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Disabled philosopher of disability. PhD in philosophy from University College Dublin. Now accessibility person at University of Atypical. Autumn goth. Music liker. Guitar player.

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1. stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains 2. walked and I crawled on six crooked highways 3. stepped in the middle of seven sad forests 4. been out in front of a dozen dead oceans 5. been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard

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Really important contributions from disability organisations in the Covid enquiry (that aren't being very well reported).

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Is it really not possible to search the Guardian website without being handed over to the Google search homepage??

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The prime minister has failed to produce any evidence to back up “baseless” and “poisonous” claims in a newspaper article that large numbers of young disabled people are pretending they are not fit enough to work.

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I joined more than 350 LGBTQIA+ historians in signing this letter protesting the government attempt to erase trans people from history by censoring the Stonewall National Monument website. Erasing a word does not erase our existence--now or in the past. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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The point of access to work was to encourage businesses to hire disabled people because they didnt have to pay money themselves to accommodate them. Labours plan is to make businesses pay, which means they will just not hire disabled people : www.disabilitynewsservice.com/minister-sug...

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

If anyone missed over the weekend, @fractalecho.bsky.social and I started Thank You For Your Feedback Loop, a newsletter on the elite capture of disability movements. Our first piece examines Google's narrowing definition of accessible from democratic to disabled. buttondown.com/TYFYFL/archi...

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Gender is such an immutable, natural binary that we have to enforce it with the full power of the state.

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A damning title for a book about an Irish philosopher

submitted 20 days ago • 6 comments

Yeah this is just make whatever spurious connections you can find and talk it up. It has all the usual Trump qualities: no basis in facts, but feels right if you already bought into the project.

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Artificial Intelligence and Disability Conference Thurs 20th March, People's History Museum & Online with Keynote Speaker Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social Book Now! gmcdp.com/civicrm/even...

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The whole thread (for any followers in the US), and this point feels especially salient and significant.

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Disability inclusion is a big part of the DEI work. You may have to turn it back to calling it ADA compliance.

submitted 34 days ago • 11 comments

Good information to have, but be aware that Unherd is a contrarian right, anti-‘woke’ outfit that publishes famous TERFs and where writers favourably cite Curtis Yarvin (court philosopher of right libertarian techbros)

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Note to folks w/ disabilities: the DoJ OCR handles ADA complaints. Both WaPo & Forbes are reporting this new story. "The Justice Department has ordered its civil rights division to halt all ongoing litigation... and not pursue new cases or settlements." 1/2 www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

submitted 37 days ago • 4 comments

Today I was interviewed by Alison Fleming from UTV for a news special airing next month. An in depth discussion on an important Private Members Bill going through Westminster at the moment, and how it will impact disabled and older people here. More details TBA. #AssistUsToLive #BetterOffDead

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Lots of people have already—rightly—rebutted this claim. I’m sure it’s been said, but it paints with an absurdly broad brush. There will have been DEI efforts, even corporate ones, that will have had beneficial effects (both in terms of concrete outcomes and attitudinal shifts).

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

The autistic guide to waving exuberantly without accidentally Sieg Heiling. From @thedailytism.bsky.social: thedailytism.com/the-autistic... #autism #autistic #neurodiversity

1. stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains 2. walked and I crawled on six crooked highways 3. stepped in the middle of seven sad forests 4. been out in front of a dozen dead oceans 5. been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard

Really important contributions from disability organisations in the Covid enquiry (that aren't being very well reported).

Is it really not possible to search the Guardian website without being handed over to the Google search homepage??

The prime minister has failed to produce any evidence to back up “baseless” and “poisonous” claims in a newspaper article that large numbers of young disabled people are pretending they are not fit enough to work.

I joined more than 350 LGBTQIA+ historians in signing this letter protesting the government attempt to erase trans people from history by censoring the Stonewall National Monument website. Erasing a word does not erase our existence--now or in the past. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

The point of access to work was to encourage businesses to hire disabled people because they didnt have to pay money themselves to accommodate them. Labours plan is to make businesses pay, which means they will just not hire disabled people : www.disabilitynewsservice.com/minister-sug...

If anyone missed over the weekend, @fractalecho.bsky.social and I started Thank You For Your Feedback Loop, a newsletter on the elite capture of disability movements. Our first piece examines Google's narrowing definition of accessible from democratic to disabled. buttondown.com/TYFYFL/archi...

Gender is such an immutable, natural binary that we have to enforce it with the full power of the state.

A damning title for a book about an Irish philosopher

Yeah this is just make whatever spurious connections you can find and talk it up. It has all the usual Trump qualities: no basis in facts, but feels right if you already bought into the project.

Artificial Intelligence and Disability Conference Thurs 20th March, People's History Museum & Online with Keynote Speaker Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social Book Now! gmcdp.com/civicrm/even...

The whole thread (for any followers in the US), and this point feels especially salient and significant.

Disability inclusion is a big part of the DEI work. You may have to turn it back to calling it ADA compliance.

Good information to have, but be aware that Unherd is a contrarian right, anti-‘woke’ outfit that publishes famous TERFs and where writers favourably cite Curtis Yarvin (court philosopher of right libertarian techbros)

Note to folks w/ disabilities: the DoJ OCR handles ADA complaints. Both WaPo & Forbes are reporting this new story. "The Justice Department has ordered its civil rights division to halt all ongoing litigation... and not pursue new cases or settlements." 1/2 www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Today I was interviewed by Alison Fleming from UTV for a news special airing next month. An in depth discussion on an important Private Members Bill going through Westminster at the moment, and how it will impact disabled and older people here. More details TBA. #AssistUsToLive #BetterOffDead

Lots of people have already—rightly—rebutted this claim. I’m sure it’s been said, but it paints with an absurdly broad brush. There will have been DEI efforts, even corporate ones, that will have had beneficial effects (both in terms of concrete outcomes and attitudinal shifts).

The autistic guide to waving exuberantly without accidentally Sieg Heiling. From @thedailytism.bsky.social: thedailytism.com/the-autistic... #autism #autistic #neurodiversity

If it's not accessible, it's not finished. Cosign ✊

Same.