Disabled people: “we need telemedicine. It’s an important accommodation”
The System: “No we won’t fund that anymore you must attend in person”
Us: “Some of us literally can’t.”
System: “Too bad”
The Same System: we’re providing hologram doctors you won’t see in person
"This is f'ing gruesome. Aetna and Humana were bribing insurance brokers to so they wouldn't send disabled people to enroll in their Medicare Advantage plans. Medicare Advantage just should not exist."
-M Stoller
This could get really bad. If you are a neurodivergent American and don't have a passport, apply for one TODAY!
Fascism demands a level of conformity that is impossible for most of us.
#GetYourPassport
#autism
#AutismResearch
#AutismResearcher
#AutismResearchers
#ActuallyAutistic
#prejudice
#DisabilityRights
"high autistic-like trait burden"
"'rescued' low-social monkeys’ ability to respond prosocially"
"at risk of developing social deficits related to autism"
This is language from an actual paper on rhesus monkeys being used to model autism.
Burden. Rescue. Risk. Deficit.
How do these people not recognize that their language is chock full of value judgments? Value judgments don't belong in science, where conclusions are supposed to be based on objective fact.
They've already made up their minds about us. Put another way, they've already made judgments ahead of time. That is, they've already pre-judged us. Or, the most blatantly recognizable way to put it: They are prejudiced.
#autism
#AutismResearch
#AutismResearcher
#AutismResearchers
#ActuallyAutistic
#prejudice
#DisabilityRights
"Eugenics isn't just about eradicating the lesser people like myself, like people with disabilities, it's about attaching disability to marginalized communities in order to slate them for eradication."
Fantastic crash course in eugenics, ableism & anti blackness by the indomitable Imani Barbarin.
I am hosting a race and documentary to spread awareness against ABA in November.
https://www.facebook.com/share/1AMm2J8A49/
#AntiABA #EndABA #ABAReform #StopABA #Neurodiversity #ActuallyAutistic #AutisticVoices #ListenToAutistics #DisabilityRights #AutismAdvocacy #SayNoToABA #AutismAcceptance #ABAisAbuse
#AutisticJustice #AutisticRights #AutismEducation #AutismAwareness #HumanRights #AutismRevolution #StopTheHarm #BanABA #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #AutisticCommunity #Neurodivergent #DisabilityJustice
Being autistic, I am challenged when it comes to communicating effectively with non-autistic people. (#DualEmpathyProblem) This gives me first-hand experience when it comes to the irony of a disability affecting the very means at my disposal to defend myself against bias, prejudice, and bigotry. I find it infuriating when people throw my disability under the bus, calling someone who is behaving like a jerk "autistic" as an insult.
Having said that, most of you are probably nodding your heads, autistic or not. So, I challenge you to consider what it's like for someone with an intellectual disability. What's the most commonly used type of insult for people behaving badly? It's not that they're autistic. It's that they're stupid, have a low IQ, are an idiot... You get the idea.
Intelligence (or lack thereof) does not define a person's worth or moral standing. In fact, it has *nothing* to do with it.
Amnesty International has delivered a damning verdict: the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is "consciously cruel".
Their new report lays bare a welfare system designed to humiliate, punish, and drive vulnerable people into deeper poverty — and with planned cuts looming, the suffering is set to get even worse.
Claimants report panic attacks met with sanction threats, missed assessments leading to homelessness, and constant, grinding suspicion instead of compassion.
The DWP isn’t failing by accident — it’s cruelty by design. And unless the system is fully overhauled, millions more will be condemned to fear and destitution.
Read the full story from Mike Sivier by clicking the link.
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/2025/04/27/consciously-cruel-and-the-dwp-is-about-to-get-even-worse/
"Disability protection groups in two states pause services after missing federal funds"
“We are fighting for our very survival ...
We’re at a crossroads as an American society.”
Artwork for trans visibility day! To all the fellow transgender people out there, I see you, you matter, you are valid.
