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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️

@erinryanhey.bsky.social

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disabled writer, speaker, educator, and creator | 🏳️‍⚧️ Profile: white person with glasses and brown hair, smiling Banner: my life has always been a continuous struggle with ill health and ambition, and I have mastered neither.

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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · Nov 10

Disabled people, aided by the Black Panthers, staged the longest sit-in in American history in 1987, winning 504 protections. Just 3 years later we orchestrated the capitol crawl, in which many wheelchair users crawled and pulled themselves up the steps of the capitol to win passage of the ADA.

Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · Nov 9

Please don't leave disabled people behind in your revolution. Please do not see us as sacrifices for the greater good, or dead weight. Please see our lives as worth saving, too.

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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 17h

Real finger on the pulse journalism here.

Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 14d

I feel like it’s both! Great pizza can be divine but like also it’s the not worst option for quick lunch at a kids birthday party.

Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 23d

Dems in Congress are out here trying to wordsmith the perfect gotcha post in response to the vice president of the United States calling for their party to be violently overthrown. At least show the video that proves he’s lying. You have paid digital teams! *WAKE UP*

Rep. Jason Crow @crow.house.gov · 23d

You’re lying, JD Vance. Stop using tragedy to stoke divisions between Americans so you can grab more power.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23d

Vance: "While our side of the aisle certainly has its crazies, it is a statistical fact that most of the lunatics in American politics today are proud members of the far-Left."

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Marco Foster @marcofoster.bsky.social · 23d

JD Vance: “Charlie Kirk never said Black women do not have brain processing power to be taken seriously. He never uttered those words.”

Charlie Kirk: “Joy Reid, Michelle Obama, Ketanji Brown Jackson — you do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken seriously.”

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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 27d

Idk who needs to hear this but judging by my timeline, quite a few people. Strokes are the leading cause of disability worldwide. Sometimes your body just stops working the same way it did before. Jokes about strokes are ableist and we can do better thx for listening!

Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · Aug 19

Might have to make room for baby puffins: pufflings 🥺

Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · Aug 18

It’s a hol-iday!

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · Aug 18

In the European Middle Ages, literally at the dawn of the university, rich families would pay teachers directly for each subject taught and create their own custom curriculum.

WIRED @wired.com · Aug 18

Between homeschool provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill and Trump’s attempts to gut the Department of Education, teaching kids looks different now. Silicon Valley’s answer? Microschools.

How Microschools Became the Latest Tech Mogul Obsession

Between homeschool provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill and Trump’s attempts to gut the Department of Education, teaching kids looks different now. Silicon Valley’s answer? Microschools.

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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · Aug 7

whoa 🤯

Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · Aug 6

I realize now that this is for the election, but when I first saw your post about a summary of the day, I thought it was just kind of an update on what happened online today and honestly I’d appreciate if somebody started doing that

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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · Aug 4

Best thing I’ve read all day ty Angie

Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · Jul 22

morning!

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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · Jul 18

Proud of my (comparatively) small town’s mural in recognition of ADA35 / Disability Pride month. Everyone walking by has a chance to learn something about disability. And there’s a visual description QR code!

Mural of a birthday cake in the colors of the disability pride flag.
On the top, it says American w disabilities act. Green layer says sensory. Blue layer says emotional/psychiatric. White layer says non-visible or undiagnosed. Yellow layer says neurodivergent. Red layer says Physical.

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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · Jul 14

gmgm! 🌅

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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · Jul 10

Needed to hear this today!

Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · Jul 10

Small tortoiseshell cat with neon green eyes

Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · Jul 10

This would fix me.

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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · Jul 7

Many states -- Massachusetts among them -- rebrand Medicaid with another name, like Masshealth. So many recipients who will lose health insurance under Trump's budget bill may not know what's coming: bit.ly/404rw4k

Some states rebrand Medicaid to reduce stigma. That's confusing recipients

Many states rebranded their Medicaid programs years ago to reduce stigma — MassHealth in Massachusetts, for instance — but some research shows that the name changes have confused recipients.

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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · Jun 23

Training for faculty in inclusive education / universal design for learning / best practices for implementing accommodations for students with disabilities ! I consult on this topic if you’re interested 😌 erinryanhey.com

Erin Ryan Heyneman

Disabled inclusion leader, facilitator, writer, and speaker providing inclusion awareness and neuroplasticity education to businesses, organizations, and school groups.

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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · Jun 22

Why is MIGA so funny to me should I log off?

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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · Jun 22

Like Bright Eyes’ “When the President Talks to God” came out in 2005.

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When The President Talks To God

Bright Eyes · When The President Talks To God · Song · 2005

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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · Jun 22

It felt like the only “war song” that got played on the radio was John Mayer’s offensively tepid ‘Waiting on the World to Change,’ which seemed to describe young people sitting the hell down and…waiting? For the world to change? Not exactly something you can scream in protest.

Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · Jun 22

Some of the best anti-war songwriting came out of the early 2000s, even though that time isn’t remembered as well as the folk movement of the 1960s. Rilo Kiley’s ‘More Adventurous’ album and Bright Eyes’ ‘I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning’ of course there was Green Day’s ‘American Idiot,’ but

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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · Jun 19

A “legal path to transition.” That’s the whole ballgame.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Jun 19

No, New York Times. That's not what trans people are saying.