Just think it’s funny I called/emailed a healthcare office 3x reminding them to send testing instructions they were supposed to have already sent. They ignored me. & then my husband calls & they send it immediately.

“Sexism is ridiculous!” he laughed.
“I know.” I said. How do people without an America’s Golden Boy husband (deep-voiced white guy Army veteran) get people to take them seriously?

Because, for the life of me, I can’t get anyone to listen to me unless it is through him.

Something that haunts me: years ago my mom, an alcoholic, went to rehab to get clean. My grandparents who grew up soaked in alcohol culture —prolific partiers/socialites their entire lives —went sober in solidarity.

Except it turns out they didn’t…🧵 (an essay on access) My great grandparents on both the Polish/Russian & Swedish sides (1st gen immigrants) were allegedly infamous bootleggers in Chicago. That’s the environment my grandparents grew up in.

I hope every disabled/immunocompromised child’s family sues the school district when their kids are inevitably hospitalized, killed, or end up with long COVID.

The position-holders running this school district are abhorrent.

https://twitter.com/kron4news/status/1747075974733132102

Sue them into the ground. Sue them so hard that their head spins would make Regan from The Exorcist envious. Bonk them so hard with the legal system that money spews out of their mouths in a never-ending font of FAFO.

Twitter: can you help me find this woman? She was my “Big Sister” (from Big Brothers Big Sisters) in early 2000s in Marin County, CA. She saved my life when I was an at-risk youth enduring extreme trauma and abuse.

I want to tell her thank you. Unfortunately I have trauma-related memory loss and I cannot remember her name. But largely thanks to her I made it through. I’ve since volunteered myself as a “Big Sister” to an at-risk youth & also tutored at-risk youth at a rehab facility to help others the way she helped me.

It’s getting real goofy having to beg for access at conferences.

Me: “I am disabled and at high risk of severe COVID outcomes. What safety measures are in place to make this event equitable & inclusive?”

Organizers: “uhhhh...”

It’s been almost 3 years. Figure it out. Accessibility shouldn’t be slipshod performativity after someone asks. It should be built into the event — and advertised as such. It baffles me that folks are complaining no one participating in their events but doing absolutely nothing to protect attendees.

“...there will be very limited remote course offerings, so it may be appropriate to take a leave of absence for fall if circumstances related to COVID-19 impact a student’s ability to attend class in person.” UCD committed to culture of exclusion! @DisInHigherEd (1/6) Y’all know retention rates among those forced to take leaves of absence are horribly low, right? And what if this student’s situation shows no likelihood of improving? If they are ready and willing to learn, why NOT provide accessibility via remote options? (2/6)