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michellemahoney.bsky.social
Neurodivergent Activist, Writer, Educator, Disability Advocate.
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I’m writing a book about the probable Autism of a historical figure. A friend who’s helping me with the book proposal pointed out yesterday that, at some point, if you have enough anecdotes, they become anec-data.

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It’s really hard for me as a disabled person to engage seriously with any of the calls to action around what’s happening bc of the very real trauma of being abandoned by the same people to fend for myself against the conditions that disabled me in the first place.

submitted 23 days ago • 10 comments

Social Security is called an entitlement because you are legally entitled to it. When you indignantly tell the government you don’t want it called an entitlement because you associate it with the bratty connotation of the word, you are telling them to make it optional to pay your benefits.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

My ottoman, formerly clad in white faux fur that had seen better days, got a new look today. I’m kind of obsessed with the multicolored seed beads in this fabric.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Today is Disability Day of Mourning, when our community remembers disabled people lost to filicide. Join us for our virtual vigil tonight at 6pm ET: youtu.be/MXGAnBRM5zM

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

PSA: SSI=/=Social Security Income. SSI (Supplemental Security Income) is a social safety net program for poor disabled & elderly. It’s paid for from the general tax fund and NOT Social Security taxes. Stop referring to Social Security benefits as SSI! Thank you.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments