All,

The moment has finally arrived! 🥳

@McCullohMD
and I have been hard at work for the past week putting together a Mastodon instance so that we can create a backup disability and chronic illness community.

It can be found here:

https://disabled.social

For now, we have set up a terms of service, privacy policy, rules and best practices.

I have plans to set up a Twitter space to go through each of these with the disability community directly to add/subtract/reword things.

disabled.social

A place for people who are chronically ill, mentally ill, disabled, and friends/families/allies to come together, meet, share knowledge and random banter, and just about anything else.

Mastodon hosted on disabled.social
@PanickedFoodie @McCullohMD @stevendavis What level of support/accessibility should we expect for people with intellectual and/or cognitive disabilities on this server? I ask as a caregiver who is overwhelmed w/mainstream social media access for a YA. The balance between respecting their need for autonomy and individual expression, and protecting them from the realities of online life is exhausting.
@tara @PanickedFoodie @Steve This is a very good question. We are an all-volunteer community, however our goal is to make this as welcoming and safe a space for all. We are building a moderation team with the goal of keeping the community free to communicate, discuss, and debate respectfully. I would love to better understand what your experiences have been so far - both bad and good - that have led you to feel overwhelmed. Hopefully we can learn from that and do right.
@McCullohMD @tara @PanickedFoodie @Steve My question is about having cognitive limitations & using Mastodon. What do I do when I'm brain-fatigued & can't think through multiple steps (Alt-text & CWs especially)? I like to post photos but don't always have the 'spoons' to think through then type up a description.