• #disability advocate • speaker • professional persuader. #Comms @USDOL. @canineorg handler. @Redsox fan. @tbtl 10. Comic chasing a good story. (He/Him)
Oct 6, 2022 • 11 tweets • 7 min read
We’re less than a week into National Disability Employment Awareness Month. The stories of companies talking about the value of diversity, equity, inclusion, and access are everywhere.
The truth that far too many of us in the disability community know however, is that for many of them, the goal is optics over action.
-A woman went viral on @tiktok_us after exposing her employer for not accommodating her for her dyslexia and ADHD, The @dailydot reports.
May 24, 2022 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
When the pandemic first began in March 2020, disabled people sounded the alarm. We tried desperately to talk about how deadly and disabling this pandemic would be, and the general response was to dismiss us. THREAD 👇👇👇
We were "othered", told our lives didn’t matter, told not to disrupt your fun and stay over there. As we so often are. As it became increasingly clear the pandemic would affect the masses, a national emergency was declared. The country, at least for a while effectively shut down.
May 23, 2022 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) is a topic advocates talk about daily. So much work is happening and yet simultaneously so much work remains. Oftentimes, I think of advocacy the way I think of a book jacket.
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The material might be the same but different covers may resonate with each member of your audience.
As the @wef kicks off in Davos this week, I thought it was important to highlight the @Valuable500 Initiative
