers and designers led by UCL is looking for wheelchair users working in wet lab environments to user-test what is believed to be the first-ever prototype of a lab coat adapted for wheelchair users."
January 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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lentesta.bsky.social
Call for Papers: Theme Park Music and Sound Conference

250-word paper proposals due 10 January, 2025.

Last year's event was wonderful. Tons of smart people talking about how music works in themed environments.

themeparkmusicandsound.org
Theme Park Music and Sound Conference
Conference on Music and Sound in Theme Parks
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January 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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kathrynyu.com
LA: Tell your immersive/interactive #actor friends! www.immersiveexperience.org/updates/disn...
Disney Immersive Casting Workshops At The 2025 Next Stage Immersive Summit — The Immersive Experience Institute
Disney Live Entertainment will conduct their first ever immersive casting workshops alongside The Next Stage Immersive Summit in 2025 in Southern California! On Friday, January 17, there will be tw...
www.immersiveexperience.org
December 17, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Reposted by Dr. Kathryn Woodcock
juliametraux.bsky.social
A study that was commonly cited by Trump and co to push the narrative that hydroxychloroquine can help against Covid-19 was retracted today.

I wrote about the harms of HCQ shortages for @motherjones.com in October. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How Donald Trump caused a shortage of lupus medication
"What Trump did could not have happened without Elon."
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December 17, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Reposted by Dr. Kathryn Woodcock
cpsc.gov
Keep high-powered magnets away from infants and toddlers.
A picture of a skull rising out of the mist. In its eyes are small high-powered magnets. The text reads: High-powered magnets can be deadly. When high-powered magnets are swallowed, they can interact with each other and get stuck in your digestive system. This can lead to perforations, twisting, and/or blockage of the intestines, infection, blood poisoning, and death. Keep magnets away from infants and toddlers. Tell teens not to make fake piercings with high-powered magnets.
December 10, 2024 at 12:49 AM
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Remembering Montréal, December 6, 1989.
#14notforgotten
white ribbon with white button, red text "14 not forgotten December 6, 1989", light red silhouette of candle
December 6, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Reposted by Dr. Kathryn Woodcock
billchilds.bsky.social
If you’re a weirdo and want to buy my book about the law and amusement parks and haunts and stuff like that, it is mildly discounted at Amazon:

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Recreation and Risk
Recreation and Risk [Childs, William] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Recreation and Risk
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November 26, 2024 at 6:56 PM