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**Journeys In Film** @JourneysInFilm@hcommons.social · Apr 15 *

Journeys In Film @JourneysInFilm@hcommons.social

Have you seen the documentary Crip Camp about the summer camp that gave rise to a generation of US disability rights activists?

It includes disability activist-led protest footage that reframes the concept of what protests can be & how they can work. It's a good resource for those who may not know how to answer what access in a protest can look like.

It's more relevant than ever. We warmly recommend it.

https://journeysinfilm.org/product/crip-camp-guides/

#Disability #DisabilityJustice #DisabilityRights #DisabilityAdvocacy #Education #Homschooling @disability @disabilityjustice @disabilityhistory @education @edutooters

Journeys in FilmCrip Camp | Journeys in FilmCrip Camp Curriculum Guide and Discussion Guide with Full Accessibility - resources are free as is the documentary through Youtube

**Mme Zabet** @mmezabet@craftgoblin.club · Apr 10

Apr 10

Mme Zabet @mmezabet@craftgoblin.club

uspol re:disability

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**Trenton Hoshiko | Filmmaker** @Trenton_Hoshiko@mas.to · Feb 14 *

Feb 14 *

Trenton Hoshiko | Filmmaker @Trenton_Hoshiko@mas.to

Brandy's story challenges what it means to be included, for her, specifically after a childhood accident.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiKcpC363e4

YouTubeMaking Meaningful Friendships: Brandy's StoryBy Longmont Community Foundation

#Disability #accessibility #DisabilityAdvocacy

**Christine LuBean** @christinelubean@infosec.exchange · Feb 11

Feb 11

Christine LuBean @christinelubean@infosec.exchange

Disability rights are under attack in 17 states!

There’s a lawsuit trying to get rid of Section 504, the law that protects disabled people in schools, workplaces, and public spaces. If they succeed, it means:

Schools wouldn’t have to provide accommodations (no extra test time for ADHD, no wheelchair access, no diabetes care in class).
Workplaces wouldn’t have to adjust for disabilities (no remote work, no flexible scheduling, no accessibility requirements).
Public spaces could ignore accessibility needs (buildings, buses, and services wouldn’t have to be usable for disabled people).

These 17 states are trying to gut 504 protections:
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia.

If you live in one of these states, contact your state reps & governor! If this lawsuit succeeds, other states could follow, or it could reach the Supreme Court and hurt everyone.

More details here: https://dredf.org/protect-504/

Please share this! More people need to know.

#Protect504 #Save504 #DisabilityRights #DisabilityJustice #StopTheRollback #AccessibilityMatters #EqualAccess #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #DisabilityAdvocacy #CripTheVote #ADAProtections #CivilRights #HumanRights #Alabama #Arkansas #Georgia #Indian #Iowa #Kansas #Kentucky #Louisiana #Mississippi #Missouri #Nebraska #Oklahoma #SouthCarolina #Tennessee #Texas #Utah #WestVirginia
#AlabamaPolitics #ArkansasPolitics #GeorgiaPolitics #IndianPolitics #IowaPolitics #KansasPolitics #KentuckyPolitics #LouisianaPolitics #MississippiPolitics #MissouriPolitics #NebraskaPolitics #OklahomaPolitics #SouthCarolinaPolitics #TennesseePolitics #TexasPolitics #UtahPolitics #WestVirginiaPolitics

DREDF · Jan 24Texas v. Becerra: What it is and How You Can Help Stop the Attack on Section 504 - DREDFDisability Rights Education & Defense Fund

**Broadwaybabyto** @broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca · Jan 22

Jan 22

Broadwaybabyto @broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca

A number of executive orders are going to cause direct harm to the disabled community … but please don’t miss this order which will harm non profits & advocacy orgs.

Apparently non profits can now be punished for attempting to correct misinformation - because the corrections infringe on Freedom of Speech.

These organizations need to be able to counter disinformation in order to ensure patient safety.

We are experiencing record rates of disability and punishingly long wait times for healthcare.

Not all conditions are well understood even by the medical community, so patients turn to social media and advocacy organizations for help

There’s already many harmful lies and misinformation swirling around about chronic illness, and if we put orders in place that punish those who seek to correct the information, it’s the patients who will suffer

They will be left with nowhere to turn, especially in the event that the doctor they see also repeats harmful misinformation.

