Hey folks, I'm leaving what was once known as Twitter. Feel free to catch me on other platforms w/ the same handle. I can't give the owner of this app anymore of my valuable time. I'll post occasionally so the handle doesn't get reallocated. Leaving w/ fun photo of Z & I โ๐ผ
Hey folks, there's a convo about Beef that I hope you're keeping up with. We can't ignore this just for Asian American representation sake. This is not the type of representation I want and you shouldn't either. There is nothing funny about rape jokes.
1) Disabled people benefit from pre peeled stuff (do you say this abt pre cut peaches???)
2) Seniors benefit from this (arthritis or issues with tremors)
3) This often comes from the same people who criticize disabled people about their eating habits
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My deepest concern about AI is that AI relies on current data. If that data is flawed or missing, you get these one sided answers. People of color, disabled people, LGBTQ folx, etc will always be harmed.
This rotten world, infused with filthy racism, has left no place untouched by its dirt. I only want to live long enough to witness how this world will meet its end!
Hey
@Marriott
, your Lexington NYC Autograph hotel tried to charge me $100 for "deep cleaning" fees for my service dog. That is illegal and against the ADA, which is celebrating its 34th birthday next week. Staff told me it was a new rule at your hotel. You should look into it.
I have Osteogenesis Imperfecta, which restricts my breathing. I have scarring in my lungs from frequent bouts of pneumonia. I also have heart arrhythmia when I have fevers. I am
#HighRiskCovid19
. Think abt me when you break
#SocialDistancing
.
A lot of more people are going to become disabled and realize the government and society has no real vested interest in giving you access to resources.
All I can say is, I'm sorry.
News flashโก๏ธ these diagnoses count as a disability under the ADA:
โข Mental health
โข Diabetes
โข Long Covid
โข Arthritis
No matter how u decide to identify, the ADA protects ur rights based on disability. Identifying helps us create collective power.
Dear public:
The ADA states that you do not need a certification to have a service dog.
You are allowed to ask:
1) If it's a service dog
2) What tasks it does
That's it.
Stop getting huffy with me when I assert my rights.
Thanks.
Your friendly disabled person
Why do people "got to make that transition?" Masks aren't inherently bad. Are you just afraid to look like Asia? Masks have been worn in Asia for a long time and have protected folks from all sorts of viruses, including the common cold. Wear your mask if you want or need outside.
CDC: Masks protect you from COVID
Me: So, we should continue to wear them right?
CDC: Not so fast! I mean, masks are like scarlet letters and remind people they are in a pandemic.
Me: Aren't we still in a pandemic?
CDC:...So we are loosening mask guidances.
End stage capitalism believes that we must plunk down more money to force disabled people to mimic non-disabled people rather than make the world more accessible so that all disabled people, not just ones with resources, can fully live and participate in their communities.
An exoskeleton, which can be fastened to a person's shoulders, chest, waist, knees and feet, allows a 16-year-old with a genetic neurological condition to walk
Breonna Taylor's mother, Tamika Palmer, asks us to continue to protest and say her name. To push for Breonna's Law. And to vote. So, let's get
#JusticeForBreonnaTaylor
. โ๐ผ
So, I wanted to review my COVID case so folks understand BA 4/5. I am quadruple vaccinated and have been rather careful and hadn't gotten COVID before this infection.
#CovidIsNotOver
Remember that if a polling place has a line wrapped around a building, that means we're creating barriers to voting for those who work and have little to no time off and disabled people. Its a form of voter suppression. It's not something to celebrate.
#CripTheVote
FYI: Mild no longer means what it was originally intended to mean. Just because you didn't die or get hospitalized doesn't mean you escape bad symptoms or long COVID.
This was after I was basically told there were no more accessible rooms and after I spent 50 minutes trying to check in. Why does everything have to be so difficult?
This is the correct way to introduce yourself to people who are blind. Way to show your shitty ableism. You tried last time to make this an issue. She continues to introduce herself this way to accommodate folks.
Stop telling poor and/or disabled people how to use their money or how to reduce their plastic use. A billionaire just wasted billions, destroyed natural resources, and polluted the environment in order to shoot himself to the upper atmosphere. All with COVID dollars.โ๐ผ
Here's my hot take:
White Supremacy isn't a mental illness. It's a structured advantage that white people weaponize and is very much intentional in nature. Using ableism to explain structural power dynamics weaponized by white people isn't abolitionist.
And by the way, a majority of these athletes have no sponsorship deals. Many work 9-5 jobs. They only recently reached pay equity for when they win medals. These are some of the toughest athletes out there and they deserve the spotlight.
This is what happens when non-disabled folx try to abuse laws for disabled folx & make it harder for disabled folx to gain access, like fake service dog IDs. Wear ur masks folx and stop making fake IDs.
#CripTheVote
I mean, literally I could do this for anything and yet y'all go only in on things that may help disabled people. Just cause you got the empathy and imagination of an iguana doesn't mean it's useless.
