Are avenues to innovation available for states dodging outside of federal issue attention? Specifically, does weakened federal administrative capacity (even prior to the shutdown) create opportunity for state-level innovation to protect democratic institutions leading up to 2026 midterms?

Woah the ableist & sanist language got out the fuck of control. It's like everybody's on RFK's eugenicist team the way they view "deviants." For us disabled & mad people it sucks a lot that this harm towards us exploded. Just know you're helping fascism if everything's "insane" & "batshit" to you.

The upshot: what matters is not just the latent power resources states (and cities!) have, it’s how officials adapt their use to defend or enhance autonomy. Newsom’s response here is a great example of how a repertoire of defiance can evolve. 2/2
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Congrats, Audrey! Looking forward to reading this

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

A very concise and well-written response to the ableist eugenics nonsense spewed by the American administration, who are desperately clawing for any legitimacy amidst the calamitous ruination of their Dept of Health and Human Services

Hypnotically potent symbolism in this photo

We won 🚲

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Late to this, but still have lots of thoughts so let’s go: one like = one point on the political economy of disability and chronic illness. Consider this my belated ADA anniversary offering :)

Not least because small seminars are a major antidote to AI essays; it’s hard to hide behind superficial AI analysis and summaries of novels when there’s only 10 others in the room and you’re going to have to participate in conversation

Do you love what we do, pals? It's time to take your shot to join our Board of Directors! We're particularly looking for someone who can strengthen our fundraising/grant-making work (so we can keep the lights on and do the stuff we need to do!)

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Excellent new policy brief from my colleague Dr. Michelle Bussière-Prytula diagnosing the democratic deficit in Saskatchewan's public education policy landscape:

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Check out this new book on Western Canada, hitting book shelves in September!

Thrilled to share this new article I co-authored with Megan Linton! We explore the ways that Canadian disability housing policy is 'haunted' by systemic ableism. Read it to discover how Canada continues to exclude, eliminate and extract from people with disabilities through supported housing.

It’s like veep but much much much stupider

All the more upsetting when you realize that - unlike the other guy who posts impulsively - this messaging was likely decided upon after extensive consultation.

The de-prioritization of disability accelerated during first Trudeau gov't. Hence, the toothless framework legislation (ACA and CDB) and vague rhetoric (Disability Inclusion Action Plan and Nat'l Autism Strategy). Weak progress, now regress - Carney seems prepared to ignore disability altogether.

No Minister for Disabled Communities from @MarkJCarney, so it's on you, @PattyHajdu! It's time to rebuild the Canada Disability Benefit: Automatic access from other Province programs, major increase to the CDB to be livable, & leadership from our whole communities to get it done.

RFK Jr. has said a lot of harmful things about autism. We’re gathering autistic people, family members, researchers, and health care/ service providers on May 12th to push back on his rhetoric and talk about what really matters to the autism community. www.aapd.com/autism-round...

In today’s episode, we speak with Jess Whatcott about the ideological links between incarceration and eugenics, how to unite abolition with disability justice, and their new book, Menace to the Future: A Disability and Queer History of Carceral Eugenics

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Today on the #Disability Daily Podcast we acknowledge the eugenic legacy of Buck v. Bell (1927), a U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the forced sterilization of people deemed unfit to reproduce.

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Atwater metro station is now universally accessible

Central to my research has been that the pervasive ableism behind vaccination refusal and hesitance has roots as far back as the eighteenth century. The deep fear of disability (especially cognitive or intellectual) as a fate somehow worse than contagious disease is absolutely not new.