They could end up enduring setbacks or permanently altering their baseline as a direct result of bad information disguised as “help”

We appear to be careening into an information blackout, where all someone will be able to access will be misinformation & disinformation.

Consider who that benefits & who it harms, and then help us fight back. Get on the phone and tell legislators you vehemently disagree

https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/files/media/documents/2025/chart-executive-orders.pdf

#uspoli #disabilityrights #disabilityadvocacy

**Lanie Carmelo** @RareBird15@caneandable.social · Oct 29, 2024 *

Oct 29, 2024 *

Lanie Carmelo @RareBird15@caneandable.social

Hello, caneandable.social! I'm Lanie, a 33-year-old #Christian woman from Pipe Creek, TX. I'm #aroace, #TotallyBlind, #ActuallyAutistic, and living with multiple #ChronicIllnesses. I've just moved over from tweesecake.social, so I'm excited to meet new people and reconnect with familiar faces!

A bit about me:
- I live with my mom and stepdad, who are my caregivers
- I have a Miniature Pinscher named Squeaker
- Currently studying programming on freeCodeCamp.org and codecademy.com and Braille proofreading through the NFB
- I work as a usability tester and aspire to become an #accessibility consultant
- My goal is to create a nonprofit for people with multiple #disabilities

My interests include:
- #Gaming (especially accessible games like incremental/idle games, word games, puzzles, RPGs, roguelikes, and MUDs)
- #Technology and #Cybersecurity
- #RareDiseases and #DisabilityRights
- Reading (sci-fi, fantasy, thrillers, mysteries, and nonfiction)
- Swimming
- Gardening (planning to start soon!)

I'm passionate about #accessibility and creating a more inclusive digital world. I run online groups for people with multiple disabilities and am active in the #DisabilityCommunity.

Some of my #health conditions include occipital neuralgia, intracranial hypertension, Empty Sella Syndrome, fibromyalgia, hidradenitis suppurativa, GERD, gastroparesis, IBS, sleep apnea, migraines, and non-24-hour sleep-wake disorder.

I use various devices to navigate the digital world, including a Windows computer, iPhone, Android tablet, Fire TV, Echo Dot, Apple Watch, wireless headphones, and a Braille display. #AssistiveTechnology

I'm always eager to connect with others who share similar experiences or interests. Feel free to reach out, especially if you're into #AccessibleTech, #DisabilityAdvocacy, or if you just want to chat about books, games, or life with multiple disabilities!

#Introduction #NewHere #BlindMastodon

**The Blind AI** @Lottie@caneandable.social · Oct 28, 2024

Oct 28, 2024

The Blind AI @Lottie@caneandable.social

Navigating the Future: A Journey with Technology, From the 80s to 2025 and Beyond

In 2025 I will have spent a lifetime as a blind person living in a sighted world . I learnt very early on that one thing that would help me was technology . That has led to a forty-year love and hate relationship with Access/Assistive Technology .
Technology has changed a lot since the mid-80s, but perhaps not as much as in the past two years . Since the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, nothing has been the same – with talk of end-of-the-world ‘doom’ or a new ‘golden’ age fighting it out for the headlines every day. But while the world deals with these existential questions, blind people have been enjoying the benefits of the new technology .

I am hoping to take delivery of one of the new Glidance mobility devices next year . With it, I’m planning to stroll up to my local coffee shop ️ for brunch with a girlfriend. I’ll have my phone with me, of course, an iPhone 17 Pro . Because I am a ‘cool cookie’ , I’ll be wearing sunglasses , even if it isn’t sunny – the next version of the Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses by then . When I was learning to use a long cane forty years ago I had nothing but the benefits of being a teenager . The benefits of being a teenager are not to be underestimated when it comes to mobility – if for very little else.

So, what will it be like? Walking the streets in 2025 with Glidance, an iPhone 17, and wearing Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses 2? And what will it be like in 2035? Will I make it to fifty years in the dark? Will the world? Perhaps that question is too dark to answer here , so tell me, what do you expect from Assistive Technology in the next ten years?

#AssistiveTech #AccessibilityMatters #Blind