Denise Reich

Every American needs to watch this:

Elmo @elmo · 1h That Bunny was AMAZING. Elmo thinks he should be called Good Bunny! Elmo loves you, Mr. Good Bunny! ❤️🎶🐰 Based Yankee @thebasedyankee You and Bad Bunny should be deported

It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."

All people had to do to prevent this is vote for Kamala Harris.

This.

As I repeatedly said on my handle more times than I could count:

Mental Health is politics
Disability is politics

Yes, some of us don't talk about on a daily basis for spoon reasons (Take care of yourselves first and foremost)

But to folk who are outright deflecting the political arena

I actually agree that there is going to be a skill gap between people who regularly use AI vs those who refuse to use it, and it's that after the bubble pops the refusers will be fine while the AI-dependent will be missing or have let atrophy basic skills

Friendly reminder that what seems like a short/easy walk to you might be difficult, painful or entirely impossible for someone else. #Disability exists.

It says a lot that the only people I ever see talking about disability in a way that isn't condescending or flat out eugenics, are other disabled people.

US figure skater Amber Glenn speaks out for LGBTQ community at Olympics At a news conference at the Winter Olympics, U.S. figure skater Amber Glenn said she hopes to use her platform here to support her community.

We have some very cool athletes competing this year and they are worth tuning in to see and support. They’re what #America is really about so hopefully their shining example can do some image rehab. #LGBTQIA #Olympics #AmberGlenn 🏳️‍🌈

Perfect

I'm grateful Peacock streaming has the commentary-free venue feed available for figure skating at this #Olympics. I'm absolutely loving both #TeamJapan and #TeamUSA's skaters. So glad #AlysaLiu and #AmberGlenn have gold medals now! (what, you didn't think I was watching that other thing that's on?)

goodness, yes. And here a lot of the accessible seats are at one end so you have to navigate your way across the car to get to them. They do the same with a lot of station elevators - at the very end of the platform farthest from the exit so you're walking the entire station twice to leave. >_<

And I liked your article! I think you hit the nail on the head that for many the idea of lifetime chronic illness is anathema. We as society expect people to die or be cured. There's so much stigma around it still, as well. We could do a lot more to support people as they need it.

On Having Fun While Chronically Ill | The Saturday Evening Post Why is it that when people with disabilities do practically anything active it’s taken as proof that we’re bluffing about our condition?

I agree. I think there are very skewed perceptions of what it means to be disabled or chronically ill. There's a lot of "If you did this thing, you should be able do this other thing" and a lack of understanding of dynamic disability.

I wrote about this: www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/12/on-h...

Chronic Conditions and Public Transport As a society it behoves all of us to treat each other with care and respect. Please do not shove people in the back on public transport. It hurts!

work. I walked behind him to his school.

Clearly his foot was fine.

Yes, I'm another invisible illness patient. MAYBE if I'd had a walking stick he may not have lied. Who knows. But I'm sure he's not the only one who does it.

I've also had these experiences.

And I feel like far more ire should be directed toward venues and public transit systems that have so few disabled accessible places. People should not have to be fighting for a handful of ADA seats.

I get your point completely too, and thank you for bringing it up!

I didn't need the seat - but I did.

I feel like at the end of the day we should promote compassion and honesty and try to get people to understand why they should not lie. I feel just as strongly that when we try to decide if someone is disabled when we have no real info on them, it hurts us all.

I don't disagree that there are people out there who make these claims when they really don't need the seat. I've been on the receiving end of that too.

But I've also been on the receiving end of getting dirty looks and people literally stepping on my feet on the bus because they were SURE 1/

Today is #HolocaustRemembranceDay. My relative didn't live to see liberation, she was killed in 1942 in Auschwitz along with so many others from the Netherlands. One day I want to try to visit the memorial of names in Amsterdam, where she's remembered.

@auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social

When people are trying to have a night out and enjoy a concert or game, maybe one of the few activities they can still enjoy, that really sucks.

I wish articles would focus on the dearth of ADA seating instead of deciding people don't need it. #Disability #ChronicIllness 7/7

A program like IBCCES Individual Accessibility Card (IAC) might stop questions about #Disability at the point of sale/admission, but would not stop judgments. I have no doubt that even with an IBCCES credential people would still be casting aspersions on others who "don't look sick." 6/

I still remember the usher at #AngelsStadium who refused to tell me where the elevator was because she insisted I could do steep switchback ramps up to the top deck. Or the security guard who tried to keep me from using an elevator because it was "for people who needed it."

*I* needed it. 5/

you would see the shadows under my eyes or my hearing aid wires - but you don't see the cardiac, respiratory and #dysautonomia that make climbing stairs dangerous/nearly impossible for me. You don't see when I've spent four and a half hours having an infusion for #CVID. 4/

Conditions causing dizziness. Orthopedic issues. People who cannot stand and need a place to sit for the show. And so on.

You cannot know if someone has a #Disabilty or #ChronicIllness by looking at them. Period.

I generally don't "look sick" - maybe if you looked closely 3/

who were not using wheelchairs and walking. As though that proves someone doesn't have a #disability or #ChronicIllness.

There are so many reasons a person might need that seating that are not apparent. Cardiac and respiratory issues that make them unable to climb stairs. 2/

Honour system for accessible seating is failing disabled people, say hockey fans | CBC News With no requirement to prove eligibility, accessible seats at major sports and entertainment venues across the country are sold on the honour system — sometimes leaving people who rely on wheelchairs ...

I need to talk about this article. It posits that a lot of people taking disabled seating at sporting events and concerts should not be there.

The author briefly concedes invisible #disability exists but then goes on to say she observed people in the seating area 1/

www.cbc.ca/news/gopubli...

Today many on the right are leading us to a path where prejudice leads to hate and race, religion, disability, sexuality and all that is not their "norm" is not tolerated. It is not just the right but the left as well. Let's put aside our differences and just love one another

The ‘R-Word’ Returns, Dismaying Those Who Fought to Oust It

Here's what MAGA thinks of the disability rights movement in America:

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...

And #PalliativeCare would be a good way to address both physical and mental stress that comes with treatrment and progressive #ChronicIllness and help people cope with that.

There really needs to be far more understanding that #ChronicIllness patients need support. 3/3

It is also a large reason I think there should be more of a push to expand #PalliativeCare which is far better covered and often offered by hospital systems, to more #ChronicIllness patients. Someone with a serious illness may need support longterm and a palliative plan could help with that. 2/

The fact that so many therapists are private pay and do not accept insurance is likely part of the reason so many have trouble accessing mental health support.

"But we can give you a Superbill" cool cool that does absolutely nothing to make the service affordable. #Disability #ChronicIllness 1/