Providing Access
@providingaccess.bsky.social
Disabled non-binary white advocate who sees their career as working with and for my disabled siblings.
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🎶 Woah, we're halfway there. Wo-ah, we're living on a prayer 😵💫
www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/07/20/w...
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Week 26 Update - Disability Rights Watch
SCOTUS rules on Dept of Ed. case, approving mass layoffs and paving the way for the dismantling of the department. SCOTUS ruled that DoEd’s mass layoffs (or RIFs)--attempted in March but temporarily s...
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July 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
🎶 Woah, we're halfway there. Wo-ah, we're living on a prayer 😵💫
www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/07/20/w...
www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/07/20/w...
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My reflections on me and @newdisabledsouth.org being named to the Forbes Accessibility 100 list. This took me a few days to write, and even though it may come with consequences, I think it’s important.
Thanks for reading y’all.
Thanks for reading y’all.
June 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
My reflections on me and @newdisabledsouth.org being named to the Forbes Accessibility 100 list. This took me a few days to write, and even though it may come with consequences, I think it’s important.
Thanks for reading y’all.
Thanks for reading y’all.
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Happy Disability Pride Month! I encourage you to celebrate by learning about why Black folks & others may not claim disability pride, but still belong in disability community. Check out my free, open access book #BlackDisabiltyPolitics from @dukepress.bsky.social!
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Black Disability Politics
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July 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Happy Disability Pride Month! I encourage you to celebrate by learning about why Black folks & others may not claim disability pride, but still belong in disability community. Check out my free, open access book #BlackDisabiltyPolitics from @dukepress.bsky.social!
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[Black and white picture of Johnny Cash flipping off the camera.]
July 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
[Black and white picture of Johnny Cash flipping off the camera.]
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In a world of Donald Trumps, be a Johnny Cash!
July 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In a world of Donald Trumps, be a Johnny Cash!
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Busy week: Grifts, eugenics, attacks on disabled vets, and broaching the fourth stage of genocide
March 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Busy week: Grifts, eugenics, attacks on disabled vets, and broaching the fourth stage of genocide
Also:
Autism
Disability
Autism
Disability
Keep listing words that the right has been repurposing and co-opting to mean something entirely different, incorrect, or even the opposite of its original meaning.
Woke
DEI
Trans
Pronouns
Oppression
Racism
Freedom of speech
Politically correct
Entire “I Have A Dream” speech
War
Freedom
Woke
DEI
Trans
Pronouns
Oppression
Racism
Freedom of speech
Politically correct
Entire “I Have A Dream” speech
War
Freedom
March 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Also:
Autism
Disability
Autism
Disability
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If you needed confirmation that white supremacy is integral to the American project, it's this--people of color, women, queer people and disabled folks had *some* rights for a hot minute, and and the patriarchy has decided it's better to fully cancel America than to do equality.
Women couldn’t have their own credit until 1974. Marital rape became illegal nationwide in 1994.
We are ONE generation into women having a CHANCE at life & it’s proved so intolerable America would rather end itself than allow such a thing to continue.
We are ONE generation into women having a CHANCE at life & it’s proved so intolerable America would rather end itself than allow such a thing to continue.
March 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
If you needed confirmation that white supremacy is integral to the American project, it's this--people of color, women, queer people and disabled folks had *some* rights for a hot minute, and and the patriarchy has decided it's better to fully cancel America than to do equality.
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Turns out I was more patriotic than I thought because, man, I feel so damn sad watching it go.
March 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Turns out I was more patriotic than I thought because, man, I feel so damn sad watching it go.
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Has anyone seen good resources about alternatives to Amazon? Obviously shopping small and local is the go-to, but I'd like to compile something useful for disabled/rural folks that may rely more on online shopping...
March 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Has anyone seen good resources about alternatives to Amazon? Obviously shopping small and local is the go-to, but I'd like to compile something useful for disabled/rural folks that may rely more on online shopping...
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👩⚕️CDC and Disability Rights 🦼
Before we talk more about disability, we need to address the history of eugenics, ableism and racism that haunts US public health work.
Before we talk more about disability, we need to address the history of eugenics, ableism and racism that haunts US public health work.
February 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
👩⚕️CDC and Disability Rights 🦼
Before we talk more about disability, we need to address the history of eugenics, ableism and racism that haunts US public health work.
Before we talk more about disability, we need to address the history of eugenics, ableism and racism that haunts US public health work.
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I knew a Holocaust survivor who talked about the importance of notetaking under authoritarianism, to track what normal was and how it shifted. Here's that 🧵 with respect to disability, itself a canary in the fascist coal mine: www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/02/09/w...
Week 1: What Happened? - Disability Rights Watch
Things are happening quickly. We'll include a weekly round up of disability-related concerns, events, and polices on this site. Removal of the "Accessibility" page, and all ASL content from the White ...
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February 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I knew a Holocaust survivor who talked about the importance of notetaking under authoritarianism, to track what normal was and how it shifted. Here's that 🧵 with respect to disability, itself a canary in the fascist coal mine: www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/02/09/w...
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I have been shouting from the rooftops about this 504 case sine October 2024. I am steadfast in support of the Trans community and believe that there is legal precedent for the HHS rule change.
