Nonspeaking Woman with Autism Denied Effective Communication Tools Until Age 18 Now an Education Advocate people.com/human-interest…

More #AAC in high places this week! Today at the US Department of Justice for a meeting with disability rights leaders. #BecauseCommunicationIsAHumanRight #LISTEN #CommunicationFirst

"I had so much language (different than speech) built up inside of me with things I wanted to share & ways I wanted to contribute, & yet, I couldn't make those thoughts clear. This all led to minimal connections, segregation, trauma, & ltd learning opportunities." Jordyn Zimmerman

Loved chatting with Gordon School 5th graders earlier this week! After students watched #ThisIsNotAboutMe, they were extra excited to meet Einstein through Zoom.

Eco-king? He’s a grade-A hypocrite on the environment and has a huge carbon footprint.

Bravo Delta for partnering with Air4All Christopher Wood MBE to introduce a system that will allow disabled passengers to stay in their wheelchairs onboard! #RightsOnFlights insider.com/delta-developi…

PSA: Self contained classrooms are segregated classrooms. When we separate disabled students, we don’t need to use flowery words. Let’s just not do it!

Well. What a great aftern for me to come across this straight-talking video frm Josh Connolly 🔆. Because I’ve been invited to appear on BBC Scotland News The Nine, tonight (6 June) at 9pm to talk abt children’s emotional distress, especlly in relation to t pandemic. Tune in if you can.

Tried out my first video short from the excellent interview with @richhughesesq. 44 seconds. "Love and Care Does Not Exist In Boarding Schools." Powerful words... youtube.com/shorts/l8IzNDu…

This is why I’ve always loved this definition of autism (from neuroqueer.com)

Joy Division released Unknown Pleasures on this day in 1979. Here’s the page from the Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Astronomy that inspired Peter Saville’s sleeve design. Interesting article about it here blogs.scientificamerican.com/sa-visual/pop-…

Maybe the #orcas are pissed off about this?

Note to nondisabled people from disabled people: Why are your needs “human” and our needs “special?” Ableism.

📣 DEM is looking for volunteers 🙋 THIS WEEK & NEXT to come out to Turner Reservoir in East Providence on Newman Ave to help pull invasive water chestnuts 🌿 You can work on shore to help us haul plants to the compost heap 💪 (or bring a canoe/kayak 🛶 + life jacket 🦺) (1/3)

A week that Governor Dan McKee would probably rather forget; a continued parsing of the legislative session; and a new budget for City of Providence + new contract for Providence Teachers. Join Patrick Anderson Arlene Violet Steph Machado Hummel Report tonight @7/Sunday @ noon Rhode Island PBS

My mom is already putting together her packing list for our trip to the UK next week. My mom: I gotta get some travel-sized Lawry’s. You know them folks don’t season their food. Ma’am.

It's a bit emotional for me and so many others, but this is our first #DisabilityPrideMonth without Judy Heumann Legacy Judy was a friend and mentor to many of us. I miss you Judy.

While we celebrate the vital importance of the #ADA, we can also acknowledge how it’s not enough — & how many people are left behind. To truly affirm our dignity, we must be at the center of discussions, research, policy decisions, and issues about us. #ADAFloorNotCeiling #ADA33

It’s Saturday night and people across Israel are calling for Netanyahu to go. Enough. Enough.