Here she is at 2. #UnwellToBeginWith, but so proud to be learning about our country in preschool. She’s 11 now, and tells me she doesn’t think anyone in government cares about her because she has a disability. /3
My daughter at 4, dressed as Nancy Drew for book character day. Kids this age still cannot be vaccinated, but that doesn’t seem to matter to anyone in charge. Hospitalizations for this age group at record highs. It’s a mystery how @CDCDirector sleeps at night. /4
Age 7. #UnwellToBeginWith but smart enough not to stare directly into the sun without eye protection during an eclipse. /5
Ages 6 months and 10. Don’t kids who are #UnwellToBeginWith deserve to grow, have joy, and be safe in school? /6
Age 11, holding Domino. Domino’s world isn’t complete without Gwen, her talents, and her snuggles. I agree. She may be #UnwellToBeginWith, but she is fierce, kind, a loyal friend, smart, funny, & like everyone else with a disability, a necessary part of the fabric of our lives./7
What I fear most is not the growing fascism on the right, but the open embrace of eugenics on the left.
For two years, too many folks have come to believe that those with pre-existing conditions are expendable.
Once we fully accept that premise, who else will we sacrifice? ###
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Questions my kid has asked:
- If there was only one hospital bed left, and there were two kids sick, me and someone healthy…they…would get the bed instead of me because I have a disability? /1
Questions my kid has asked:
-Why doesn’t the government care about kids with disabilities? /2
Questions my kid has asked:
-What will happen when they decide immunocompromised people are “disease vectors” for new variants, and then start saying that with their out loud voices? /3
I wholeheartedly condemn GOP members who refused to wear masks in a closed room for hours. Many Dem colleagues are now Covid + as a result. BUT CAN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR TEACHERS? A thread. /1
For hours, masked Dem MOCs were in an enclosed space with unmasked GOP members. Repeat. Dems had masks on. Shoulda been fine, right? Wrong. Let’s talk about aerosols and saturation. Covid is airborne and can linger in the air. /2
Conditions at the Capitol were similar to everyday school environments - especially high school. Crowding, shouting, sporadic adherence to mask wearing. Even in some schools doing a better job at compliance, we’re still talking about closed indoor spaces. /3
So, I didn’t get around to requesting an absentee ballot and I went to early vote today instead. I was also curious as to how the Barrow County BOE was going to live up to the promises the GA SoS made with regards to new machines. TLDR; right to secret ballot = denied. /1
I walked in, encouraged by social distancing stickers and hand sanitizer. Then I approached the election official. No mask. We’ll come back to this issue in a minute.
Then a second poll worker (also no mask) instructed me to pick a machine. Here is where the fun begins.. /2
As I look into the room ahead, there are perhaps 8 machines in a room that looked to be 15’x20’. Machines had cute blue dividers of the sort intended to keep kids from cheating on tests. Cute, I say, in the sense that they were laughable, and as effective as cling wrap pants. /3