This is the United States. This is the epitome of what police's job: to protect rich people's property. It has nothing to do with protecting human lives and communities. Once everyone understands that, maybe we can really move to defund them.
#DefundThePolice
Sotomayor doesn't get enough credit for her strong stances on equity and justice. Also, she's a disabled woman of color, a great role model for so many of us. I know so many fav RBG. But my fav has always been Sotomayor.
This was Graham NC. They were about to march to the polls. But then the police started tear gassing. They are still being tear gassed. My friends are out there. Tear gassing folks going to the polls is not what this democracy should look like.
#NCPOL
Wow
@sia
, you could have empathized. You could have said you apologize and that you plan to do better next time. But punching down on
#ActuallyAutistic
actors is not a good look.
#CripTheVote
I find it funny how much people are often bashed for self diagnosing themselves and we are now at the part of the pandemic where our health system has failed so bad that we are supposed to just assume we have COVID and treat ourselves at home. ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ
A good statistic to note: almost 40% of disabled people don't have regular access to a computer. Almost 30% don't have access to a smartphone. Requiring resources, likes masks, tests & vaccines, to be obtained via the internet leaves out disabled people.
What does medical gaslighting do?
It makes you relieved when doctors find something actually medically wrong with you after you've been complaining of excessive pain for over a month.
This is a very disappointing statement. Talking about rape in the way he did was not from mental illness and to blame it as so shows just how folks don't understand the situation or mental health.
#BEEF
โBeefโ creator Lee Sung Jin, Steven Yeun and Ali Wong released a statement to Variety, calling David Choeโs โfabricatedโ rape story โundeniably hurtful and extremely disturbingโ but heโs โput in the work to get the mental health support he needed.โ
At least 4 of the victims were Asian Women. The suspect, who was white, targeted Asian salons.
The racism, abuse, and hypersexualization of Asian women is not talked about enough in society.
#StopAsianHate
NEW: At least 8 people were killed in shooting scenes in two Georgia counties, Atlanta-area officials said. The shootings have not been linked by authorities.
A suspect in one of those shootings is in custody, sheriff's Capt. Jay Baker says.
2) It's fun to watch cuz there's a ton more danger. Rugby got the name murder ball for a reason. A bunch of quads in metal wheelchairs intentionally slamming into each other ๐
Being Asian American and being adopted to a white family is extremely lonely when you have to deal with racism and tragic events alone without your family understanding...
What bullish!t. Adoptees don't need to be grateful for being adopted. This is one of the reasons the adoption complex is so insidious. The savior complex is all to real and many adopters perpetuate real harm, particularly on transracial adoptees.
As a final post to this thread, representation is just not worth promoting or profiting off a self alleged rapist. I want representation, but not at the cost of BIPOC women being abused, gas-lit, and silenced. That's my BEEF.
I know a lot of folks say their COVID was easy. But 4 some, it can b even worse than mine. My ? remains, do u really want to spin the fortune wheel every time u get COVID? B/c that is what u r doing. Just b/c ur 1st infection was easy doesn't mean ur next 1 will.
#CovidIsNotOver
1) COVID IS a mass disabling event. There's no question about it. We need to stop saying "if."
2) The question that remains is whether it will continue to be a mass disabling event.
A friend of mine was harassed tonight (around 8pm) for being Asian. He blamed her for spreading COVID. He also kicked her dog. This was at the Green Door on 57th and 11th in Hell's Kitchen. Police won't do anything to help the situation. Please share:
Know your rights when it comes to the ADA. If you are high risk and you doctor recommends masks, you can request your a mask mandate at your place of work as an accommodation. If they deny it, you have a right to submit a complaint to EEOC.
BREAKING: On 5-4 vote, Supreme Court lets Trump administration start enforcing new immigrant wealth test, designed to screen out green card applicants seen as being at risk of becoming "public charges".
Journalist asked me y disability groups often dont work w/ repro activists. This is why. Do u realize that this is actually HURTING ur cause? Some of the 1st anti-abortion laws were targeted laws to push back agst this. But they were Trojan horses meant to make abortion illegal.
I said jokes b/c Choe stated that he was saying this for "shock value." But I finally found the vid & I don't think what he was saying was a joke. He was way to descriptive for him to pull it out of the air. The fact that the other men in the room keep him going is disturbing.
When folks in the US quote that they can't make any adjustments to a building because it's "historical," remember that South Korea put ramps on a palace that was first constructed in 1395, way before the US was even in colonizers dreams.
#ADA32
Ironic that they show an older adult in this photo as older adults will see a huge decrease in their SNAP benefits next month.
This is called normalizing poverty and hunger to satisfy the rich.
Choe laughs stating that he was a successful rapist. He uses MRAsian language about the general under sexualization of Asian men and basically says what every person who educates abt rape warns: rape is not about sex, but about power. He got a power trip from it.
