I've had to edit the same typos again, been too stressed to math, changing the goal in update, but slowly recovering from debt bondage, how my life turned upside- I mean Idiocracy, the world turned real-life Idiocracy. #PlzDontGrabMeByThe -- gofund.me/37d4b7b4

A benefit concert for Ukraine will be held Friday, April 8 at The Rotunda. Donation only tickets are also available bit.ly/3tZ3nMU

Toxic positivity (and ableism) has people thinking that it isn't normal to be anxious, depressed, scared, or angry when they are sick and in pain

Multiple things can be true at once. 1. You can be disabled & proud 2. You can be disabled & proud & also have complicated feelings about your disability 3. Abled people don't get to tell you how you should feel about your disability

💯!! Why do so many colleagues still think #PosturalTachycardia is rare? We must continue to spread awareness. #POTS is not caused by deconditioning, anxiety, obesity, or mental illness. Accurate diagnosis is essential for proper treatment. #MedTwitter

I do not want any more ‘self care tips for the chronically ill’ that ignore poverty as a serious & pervasive factor in health outcomes.

This video is 🥇and a must watch for anyone with #POTS or who has someone with #PosturalTachycardia in their life…. Ie…. EVERYONE!!!! Watch to the end. We need to listen to our patients AND their nurses!! #Dysautonomia

#BendyBodies recently had the great honor of interviewing BendyBrain: Dr Jessica Eccles about her pivotal work on #neurodivergency, #hypermobility, dysautonomia and pain. ♾🦓🎙 Check out this fascinating conversation here: hypermobilitymd.com/podcast/episod…

@disabldsunshine LaptopCoffee yes!! i collapsed in public about 30 times always thinking that wasn’t “enough”. after i finally got a wheelchair i could -gasp- do chores around the flat and everything! i wish i’d gotten one years earlier

In March, a plainclothes police officer shot and killed a 12-year-old kid in South Philadelphia. Well before the tragedy, the unit gained a reputation as “cowboys” or “jump-out boys,” creating unsafe or chaotic situations in pursuit of arrests. trib.al/XfcW6uA

Critical reporting from Samantha Melamed, Chris Palmer, and Ryan W Briggs. inquirer.com/news/philadelp…

West Craft Fest will be held at The Woodlands this Saturday. Shop for locally made, unique gifts + live music, food trucks and more! bit.ly/3Kxqgw8

nothings monstered Shepherd @disabldsunshine Ashley Shew is not here. How do you even *start* that conversation with a doctor? I have hEDS, which I discovered *after* years of doing gymnastics and martial arts until the pain got too bad, so now I’m in my 30s and every one of my joints is just completely trashed.

I’m in Center City where hundreds of protesters rallied outside the federal courthouse in support of Roe v. Wade. The crowd is now marching down Market Street in rush hour traffic toward another protest at City Hall Follow Kristen Graham Ximena Conde Oona Goodin-Smith & I for more:

A sampling of Philly abortion access protect signage: - “Bans of my body” - “keep your gross views off my daughter” - “We Won’t Go Back” - “Pro-Life is a Lie” Cars honking, pedestrians cheering.

I appreciate protest signs as a genre. More sharpie sightings from the rally: - “vastectomies 4 judges” - “I wish my mom had aborted me” - “LOOK AT MY BUTT” (butt says “Fuck the Supreme Court”)

The dogs are OUT at this rally tonight. Bowie’s owner Olivia Connelly, 23, said PA’s status as a swing state and the upcoming gubernatorial race make the Roe stakes that much higher. “Abortion is going to happen no matter what but now they’ll be performed dangerously.”

to ppl that tell Disabled people to ‘get a lawyer’/‘sue them’ in situations of discrimination & inaccessibility: Disabled people are TIRED. we fight these fights daily often with 0 energy, & lawsuits cost MONEY which many Disabled ppl do not have bc like, Disability is expensive

Me: *has official hEDS diagnosis for 3 years now* what if I’m faking? What if I don’t really have EDS and I’m just attention seeking? Also me: subluxes collarbone washing hair, pelvis misaligns when I sit wrong, bendy fingers, velvety skin, papules on my heals, dental issues…

I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis when I was literally an infant and will sometimes still convince myself that I was faking it the whole time