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Dom Kelly

@the_tattooedjew

2 months

#NewProfilePic because I just really love my new Doc Martens that I forced my braces to fit in 🌚

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Dom Kelly

@the_tattooedjew

3 years

My insurance decided I no longer need physical therapy 🎉 for my lifelong disability 🎉 that will never get better 🎉 Because my insurance company 🎉 clearly knows more than me 🎉 the dude with Cerebral Palsy 🎉

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Dom Kelly

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1 year

As we all celebrate, reminder that we wouldn’t have Senator Warnock now or the last two years if it wasn’t for @staceyabrams and the Black women organizers in our state who continue to save this damn country time and again while facing rampant racism, ableism, and misogyny.

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I think it’s really important to note that this man joined our Seder/Shabbat service tonight. For the entire thing. I don’t ever want to hear the false narrative that Palestinians hate Jews.

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A Palestinian American who survived the Nakba is speaking to the crowd.

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Dom Kelly

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2 years

Tonight my wife said as a kid she had a Barbie with a wheelchair but it was discontinued because the chair didn’t fit in the Barbie house door. Her: “So instead of making the doorways wider they just got rid of the doll!!” Me: “Welcome to being a disabled person!”

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Dom Kelly

@the_tattooedjew

2 months

The number of people immediately talking about the impact of this on business and not the devastating loss of human life just really goes to show that capitalism is a fucking disease.

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@BNONews

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BREAKING: Ship collides with Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing it to collapse

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@the_tattooedjew

3 years

I’ve lived 30 years as one of a set of triplets with Cerebral Palsy and I just now randomly realized we could have been calling ourselves Criplets.

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Dom Kelly

@the_tattooedjew

3 months

The Centers for Disease Control is no longer recommending that diseases be controlled.

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The CDC is no longer recommending Americans to stay home after testing positive for COVID-19, a major shift in policy that comes as much of the country has moved on from the height of the pandemic.

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Dom Kelly

@the_tattooedjew

3 years

Definitely didn’t expect this to do numbers. It’s okay, y’all, and thanks for the support. A lot of people have it a lot worse than me. I can be ok doing home stretches. And I’ll figure out how to appeal it. But remember, insurance is a joke and healthcare is a human right!

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Dom Kelly

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2 months

I think it’s quite telling that Birthright groups are sending kids to Israel while Gaza is being decimated. I’m embarrassed to say that, like a lot of young Jews, I ignorantly went on Birthright. It was 12 years ago this week actually, and I want to share my experience. 🧵

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Dom Kelly

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6 months

The city of Atlanta is now attempting to ban face masks. The ableism alone is astounding, but that’s just a byproduct of their ongoing attempt to suppress democracy. And to be clear, the sponsors and co-sponsors are Dems.

ACPC_Live

@ACPC_Live

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CM Lewis introduces ELMS 34324, an ordinance to prohibit the wearing of ski masks, masks, barrier face coverings, hoods or any other device that conceals the identify of the wearer.

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9 months

26 years ago today, we woke up to find that my triplet brother Paul had suddenly and unexpectedly died in his sleep. We were 6. There truly has not been a day since where I haven’t thought about him. He was my best friend and more—a literal third of me. A soulmate.

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2 years

When we’re kids They tell us we’re “special” And “inspiring” That we can “overcome” When we’re grown We demand the right To not live in poverty To have healthcare To exist Instead they say Our deaths are “encouraging” Remind me What age does “special” Become “disposable”?

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Dom Kelly

@the_tattooedjew

7 months

My Jewish values will not allow me sit by quietly while a genocide is under way. I am wrecked by what happened in Israel and I am gutted over what is happening to Palestinians. My loyalty as a Jew is to no nation state - it is to humanity.

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Dom Kelly

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11 months

It’s Disability Pride Month and I’m so proud to be disabled, but right now our people are suffering and being attacked in ways we haven’t seen in a long time, and I refuse to spend July pretending like it’s all sunshine and roses and “Yay ADA!” while our people are dying. A 🧵:

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Dom Kelly

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2 years

I am thrilled to share @staceyabrams ’ full Disability Rights policy platform. Here is a thread outlining some of the significant investments she will make in our community as the next governor of Georgia. A 🧵:

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Dom Kelly

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1 year

i knew on our first date that i was going to marry catie. no lie, i had a panic attack in the bathroom at the coffee shop where we met up because i was so freaked out by how i felt. and all these years later, i have not lost that feeling - in fact, it’s grown and keeps growing…

