“Delightfully forthright”PERSONAL ACCT she/her CW:tweets about law/MH/long Covid. MUFC/HCFC/FC Pinzgau. Adoptee. Arc bender. Troll muter. Same name elsewhere.

Connecticut
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A collaborative study from UConn's Dept. of Allied Health Sciences and the @UConnRuddCenter highlights the lived experiences of women of color living in a food swamp as a tool to enact sustainable investment and policy changes. #HinCAHNR today.uconn.edu/2024/10/rese…
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CT Supreme Court considers case of woman "arrested, involuntarily committed to a max. security mental institution for 9 months and forcibly medicated with antipsychotics after she refused to identify herself to a hotel reservation clerk." Must read. 1/4 newsbreak.com/hartford-coura…
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We are offering one time payments to folks in the South who are impacted by Hurricane Helene. Please go to go.newdisabledsouth.org/hele… for more information and to request support. And please share!
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Please share widely! Please help with our beloved @tinu's last expenses and with her wonderful family. Tinu means so much to all of us. Please be here now #ForTinu . If you can't help, please share! 💖❤️🌺🐰🌷 gofundme.com/f/honoring-tinu…
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Kathy Flaherty retweeted
Eastern Equine Encephalitis (#EEE) is a rare illness that is spread through the bite of an infected mosquito. We hear what you need to know about protecting yourself and your family. @HartfordHealthC joins us. An estimated 17 million adults in the nation have long COVID. We’ll get updates on #LongCovid and hear from a patient. @PlzSolveCFS joins us. Got a question or comment for our panel? Call us at 888-720-9677 or post your comment below. Listen live on @wnpr ctpublic.org/show/where-we-l…
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Kathy Flaherty retweeted
The American Bar Association this month passed a resolution calling on governments to STOP broadening involuntary commitment laws. (These are people who actually see what's happening behind the closed doors of commitment courts...) americanbar.org/groups/diver…
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Kathy Flaherty retweeted
Great to see a psychiatrist truly supporting patients' well-being & rights. Powerful article by @RupiLeghaMD promoting "full informed consent” about "often-unstated" risks & harms of getting someone coerced into dangerous mental health care systems. journals.plos.org/mentalheal…
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Kathy Flaherty retweeted
Law Society protests new BC bill giving sweeping powers to forcibly treat lawyers who have mental health diagnoses regardless of their actual legal competency. (Beware what happens when you support forced psychiatric care--it's coming for you, too.) timescolonist.com/opinion/co…
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Kathy Flaherty retweeted
Angela Tucker is the author of the book "You Should Be Grateful: Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption." Today, we talk about the intricacies of navigating life as a transracial adoptee. Listen live on @WNPR trib.al/3SK4Gu7
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The essay by @mssinenomine is essential reading For more about the book and a list of all the contributors: disabilityvisibilityproject.…
Very honoured to have an essay of mine published in the new anthology edited by the amazing @SFdirewolf Disability Intimacy
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Kathy Flaherty retweeted
New paper where even Treatment Advocacy Center reps (huge promoters of Assisted Outpatient Treatment) admit there are "significant limitations" in the "outdated" research suggesting forced outpatient drugging helps people. link.springer.com/article/10…
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My anthology DISABILITY INTIMACY comes out on 4/30!! Join me that day in conversation with the contributors @thellpsx @Nicole_Lee_Sch & Dr. Ellen Samuels online at @HarvardBooks, 6 pm Eastern ASL & captioner available Register: eventbrite.com/e/virtual-eve…
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Kathy Flaherty retweeted
In this horrible, dangerous trend of street arrests using forced sedating, note this: Sometimes these were "mental health" arrests, sometimes not. So really, it's yet another way policing & psychiatry are increasingly intertwined & effectively the same. apnews.com/article/investiga…
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Kathy Flaherty retweeted
I was at a meeting of attorneys and other experts on mental health laws and involuntary commitment recently, and some mentioned what a stellar podcast series @committablepod has created. Indeed! More people should know about it. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Kathy Flaherty retweeted
For the first time, there is a federal minimum on the amount of care nursing home residents get every day. I talked to experts and workers about what that means and why it matters. 19thnews.org/2024/04/nursing…
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On April 26tt @medact are launching their latest report: Criminalising Distress. Exploring the Serenity Integrated Mentoring model, and exposing ongoing SIM-like practices, this event is the culmination of an eighteen month primary research project. medact.org/event/criminalisi…
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Disability Rights Rally. Watch here: facebook.com/share/v/Sm32T2v…
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