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21 Jan, 3 tweets, 2 min read
The first U.S. Senator I ever interviewed and a juggernaut campaigner. @madeline_will and I prepped for my interview with her the week before and had been planning for months on end before it. May she Rest In Peace.
I feel like @jmilescoleman would horsewhip me if I didn’t mention that she outran Barack Obama in 2008. I doubt that could happen today as NC’s rural areas become redder. Her loss in 2014 was a product of a changing state and a bad year for Dems. #NCPol
Meanwhile, *I* will horsewhip anyone who compares North Carolina to Georgia. More of NC’s population is rural and while a lot of that rural population is Black, there are fewer than Georgia. #NCSen

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15 Jan
This is a big deal and really a victory for disability rights activists. Biden had NO disability policy during the primary so for him to prioritize this in a normal minimum wage increase is Yuge. #cripthevote
The best article I have ever read about subminimum wage labor for disabled people was this @slooterman joint from last year. Even before Biden released his disability plan, he and Sanders come out in support of ending subminimum wage labor.
vox.com/identities/202…
One extra thought here: Biden including ending subminimum wage labor is important because it says that disabled workers are workers and disabled workers' rights are workers' rights as a whole.
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13 Jun 20
Yup. And John McCain’s campaign too. The unfortunate thing about Wakefield’s study is we were JUST getting to understand how common autism was because of broadening diagnosis criteria, the ADA and IDEA. Then Wakefield set all of this on fire
Bear with me, this is a big part of the first chapter of my book. The 1980s and 1990s saw two important trends in autism. The first was the diagnostic criteria was broadened in the DSM. In 1980, “infantile autism” got a definition separate from Schizophrenia.
In 1987, that changed to be called “Autistic Disorder.” In 1994, Asperger’s Syndrome and PDD-NOS were included in the DSM. This meant that more people could get a diagnosis than in the past because there was a recognition that autism manifested in many ways.
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25 May 20
Who is a woman journalist who whenever you see their byline, you know you are going to learn something? Bonus points if you list what they cover.
I'd be remiss if I didn't list some of mine
Elections/Campaigns-@bridgetbhc @la_hagen @sfpathe @grace_panetta @emarvelous @annielinskey @emmaroller @rebeccarnelson @lbarronlopez @MadelainePisani @chelsea_janes
Also gotta include @claremalone @mollyesque @emmaroller @wpjenna (who had some of the best early dispatches on Trump and took him more seriously than others) @elainaplott @lyzl (though she covers a lot more).
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11 Jan 20
Compared to Warren, Harris, Castro and Buttigieg's plans, which were widely praised, I've seen plenty of criticism from the disability community of Klobuchar's plan. @JustStimming is a major authority on this.
@JustStimming There are a number of reasons why you see Democratic candidates courting disability rights activists and releasing policies when it wasn't a big deal even last cycle.
@JustStimming For one, there is a competitive primary. Last cycle, Hillary Clinton released a pretty comprehensive Autism policy. Sanders conversely, had little to no disability policy of which to speak and his Medicare for All Plan caught the ire of some.
rollcall.com/news/autism-ad…
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13 Sep 19
You can’t make this up. I am at the Climate crisis rally to cover the rally with @GretaThunberg, probably the most famous #ActuallyAutistic person, and this dude outside has a sign about vaccines and autism.
Update. One person in my mentions noticed that the person was most likely a woman. I didn’t look carefully enough. My bad
Ok, caught up with this woman with the anti-vaccine sign. She gave me the same spiel you get from anti-vaxxers. She said autism used to be 1 in 10,000. She said she only had one vaccine growing up. It said vaccines didn't reduce disease. It was quality of living.
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31 Aug 19
She's autistic. She's stimming. They have tics. They rock to comfort ourselves. These were the things that made autistic people subject to shocks and brutal treatment in the 70s and even today.
By the way, people who follow @GretaThunberg should follow @NaturalistDara, who is another #ActuallyAutistic climate activist and zoomer. As @stevesilberman says, there's a reason two leading voices on climate change are autistic.
@GretaThunberg @NaturalistDara @stevesilberman Oh and Autism is a condition that affects one in 59 children in the U.S. (we don't have a survey of adults like the U.K.) so if you don't have an autistic child, you have a relative, a coworker or a friend who does. You just don't know it.
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