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Dom Kelly

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3 months

There are so many layers to the Selma Blair stuff, but a couple of things I’m thinking about as a disabled Jew: 1. I’ve always felt weird about celebrities being labeled “disability activists” especially when they are just coming into their disabled identities…

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Dom Kelly

@the_tattooedjew

3 years

Everyone here is super awesome and supportive, thank you ❤️I muted this because the notifications were a lot, but know that a) I’m set on finding a new PT who understands CP & my needs and 2) I will appeal whatever I have to with my insurance so they can authorize more PT for me

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Dom Kelly

@the_tattooedjew

3 years

I need out of state people to stop saying “do the right thing Georgia”

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@the_tattooedjew

2 years

I’m not sure how to put into words the amount of love and gratitude I have for @staceyabrams . She is truly one of the kindest, most caring, most honest, and most authentic people I’ve ever known. Working for her these past few years has truly been the greatest honor of my life.

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1 year

Some of y’all would be shocked to know how many orgs/companies you think are great are paying disabled employees subminimum wage - which is sometimes pennies per hour. Good news! It’s all public information. Do with it what you will🫡

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Dom Kelly

@the_tattooedjew

1 year

Today is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day, and I truly hate awareness days. But here are four things I’ve learned as an adult with CP that I’d like for people, particularly parents of kids with CP, to know:

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Dom Kelly

@the_tattooedjew

2 months

My Uber driver pulled up in a mask and I thanked him for masking. He said he’s never had COVID and had people in his family die of it and he takes it really seriously. I tipped him well.

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Dom Kelly

@the_tattooedjew

2 years

I have some ✨personal news✨ We’ve long needed a regional disability organizing strategy, and building off our work in Georgia, I’m bringing it to the South. I’m so pumped to launch my own org New Disabled South and work full time as President & CEO. Follow —> @DisabledSouth

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Dom Kelly

@the_tattooedjew

2 months

So back to Birthright trips happening right now. It’s telling to me that young diaspora Jews are flying over there and yet people keep saying how Israelis are “unsafe.” Palestinian bloodlines in Gaza are being wiped off the map and yet people in Israel are operating as normal.

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Dom Kelly

@the_tattooedjew

10 months

Fully agree here. I pulled my mask down to my chin for this photo and I regret it, not just now but I regretted it the moment I did it. I very much appreciate the rightful critique and accountability from the community on this one, no excuses.

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@ekh0ffman

10 months

seeing the aapd event fairly criticized due to this unmasked photo. having attended the event, i’ll share that although a majority of attendees were consistently masked, i value and agree with the critique of the practice of removing masks for photos. accountability is a gift!

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Dom Kelly

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3 years

As someone with Cerebral Palsy, survivor’s guilt, PTSD, and 11 years in recovery, I am certain that this country is not prepared for the post-COVID surge in both physical & mental health disabilities that will occur when the dust settles. #DisabilityTwitter #CripTheVote

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2 years

One of my roles on the @staceyabrams campaign is Director of Disability Engagement & Accessibility, and I'm excited that we are hiring a full time ASL Interpreter! Please check out the job listing and help spread the word. #CripTheVote #DisabilityTwitter

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Dom Kelly

@the_tattooedjew

2 years

We have been working so, so hard the past two months and we’re just getting started. Thank you to every one of the over 100,000 supporters who joined our movement. My boss @staceyabrams is going to be the next Governor of Georgia. #GaPol #CripTheVote

Greg Bluestein

@bluestein

2 years

Just in: Stacey Abrams has raised more than $9.2M since entering the race for Georgia governor in December, setting a blistering fundraising pace that eclipsed Republican Gov. Brian Kemp. #gapol

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2 months

I’ve been in awe watching young Jews organize protests of Birthright trips. I wish I had that education when I was 20, but I was so ignorant. I do think the tides are turning, and I hope Birthright trips become a thing of the past sooner rather than later.

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1 year

I wish disability rights groups would stop focusing on things like corporate “inclusion” efforts and instead fight back against this mainstream wave of eugenics. We are fully losing on disability rights because we are continuing to die en masse.

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I know this is not a unique story. This is how orgs like @IfNotNowOrg came to be - young folks realizing they were lied to about Israel and seeing the occupation with their own eyes. But it’s something I think about often, and it’s why I’m so committed to Palestinian liberation.

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2 months

I saw the apartheid. I saw and heard the dehumanization of Palestinians. I learned about the reality of the West Bank and the illegal settlements. It changed me. I remember coming back and saying something to my grandparents about apartheid, and they didn’t speak to me for weeks.

