Brian (Stuttering Loudly)
@stutteringloudly.bsky.social
Person who stutters. Neurodivergent.
Certified in #TEFL English Teaching
Former #MentalHealth / #Disability Worker (2015-2022)
#Immunocompromised 😷 #AplasticAnemia 🦴
#COVIDinformed 😷 #DisabilityJustice 🗣️
#ProWrestling fan
#IStandWithMelissaSchuman 💜
Certified in #TEFL English Teaching
Former #MentalHealth / #Disability Worker (2015-2022)
#Immunocompromised 😷 #AplasticAnemia 🦴
#COVIDinformed 😷 #DisabilityJustice 🗣️
#ProWrestling fan
#IStandWithMelissaSchuman 💜
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When I see smiling faces in public spaces, I see people ready to breathe a de*dly & disabling virus into #immunocompromised people’s faces.
(impromptu rhyming, I’m not a poet) 😂
#COVIDisNotOver #StopMaskBans #WeAreStillinApandemic
#MyDisabledLifeIsWorthy #HighRiskCOVID19
(impromptu rhyming, I’m not a poet) 😂
#COVIDisNotOver #StopMaskBans #WeAreStillinApandemic
#MyDisabledLifeIsWorthy #HighRiskCOVID19
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How to be an ally to disabled / #immunocompromised people:
Wear a mask in public
Don’t minimize the harms of COVID to chronically ill ppl
Don’t minimize harms of COVID to yourself / family / friends
Don’t refer to COVID in the past tense (e.g don’t say “during COVID” if u mean “during lockdown”)
Wear a mask in public
Don’t minimize the harms of COVID to chronically ill ppl
Don’t minimize harms of COVID to yourself / family / friends
Don’t refer to COVID in the past tense (e.g don’t say “during COVID” if u mean “during lockdown”)
September 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
How to be an ally to disabled / #immunocompromised people:
Wear a mask in public
Don’t minimize the harms of COVID to chronically ill ppl
Don’t minimize harms of COVID to yourself / family / friends
Don’t refer to COVID in the past tense (e.g don’t say “during COVID” if u mean “during lockdown”)
Wear a mask in public
Don’t minimize the harms of COVID to chronically ill ppl
Don’t minimize harms of COVID to yourself / family / friends
Don’t refer to COVID in the past tense (e.g don’t say “during COVID” if u mean “during lockdown”)
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You can check off most boxes if you wear a mask in public
By wearing a mask in public, you show that you don’t believe “COVID is over”
Also showing that you believe that COVID can harm & cause long term / permanent disability (LongCOVID)
You’re also protecting disabled / immunocompromised people
By wearing a mask in public, you show that you don’t believe “COVID is over”
Also showing that you believe that COVID can harm & cause long term / permanent disability (LongCOVID)
You’re also protecting disabled / immunocompromised people
How to be an ally to disabled / #immunocompromised people:
Wear a mask in public
Don’t minimize the harms of COVID to chronically ill ppl
Don’t minimize harms of COVID to yourself / family / friends
Don’t refer to COVID in the past tense (e.g don’t say “during COVID” if u mean “during lockdown”)
Wear a mask in public
Don’t minimize the harms of COVID to chronically ill ppl
Don’t minimize harms of COVID to yourself / family / friends
Don’t refer to COVID in the past tense (e.g don’t say “during COVID” if u mean “during lockdown”)
September 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
You can check off most boxes if you wear a mask in public
By wearing a mask in public, you show that you don’t believe “COVID is over”
Also showing that you believe that COVID can harm & cause long term / permanent disability (LongCOVID)
You’re also protecting disabled / immunocompromised people
By wearing a mask in public, you show that you don’t believe “COVID is over”
Also showing that you believe that COVID can harm & cause long term / permanent disability (LongCOVID)
You’re also protecting disabled / immunocompromised people
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Many ppl have dealt with some form of abandonment / betrayal in their lives
Now, magnify this by a few billion
Disabled & #immunocompromised people been abandoned by the gov’t, our society, our community / communities & those closest to us
Please wear a mask in public if you want to be an ally
Now, magnify this by a few billion
Disabled & #immunocompromised people been abandoned by the gov’t, our society, our community / communities & those closest to us
Please wear a mask in public if you want to be an ally
September 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Many ppl have dealt with some form of abandonment / betrayal in their lives
Now, magnify this by a few billion
Disabled & #immunocompromised people been abandoned by the gov’t, our society, our community / communities & those closest to us
Please wear a mask in public if you want to be an ally
Now, magnify this by a few billion
Disabled & #immunocompromised people been abandoned by the gov’t, our society, our community / communities & those closest to us
Please wear a mask in public if you want to be an ally
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This is why respirator masks should be mandatory for both visitors & staff in hospitals
It would help protect EVERYONE as the MMR vaccine doesn’t offer perfect protection
