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Jan 9, 2022 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Over the past few months, I've tried to elevate voices from the HoH & deaf community. So little consideration has been given to their struggles to navigate public life with mask mandates. I have heard from a number of HoH community & advocates via DM's.
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Though until last week, I had yet to encounter an HoH person who was personally affected by masks.
We were on a family trip to Southern CA, staying at a small hotel. One morning, I went to the lobby to get breakfast items for the kids. I was late, so the front desk staff...
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Dec 13, 2021 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
"Sit at assigned table only. No passing of food items between tables. No loud talking. Do not take anything from the dining room."
This is a Minnesota prison's lunch rules. Even, so they are less restrictive than the school lunch in America. theguardian.com/us-news/2016/s…
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Today kids are lunching on cold, frozen ground, spaced apart on buckets, on floors of gyms & hallways or, if they're lucky, silent & spaced 6 feet apart, facing same direction in school cafeterias.
Their school meals are devoid of joy, humanity & communal nature of eating.
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Nov 17, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
#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.
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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!
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Nov 15, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
.@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."
#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."
Nov 15, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
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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Oct 12, 2021 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
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.”
