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🚨 The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) just fired most of its staff.
As a parent of a child with Down syndrome, I’m furious — and terrified for the families, schools, and kids who rely on these programs every single day. 1/5
#ProtectOSEP #DisabilityRights #ProtectSpecialEducation
October 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM Everybody can reply
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Accommodation: Flexible start times. ADHD sleep cycles aren’t laziness — they’re biology.

#ADHDAtWork #WorkplaceInclusion #DisabilityRights
October 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM Everybody can reply
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The Dept. of Ed fired nearly everyone who protects students with disabilities.

As a parent & special ed teacher, I know what that means.
Without oversight, who protects our kids when systems fail?

Inclusion isn’t optional — it’s a promise.
👉 NEA.org/protect
#IDEA #WeAreNEA
#DisabilityRights
October 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM Everybody can reply
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Yesterday's Disability Pride Parade NYC was a truly uplifting event!

We had many visitors stop by our booth to learn about DRA and it was wonderful to see so many of our clients, community members, and partner organizations coming together.

#DisabilityPride #DisabilityRights
October 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM Everybody can reply
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There is staggering cruelty in intentionally making life more difficult for an already disadvantaged & marginalized community.
This will negatively impact someone you know & it will echo throughout their entire life.
#AutismFamily
#DadLife
#DisabilityRights
#SpecialEducation
#Ableism
October 12, 2025 at 5:39 AM Everybody can reply
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AI screening, disclosure dilemmas, online application gaps — people with disabilities still face huge walls in job hunting.

Read: PublicSource’s article on building a career with disability.
🔗 [link] #DisabilityRights #Inclusion www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-j...
How to start, or advance, a career while living with a disability
The job market can be tough for people with disabilities. These Pittsburgh services aim to support career pursuits, from cleaning to fine art.
www.publicsource.org
October 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM Everybody can reply
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Canadian Down Syndrome Week is a great opportunity to raise awareness in your community, educate others, and show your support for your friend or family member with Down syndrome! Learn how you can take action at cdss.ca/canadian-dow...

#CanadianDownSyndromeWeek #DownSyndrome #DisabilityRights
October 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM Everybody can reply
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This ... I love the Arts, life wouldn't be worth living without them, ppl who create deserve to be able to not just survive but to live but so do sick & #disabled people why have we been thrown under the bus to keep Ireland in "prosperity" in Pascals own words. #DisabilityRights #Speirgorm
The Basic Income for the Arts Scheme is €325 a week, similar to what they gave out during the pandemic. This is how much they've deemed one needs in order to live in Ireland. So why is disability benefit only €244? Why are disabled and sick people expected to live so far below the poverty line?
October 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM Everybody can reply
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#ThisBookTheseReasons
Just bought You’re So Amazing for the library & will need to get What Happened To You? ASAP. Thoroughly refreshing #inclusivity & #RepresentationMatters books for #DisabilityRights discussion: Joe doesn’t want to be hassled about what happened to him; it’s not relevant to…
October 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM Everybody can reply
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Good morning #bluecrew
#DisabilityRights
This administration hates everyone ⬇️⬇️⬇️
October 3, 2025 at 9:13 AM Everybody can reply
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"You’re not asking for special treatment. You’re asking for #legal #equality. Many #DisabledPeople hesitate to #SpeakUp ..because they’ve been conditioned to feel like a burden. You’re not. You’re protected by law.": buff.ly/9JyUPGg

by houseboundfriends
#ChronicIllness #DisabilityRights
Important: Know Disability Rights to Empower When Housebound
Know your disability rights. Prepare for issues. Guide with trusted weblinks and phone numbers for the UK, Ireland, Canada, the USA, Australia and New Zealand.
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October 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM Everybody can reply
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They're your rights - get to know them.

In October, Disability Rights Texas will be sharing information online and at in-person events so more Texans with disabilities understand their rights.

Learn more: www.DRTx.org/Events

#DisabilityRights #Texas #Austin #FortWorth #Houston #SanAntonio
October 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM Everybody can reply
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Reposting this important piece by Natalie Eilbert in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel detailing the dismantling of decades of progress for #disabled people and the hard fought, at-risk right to live in community.

www.jsonline.com/story/news/2...

#DisabilityRights #MedicaidMatters #DisabilitySky
For a half century, people with disabilities made steady gains. Now, they're collapsing.
Fears of institutionalization, loss of caregivers. Disabled community in Wisconsin faces grim uncertainty amid new Trump policies.
www.jsonline.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM Everybody can reply
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✈️🚨 Trump just rolled back protections for disabled air travelers

The DOT announced it will no longer enforce rules that made airlines reimburse wheelchair users when their chairs were lost or damaged or when accessible flights cost more.

#DisabilityRights #AirTravel #AccessibilityMatters #Politics
September 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM Everybody can reply
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📢 The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is seeking inputs for its survey on disability-based violence for Guidelines it will produce on the issue.
Deadline: 30 November 2025
ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2025/survey-disability-based-violence
#DisabilityRights #CRPD
September 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM Everybody can reply
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In 1977, disabled activists staged an epic 25-day sit-in at a federal building in San Francisco. Their goal? To push for the enforcement of Section 504 regulations. Spoiler Alert: Their determination paid off! The ADA owes its existence to them. #DisabilityRights #SocialWorkRewind
September 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM Everybody can reply
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They want us dead or slaves. Are we going to allow this to happen to women, children, people who need our support and deserve every bit of our humanity?! #humanrights #disabilityrights
September 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM Everybody can reply
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Disabled people are vilified as:

-Scroungers & benefit cheats

-Lazy & undeserving

-A burden on hard working taxpayers

And now, under Labour’s new welfare bill, two people with the same condition can be treated totally differently.

Cruelty written into law.

#DisabilityRights
5/13
September 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM Everybody can reply
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Happy 52nd birthday to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973...the law Nixon tried to kill twice before finally signing. It was the first federal civil rights protection for Americans with disabilities. Let’s blow out some candles…

#SocialWorkRewind #DisabilityRights #CivilRights
September 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM Everybody can reply
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“Avoiding labels” protects power, not people.

In workplaces, in schools, in families — silence is rewarded because care is costly.

I wrote about why neutrality isn’t neutral in my new piece:

cosgrove.substack.com/p/why-avoidi...

#Ableism #Neurodiversity #DisabilityRights #AutismAcceptance
Why “Avoiding Labels” Is Ableist
Why Refusing Labels Protects Power, Not People
cosgrove.substack.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:44 AM Everybody can reply
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Are you registered to vote?

To have your vote count in the election on November 4, make sure you register to vote by October 6.

Learn how to register to vote: www.drtx.org/Register-Vote

#VotingRights #DisabilityRights #Texas
September 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM Everybody can reply
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