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2 months

Beyoncé covering “Blackbird,” a song not only written as a love letter to Black women but by a band who notably ripped off Black music, and then singing it with incredible Black women in country music just has so many layers to it. Phenomenal and brilliant choice.

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Dom Kelly

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1 year

Our daughter Mahalia Eve Kelly entered the world on May 16th at 2:21pm. My heart has completely cracked wide open in a way I never knew was possible. Mahalia is everything. She and her mother are the loves of my life. We are so very blessed.

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@the_tattooedjew

3 years

Today I took an Uber for the first time in over a year to get to PT because my car battery died, and the driver told me I was “lucky” to be married because not many people would marry a disabled person. And then said I was “twice as lucky” that my wife isn’t disabled. 🙃

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Dom Kelly

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1 year

today is international day of persons with disabilities, but i prefer to call myself disabled. my disability is a part of who i am. it’s a part of my identity. i want you to see it, acknowledge it, and say the damn word disability, not some fluffy euphemism.

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Dom Kelly

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4 months

I’m so glad Tracy is having her moment so I can share my favorite live performance of all time. 1988. She was 24 years old. A 63k capacity arena. Just her and a guitar, and a completely silent audience. I watch this all the time.

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Dom Kelly

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1 year

Folks are shocked by the salary, WFH, 4-day work week, fully covered health insurance, etc., and it just infuriating that so many disabled people have suffered under ableism and capitalism that these things are so rare. Our people should not be forced to live in fucking poverty.

New Disabled South

@DisabledSouth

1 year

We're hiring! Have a passion for disability justice? Experience with research, advocacy, and community organizing? Want to create change across the South? Apply to be our Research and Coalition Organizing Manager! Details 👇🏾

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Dom Kelly

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3 years

I’m tired of being told that I should accept that there are some things that will just always be inaccessible to me. (This was just said to me today.) Why should I accept this? Why shouldn’t the world be accessible to me?

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Dom Kelly

@the_tattooedjew

20 days

Interesting to see Biden say taking over buildings is “wrong” when just last year he praised The Rehabilitation Act & Section 504 on the 50th anniversary — legislation that was passed only because disabled people took over a government building for 28 days

Statement from President Joe Biden on 50th Anniversary of the Rehabilitation Act | The White House

Every American, especially those with disabilities, is worthy of dignity and our respect and should have access to every opportunity available in our country. Fifty years ago, our nation took a...

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Ed O'Keefe

@edokeefe

20 days

NEW: White House statement via @AndrewJBates46 on @Columbia U students taking over a building: “President Biden has stood against repugnant, Antisemitic smears and violent rhetoric his entire life. He condemns the use of the term “intifada,” as he has the other tragic and

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1 year

2. Mobility aids are freedom. As my pain and fatigue has increased and my mobility has declined, I’ve started wearing leg braces again, walking with crutches, and using a wheelchair. This is not sad — it’s freeing. I don’t feel bad that I need these aids. I feel empowered.

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20 days

Reminder that this is what Cop City will be training militarized police to do here in Atlanta and at all the cop cities across the country. Cop City is not a “public safety training facility.” It’s an avenue to repression of the first amendment and to thwart democracy.

BNO News

@BNONews

20 days

JUST IN: Police begin moving onto Columbia University in New York amid ongoing protests

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11 months

We recently updated our parental leave policy to give a full year of leave, with 6 months fully off and another 6 months transition back working part time hours - all full time pay. Why did we do that? A 🧵 on how this is mission critical for us.

New Disabled South

@DisabledSouth

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👩‍👩‍👧‍👦Parental Leave: 6 months FT paid and another 6 months part time hours, FT paid 🛌🏽2 month paid sabbatical after 4 years of service 🏢Over 3 weeks in office closures, including a 2 week winter break and 1 week summer break 💪🏾Discounts and perks on gym memberships -- and more!

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9 months

It’s also why I have never liked being called a twin, because I’m not. I’m a triplet—always. And this is always how I’ll remember him. He was the goofball in the middle of Sean and me, always making us laugh. I miss my brother every day, but a little bit more today.

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3 months

They get propped up and centered and they’re almost always white and typically have zero political education. I’m not saying that someone new to disability identity and culture can’t be an activist, but there has to be humility and learning and staying quiet for a while.