In order to become more employable, disabled ppl are often encouraged to get higher degrees. That was the reason I went to get my Masters (the only one of my siblings to do so). Yet that also means they are saddled with more debt (on top of medical debt. Let's
#CancelStudentDebt
5) and my personal favorite since I tried to qualify for it is track. Blind folks run with guides. If you're in a wheelchair, the longer races are like watching the Tour de France as folks draft off each other. Almost sounds link a train going by.
Just FYI: Racism is not a virus. It's structural. It's intentional.
Let's not be ableist while describing racism.
Ableism is enmeshed in racism and we don't need to feed into that system.
I've always found it ironic that as a disabled person u have to:
1) Prove u're disabled enough to obtain services or accommodations
2) Prove u're not too disabled if u want to work, participate generally in ur community, or maintain any legal right to make ur own decisions
Sigh, yes, I canceled my Hogwarts Legacy purchase. Got too caught up in the hype and then Rowling reminded me again why I just need to stop close the book on Harry Potter for good.
I really can't tell you how many of my Asian friends online have been attacked by MRAsians when we call them out. Folx get doxxed, harassed and threatened. We must root this out of our community. We don't need toxic masculinity or anti-blackness to ensure representation.
Anti-asian sentiment hidden in anti-mask sentiment. We're in this pandemic because of racism and ableism folks. That's right, white supremacy is a public health threat.
Also, the English is literally on the piece of paper and none of the words include instructions.
Key tip to organizers, keep a list of good ASL interpreters in your back pocket. Make sure you pay them. Always ask Deaf individuals for feedback on the quality of the interpreter's work. Lastly, certification isn't the end all be all. It's a start of a conversation. ๐ค๐ผ
You know what would have made this not inspiration porn? Hearing from the actual members. What did it mean to them to have an accessible gym? Instead we get the same tired inspiration porn story. Glad Javeno is doing this. Not happy with how they always portray us.
3) Wheelchair basketball may not have any dunks, but the strategy needed is unparalleled. Also, if you're in person, you get to smell the metal on metal grind. You can feel it when folks hit the ground.
This is why unions should back universal healthcare. So many unions have fought against universal healthcare. I understand they fought for these benefits. But businesses can easily just use it against them. What John Deere is doing is awful. We need universal healthcare.
John Deere is cutting off 10,000 workers (and their families') health insurance on October 27th. They could just as easily *not* do this, but they want to break the strike.
Also: Congress let COBRA subsidies expire on October 1, putting workers on the hook for thousands of $$$.
Disability groups must push back and state this is illegal based on the Olmstead decision. Forced institutionalization does not work. It is time we prioritize community services and housing over mass policing and incarceration.
#CripTheVote
Breaking News: New York City will hospitalize more mentally ill people involuntarily, in a push to remove them from streets and subways, Mayor Eric Adams said.
CDC literally telling everyone, particularly high risk and immunocompromised people, you're on your own.
That's not actually a real public health mitigation.
It is important to remember that people may choose to mask at any time. We should all support and encourage efforts that protect those at high risk.
We all have a responsibility to protect those among us most at risk from
#COVID19
& keep them safe.
I had a conversation with someone and they didn't believe people with mental health diagnoses had a disability.
PSA: Mental health diagnoses are covered under the American's with Disabilities Act and are disabilities. Yes, depression and anxiety all count as disabilities.
We need to sue legacy admissions. If you can't take race or other categories as part of admissions, you shouldn't be able to use legacy as access to admission.
Also, Asians, we need to talk. Being utilized to continue white supremacy is not helpful in eliminating racism.
BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court rules colleges and universities must stop considering race in admissions, putting an end to affirmative action in higher education.
Thought of the day:
The only reason there is inspiration porn is because society has decided it's more important to celebrate someone who has the means to jump over a barrier than actually remove the barrier for everyone.
Non disabled people: Rationed care doesn't discriminate against disabled.
Me ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ: "Some state plans make clear that people with cognitive issues are a lower priority for lifesaving treatment."
Let's get those sick days! Paid sick leave is a disability issue. Let's support worker rights and support an amendment that provides more paid sick leave. During this pandemic, it's the least this Congress can do.
#RailroadStrike
#UnionStrong
The last time we stood with
@Teamsters
Local 202, we stared down a national food crisis over resistance to a $1 raise.
Back then, railroad workers stood with us. They turned trains around to not cross a picket line.
We won then, and we can win now.
Letโs get these sick days ๐ช๐ฝ
Want to talk abt adoption?
1) do ur research into the adoption industrial complex & issues of the foster system
2) learn abt capitalism, colonialism, & white saviorism & how it promotes child trafficking
3) talk to actual adoptees & folks whove aged out of the foster system
Gotta love it when a Lyft driver discriminates against you cuz of a service dog and then makes a complaint against you that your not wearing a mask to avoid getting a ding against her driver record. ๐
I use it because I can't feel the vibration in my wheelchair and hate the constant noise of sound notifications. It tells me when I've gotten a message. Deaf people do it because they often can't hear the alarm.
The flash alert is an accessibility tool.