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Love the #Disability representation: Archer is mute - doesn’t speak, uses sign language to communicate. This helps in his relationship with Bree, who learned sign language from her dad, who was deaf (CODA).
At 14, he is still figuring out how to live a normal life after the crash, how to communicate with people, and get them to actually listen to him, notice him, see him as a person. (So hard, especially as a kid!)
Feels alone, isolated, worthless b/c he can’t speak due to the crash
Staff shortages at Texas group homes are putting residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities at risk, advocacy groups say, and they're asking Texas lawmakers to fix the problem by giving workers a raise.
#Housing #News #Disability #Government #HealthScience #KERANews #Medicaid #TexasLegislature #TexasNews
Take the money, they said. We'll look after the business side while you look after your patients, they said.
But nearly a decade after UnitedHealth's Optum took over ProHealth in Middletown, CT, doctors have major regrets.
The latest installment of the @STAT investigation:
#health #healthcare #medicine #MedMastodon #Optum #UnitedHealth #familymedicine #doctors #patients
The Paralympics start Today!
I wanted to celebrate by continuing Australia's tradition of using (definitely not) furry characters to represent our athletes lol. Wheelchair basketball was my sport back when i was playing, so i have a soft spot for it, and Australia's women's team are The Gliders, so i went with a basketball playing sugar-glider character!
I had plans to do a few more characters for different para-sports before the Paralympics end but things have come up and I'm not sure I'll have the time for more, but I really want to!
On a little side note I thought about while drawing this, having a long tail (movable or not) would be a nightmare in both wheelchair basketball and rugby lol - you aren't supposed to hit people from behind but it does inevitably happen a lot, quite aggressively, and even tucking the tail underneath the frame wouldn't protect all of it in a collision.
#Furry #SfwFurry #disability #Paralympics #paralympics2024 #Paris2024
In honor of the Paris 2024 Paralympics, we're highlighting Crip Camp! Our Crip Camp film guides are great for teaching about the Disability Rights movement, Disability Pride, and also ableism and language.
https://journeysinfilm.org/product/crip-camp-guides/
#Paralympics #Disability #Education @education @edutooers @disability @disabilityjustice @disabilityhistory
Hello, I have invisible disabilities: their names are ADHD, anxiety, and hEDS.
July is #DisabilityPrideMonth, and I ask you to use this opportunity to learn about disabilities, the history and challenges faced, and how to be an ally.
25% of people in the US have a disability, across all ages, genders, ethnicities, and classes, and *everyone* who has the privilege of growing old will become disabled, including you.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/07/22/observing-disability-pride-month-july
I only recently learned that July is Disability Pride Month. Although not yet officially recognized in the United States, since 2004 Disability Pride Month has been celebrated with parades in cities including New York, Chicago, Madison, and Los Angeles.
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