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Dom Kelly

@the_tattooedjew

3 years

My wife and I sued our awful former landlord who kept our deposit for bogus reasons and we just found out we won 🥺😄🎉

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2 years

In her closing remarks tonight, @staceyabrams committed to ending the HCBS waiting list that has kept 7,000 disabled Georgians in institutions instead of in their homes & communities. I’m proud to work for a candidate that will truly create a Georgia for all of us. #CripTheVote

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I started to educate myself some more, and a couple of years later, I went back on my own - not on a structured trip, just on an independently planned trip. That was really when my political education started because I saw things with my own eyes.

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Dom Kelly

@the_tattooedjew

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Truly blowing my mind to be seated at an airport gate next to two dudes talking about how the easiest place to get Covid is the airport, how high the death rate is, how it’s still here and people are still dying, while people all around are hacking, but neither are wearing m*sks.

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2 months

I was exactly who they want on this trip. The trip itself was exactly like you hear about. Get a bunch of mostly single and horny young Jews together and show them a good time. We learned about the “history” but not the real history. It was definitely indoctrination.

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1 year

4. Talk to adults with CP. It’s not a childhood disability — kids become adults and as adults, we don’t have specialized care. I’ve had to teach providers about CP because they knew nothing. Parents, find adults with CP for your kids to talk to. Prepare them for what’s to come.

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3. Parents: center your kids, not yourself. You’re not a “special needs parent.” Your kid knows best what they need. Listen to them and empower them.

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Dom Kelly

@the_tattooedjew

1 year

I see so many people attacking Lauren Boebert for getting a GED, and can we just not? Let’s focus on the fact that she’s a literal evil fascist and not stigmatize people with GEDs. Please.

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3 years

just a reminder that you can just be a white supremacist and terrorist without being “mentally ill.” there are plenty of people with mental health disabilities that aren’t terrorists. just call a white supremacist a white supremacist.

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2 months

Not once did we meet a Palestinian. We met some Muslim and Arab folks and spent a night in a huge tent with Bedouins, but we never went near Gaza, and in the West Bank we were told we couldn’t go to certain parts because it was “unsafe” for Jews.

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3 months

As Jews, how can we expect people to join us in the fight against actual antisemitism when we do nothing to call out or fight against Islamophobia, esp from the most prominent voices? Some of the folks I’ve seen claim to fight for social justice have said the most heinous shit.

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1 year

1. It’s okay to not walk. It’s also okay to walk with mobility aids. Kids with CP are pressured to walk “normally” and it can be so damaging. CP can get worse as people age. One study found that 40% of adults who could walk when they were younger lost their ability to walk.

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3 years

People: “Wow you’ve really overcome a lot for someone who’s disabled, you’re an inspiration, wow.” Me: “Thanks, so I actually will need X accommodation so that I can...” People:

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1 year

Remember that Gov. Kemp made it legal for people to carry concealed weapons without a permit or background check even when 70% of Georgians were opposed to it.

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2 months

I left the trip having made some really strong friendships and having been exposed to, unbeknownst to me, a totally false story of the history of how Israel came to be. I certainly didn’t leave a Zionist - tbh, I really was so ignorant that I didn’t know what Zionism was.

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I think at 20 I was desperate for friendship and loved the idea of a free trip to anywhere, so I applied. My political education was severely lacking - I was involved in some social justice spaces but I had virtually no clue about the history of Palestine and the occupation.

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I continue to do this work, advocating for disabled people, not simply because I have cerebral palsy, but because it was a shared experience with him. This work is his legacy. It’s a way for me to make sure others know who he was.

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I was 20 going on 21, and I had grown up in an interfaith family - Jewish mom and Catholic dad. My grandparents (who I was very close with) were atheists but very culturally Jewish and very staunch Zionists. They pressured me for years to go on Birthright.

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2 months

Georgia is about to execute a man with an intellectual disability. We’re the only state in the country where the standard of proof for intellectual disability is “beyond a reasonable doubt.” Let’s be clear: The state is killing a disabled Black man in the name of Georgians.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

@ajc

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#BREAKING : Georgia’s Board of Pardons and Paroles on Tuesday declined to grant clemency to Willie James Pye, who is now scheduled for execution at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

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3 years

It’s really not that hard to not use the R-word. You just don’t use it. I’m so tired.

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3 years

Stop making disability the butt of the joke 2021 challenge.

Ellen DeGeneres

@EllenDeGeneres

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A look into my future… and @Official_tWitch ’s too. Happy Halloween!