Layers work best = 😷 + 💉 + clean air (HEPA air purifiers)
There are measles outbreaks all over 🇨🇦 and 🇺🇸
#KeepMasksInHealthcare
It would help protect EVERYONE as the MMR vaccine doesn’t offer perfect protection
Layers work best = 😷 + 💉 + clean air (HEPA air purifiers)
There are measles outbreaks all over 🇨🇦 and 🇺🇸
#KeepMasksInHealthcare
September 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This is why respirator masks should be mandatory for both visitors & staff in hospitals
It would help protect EVERYONE as the MMR vaccine doesn’t offer perfect protection
Layers work best = 😷 + 💉 + clean air (HEPA air purifiers)
There are measles outbreaks all over 🇨🇦 and 🇺🇸
#KeepMasksInHealthcare
It would help protect EVERYONE as the MMR vaccine doesn’t offer perfect protection
Layers work best = 😷 + 💉 + clean air (HEPA air purifiers)
There are measles outbreaks all over 🇨🇦 and 🇺🇸
#KeepMasksInHealthcare
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Every Sept, communities across North America and around the world take to the streets for Take Back The Night, a global grassroots movement to end sexual violence and demand action.
From Sept 16-Sept 25 Take Back the Night events will be taking place across the province.
More: ofl.ca/event/take-b...
From Sept 16-Sept 25 Take Back the Night events will be taking place across the province.
More: ofl.ca/event/take-b...
September 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Every Sept, communities across North America and around the world take to the streets for Take Back The Night, a global grassroots movement to end sexual violence and demand action.
From Sept 16-Sept 25 Take Back the Night events will be taking place across the province.
More: ofl.ca/event/take-b...
From Sept 16-Sept 25 Take Back the Night events will be taking place across the province.
More: ofl.ca/event/take-b...
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We unite with survivors with a demand for real accountability.
We demand governments, employers, institutions, and law enforcement stop protecting abusers and start protecting survivors. We demand action, not apologies.
Join us for Take Back The Night events: ofl.ca/event/take-b...
We demand governments, employers, institutions, and law enforcement stop protecting abusers and start protecting survivors. We demand action, not apologies.
Join us for Take Back The Night events: ofl.ca/event/take-b...
September 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
We unite with survivors with a demand for real accountability.
We demand governments, employers, institutions, and law enforcement stop protecting abusers and start protecting survivors. We demand action, not apologies.
Join us for Take Back The Night events: ofl.ca/event/take-b...
We demand governments, employers, institutions, and law enforcement stop protecting abusers and start protecting survivors. We demand action, not apologies.
Join us for Take Back The Night events: ofl.ca/event/take-b...
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What’s your #DisabledRage? Download, share, and wheat paste these graphics created in partnership with Finnegan Shannon
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/disabled-rage/
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/disabled-rage/
September 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
What’s your #DisabledRage? Download, share, and wheat paste these graphics created in partnership with Finnegan Shannon
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/disabled-rage/
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/disabled-rage/
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🏥🩺🩻The upcoming cuts to Medicaid will strain the healthcare system and other connected social welfare systems. What is your #DisabledRage? You can download, share, and wheat paste this graphic and more. disabilityvisibilityproject.com/disabled-rage/
![Graphic by Finnegan Shannon with a white background and black text. Below is a QR code and hashtag #DisabledRage. Text reads, MEDICAID CUTS [arrow] REDUCTION IN HEALTHCARE [arrow] MORE E.R. VISITS AND WORSENING CONDITIONS](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:65kss3ewg5ida5mjyuk73v5r/bafkreifgp3j34z27xfo4eyh6lnll52bb34auymnabh7qoclyhorzx4x5ja@jpeg)
September 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🏥🩺🩻The upcoming cuts to Medicaid will strain the healthcare system and other connected social welfare systems. What is your #DisabledRage? You can download, share, and wheat paste this graphic and more. disabilityvisibilityproject.com/disabled-rage/
This is why respirator masks should be mandatory for both visitors & staff in hospitals
It would help protect EVERYONE as the MMR vaccine doesn’t offer perfect protection
Layers work best = 😷 + 💉 + clean air (HEPA air purifiers)
There are measles outbreaks all over 🇨🇦 and 🇺🇸
#KeepMasksInHealthcare
It would help protect EVERYONE as the MMR vaccine doesn’t offer perfect protection
Layers work best = 😷 + 💉 + clean air (HEPA air purifiers)
There are measles outbreaks all over 🇨🇦 and 🇺🇸
#KeepMasksInHealthcare
September 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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I’m just gonna say it.
The lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic have taught us this. People generate and inhale infectious aerosol when breathing, speaking, singing and shouting.
So every HCW should use proper respiratory protection when caring for a patient
www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/conn...
The lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic have taught us this. People generate and inhale infectious aerosol when breathing, speaking, singing and shouting.
So every HCW should use proper respiratory protection when caring for a patient
www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/conn...
September 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I’m just gonna say it.
The lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic have taught us this. People generate and inhale infectious aerosol when breathing, speaking, singing and shouting.
So every HCW should use proper respiratory protection when caring for a patient
www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/conn...
The lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic have taught us this. People generate and inhale infectious aerosol when breathing, speaking, singing and shouting.
So every HCW should use proper respiratory protection when caring for a patient
www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/conn...
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Did you know that one of the early symptoms of Ebola virus disease is a sore throat?
Hmmmm?
I wonder what that might mean?
Hmmmm?
I wonder what that might mean?
September 18, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Did you know that one of the early symptoms of Ebola virus disease is a sore throat?
Hmmmm?
I wonder what that might mean?
Hmmmm?
I wonder what that might mean?
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This is my worst fear. My immunity for measles has waned and my doctors have told me I can not take the MMR. I am immune suppressed. It's scary bc it's so contagious.
September 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
This is my worst fear. My immunity for measles has waned and my doctors have told me I can not take the MMR. I am immune suppressed. It's scary bc it's so contagious.
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Also even if you have help it doesn't last forever
And people promise help and don't follow through all the time
And people promise help and don't follow through all the time
People always tell me that I should have more support.
That if my level of function was really “that bad” I would have help.
Please believe me when I tell you help doesn’t magically appear when you become disabled.
Unless you’re rich or have family support, you’re on your own.
That if my level of function was really “that bad” I would have help.
Please believe me when I tell you help doesn’t magically appear when you become disabled.
Unless you’re rich or have family support, you’re on your own.
September 16, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Also even if you have help it doesn't last forever
And people promise help and don't follow through all the time
And people promise help and don't follow through all the time
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Not to mention the fucked up fact that some of your own oldest friends or family members will actively avoid you because they see you as a burden and don't want to get involved.
Sadly a lot of people only want you around when you're "fun" or making them laugh & disappear when shit gets tough
Sadly a lot of people only want you around when you're "fun" or making them laugh & disappear when shit gets tough
People always tell me that I should have more support.
That if my level of function was really “that bad” I would have help.
Please believe me when I tell you help doesn’t magically appear when you become disabled.
Unless you’re rich or have family support, you’re on your own.
That if my level of function was really “that bad” I would have help.
Please believe me when I tell you help doesn’t magically appear when you become disabled.
Unless you’re rich or have family support, you’re on your own.
September 16, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Not to mention the fucked up fact that some of your own oldest friends or family members will actively avoid you because they see you as a burden and don't want to get involved.
Sadly a lot of people only want you around when you're "fun" or making them laugh & disappear when shit gets tough
Sadly a lot of people only want you around when you're "fun" or making them laugh & disappear when shit gets tough
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Being chronically ill and disabled means getting real comfortable at being the only person capable of being your own hero.
It’s lonely.
It’s demeaning.
It’s exhausting.
And there’s literally no other option. You take care of yourself the best you can or you die. There’s no hero coming.
It’s lonely.
It’s demeaning.
It’s exhausting.
And there’s literally no other option. You take care of yourself the best you can or you die. There’s no hero coming.
People always tell me that I should have more support.
That if my level of function was really “that bad” I would have help.
Please believe me when I tell you help doesn’t magically appear when you become disabled.
Unless you’re rich or have family support, you’re on your own.
That if my level of function was really “that bad” I would have help.
