Welcome to Ontario, where vulnerable, frail elders can be moved from bed to bed (i.e. furniture to furniture) in LTC away from their community, their family & loved ones...To a place that might not have enough staff to care for them...Wow. What an ageist and ableist policy!

Disability is Diversity took over Times Square to let the entertainment industry know that there is no DEI without disability! #DisabilityIsDiversity

“No other form of transportation — trains, buses, boats — forces you to give up your mobility device when you board. The same ought to be true of airlines,”-Pete Buttigieg .U.S. Department of Transportation .Disability Scoop ow.ly/1SMV50KnVJQ

As #COVID19 measures dropped, pandemic worsens for the vulnerable. Older adults, immunocompromised and the very young are paying the price for the mask-less 'freedom' of many, by Eric Berger theguardian.com/world/2022/aug… via The Guardian

The absence of disability in most diversity, equity and inclusion programs is shameful and harmful. It is not an oversight. It is ableism.

I’m thrilled that The Walrus staff/alum ally baker and Viviane Fairbank are holding a fact-checking conference! Part of their Michener-funded Truth in Journalism Project, it looks at issues and ethics in journalism. Info and registration here: thetijproject.ca/events/confere…

Man on bus to me a wheelchair user: “Hey. They changed the rules. You don’t have to wear that mask anymore. Start living.” The only way for disabled people to “live” is to take precautions that save our lives. Others should do the same. Then, we can all “start living.”

He died yesterday. This is the best thing you will read today.👇 bostonglobe.com/2021/07/21/mag…

"She can't get inside the building because of her wheelchair." No. She can't get inside because the building is not accessible. The building has a barrier that does not let her in. The wheelchair is not the problem; the building's lack of access is the problem. Words matter.

Another disabled person who would otherwise be alive died via MAiD this week, due to it being impossible to afford at home support "Ultimately it was not a genetic disease that took me out, it was a system," Kovac wrote in an obituary to loved ones. cbc.ca/news/canada/ma…

There are now COVID outbreaks in 150 of Ontario's long-term care facilities. At this time last year, there were just 14. The. Pandemic. Isn't. Over.

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'Some doctors said their office scales could not accommodate #wheelchairs, so they had told patients to go to a supermarket, a grain elevator, a cattle processing plant or a zoo to be weighed, or they would tell a new patient the practice was closed.' nytimes.com/2022/10/19/hea…

Wow

Scariest costume of all: Ableist Do-Gooder! Thanks to Leah Smith for the find.

abilities.ca/abilities-maga… My latest column for Abilities! A hushed-up adventure...

'I don’t have a problem with the way that I see. My only problem is with the way that I’m seen.' ❤️nytimes.com/2022/11/12/opi…

America still can’t figure out how to memorialize the sins of its history, Clint Smith writes. What can the country learn from how Germany remembers the Holocaust? theatlantic.com/magazine/archi… A powerful, tough, worthwhile read

Ewan has a talented Mom. What a lovely, moving piece on life, loss, love

*From Hannah (Steve's daughter): We invite you to join us in honouring the life of Steve Trumper. WHEN: Friday, Jan. 20 2023, 4-7pm WHERE: Thomas Lounge, Oakham House, TMU, 35 Gould St, Toronto. eventbrite.ca/e/remembering-…