🧵More #LongCovid data released today by Office for National Statistics (ONS): 📌74,560 people have had symptoms for more than 3 years and are impacted 'a lot' 📌20,484 are impacted 'a lot' from an infection 4-11 weeks ago: people are still developing #LongCovid, despite 'immunity' and 'milder' variants 1/2

📌44,660 children aged 3-17 suffer from PEM - 4x as many who don't (symptoms 12 weeks+) 📌In adults the ratio is closer to 2:1 Data is as of 7th March 2024, England and Scotland only 2/2 Download here: ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

I just got COVID for the first time. I got it at work caring for patients as a disabled MD in wards teeming with COVID-19 the past month despite wearing my self-sourced N95s and goggles all the time. The same month after the "resp virus season" declared over & masks optional./1

COVID is not a seasonal virus. I've worn n95s and goggles ALL THE TIME for 4.5 years. I only drink water at work OUTSIDE. As a disabled person, not only has it worsened my pre-existing issues I have to live with everyday, it completely knocked me off my feet and mobility aids/2

Canadian Medical Association Doctors of BC I'm a disabled physician who cares for elderly, seriously-ill and dying patients, who by definition are some of most clinically vulnerable patients. I do everything I can to not my patients' health by passing on something to them, which my consistent masking helps with./5

Canadian Medical Association Doctors of BC especially when you're walking into a place full of COVID and one of a handful of people masking, and the only person with an N95. This puts the inordinate, impossible burden on disabled people to attempt to protect themselves. My family did not get sick & serially tested neg /7

Hi everyone in our covid cautious/caring community. There are quite a few people right now still testing positive on day 10 despite feeling much better. Some are deeply kind individuals who want to keep others safe. Any advice for them as to when they can come out of isolation?

Happy Disability Pride Month! What are you reading?

Please give our Wellcome project a follow!

Installment no. 5 of my Massively Disabled Podcast companion blog for The Polyphony is out now! Read it (and listen to the episode) for a BTS peek into my ongoing work on recreational scholarship...thepolyphony.org/2024/07/10/mas…

Went to grocery store. Loudspeaker announcement 2 minutes after I walk in: "Security, watch the cameras, black bag & wearing a mask" I'm carrying a black canvas bag I'm the only person masking Me: well at least if someone harasses/attacks me, it'll be on film I'm so tired

Y'all know I love a reading group!! If you fancy chatting about all things #ableism and #academia, get in touch. Everyone is welcome whether you're a student, academic staff, professional service staff, or nothing to do with the university at all! #AcademicTwitter

Well done Sheffield, fascists are not welcome here.

This is absurd. Mask ban will endanger people’s health and lives #NoNYMaskBan

Fascism meets eugenics. Let this be a reminder that "public health" and "civil rights" can easily be dismissed by the police-state.

In the final post of the Massively Disabled Podcast companion series, Dr Élaina is cripping out revisits epistemic humility in practice and leaves us with an Elegy for Cripistemologies of Chronicity thepolyphony.org/2024/08/19/mas…

My last Massively Disabled Podcast post on The Polyphony is out! Thank you Alex for letting me experiment, including when I decided to channel my crip rage through bathroom stall poetry.

Anna Böhler’s PhD research focused on reading practices in historical psychiatric contexts. She presents some of her findings in comic book format, combining her research fields of literature, arts and medicine in a low-threshold, accessible way. thepolyphony.org/2024/08/30/com…

Grateful for the last keynote, Sami Schalk who is sharing insights from her important, (open access!!) book 'Black Disability Politics,' available here: tinyurl.com/BlackDis #CDS24