Please believe me when I tell you help doesn’t magically appear when you become disabled.
Unless you’re rich or have family support, you’re on your own.
September 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Being chronically ill and disabled means getting real comfortable at being the only person capable of being your own hero.
It’s lonely.
It’s demeaning.
It’s exhausting.
And there’s literally no other option. You take care of yourself the best you can or you die. There’s no hero coming.
It’s lonely.
It’s demeaning.
It’s exhausting.
And there’s literally no other option. You take care of yourself the best you can or you die. There’s no hero coming.
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It is so hard to ask for help, especially when you’re disabled & chronically ill.
When you’ve spent most of your life being treated as “less than” or a drain, you worry anyone you ask for help will judge you.
It takes a surprising amount of courage, so the best thing you can do is be kind
When you’ve spent most of your life being treated as “less than” or a drain, you worry anyone you ask for help will judge you.
It takes a surprising amount of courage, so the best thing you can do is be kind
September 17, 2025 at 4:52 AM
It is so hard to ask for help, especially when you’re disabled & chronically ill.
When you’ve spent most of your life being treated as “less than” or a drain, you worry anyone you ask for help will judge you.
It takes a surprising amount of courage, so the best thing you can do is be kind
When you’ve spent most of your life being treated as “less than” or a drain, you worry anyone you ask for help will judge you.
It takes a surprising amount of courage, so the best thing you can do is be kind
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People always tell me that I should have more support.
That if my level of function was really “that bad” I would have help.
Please believe me when I tell you help doesn’t magically appear when you become disabled.
Unless you’re rich or have family support, you’re on your own.
That if my level of function was really “that bad” I would have help.
Please believe me when I tell you help doesn’t magically appear when you become disabled.
Unless you’re rich or have family support, you’re on your own.
September 16, 2025 at 5:48 AM
People always tell me that I should have more support.
That if my level of function was really “that bad” I would have help.
Please believe me when I tell you help doesn’t magically appear when you become disabled.
Unless you’re rich or have family support, you’re on your own.
That if my level of function was really “that bad” I would have help.
Please believe me when I tell you help doesn’t magically appear when you become disabled.
Unless you’re rich or have family support, you’re on your own.
This is why respirator masks should be mandatory for both visitors & staff in hospitals
It would help protect EVERYONE as the MMR vaccine doesn’t offer perfect protection
Layers work best = 😷 + 💉 + clean air (HEPA air purifiers)
There are measles outbreaks all over 🇨🇦 and 🇺🇸
#KeepMasksInHealthcare
It would help protect EVERYONE as the MMR vaccine doesn’t offer perfect protection
Layers work best = 😷 + 💉 + clean air (HEPA air purifiers)
There are measles outbreaks all over 🇨🇦 and 🇺🇸
#KeepMasksInHealthcare
September 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This is why respirator masks should be mandatory for both visitors & staff in hospitals
It would help protect EVERYONE as the MMR vaccine doesn’t offer perfect protection
Layers work best = 😷 + 💉 + clean air (HEPA air purifiers)
There are measles outbreaks all over 🇨🇦 and 🇺🇸
#KeepMasksInHealthcare
It would help protect EVERYONE as the MMR vaccine doesn’t offer perfect protection
Layers work best = 😷 + 💉 + clean air (HEPA air purifiers)
There are measles outbreaks all over 🇨🇦 and 🇺🇸
#KeepMasksInHealthcare
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So every time, every place you wear a mask helps normalize mask wearing, which keeps spaces safer for everyone. It’s a virtuous circle.
September 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
So every time, every place you wear a mask helps normalize mask wearing, which keeps spaces safer for everyone. It’s a virtuous circle.
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Sci fi / horror conventions are requiring masks in 2025 but disability related conferences continue to refuse to consider masks & some even refuse to have virtual options
If you refuse to accommodate #immunocompromised people, you’re not as “inclusive” / “accessible” as you think you are
#ableism
If you refuse to accommodate #immunocompromised people, you’re not as “inclusive” / “accessible” as you think you are
#ableism
September 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Sci fi / horror conventions are requiring masks in 2025 but disability related conferences continue to refuse to consider masks & some even refuse to have virtual options
If you refuse to accommodate #immunocompromised people, you’re not as “inclusive” / “accessible” as you think you are
#ableism
If you refuse to accommodate #immunocompromised people, you’re not as “inclusive” / “accessible” as you think you are
#ableism
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September 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM