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Black text on a yellow background - This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that I wanted to fulfill and plans to create new stories for you. There are a few in progress that might come to fruition in a few years if things work out. I did not ever imagine I would live to this age and end up a writer, editor, activist, and more. As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism, I could not see a path forward. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin. We need more stories about us and our culture. You all, we all, deserve the everything and more in such a hostile, ableist environment. Our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.

“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”

This is easy and wonderful! Thank you soooooooo much for sharing it!

"I don't have to talk to you. Can I leave?" That's it, wait, repeat no matter what else they say.

other variations

"I got nothin to say, can I leave?"

"I don't know, can I leave?"

"I'll talk to my lawyer, can I leave?"

"(glares silently) can I leave?"

Historic Change - Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Stacey Park Milbern YouTube video by Smithsonian American Women's History Museum

Yomi Young and Mia Ives-Rublee offer powerful testimony to the life and legacy of Stacey Park Milbern.

Please share. Their offerings are a Must Watch.

Mia Ives-Rublee starts at 1:05

Yomi Young starts at 1:12

Access: ASL interpreter, captions, transcript.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=MSOM...

Image Description: Patty Berne,a Japanese-Haitian person with light brown skin, smiles playfully with love and light shining from their brown eyes. They wear an off the shoulder opalescent blue dress and an amethyst pendant. Their brown hair is pulled back into their signature two buns. Behind Patty is a pink background with radiant red and yellow flowers. At the top of the image, iridescent capital letters spell out “PATTY LIVES THROUGH US.” On the bottom right corner is Sins Invalid’s logo, a black rectangular box with white letters that read “Sins Invalid.”

Sins Invalid co-founder Patricia “Patty” Berne is now an ancestor. #PattyLivesThroughUS More info at:
sinsinvalid.org

Accessible Virtual Pride 2025 - Calling Up Justice! Our Accessible Virtual Pride Our event was born from a desire from our disabled queer community members not being included in local in-person prides. Whether that was due to the lack of covid precauti...

Need a way to attend Pride from your home? Accessible Pride, check it out. callingupjustice.com/accessible-v...

Photo of long high top van towing a long white cargo trailer. Driver and a friend also shown.

Towed my first trailer 2+ hours. #BadAssDisabledElder #DisBedViews

Cloudy desert sunset photo

View from my disabled bed #DisBedViews

Window film that creates lots of small rainbows

Rainbows surround me when I am stuck in bed #DisBedViews #LongCovid #DisabledLife

Meme text: today I read that butterflies rest when it rains because of damages their wings. It’s OK to rest during the storms of life. You’ll fly again when it’s over.

#Disabled folks know the value of rest. Guess we’re all just butterflies. #DisBedViews

Screenshot with beige background and black text that says: “I argue that Black people with Long Covid are heroes. America is so entrenched in erasing every facet of Blackness that prioritizing Black health advocacy is often dangerous. I posit we are the stuff of legends. Our names may never be printed in history books nor will certificates often bear our achievements. We won’t be the first people you recall when you think of Black History Month. But our bravery, frustration, and vulnerability has led many others to seek treatment for the condition that has affected millions of Black Americans. And February belongs to us, too. - Chimére L. Sweeney, The Black Long COVID Experience.”

The Blackest Side of Long COVID - new substack from our amazing comrade Chimére L. Sweeney of The Black Long COVID Experience. theblackestsidelc.substack.com/p/black-long-covid-communities-are-70a

#longcovid #bhm #longhaulers #BlackHealth

Photograph of a wheelchair dancer and stand-up dancer on a makeshift down floor under the night skies

Disabled dancing under the stars #DisBedViews #DisabledJoy

Bright, yellow, orange and pink sunset behind a silhouette of a desert tree

Nature solace. #DisBedViews #Arizona #DisabledArt

Metal pole with arms holding hummingbird feeders, and cut crystal balls out in the Arizona desert

Feeding hummingbirds, who also like the cut crystal rainbow balls #DisBedViews

Photo looking out the back of a trailer. Homemade bed lies across the trailer. The open ramp door shows a vista of tan brown sand with low lying mountains in the distance.

A series of posts offering solace in hard times. Mostly nature photos with Alt Tags taken from my bed #DisBedViews

Trump's DEI attack may halt progress for disabled workers The president reversed a 2021 order aimed at making the federal workplace more accessible.

"Those who need accommodations can still legally be able to request them, but that process can take a long time and be challenging, experts said." www.axios.com/2025/01/24/d...

It's a bad time for trans people now, and it's a bad time for trans literature

Buy trans books, leave reviews
Support trans authors
If you can't afford a book right now, then follow them on social media and amplify their voices

Here's a starter pack to start you off

Trans authors ask to be added

Grateful for this piece drawing attention to the plight of access to wheelchairs even when people have insurance.

ReproductiveRights.Gov Vanished, So We Brought It Back theSkimm makes it easier to live smarter. You're welcome. Get all the info you need from AM to PM, wherever you are.

The administration took down the reproductive rights website that women need access to. So The Skimm bought a url and brought the content back. Pass this on!

Go to reproductiverightsdotgov.com

Be a Strong Link for Immigrant Patients 🔗 Enhance the ethical care of all patients when immigration agents enter hospitals

Healthcare workers:
Now is a great time to plan ahead before you’re face-to-face with an ICE agent.

I’ve compiled 14 tips for healthcare workers ⬇️

If you are not at 100% that is OK!

Can't remember? Turn on the reminder in settings -> accessibility. Can't write it? Just put alt4me in the post or alt text field, and a volunteer will help you. (Be patient. They are volunteers)

It's time to help others by being inclusive. ❤️

(Nofeed)

So, just to be clear: rescinding a 60-year-old executive order prohibiting discrimination in federal hiring and federal contracting is not ant-DEI, it is anti-civil rights. Efforts to subvert the 1964 Civil Rights Act are likely next,if you read what conservatives have said.And that's the beginning.

Amazon removes 'equity for Black people' and 'LGBTQ+ rights' from company policies Amazon has quietly removed protections for Black and LGBTQ+ workers from its company policies.

Hey while megaretailers profiting one of the richest men in world are out here doing this shit www.advocate.com/news/amazon-...

maybe it's a fun time to switch to @librofm.bsky.social for audiobooks. Select the indie bookstore you'd like to support, listen away. Comp prices to aforementioned jerks

glaad 1) BREAKING: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION REMOVES LGBTQ AND HIV RESOURCES FROM WHITE HOUSE AND OTHER GOVERNMENT WEBSITES GLAAD: "President Trump claims to be a strong proponent of freedom of speech, yet he is clearly committed to censorship of any information containing or related to LGBTQ Americans and issues that we face. This action proves the Trump administration's goal of making it as difficult as possible for LGBTQ Americans to find federal resources or otherwise see ourselves reflected under his presidency. Sadly for him, our community is more visible than ever; and this pathetic attempt to diminish and remove us will again prove unsuccessful." (January 21, 2025 -- New York, NY) -- Today GLAAD, the world's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, is breaking news that the Trump administration has eliminated nearly all LGBTQ and HIV focused content and resources from the White House website, as well as eliminated LGBTQ and HIV content from key federal agency webpages. Mentions of "lesbian," "bisexual," "gay," "transgender," "sexual orientation," "gender identity," and related terms are no longer accessible on WhiteHouse.gov, and the search term "LGBTQ" now brings up zero results on the site. In addition, some LGBTQ-specific pages have been taken down from the Centers for Disease Control, Department of State, and more. GLAAD will continue to monitor federal agency websites in the coming days and weeks to track any LGBTQ-related webpage takedowns.

The Trump administration is purging government websites of mentions of LGBTQ+ people and resources for people with HIV.

Terms no longer found on the official White House website include lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.

Erasing LGBTQ+ people is part of the goal of the new fascist regime.

I know a lot of other disabled people are wondering what we can do to help the world be less of a dumpster fire

With limited energy, and often stuck at home with limited local community (or none at all)

So I'd like to talk a little about what I'm trying to do, and why I think it's important

If you’re looking for some ideas, here are some organizations that are going to be fighting the good fight in the coming months and years and could use your donations.
Categories include journalism, book bans, LGBTQ+, environment, immigration, & criminal justice reform.

Hooray
I can share something lovely too: Katy’s story ‘Duskers’ and an interview with this rather brilliant woman featured in my recent doctorate. Katy is also the first person to have noted that disability is forefront in 2023’s The Zebra and Lord Jones.