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Passionate about accessibility, baked goods, and fictional characters. Not necessarily in that order. Pronouns: she/her

Philadelphia, PA
Joined December 2014
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My friend the activist says that by wearing a mask she is engaging in prefigurative politics: embodying a desired future through actions in the present. I ask if she desires a future where everyone is masked. She says no, she desires a future in which we take care of each other.
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Researchers at the University of Maryland are studying challenges with communication between autistic and non-autistic people in the workplace. Visit this webpage to learn more and fill out the screening survey: go.umd.edu/fit-study
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Gonna reiterate one more time: This cat is a *good one* She likes a *belly rub* She snores *a little* Adopt her people, how is my inbox not overflowing yet
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I wish I could magically slip a hundred bucks and a really cool sticker into the pockets of everyone who is still properly masking
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Them: your pets are spoiled Me: they are competitively compensated for the user experience they provide
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Hey so no reason to note this but if both parents agree, the PA birth certificate of any minor can be easily corrected if any errors exist, right up to the kid's 18th birthday. Any. Errors. Just in case you were worried about errors causing difficulty for your kid as an adult.
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it was me standing at the stove in a house where I'm safe. got here on my own two feet. had a lot of help. plenty of points where I wouldn't have bet on the outcome. now I have three potatoes, you know?
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Threatening to charge more for healthcare to a certain subset of society is literally a foot in the door to charging more for healthcare to additional subsets of society (disproportionately harming BIPOC, poor & disabled folks) & that is not how to approach equity, folks.
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1. Let’s begin the film screening, sponsored by Anthem! We’ll be watching LISTEN and People Like Me. Learn more about the films and their creators on the schedule. See the links below. #ASANGala
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Many people assume that if someone needs AAC they'll have had it provided to them. Just because you need AAC doesn't mean you ever were provided AAC and doesn't mean you ever knew it existed. And this is true no matter the reason or age of someone. #AACawarenessmonth
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Just a line from an email that I think needs developing into an essay: "I guess this is to say that the containers we pour our love and care into are porous and the stain of care blooms outward from where we intended, and I'm very grateful for the way yours has seeped into me."
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Replying to @UntoNuggan
“It’s just they’re terribly comfortable, I think everyone will be wearing them in the future”? Though they probably wouldn’t get it.
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Not to put the onus on other disabled ppl for always calling out nondisabled ppl's nonsense but when you've got a platform, use it to lift other folks up -- otherwise it's not a platform; it's a pedestal and you're a collectable.
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It's a shame that Millennials will never retire because I think I'd like to develop an aggressive affinity for a particular flower species, join a garden club, and cultivate a vicious rivalry with another member. I'm pretty sure that's my true calling, actually.
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Replying to @UntoNuggan
We need words for fatigue like the Inuit need words for a snow
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Today I am #WorkingInBed and I don't think I could be working productively at ALL if that weren't an option. Can people of all stages who do this retweet/respond, I want to debunk the idea that you can't progress if you have to do this #NEISvoid #ChronAc
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I am not surprised that today's mob attack happened. I am not surprised that the police let it happen. I am appalled that it is ending without mass arrests.
For reference, there were 14,000+ arrests at the George Floyd protests.
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