Big news for #stoptheshock!
🎉BIG NEWS! 🎉 Last night, thanks to your advocacy, members of Congress removed a harmful provision from the Appropriations bill that would have allowed the continued use of electric shock devices at the Judge Rotenberg Center. The disability community was specifically mentioned and thanked for meeting with all members of the committee to educate them on the provision. We are grateful for your continued advocacy to keep people with disabilities safe! #StopTheShock
Steps in the right direction!
🎉BIG NEWS! 🎉 Last night, thanks to your advocacy, members of Congress removed a harmful provision from the Appropriations bill that would have allowed the continued use of electric shock devices at the Judge Rotenberg Center. The disability community was specifically mentioned and thanked for meeting with all members of the committee to educate them on the provision. We are grateful for your continued advocacy to keep people with disabilities safe! #StopTheShock
Public Health Practitioner | Disease Prevention & Community Health Advocate | Researcher & Program Developer | Child Right Advocate | Epidemiologist | Gender-Based Violence Prevention Specialist
Advocating for the Well-Being of Children with Disabilities Every child, regardless of ability, deserves the opportunity to thrive in a nurturing and inclusive environment. Children with disabilities face unique challenges, but when we invest in accessible education, healthcare, and community support, we empower them to reach their full potential. Inclusion isn't just about building ramps or adding specialized equipment—it’s about ensuring that every child feels valued, heard, and supported. Let’s advocate for policies and programs that foster the holistic well-being of all children, so they can grow, play, and learn alongside their peers. #Chukwuebuka_Godspower_Eze #DisabilityInclusion #ChildWellBeing #InclusiveEducation #HealthForAll #UNICEF #EqualOpportunities #Advocacy
Talking about the government's changes to disability support, writer and disabled community activist Henrietta Bollngers writes on RNZ: "The changes are being framed as urgent temporary measures for a ministry within days of blowing their budget. "No matter how temporary these changes turn out to be, they threaten to undermine a trust between government and disabled people slowly built over decades. Built on the fragile hope that after all this time we might be trusted to run our own lives." Read this important piece today: https://lnkd.in/g5x_nHUM Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People #DisabilitySupport #disabilityrights
This month is Disability Pride Month and we want to share an article we found from Hollyoaks actor Ellie Henry. In it she shares what she's proud of and how she's come to terms with using a wheelchair. https://bit.ly/3LgkfXo. Our favourite quote: "Celebrate the strength of the disabled people around you this month. Speak up about ableism/inaccessibility you notice. Take the time to read people’s posts or watch the reels and learn something new about the lives of disabled people. Change your little corner of the world ❤️" . . #disabilitypridemonth #disabilitypride #ChronicIllness #Disabled#AmbulatoryWheelchairUser #DisabilityAdvocate #Spoonies #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #Epilepsy #MobilityAids #DisabledAndProud #Accessibility #Advocate #DisabilityPride #DisabledActor #DisabledModel #wheelchairlife #DisabilityAdvice #daseastsuffolk
Are you a REAL advocate? Or not? The real advocates take the time to learn more and more about persons with disabilities. They constantly challenge their own beliefs about who my friends and I are, because they know how detrimental inaccurate beliefs can be. For the first-time ever, I'm doing a live Disability Advocacy webinar, and I will cover everything you need to know to level up your inclusion of the disability community. Join me, and learn the following: - the common misconceptions about the disability community, and how to know iif you are feeding into them - the best and most approppriate way to find and interview disabled people on-camera for your videos - and so much more I promise this: 99 percent of all DEI advocates don't touch on the topics I'll be covering. This is your chance to make a difference. Now or never. Get your spot today: https://lnkd.in/g8UA-qSR #DisabilityLed #VideoEditing #TeamTrustProductions
Thread for detailed info on disability activism which has changed key discussions in the past decade or so. https://lnkd.in/eV6jMEyv link to article in case you prefer that: https://lnkd.in/ePX-Qyts
Keep advocating for SB 198 Georgia! SB 198, sponsored by Senator Sally Harrell, would create the Georgians with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Innovation Commission. The goal of the commission is to develop new solutions for ending the NOW/COMP waitlist, employment, housing, and other important issues for the disability community so that adults with I/DD can live, work, and thrive in our communities. The bill has currently passed through the Senate, and is ready to be heard in the House Public Health Committee, where it can be voted on and passed onto the House floor for a vote. This would bring SB 198 one step closer to becoming a law. If you would like to see the Georgians with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Innovation Commission become a reality, make your voice heard now using our Phone2Action advocacy tool. Find it at https://p2a.co/xbG8GAA #AdvocacyAlert #DisabledAwareness #GaPol #DisabilityAdvocacy #DisabilityCommunity
Disability Justice includes working through our internalized ableism and checking the ableist assumptions we project onto others in order to recognize how powerful and beautiful we are as disabled people. How are you honoring yourself and the disabled people in your world today? #DanceForAllAbilities #RepresentationMatters #DisabilityJustice #BlackDisability #DisabilityCommunity #DisabilityInclusion #BlackAndDisabled #DisabilityPride #Ableism . . . [Image Description: At the very top is the "Embraced Body" logo in all white. It is in a circle with a heart attached to a rope. Below in bolded white text reads, "Disability Justice is about honoring our bodies, ourselves, and our communities. It's about recognizing that we are whole as we are and that we all have something to offer." -Patty Berne" Next to it is a graphic of a white gift box with a peach bow tied around it. Image is on a purple background.]
Disability Justice includes working through our internalized ableism and checking the ableist assumptions we project onto others in order to recognize how powerful and beautiful we are as disabled people. How are you honoring yourself and the disabled people in your world today? #DanceForAllAbilities #RepresentationMatters #DisabilityJustice #BlackDisability #DisabilityCommunity #DisabilityInclusion #BlackAndDisabled #DisabilityPride #Ableism . . . [Image Description: At the very top is the "Embraced Body" logo in all white. It is in a circle with a heart attached to a rope. Below in bolded white text reads, "Disability Justice is about honoring our bodies, ourselves, and our communities. It's about recognizing that we are whole as we are and that we all have something to offer." -Patty Berne" Next to it is a graphic of a white gift box with a peach bow tied around it. Image is on a purple background.]
Pain is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. NPAC advocates for the health and human rights of people in pain, and our board includes community leaders with lived experiences of pain related disabilities. Learn more about how NPAC advocates for people living with pain at nationalpain.org. #LivingWithPain #ChronicPain #PainCare #Pain #DisabilityPride #PainAdvocacy #DisabilityPrideMonth
