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devin (they/them) ♿️✨ retweeted
Most able bodied people aren’t afraid of becoming disabled because they believe the system will support them. That doctors will work night and day to figure out what’s wrong when they’ll most likely tell you it’s just anxiety.
devin (they/them) ♿️✨ retweeted
“Bottom 60%” is a funny way of saying the majority.
The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," according to a new analysis. cbsn.ws/4j5hG8N
devin (they/them) ♿️✨ retweeted
The irony being, which not many seem to know, is Pilates was designed for disabled war vets to be able to be done from a bed with spring mechanisms as resistance.
devin (they/them) ♿️✨ retweeted
All anti-mask laws—even those with so called “medical exceptions”—stigmatize mask-wearing.
Fewer people wearing masks increases the spread of infectious diseases.
No matter how lawmakers try to spin it, any law that criminalizes wearing a mask endangers public health. Period.
devin (they/them) ♿️✨ retweeted
Disabled people are forced to experience a harsh reality that you think you have the luxury to ignore.
Disability is universal & inevitable.
Disabled people are resilient as fuck, out of necessity.
It shouldn’t take you becoming disabled to start listening to disabled people.
i’m happy for you if you don’t feel that way! not everyone has that experience, which is fine to acknowledge
$130 is nothing to some people, but the difference in whether or not we get 2 weeks of groceries for me. i choose groceries.
and how do i survive? barely. with many sacrifices and heaps of stress. like a LOT of people do, and most disabled people
glad you can afford it though!
what should people do if they can’t afford passports 😭 genuinely escape is so inaccessible for so many of us - especially disabled folks
devin (they/them) ♿️✨ retweeted
This. This. This.
As a disabled person who is unable to work publicly, tiktok has been a main source of income the past couple years.
What about the small business owners who are losing their platforms they worked so hard to build?
If y’all can’t understand that, you’re lost.
devin (they/them) ♿️✨ retweeted
today the doctor i work with said at the end of the day that almost every single patient they saw today was sick in some way and said “god, we are so screwed” because it is so not normal
devin (they/them) ♿️✨ retweeted
A 67 year old amputee & wheelchair user lived with his son who had cerebral palsy
They were killed in Eaton fire while waiting for an ambulance that never came
Many disabled people can’t evacuate on their own. They need to be included in evacuation plans (yet almost never are)
ALT Screenshot of an article from People. Text reads Father Missing a Limb and Son with Cerebral Palsy Weren't Able to Evacuate L.A. Fires in Time, Family Says Anthony Mitchell and his son Justin died in the Eaton fire on Jan. 8, according to his daughter By Charlotte Phillipp Published on January 10, 2025 01:45PM EST
my cat eats freeze-dried raw ahi tuna treats from vital essentials. i was assuming initially that since it’s fish, it would be safe since it seems to be mainly in dairy, poultry, and cattle - would it be unsafe actually? if anyone knows, i wanna keep him safe 🫶🏾
devin (they/them) ♿️✨ retweeted
It is OK to cancel plans if you are sick.
It is far better than making others sick, who will make others sick & so on & so forth until -- at multiple points in that chain of transmission -- someone becomes permanently disabled or further disabled or dead.
You can prevent that.