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Reminder that City of Atlanta reached a settlement agreement with the DOJ in 2009 requiring them to improve accessibility and they’ve basically done nothing they said they would in the 15 years since. But they got the money for Cop City 🤡

Justice Department Signs Agreement with City of Atlanta to Ensure Civic Access for Persons with...

“Civic access is a basic and critical civil right, and it ensures individuals with disabilities can play productive, fulfilling roles in their communities,” said Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney...

www.justice.gov

Susi_ATL

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The City of Atlanta won't even give us ADA-compliant sidewalks

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And it’s pretty much always been perpetuating inspiration porn. Like let’s be for real about the “inspiring” narrative she’s upheld within and outside of Hollywood and, from my view, has done nothing to stop.

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@the_tattooedjew

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But I did leave feeling very positive that I wanted to be a practicing Jew. So I spent a year studying Judaism and learning about why we did the traditions and other things we did growing up. It kind of felt connected to Israel, but only because of that trip.

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My wife and I called out our synagogue for their silence and complicity. I had it out with my liberal grandma who said some horrible things. I’ve ended friendships over some terrible racist remarks made under the guise of caring about Jewish safety and solidarity.

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I think that’s a problem. We’ve got to pay attention to the loudest voices who claim to represent us. We’ve got to call them out, first & foremost. I wish I’d been paying more attention. But let’s stop propping up celebs to represent us (disabled people or Jewish people or both).

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3 years

noting that there are only two of us still living but we still and will always refer to ourselves as triplets. now criplets.

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@the_tattooedjew

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2. The things that she’s said and co-signed on social media have been blatantly Islamophobic and racist, but unfortunately I have seen and directly heard similar rhetoric from many Jewish family and friends the past few months.

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1 year

@inaribriana My wife and I met on Ok Cupid, and both of us were about to get rid of the app because we were so over dating. I messaged her before bed and told myself if she didn’t message back by morning I’d delete the app. I woke up to a response! Now our baby girl’s on the way in 4 weeks 🥰

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An elderly Black woman with memory issues arrested over a $77 trash bill is beyond comprehension. When will we stop criminalizing poverty and disability in this country? There’s no protecting and serving in this racist, ableist, unjust system.

‘You ought to be ashamed’: 82-year-old Alabama woman says arrest over $77 trash bill was unjust,...

“How would you feel if they came and arrested your grandmama,” she asked the officer.

www.cbs42.com

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3 months

I think we have a responsibility as Jews to hold each other accountable, especially those who claim to speak for us. The same thing applies for disabled folks. Until last week I hadn’t paid attention to Selma. She followed me here but tbh she never impressed me so I ignored her.

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@the_tattooedjew

2 months

@kriphopnation Man I’m sorry, this is my friend and I can’t say nothing. She is extremely qualified and does incredible work for the community. Sincerely asking, do you just hate women? Because it seems like you always go after disabled Black women especially. This is not DJ.

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Dom Kelly

@the_tattooedjew

11 months

First, our government has failed our community — full stop. The gaslighting around the pandemic and the absolute failure of people in power at every level has led to the deaths of millions of our people worldwide, and has disabled even more.

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2 years

My wife, looking down at my identical brother’s baby who is looking at me: “That’s off-brand daddy!” 😩😩😩

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@the_tattooedjew

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🧵 In case you’re wondering what disabled people are up against in 2023: Two weeks ago, absolute clown and Kansas State Rep. Sean Tarwater said disabled people “can’t do anything” and claimed that they’d “rot away at home” without sheltered workshops that pay subminimum wages.

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@the_tattooedjew

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Hey #DisabilityTwitter ! I could use some recommendations for kids books focused on disability that aren’t problematic/gross. We’re putting a ton of books on the our baby registry and I’d like to read all the disability books to my kid who will be joining the planet in 7 weeks 🫶🏼

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@the_tattooedjew

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Nothing to see here, just Florida keeping a database of disabled people for cops to track. Everything’s fucking fine.

Florida's new 'Persons with Disability Registry' could help improve police interactions

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Starting january 1st -- florida will have a persons with disability registry.It's through the "protect our loved ones" act.It authorizes law

weartv.com

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@the_tattooedjew

2 years

I worked at Fair Fight when this happened, and let me tell you, this was straight from @staceyabrams . She wanted to do this because she saw people struggling when they didn’t need to. 108k people with $212M in debt saw their lives change because of her. Walking the walk! #gapol

Brian Baez

@MentallyDivine

2 years

Why don’t we talk about this?? 🤔

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@the_tattooedjew

7 months

THIS. As Jews we are taught tikkun olam — repairing the world — and this is the exact fucking opposite.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

@IBJIYONGI

7 months

I'm having a hard time with the whole "commit genocide" thing BECAUSE I am Jewish

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@the_tattooedjew

3 years

@Sblahov It's really so frustrating. Another example of what they don't tell you as a disabled kid. Like I got PT a few times a week for like 17-18 years like it was nothing. My PT also knew virtually nothing about CP. She was really good but I had to teach her things.

