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Trump only narrowly missed repealing the Affordable Care Act in 2017. This time, Speaker Mike Johnson proclaimed an agenda of “No Obamacare.” It was the ACA that prohibited insurance companies from booting people for disabilities and other “pre-existing conditions.” And the ACA expanded Medicaid.

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If you’re in the disability justice world, you should be following the new @blackdisabilityins.bsky.social account. So many good things ahead and you’re gonna wanna be in the loop!

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Disabled people were 35% as likely to be in the labor force compared to nondisabled people in 2024. Disabled women were less likely than men to be in the workforce. Read @npwf’s latest analysis on disability employment trends: npwf.info/4gWMlEy

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Trans liberation and disability justice are one fight. No body or mind left behind.

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Trans liberation and disability justice are one fight.

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EAPM loves our fellow nonprofit media, so we thought we'd make a couple recommendations of Black-led nonprofit news sites and media you should follow today: @afrolanews.bsky.social and @wearepushblack.bsky.social Who do you recommend? #FollowFriday

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This is misinformation. It was set to end March 31 after the extension given in the end of year Congressional package. It doesn't mean it can't be renewed, and the end date wasn't a Trump decision.

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Congress is rushing through cuts to Medicaid that will strip health insurance from millions – making our costs skyrocket. They need to hear from you to STOP THESE CUTS. 📞 Call your lawmaker now at 866-426-2631 and tell them reckless Medicaid cuts should be off the table.

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Having trouble getting through/phones slammed? This Day of Action hotline can make sure your message still gets through! Call 866-426-2631 and tell Congress #HandsOffOurMedicaid

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Medicaid is a lifeline for people with complex medical needs & disabilities – it covers therapy, medical equipment, and care at home instead of institutions. Join us: call 202-224-3121 to tell Congress #HandsOffOurMedicaid – don't cut our kids' lifeline to cover GOP tax breaks for the rich!

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Join us on February 12 at 9:30 AM PT / 12:30 PM ET for a Disability Community Briefing on #TexasvBecerra — a lawsuit that threatens #Section504. Section 504 is a crucial disability rights law that ensures equal access to schools, healthcare, and more. Register: dredf-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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"I know there’s gonna come a point where I’m gonna die because I can’t afford any more doctors. I’m not going to leave my wife homeless. I’m not going to leave my wife with hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills trying to save my life." - a cancer patient in Georgia

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Clearing snowy sidewalks critical for accessibility in winter months https://www.ktvh.com/news/clearing-snowy-sidewalks-critical-for-accessibility-in-winter-months #a11y

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17 states are suing to overturn section 504. www.bazelon.org/wp-content/u...

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Despite Donald Trump’s claims on, disabled people did not cause the plane crash at DCA. What a dangerous, repugnant, morally reprehensible thing to say to a nation of people who are shocked & scared and especially to the grieving families of people who just died in a horrific and unimaginable way.

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New @npwf.bsky.social research finds that more than 1 out of every 6 working women veterans is employed by the federal government. npwf.info/4hgsEsf

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AAPD put together an explainer on the federal funding freeze. While the explainer goes into more detail, what we know can be said in one sentence: Lots of critical programs are impacted by this freeze, & within its first day, this action has already caused serious harm. www.aapd.com/federal-fund...

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Today, on the anniversary of the Supreme Court's 1973 ruling on #RoevWade, we're amplifying this piece from Sarah Katz on increasing disabled birthing people's access to reproductive healthcare. Read more: disabilityphilanthropy.org/resource/fun...

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Disability justice should be the foundation of cities

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We’re thrilled to welcome @kenrya.bsky.social to Disability Culture Lab as our new Managing Director! www.disabilityculturelab.org/team/kenrya-...

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"2025 is the year where more workers start telling the stories of how disabling work can be, and how important organizing is to ensure we have safeguards from greedy corporations who simply won't protect us." - DCL executive director @mghaigh.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/aparna...

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For @motherjones.com, I interviewed a Covid-19 mask organizer about his experience handing out masks to keep his community safe during LA wildfires–at a time when masks have become villainized. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Check out Disability Culture Lab board member @gailfuller.bsky.social, looking so fly as she models the DCL "Disability Joy is Revolutionary" sweatshirt! You can grab your own sweatshirt and other gorgeous merch at the DCL store: shop.disabilityculturelab.org

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Nothing Without Us is evolving and glowing up! Exciting announcement coming next week! 🐦nowithoutus 📷nowithoutus 🎥Nothing Without Us 🔴nothingwithoutus

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We’re partnering with the award-winning documentary Unseen to host “So That The Weight of This Country Does Not Crush You”: A Virtual Community Healing Space. Join us on Wednesday, January 22nd at 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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On the resurgence of #disability slurs. An unsettling read.

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Zoe Saldaña shares she has dyslexia in her Golden Globes acceptance speech. It's the most common learning disability in the world. https://buff.ly/4h0oqV2 #a11y

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We’re partnering with the award-winning documentary Unseen to host “So That The Weight of This Country Does Not Crush You”: A Virtual Community Healing Space. Join us on Wednesday, January 22nd at 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Attacks on sexual and reproductive rights in the US have also impacted access to prescription drugs that help some manage chronic conditions. Check out National Health Law Program’s primer for information on barriers and strategies to accessing care:

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🔥 TWAS THE STRIKE BEFORE CHRISTMAS! 🔥✊ Starbucks baristas are going on five days of escalating ULP strikes in response to the company backtracking on our promised path forward, starting tomorrow in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle... and soon, from coast-to-coast. 🧵

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People with disabilities need and deserve access to abortion to exercise full autonomy over our own bodies and lives on our terms. Check out our paper on disability and abortion access created with the National Partnership for Women & Families:

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As we continue to see sustained death + disablement due to COVID, the public health + disability justice implications of criminalizing mask-wearing are disastrous. Mask bans also violate our fundamental civil liberties. https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/11/12/mask-bans-protest-surveillance

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New on the blog!! The Dismantle DEI Act is a harbinger of what is to come in the new Administration. We broke it down by race, disability, and LGBT+ status to look at the possible harm it poses to our communities. nlawcrdj.medium.com/equity-undon...

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@rudyfraser.com is part of a tiny team building a big vision: the new social media platform #Blacksky: nonprofitquarterly.org/building-bla... @isaiahthompson.bsky.social

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Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...

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All new guest essay by @lydiaxzbrown.bsky.social for the Disability Visibility Project Not Just Gus Walz: Understanding the Ableist Logic of Toxic White Masculinity in the New Eugenics Era disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2024/12/15/n...

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Something tells me research like this will be used as an excuse to not hire interpreters.

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🧵 1/4 Arkansas Times published an article in October 2024 that exposes the profit-driven model behind psychiatric residential treatment facilities (PRTFs) in Arkansas, where many out-of-state children are housed.

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Want to get through to your elected officials, but not sure how? Check out our toolkit all about civic engagement!

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Great article with useful info for folks with low vision who love comic art

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If you need disabled joy for the holidays by the 25th — order by Sunday at our @disabilitylab.bsky.social shop! Shop.DisabilityCultureLab.Org/

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Still need holiday gifts? We've got you covered! Our new online shop features apparel, accessories + home goods designed by disabled artists. And did we mention they’re gorgeous?! Purchase by Dec 15 to ensure delivery in time for the holidays. Happy Shopping! shop.disabilityculturelab.org

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Pregnancy and birth are disabling for so many folks. Without affordable, accessible, culturally humble care — even more so. These hospital closures will cost lives, but they’ll also disable folks. Add that to abortion care bans? Repro justice is disability justice, plain and simple.

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