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/rfk-jr-autism-registry-trump-google-ice-hegseth-rcna202393
As @lauren mentioned in a prior post (thanks!), RFK Jr. is now amassing names of people with autism diagnoses for a federal registry, so our PHI can go to antivaccine researchers to prevent our "disease". If this news doesn't raise your hackles, consider the precedents set for the use of registries of disabled people by prior fascist governments, e.g. the Nazis. We are officially in their sights now. We must be prepared.
#autism
#disability
#DisabilityRights
#ActuallyAutistic
@actuallyautistic
(21 Apr) HHS Plans to Cut Funds Used to Investigate Abuse at Group Homes https://s.faithcollapsing.com/2otax Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/9lmeb #disability-rights #health #health-care #politics #robert-f.-kennedy-jr.
This is an older article from February 2025, but I thought it might be worth sharing here in the wake of Trump's attempts to transform the civil rights section at the Department of Justice into a fascist attack dog that works only to further his authoritarian ideological goals. Within three weeks of Downmarket Mussolini's inauguration, the regime had already repurposed the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights towards prosecuting Trump's Christian Nationalist agenda, while actively sidelining investigations into racial abuse, disability access, and even sexual assault.
https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-civil-rights-office-investigations
“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump
"In the three-and-a-half weeks since Donald Trump returned to the presidency, investigations by the agency that handles allegations of civil rights violations in the nation’s schools and colleges have ground to a halt.
At the same time, there’s been a dramatic drop in the number of new cases opened by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights — and the few that attorneys have been directed to investigate reflect some of Trump’s priorities: getting rid of gender-neutral bathrooms, banning transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports and alleged antisemitism or discrimination against white students."
I don't really think it's a coincidence that Trump and his Education Secretary Linda McMahon (a woman extremely active in the cause to privatize education and promote religious voucher schools) immediately prioritized the same winger bullshit at the DOE as the regime is now trying to force the DoJ's civil rights division to pursue; namely discrimination against white people, alleged antisemitism, and women's rights - but only in the extremely narrow context of keeping trans women out of women's sports and bathrooms. This is a Christian Nationalist government, actively working to install a Christian Nationalist political and social order on the United States by whatever means legal, or extralegal, it requires to do so.
The UK government is planning devastating cuts to disability benefits — targeting some of the most vulnerable in our society. Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) is fighting back, and they need your support.
This isn't just about those who are disabled now — anyone can become disabled at any time. These cuts could affect your future, too. That’s why it’s vital we all stand together.
DPAC's Crowdfunder will help cover the cost of travel, protest actions, campaign materials, and more — giving disabled people the means to fight back in Parliament and in the streets.
Please donate what you can. Even £1 from each supporter would make a huge difference.
Read more: https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=97819
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/tax-the-rich-dont-rob-disabled-people
Let’s stand with DPAC and say loud and clear: Tax the rich — don’t rob disabled people!
Disability is not a moral failing. It’s not a punishment. It’s not karma.
It’s part of the human experience. Our bodies are frail, and given enough time most people will experience disability.
The idea that we’re lazy, choosing not to “try hard” or want to be sick is a fallacy born out of ableism.
With only 4.5% of children with disabilities accessing formal education, Deaf-in-Tech aims to change the narrative.
Through specialized training and mentorship, they make tech skills accessible.
Menschen mit #Behinderung sind bei #Extremwetter deutlich stärker gefährdet.
Doch im #Katastrophenschutz fehlen barrierefreie #Warnsysteme und inklusive #Evakuierungspläne.
#Inklusion muss als #Menschenrecht in #Krisenstrukturen mitgedacht werden. Der #Klimawandel verstärkt soziale Ungleichheiten – und inklusive Maßnahmen retten Leben.
Someone should tell RFK Jr that Emily Dickinson is suspected to have been autistic & one of the most prolific poets of all time.
His mischaracterization of autistic people shows him to be hateful, ignorant & uninformed.
More than that, we ALL have value. Evaluating “worth” shouldn’t be a spectrum.