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Disability Culture Lab Action is a nonprofit disability media and narrative lab that builds the power of the disability community

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E*** M*** is willing to let disabled folks die to drive profits to billionaires. So what do we do about it? Despite all we’ve built here – we believe it’s time to build disability community in new places.
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We know many in the disability community use Twitter to connect and organize. We respect those who choose to stay. However, DCL can’t stay on a platform that promotes and profits from the deaths and suffering of our community.
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It’s time to create better online and offline spaces to invest our time and build community. We'll continue to review our presence on other platforms in the coming months. We hope to build with you soon elsewhere!
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Calling all disabled people to fill out PBS News Hour's call for how the [ongoing] COVID pandemic is affecting folks. pbsnewshour.formstack.com/fo…
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Jews for Mask Rights@jews4maskrights9 Jan 2025
Mask bans are invasive, unnecessary, and impractical. They force people to risk confrontations with law enforcement and financial burdens simply to protect their health. (1/2) #NoNYMaskBan #StopMaskBans #NYC #Disabled
At what point & how do I prove I'm disabled enough to mask? After I've been arrested? After I've missed work and paid money to a lawyer? Am I proving I'm disabled enough to a cop or a judge? Who is disabled enough anyway? - sIGNEE STOP NY's MASK BAN: JewsForMaskRights.com

ALT At what point & how do I prove I'm disabled enough to mask? After I've been arrested? After I've missed work and paid money to a lawyer? Am I proving I'm disabled enough to a cop or a judge? Who is disabled enough anyway? - sIGNEE STOP NY's MASK BAN: JewsForMaskRights.com

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🚨 SoCal Fires 🔥 1000s evacuated in Pacific Palisades due to wildfires fueled by strong winds. Stay safe: Follow all evacuation orders, check in Genasys Protect app Prep go bags Check on Disabled & older neighbors Need help? Try 211 or call/text Disaster Hotline at 800-626-4959
Graphic in English and Spanish versions. (Spanish text after english/Texto en español después del inglés) The background shows a wildfire in progress with visible flames and trees. English text: Disabled, impacted by wildfires, and need help? Call/text our Disability & Disaster Hotline at 800.626.4959 or email at hotline@disasterstrategies.org. Gráfico en versiones inglesa y española. El fondo muestra un incendio forestal en curso con llamas y árboles visibles. Texto en español: Llame o texteé la Línea Directa de Discapacidad y Desastres al 800.626.4959 o envíe un correo electrónico a hotline@disasterstrategies.org. #DisabLedResponse

ALT Graphic in English and Spanish versions. (Spanish text after english/Texto en español después del inglés) The background shows a wildfire in progress with visible flames and trees. English text: Disabled, impacted by wildfires, and need help? Call/text our Disability & Disaster Hotline at 800.626.4959 or email at [email protected]. Gráfico en versiones inglesa y española. El fondo muestra un incendio forestal en curso con llamas y árboles visibles. Texto en español: Llame o texteé la Línea Directa de Discapacidad y Desastres al 800.626.4959 o envíe un correo electrónico a [email protected]. #DisabLedResponse

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Dom Kelly@the_tattooedjew8 Jan 2025
I cannot stop thinking about every disabled person who can’t evacuate these SoCal fires, whether it’s because they physically can’t leave or they don’t have the resources to. When we say our systems are designed to leave disabled folks behind to die, this is a prime example.
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Froglet 🐸
@froglet8011 Dec 2024
There's been a lot of posts lately, remembering a weirdly romanticized version of the political activism spurred by the AIDS crisis in the 1980s and 1990s. Everyone likes to talk about Larry Kramer and ACT UP, but how many actually remember the rest of the story? 🧵
banner: aids - we need research not hysteria

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Alice Wong 王美華@SFdirewolf11 Dec 2024
As someone who has chronic pain I can attest to this
Mx. Inevitable: Cease and De-Cis@MxInevitable10 Dec 2024
I think it's interesting to see various ableist figures decide they understand chronic pain and disability as sources of radicalization
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Meier Galblum Haigh@mg_haigh12 Dec 2024
We all have a right to clean air and masks. Disabled folks have a right to protect ourselves as the government has refused to fund air filtration standards. Don’t sacrifice our lives for your surveillance state.
Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran9 Dec 2024
Today NYC Mayor Eric Adams said he hoped recent events would accelerate implementation of a mask ban. Reminder: There is no evidence that mask bans stop crime. Mask bans make cities more unsafe because preventing people from wearing masks increases the spread of diseases.
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CommunicationFIRST
@Communica1st10 Dec 2024
Around the corner is what would have been #JudyHeumann's 77th birthday. 💙 In her memory, we revisit The Judith Campaign. This film campaign honors Judy's teachings on the value of creating space for #disabled people to share their stories with the world: lnk.to/judithc. [Image: CommunicationFIRST Board member Judy Heumann (z”l) poses with Bob Williams (@rrw1957) and Henry Claypool (@claypoolhenry) for a group photo. They are in their powerchairs, and they appear to be enjoying the outdoors together on a sunny day.]
CommunicationFIRST Board member Judy Heumann (z”l) poses with Bob Williams (@rrw1957) and Henry Claypool (@claypoolhenry) for a group photo. They are in their powerchairs, and they appear to be enjoying the outdoors together on a sunny day.

ALT CommunicationFIRST Board member Judy Heumann (z”l) poses with Bob Williams (@rrw1957) and Henry Claypool (@claypoolhenry) for a group photo. They are in their powerchairs, and they appear to be enjoying the outdoors together on a sunny day.

