only 58% of disabled students in NYC graduate highschool compared to the 81% of non disabled NYC highschool students who graduate.

(1/3) Plan International USA's #WeAretheGirls campaign is all about elevating the voices of girls globally, and young activists, just like you, are at the heart of that movement. Today we're sharing the spotlight with disability activist Isabel Mavrides-Calderón.

I had an amazing time at the Time’s Honoring the March Event♥️

a reminder with the devastation that is happening in Hawaii: disabled ppl are 4x more likely to die during natural disasters. disabled people need to be included in disaster plans. consider donating to Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement.

Isabel Mavrides-Calderón is a Latina disability justice activist who advocates for policy change & accessibility. She uses TikTok to discuss disability rights with an intersectional approach & currently works with the ACLU to organize policy-changing campaigns. #HispanicHeritage

being a chronically ill teenager is a weird balance about wanting to be honest abt ur life but also realizing that saying normal aspects of ur life will freak ppl out.

Got an email from a big brand that wants me to be the faced of a campaign they are doing. While I appreciate the good intention- instead of using flowery euphemisms to avoid saying disabled, and creating fake holidays, can they j make their stores accessible 🤷‍♀️

Two-thirds of NYC public schools are not accessible to physically disabled students.  Eric Adam revealed his plan to spend $225 million to create a police training facility.

In a city where 2/3rds of public schools are inaccessible, NY public libraries are often the only space where disabled students can access resources such as braille books, asl courses etc audio books etc. The increasing NYPL budget cuts are a disability rights issue. Take action.

Want to support New York Public Libraries in their fight against budget cuts? Go to the linktree, put in your info to tell City Hall No Cuts! It’s easy!

The following is the funding that NEED to be restored for programs for students with disabilities to merley function in 2025. • Preschool special education ($96M) • Literacy instruction and dyslexia programming ($7M) • 60 school psychologists & 15 family workers ($10M)

By the end of the 2022-2023 school year over 1,000 children were still waiting for a seat in a special ed preschool class- IN VIOLATION OF THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS. We can not allow this to continue. Contact City Hall- DEMAND FUNDING.

From my Instagram. Thank you to everyone who shared their stories!

Part 2!