“They’re utilizing LGBTQ issues as a wedge. The [504] attack is really about the regulatory process of the federal government, and this will impact almost every interaction that a disabled person has with the services and supports that they receive.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Suit over gender dysphoria could dismantle new disability rules
Texas and its GOP allies are “utilizing LGBTQ issues as a wedge,” civil rights advocates warn.
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February 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I have been shouting from the rooftops about this 504 case sine October 2024. I am steadfast in support of the Trans community and believe that there is legal precedent for the HHS rule change.
The Nazis were able to target disabled folks early in events. Because of eugenics, the regular people of Germany already had ableist ideas of disability and people thought we were disposible. It was an easy way to attack a group, and then they used those, now normalized, systems on other groups.
February 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The Nazis were able to target disabled folks early in events. Because of eugenics, the regular people of Germany already had ableist ideas of disability and people thought we were disposible. It was an easy way to attack a group, and then they used those, now normalized, systems on other groups.
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This is a very heavy day for us.
To those who lost their jobs, we are with you and will work with you again.
To those struggling to see a future for our work, do not give up.
Real change in public health has always been a battle. Now it’s a war.
We will win it.
This is our country. #RISEUP
To those who lost their jobs, we are with you and will work with you again.
To those struggling to see a future for our work, do not give up.
Real change in public health has always been a battle. Now it’s a war.
We will win it.
This is our country. #RISEUP
ACT UP’s Radical Activism Saved Lives During the AIDS Epidemic
The movement stood up to the president, pharmaceutical companies, and the CDC.
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February 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is a very heavy day for us.
To those who lost their jobs, we are with you and will work with you again.
To those struggling to see a future for our work, do not give up.
Real change in public health has always been a battle. Now it’s a war.
We will win it.
This is our country. #RISEUP
To those who lost their jobs, we are with you and will work with you again.
To those struggling to see a future for our work, do not give up.
Real change in public health has always been a battle. Now it’s a war.
We will win it.
This is our country. #RISEUP
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The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
February 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.
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Part 3, in which AOC explains that the calls we have been making to members of Congress this week are having an impact on Republicans and Democrats alike.
Don’t let up.
Keep making noise.
Don’t let up.
Keep making noise.
February 8, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Part 3, in which AOC explains that the calls we have been making to members of Congress this week are having an impact on Republicans and Democrats alike.
Don’t let up.
Keep making noise.
Don’t let up.
Keep making noise.
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Part 2, in which AOC explains that right-wing voters call their Congressional Representatives ALL THE TIME, and Democrats need to match that energy on a consistent basis.
February 8, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Part 2, in which AOC explains that right-wing voters call their Congressional Representatives ALL THE TIME, and Democrats need to match that energy on a consistent basis.
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This 3-post thread is based on a series of AOC Instagram stories she posted tonight, explaining the importance and value of calling your House Representative and Senators, EVEN/ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE REPUBLICANS.
Please watch and share.
Please watch and share.
February 8, 2025 at 6:50 AM
This 3-post thread is based on a series of AOC Instagram stories she posted tonight, explaining the importance and value of calling your House Representative and Senators, EVEN/ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE REPUBLICANS.
Please watch and share.
Please watch and share.
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The revolution will be accessible or it's not much of a revolution. Access is not just about disability access. Access also includes gender neutral bathrooms, sliding scale option, childcare, ending food desserts so folks can have access to nourishing foods, clean air and water, language justice.
February 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The revolution will be accessible or it's not much of a revolution. Access is not just about disability access. Access also includes gender neutral bathrooms, sliding scale option, childcare, ending food desserts so folks can have access to nourishing foods, clean air and water, language justice.
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Something else I think people fail to realize is that Texas v. Beccera seeks to declare Section 504 unconstitutional due to spending clause regulations. Spending clause is also the mechanism behind the Civil Rights Act. This would set precedent. www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/02/12/w...
What’s the Deal with the Section 504 Lawsuit? - Disability Rights Watch
Section 504 is a civil rights statute that says any entity that gets money from the federal government (funding, grants, etc.) cannot discriminate on the basis of disability. It is part of the Rehabil...
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February 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Something else I think people fail to realize is that Texas v. Beccera seeks to declare Section 504 unconstitutional due to spending clause regulations. Spending clause is also the mechanism behind the Civil Rights Act. This would set precedent. www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/02/12/w...
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When you hear “Make America Healthy Again” please remember who the Nazi’s targeted first.
They wanted to make Germany healthy and “pure”
The Aktion T4 program mass murdered people with disabilities. They tested the gas chambers on us.
Please do not obey in advance. Speak out. Save lives.
They wanted to make Germany healthy and “pure”
The Aktion T4 program mass murdered people with disabilities. They tested the gas chambers on us.
Please do not obey in advance. Speak out. Save lives.
February 14, 2025 at 4:52 AM
When you hear “Make America Healthy Again” please remember who the Nazi’s targeted first.
They wanted to make Germany healthy and “pure”
The Aktion T4 program mass murdered people with disabilities. They tested the gas chambers on us.
Please do not obey in advance. Speak out. Save lives.
They wanted to make Germany healthy and “pure”
The Aktion T4 program mass murdered people with disabilities. They tested the gas chambers on us.
Please do not obey in advance. Speak out. Save lives.