This is Melanie Gabriel, A Washington State HS freshman with a 504/disability. Last year she fought to reopen schools, & now due to mask mandates, she is unable to attend school, herself.



Listen to her story. Share it with your kids.
#MaskLikeAKid
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Melanie courageously talks about her awakening:

"I opened my eyes & realized that what the public schools were putting us through with the lockdowns & online school was *torture.* It has this horrible impact on our mental health... I got out & I got loud."

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Melanie continues: "Recently I've been fighting against the mask mandate at my school. I have a legitimate mental health condition that keeps me from wearing it on my face but they seem to have a problem with that so I've been advocating for myself for quite some time now."
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"It's really important we get out there & get heard. Because the people making decisions aren't going to make the right decisions. We are the only ones who can save ourselves. The adults in charge don't really care. It's up to us children to find our voice & use it properly."
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17 Nov
#MaskLikeAKid asked the Hard-of-Hearing community how masking has affected both parents & kids.

A deaf mom of deaf children (who wished to remain anonymous) shared her story: "Every gain my hearing aids give me, the masks take away.

I am back to being a dependent person.
1/4
I take my hearing child with me on important errands so she can do the listening for me.

I see my other 2 HOH kids struggling in class and with making friends and it breaks my heart.

But they love school and don't want to give it up!
2/4
The effect on mental health & self esteem is devastating.

Even having to say 5x/day "I read lips, can you please remove your mask" when about 2 / 5 will simply say "no."

It's like declaring all day long "I'm less than everyone else." But you learn to swallow your pride.
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15 Nov
.@AAPPres @AmerAcadPeds You knew this all along & denied it. Now *LISTEN* to the students:

"It's been really important to me to see my teachers' faces and see their face light up when someone gets a question right."

wbur.org/news/2021/11/1…

#MaskLikeAKid
"You feel like you have more of a connection with the teacher when you can see their facial expression and the emotion towards what they're teaching."
"You’re communicating more than before when you were look looking at someone’s eyes to read their cues."
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12 Oct
Where are @apoorva_nyc's editors after last week's outrageously misleading article & retractions?

Today's piece nytimes.com/2021/10/12/hea… is another mess! (thread)
In which, @apoorva_nyc refers to "so-called natural immunity." It’s 'so called' because it exists! @CDCgov even documents it.

“Natural immunity is acquired from exposure to the disease organism through infection with the actual disease.”

cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-g…
And this: “No one should try to acquire immunity through natural infection." The non-immune, should get vaccinated, the immune (vaccine or natural immunity should both be studied to gauge how effective natural immunity & vaccine immunity continues to be.
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