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New Disabled South@DisabledSouth9 Dec 2024
We're looking for stories from GA, NC, TN, SC, TX, FL, OK, VA, WV, LA MS, KY, AL, and AR for a paid project about the realities of Medicare/Medicaid dual eligibility. Share your story here! forms.gle/q2UgzFYSMLHSFjTJ
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CommunicationFIRST
@Communica1st5 Dec 2024
In moments of stress—when being heard may be more important than ever—we can lose the ability to communicate in the ways we usually do. Our new resource guides people with speech-related #disabilities & #MentalHealth conditions, allies, & lifeline workers. lnk.to/cstress [Image: A glimpse over the shoulder of Ren, a fat nonbinary person with glasses and a partially shaved head visible, as they type into the AAC app on their smartphone. On their lap, a blanket is visible, patterned with smiling cartoon ghosts in the colors of the transgender flag.]
A glimpse over the shoulder of Ren, a fat nonbinary person with glasses and a partially shaved head visible, as they type into the AAC app on their smartphone. On their lap, a blanket is visible, patterned with smiling cartoon ghosts in the colors of the transgender flag.

ALT A glimpse over the shoulder of Ren, a fat nonbinary person with glasses and a partially shaved head visible, as they type into the AAC app on their smartphone. On their lap, a blanket is visible, patterned with smiling cartoon ghosts in the colors of the transgender flag.

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Meier Galblum Haigh@mg_haigh6 Nov 2024
Hearing reports from Columbia, SC that folks are being denied paratransit rides to the polls because they didn’t book 7 days in advance. Imagine relying on that for groceries, doctors, your vote, your kid’s big recital. Disabled folks deserve reliable, accessible, FREE transit. – at Washington, DC
@[email protected]@Imani_Barbarin6 Nov 2024
Just a reminder that disabled people need rides to go grocery shopping, doctor’s offices, to the bar, to the cafe—not just to cast a ballot that impacts you.
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Meier Galblum Haigh@mg_haigh5 Nov 2024
Disabled voters with wheelchair vans driving disabled voters without vans to vote! Love to see this from @slooterman. Plus -- great mention of new report from @DisSouthRising and @dclaction on power of the disability vote to shift Georgia and North Carolina.
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New Disabled South@DisabledSouth4 Nov 2024
Have you had a chance to read the new @DisSouthRising report in collab with @dclaction revealing the power of the #DisabilityVote? Disabled voters could swing key states now and in the future. Read more on this emerging research @The19thNews- 19thnews.org/2024/11/roll-2-…

Volunteers with wheelchair vans are ensuring disabled voters have a say on Election Day

Roll 2 the Polls is transforming Election Day accessibility by providing rides to vote for people with physical disabilities.

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Dom Kelly@the_tattooedjew4 Nov 2024
So @DisSouthRising has 4 billboards up in ATL! 2 gotv billboards: one on I-20 N by AUC, and one at MB stadium. 3rd compares @ashwinforga to his fake elector opponent on Abbotts Bridge Rd in Johns Creek. 4th compares @sallyharrellga to her opponent on I-85 N near Chamblee-Tucker.
A billboard that says “Vote with Disabled Georgians. November 5. New Disabled South Rising.”

ALT A billboard that says “Vote with Disabled Georgians. November 5. New Disabled South Rising.”

A billboard that says “Vote with Disabled Georgians. November 5. New Disabled South Rising.”

ALT A billboard that says “Vote with Disabled Georgians. November 5. New Disabled South Rising.”

A billboard that says “November 5: Vote with disabled Georgians” and compares Ashwin Ramaswami with an A grade to Shawn Still with an F grade.

ALT A billboard that says “November 5: Vote with disabled Georgians” and compares Ashwin Ramaswami with an A grade to Shawn Still with an F grade.

A billboard that says “November 5: Vote with disabled Georgians” and compares Sally Harrell with an A grade to Amelia Siamomua with an F grade.

ALT A billboard that says “November 5: Vote with disabled Georgians” and compares Sally Harrell with an A grade to Amelia Siamomua with an F grade.

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Dom Kelly@the_tattooedjew31 Oct 2024
Was interviewed on Morning Edition about the prez candidates and disability. It was a longer interview that understandably got cut to 2 minutes, but I’m disappointed that my critiques of the Biden admin on COVID and Gaza were cut. In any case, here it is. npr.org/2024/10/31/nx-s1-516…

1 in 6 voters has a disability. That voting bloc is growing as the population ages

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Dom Kelly, co-founder and CEO of the advocacy group New Disabled South, about the disabled community's needs and demands ahead of the presidential election.

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We're excited to share a new report in partnership with @DisSouthRising that shows the power of the disability vote across swing states. Candidates must take the voices of disabled people seriously if they want to win. Learn more: DisabilityVote.NewDisabledSo….
A graphic with a blue background that includes New Disabled South Rising and Disability Culture Lab Action logos in the top corners. Text in the center says, “New Report: Power of the Disability Vote Across Southern Swing States.” Below that are images of arms held upward with ballots and signs in hand. The signs say “vote.

ALT A graphic with a blue background that includes New Disabled South Rising and Disability Culture Lab Action logos in the top corners. Text in the center says, “New Report: Power of the Disability Vote Across Southern Swing States.” Below that are images of arms held upward with ballots and signs in hand. The signs say “vote.

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