Lots of folks out here who drool over AI are just showing their (already) problematic ways of thinking about production. Claiming you dont do data cleaning, lit review, etc and just shove these off on collaborators is not something you should brag about. 1/5

https://twitter.com/akoustov/status/2028623202306428986

You should actually form your ideas based on your own synthesis of the field. You should read enough to know youre making a contribution. And if you share this work with grad students lord I hope youre teaching them how to DO it well. 2/5

Wow the plan is just eugenics. So much for providing healthcare for disabled people. This forces disabled people into poverty, it deprives them of mobility and access, and it harkens back to ages of forced institutionalization.

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/2026780307949572438

A moratorium on new suppliers when there is already a lack of suppliers will, in fact, harm disabled people who need these things. It often takes MONTHS to get these items, esp if insurance is involved, and there are not enough providers.

Disabled people called this a mass disabling event and cautioned people on how capitalism would plow ahead with disablement and death years ago. Sorry if someone of us are tired of watching our loved ones die, lose their health, and lose their jobs. 1/4

https://twitter.com/confusionm8trix/status/2012197767733534870

Like I cannot stress how many loved ones are out of work because of ableism, I cannot stress how many people are dealing with long covid on top of existing disabilities. I cannot stress how demoralizing it is to constantly be discriminated against. 2/4

Im #OneOfTheTwo because Im already disabled, and I know nothing is capable of saving me in this capitalist hellscape. No govt, no partner, no family member can save me if I become too disabled to work. If I cant work, I cant get the meds I need to stay alive. 1/5 Being disabled is incredibly expensive. Securing drs, paying for scans and bloodwork, covering compounded meds, buying safe foods - I could not afford these things on disability. I literally cannot afford to become more unwell. 2/5

In the 1810s, economists and govt officials in Europe and the US conducted a ton of poverty investigations. They concluded that poor people were poor because they were just lazy immoral alcoholics. Officials recommended mass incarceration. 1/9 Officials complained that "foreigners" were overcrowding American hospitals, that pension recipients were "faking" disability, and that everyone out of work receiving charity should be institutionalized and forced to work by the govt. 2/9

Poverty history is wild bc youll get:

Historian #1: wealthy ppl got upset they had to pay taxes for poor relief, so they built the carceral state and passed laws to cut relief. This was bad for poor people. Costs went down bc of threats of incarceration. 1/5 Historian #2: the city was plagued with high poverty rates, so the govt passed laws to regulate relief. Costs went down bc the city hired more govt officials to screen applicants and made "better" choices about who "deserved" care. This was good. 2/5

Western medicine is designed to react rather than prevent, which is why so many patients are discarded by it. Even though we talk about utilitarian ethics in emergency situations, the framrwork is behind all forms of care. And it all ties back to capitalism. 1/8 An acute issue, with clear therapeutics? This implies a high ROI - its worth it for the system to fix you. You might go back to school/work/"productivity" which js what capitalism wants. A chronic issue, or one without clear therapeutics? That means a lower ROI. 2/8

Its finally here! Feels SO good to finally see it in print. Many thanks to the editors who handled this book with such care, and the other contributors who challenged me to think about my own ethical commitments throughout this process. It was a dream to work with yall! 1/5 My chapter on "Accessibility" is an ode to every disabled scholar who's been barred from the academy because of ableism. It's also a love letter to those who continue to take COVID precautions, which is a critical component in fostering access for all people. 2/5

Today is my 10-year brain surgery anniversary! A decade ago, I was under the knife getting a Chiari decompression surgery and a fusion of C1-C2. At the time I had daily debilitating headaches, struggled to stay upright, and had lost all sense of depth perception. 1/17 I was constantly dizzy, I had terrible hand-eye coordination, and I struggled with brain fog. Getting to my senior year undergrad classes, was so incredibly tough. I was either in class, or sleeping, or zoned out in an unending pain flare. 2/17

Generative AI kills curiosity, critical reasoning, and is absolutely creating falsified records. This semester I found projects/papers with:
1. Bibliographies with sources that dont exist
2. Fake quotations from REAL books
3. Fake quotations from FAKE books 1/5 Plagiarism includes everything from copying someone elses ideas to copy/pasting existing content to FALSIFYING HISTORICAL RECORDS. These are all heinous, but falsifying records is a major violation in the field of history. 2/5

Last October I talked about beginning meds for late-dx #ADHD. A ton of people here warned me that it'd wreck me and it was a terrible idea. On the contrary, it was the best decision I made this academic year. 1/6 I felt organized for the first time in my life. I sat and read and enjoyed student papers comfortably. I wrote things I cared about, things that matter. I developed courses, did tons of service work, and ran for new roles in my institution. Meds helped me do all that 2/6

Yesterday in class I gave my students excerpts from the Clinical Handbook of ADHD Assessment, the IAAP (Intl Association of Accessibility Professionals) training materials, and the accoms paperwork required at my school. 1/6 They roleplayed as disabled students trying to secure accommodations for ADHD, drs overseeing testing/appts, and accoms officers. The students had to try to secure accoms. 2/6

I finally got a Novavax booster! However the entire process was *messy*. You bet I will be writing to Novavax. Patients AND pharmacists should have proper knowledge, training, and access! 1/12 I tried to book a Novavax booster through the CVS vaccine app. I missed the 24-25 booster because I went back to school in Aug and the boosters hadnt rolled out yet. Instead, I got Pfizer and then cried when Novavax came out two weeks later. 2/12

Glad that people love history. However, if you're not masking in public spaces, YOU are setting the tone for the eugenic platform. One of the easiest things you can do is think about high risk people. We need to go to school, the doctor, the store. We deserve access. 1/6

https://twitter.com/Nicole_Lee_Sch/status/1892328096604229976

If you're spreading disabling and deadly diseases, then you're telling high risk people you dont care about their autonomy, human rights, or inclusion. And youre agreeing that its cool to lock us away or kill us. 2/6

If you're struggling to understand how eugenics impacts daily life right now, I recommend going back to the historical records to see how the eugenics movement took off 100 years ago. We need to be able to recognize it when we see it, so that we can push back and resist. 1/13 Luckily, historians and archivists have done a great job digitizing this content for us. Multiple archives, including the APS (which I cite exclusively from in this thread) contributed ditigized materials to the Eugenics Archive which is open access: 2/13eugenicsarchive.org/eugenics/list3…

Section 504 sit ins were successful because disabled people DID NOT make space for politicians to ignore them. They occupied buildings, laid down in front of busses, and made a spectacle that the nation could not ignore. 1/8 I understand that conditions are different. We are still in an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Protests have not been made safe for high risk peoples. But this is a reminder for everyone marching - sometimes occupying a building is just as much of a disruption as marching. 2/8

I presume that Trump is talking about the fact that the FAA has a hiring pathway for disabled people, known as Schedule A hiring. If youre not aware of what that is, it exists bc the fed govt is SO BAD at hiring disabled people. 1/6

https://twitter.com/theDCshorts/status/1885007125757190498

Schedule A hiring allows disabled people in the US to apply for govt jobs without competing with the public for said jobs. Similar to veterans and other groups, it offers an expedited pathway to employment. 2/6

I live in an urban space where its been hard to get to nature (I dont have a car, and public transit is dismal here). So I challenged myself this year to take whatever photos I could in the few green spaces I can access. Theyre just phone photos, but I hope you enjoy! 1/11 Found this fierce hunter at the local park 2/11

This happens because people dont take disability seriously. They assume food requests are about preferences rather than life threatening allergies. And we see similar takes all across disability experiences. 1/11

https://twitter.com/youIovemelikexo/status/1865474179946151944

Ive seen tons of posts from blaming and shaming to arguments we should all have epi pens. I just want to add: we need medical bystander training. Most people do not know what epi does, or how to use it, and our pens are difficult. 2/11

At 22 I had brain surgery for a Chairi Malformation and cervical kyphosis. My brain was slipping down my spinal column, and getting pinched off by vertebrae dislocating past one another. 1/6

https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1864363128584130774

Because I have EDS, I metabolize anesthesia quickly. My anesthesiologist confirmed this with me ahead of the surgery, and laid out a proper plan to make sure I was adequately medicated. We didnt know how long the surgery would take, so the plans were very detailed. 2/6

Lots of "activists" on here telling you to be quiet and play nice and accept your murder easily. Lots of people saying anger doesnt fuel rebellion. Lots of people claiming that calling people out for their behaviors is "bad" community behavior. This is all bs. 1/4 The whole system is designed to uplift people who are palatable. Whether its social media or politics or white collar jobs - every sector is going to uplift those who do not challenge the status quo. 2/4