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@the_tattooedjew

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This hit me hard. My mom knew she was going to die, but she became an expert on her rare cancer and devoted years to advocating for others who had it. She wanted others to survive, and to this day I still hear from folks who say her work saved their lives.

Matthew Cortland, they

@mattbc

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Many, *many* people facing terminal diagnoses have thrown themselves into advocacy – knowing full well they couldn't save themselves, they did it for those who would come after. Maybe someone else's kids wouldn't lose their mom. To erase their sacrifices is an insult.

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@the_tattooedjew

3 years

Pretty telling that the Oscars snubbed an iconic film about the disability community but gave one to a literal nursing home. #CripTheOscars

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@the_tattooedjew

11 months

Politicians in America can’t even talk about the pandemic because [mostly nondisabled] people got tired of taking care of others around them, and now if you even acknowledge the ongoing public health crisis, you’ll probably lose voters. So our leaders pretend like it’s all fine.

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@the_tattooedjew

2 years

My incredible boss @staceyabrams made history & it was the honor of my life to work on her campaign. We built an organization that centered disability justice, where disabled Georgians got to dream of more. More is still possible & the work continues. Can’t wait for what’s next.

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@the_tattooedjew

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This is a beautiful story AND a prime example of how this country continually fails disabled people when literal children have to start a goddamn GoFundMe just so their disabled friends can play on the playground with them.

Rex Chapman🏇🏼

@RexChapman

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Hopkins, Minnesota: Glen Lake Elementary. Maybe take a moment…

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@the_tattooedjew

2 months

Did not expect this to do numbers 😳 let my Covid Safe Thirst Trap™️ (credit: my wife) be a reminder that masks can both prevent the spread of airborne disease AND elevate the vibes of your fit at the same time!

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@the_tattooedjew

2 months

#NewProfilePic because I just really love my new Doc Martens that I forced my braces to fit in 🌚

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@the_tattooedjew

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Steve’s wife Sandra is a friend of mine, and she was also arrested as her husband was being brutalized by the cops. They are both Palestinian Americans watching their people be slaughtered en masse for six+ months, and then they have to face this when they protest it. Sick shit.

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@the_tattooedjew

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While we’re all discussing #FreeBritney and conservatorship laws, let’s remember that these laws are often used to disenfranchise and suppress the votes of disabled people. These laws hurt disabled folks in multiply ways. Democracy is not accessible for us. #CripTheVote

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@the_tattooedjew

2 years

Today, on Disability Day of Mourning, we remember the disabled people who were stolen from this world. We must work to ensure that all disabled people are valued, protected, and seen as worthy of living full lives. #DisabilityTwitter Find a vigil:

Find your local Day of Mourning vigil site - Autistic Self Advocacy Network

In the past five years, over 650 people with disabilities have been murdered by their parents, relatives or caregivers. On Tuesday, March 1st, the disability community will gather across the nation...

autisticadvocacy.org

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@the_tattooedjew

7 months

I am a Jew and my co-founder is Muslim. We are both disabled. We both believe in a world free from all forms of oppression. It’s not mission drift to stand for that wherever it happens.

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@DisSouthRising

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@the_tattooedjew

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I’m building a team of disabled people with roots in the South (shoutout to my amazing board chair @SeeMiaRoll ). This region’s legacy of ableism, anti-Blackness, homophobia, transphobia, etc is strong, and many in power want to uphold it. Disabled folks are fighting back.

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@the_tattooedjew

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FaceTiming with my almost 2-yr-old niece (daughter of my identical brother @seanpkelly_26 ): Her looking at me: “Daddy!” My brother: “That’s not daddy, that’s Uncle Dom. Can you say Uncle Dom?” Her: “Uncle Daddy!” And now I’ll forever be known as Uncle Daddy.

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@the_tattooedjew

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So this Disability Pride Month, I’m very proud to be disabled, but I’m also fucking terrified for our community right now. And I refuse to pretend like meaningless inclusion initiatives and disabled influencers creating upbeat content for corporations and ADA events are enough.

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