@deescribes

How do I DeeSribe myself? Chick in a chair who loves baking, crocheting and writing.

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Joined July 2011
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Managed Long Term Care (MLTCs) pockets billions in profits meant for home care - enough to fund #FairPay4HomeCare. Meanwhile, they are turning the lives of New Yorkers with disabilities like Gemma upside down. See link in bio to share your story! @govkathyhochul
"My managed long-term care plan wanted to cut my home care hours from 12 hours a day to 4 hours a day. I had to appeal twice before I was given 9 hours a day and that still was not enough. MLTCs are turning the lives of older adults, people with disabilities and family caregivers upside down. This needs to stop in next year's state budget. " - Gemma Calinda, Organizer, Kingston, NY, photo of Gemma, young woman of color wheelchair user

ALT "My managed long-term care plan wanted to cut my home care hours from 12 hours a day to 4 hours a day. I had to appeal twice before I was given 9 hours a day and that still was not enough. MLTCs are turning the lives of older adults, people with disabilities and family caregivers upside down. This needs to stop in next year's state budget. " - Gemma Calinda, Organizer, Kingston, NY, photo of Gemma, young woman of color wheelchair user

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If you need an argument for hiring disabled journalists, @AmandaMoMorris, who is hard of hearing and a #CODA, wrote this gut-wrenching profile of how the deaf community in Lewiston is reeling after the shooting this week. washingtonpost.com/nation/20…

Maine’s deaf community reeling after shooting claimed four of their own

Many of Maine’s deaf people went to school together, and the loss of four deaf people in Wednesday’s shooting in Lewiston has hit the tightknit community hard.

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So excited to hear @Imani_Barbarin at the @NYAIL statewide conference. Her message was spot on.
Black woman seated on a stage. She is wearing a mask and a pink and red floral gown.

ALT Black woman seated on a stage. She is wearing a mask and a pink and red floral gown.

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Need something to do with your Saturday afternoon? Take NYSILC’s survey on the State Plan for Independent Living and enter for a chance to win 1 of five $50 Amazon gift cards! The link to our survey, in English, can be found here: surveymonkey.com/r/EnglishSP…
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Sadly, I have seen baggage handlers do this with my chair too. Good luck getting it resolved and fixed quickly!
John Morris | Wheelchair Travel
@WCTravelOrg5 Aug 2023
For the first time ever, I actually witnessed @AmericanAir destroy my wheelchair in real time. It was improperly loaded on the baggage belt and flipped off onto the pavement. Sadly, I don’t have video but do have this photo. They weren’t going to say a single word to me about it.
Wheelchair flipped over with pieces strewn on the ramp at an airport, American Airlines staff crowded around it.

ALT Wheelchair flipped over with pieces strewn on the ramp at an airport, American Airlines staff crowded around it.

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Just learned that @Imani_Barbarin is going to be speaking at the @NYAIL conference this fall. So excited to meet her at this event!
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Emily Ladau@emily_ladau3 Jul 2023
"Wanna race? Don't run me over! Watch out for the wheelchair lady! Do you have a license for that thing?" Still, I am proud.
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Thank you closed captioning! Now I know what Michael Arden said on the #Tonys. He's the "f**** with the Tony!"
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CDPAANYS@CDPAANYS16 May 2023
Rest in Power Sally Johnston! There are so many reasons we named our advocacy award for Sally. She was a fierce advocate who spent her life fighting not only for #FairPay4HomeCare & CDPA but for the Disability Community & the right of disabled ppl to be supported in the community
Sally Johnston seated in her wheelchair wearing blue scarf with two other women who are presenting a plaque of the first annual Sally Johnston Advocacy Award.

ALT Sally Johnston seated in her wheelchair wearing blue scarf with two other women who are presenting a plaque of the first annual Sally Johnston Advocacy Award.

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Excited to spend my lunch listening to @DrKaraAyers talking about dismantling ableism. Starting right off with language!
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NDRN and a coalition of disability advocacy groups are collecting the stories of individuals who encountered inaccessible websites and apps. Let us know how online inaccessibility has impacted you ndrn.org/resource/is-the-web…

Is the Web Accessible to You? - NDRN

We are asking that you please provide examples of when a website or application was inaccessible to a person with a disability.

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Let's go Devils! #StanleyCupPlayoffs
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.@GovKathyHochul The NY Times is reporting what we have been telling you for years - we are facing a massive Home Care shortage due to the lack of #FairPay4HomeCare - don’t betray us in this year’s budget by going back on the baby step forward you took last year
Monica Klein@MonicaCKlein25 Apr 2023
"Health aides account for one of the fastest-growing industries in NYC, but typically pull in very low salaries — recent research has shown that the city is facing a massive shortage of home health aides, which will worsen significantly over the next few years."
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CDPAANYS@CDPAANYS25 Apr 2023
.@AndreaSCousins @CarlHeastie like us last year you took @GovKathyHochul at her word that the $3 raise was a start. She can clearly no longer be taken at her word as she tries turn home care back into a minimum wage job. Please keep her from taking us backwards! #FairPay4HomeCare
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This chart clearly shows that the deal @GovKathyHochul is proposing @CarlHeastie & @AndreaSCousins bring to their conference on home care will cut wages for home care workers from what they were expecting. Conferences need to send a resounding "NO"
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The home care package in @GovKathyHochul budget was leaked. She reverses herself on campaign promises! She caps wage increases at $3 over min wage, not a baseline. She takes away some of wage parity, postpones increases & avoids acctablility. Tell @carlheastie . Not ok. Push back
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Hi @CarlHeastie and @AndreaSCousins . The @CaringMajority is behind you as you fight for #FairPay4HomeCare in the NYS budget. We have your back. We need you to keep holding the line for the millions of NYers depending on this. Thank you!
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Why I fight for #FairPayforHomeCare! medium.com/@elisabethdubois/…

Fighting for Dignity and Respect: The Personal Case for Fair Pay for Home Care Workers

Have you ever paused to consider the everyday tasks that you perform? Activities such as getting out of bed, using the bathroom, cooking…

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It's about dignity and respect, and the right to live in my own home in my community. But without home care workers, I can't do that. medium.com/@elisabethdubois/…
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