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Rooted in Rights @RootedInRights

Disability stories by disabled people.

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Rooted in Rights@RootedInRights
8 Dec 2022
Hello Rooted in Rights followers, contributors, and supporters! This is Allexa, the Director of Rooted in Rights (RiR), reaching out to you all to let you know of some changes to expect from RiR and some exciting things happening now! 🧵1/22
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A. Tony Jerome shares their struggle to thrive in a society not built for people like them. #disability #autizzy #ActuallyAutistic rootedinrights.org/fired-dur…

Fired During Accommodations Application: Reflections from A Black Autistic Worker

One of my greatest dreams is financial security. Not just so I can live my life well, but so I can dream about living. Period. Also, financial security almost guarantees health insurance; my medica…

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...and we're back! For Dwarfism Awareness Month, Dr. @ErinPritchard15 writes about the ineffectiveness of many forms of dwarfism advocacy - and a few ways that we can change the status quo. #DwarfismAwarenessMonth #October #disability rootedinrights.org/true-advo…

True Advocacy for Dwarfism Awareness Month

CONTENT NOTE: contains derogatory slur related to community October is Dwarfism Awareness Month. Not many people know this, but you can be forgiven for that; there are so many days and months that …

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In our latest, Jaclyn Lewis talks what they've learned about the importance of developing connections between disabled adults and disabled youth. #disability #DisabledYouth #community rootedinrights.org/when-disa…

When Disabled Adults Care for Disabled Youth, Everyone Prospers

At my community’s youth-facing arts organization, there are no normal days. There are days when poetry prompts turn to discussions of love and worth, days when youth are too exhausted to do a…

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In the latest for @RootedInRights, Kris McElroy writes about finding the tools, strategies, and truths that help guide his journey as a biracial Black autistic and disabled parent. #parenting #ActuallyAutistic #disability rootedinrights.org/leveling-…

Leveling the Playing Field for Autistic Parents and Parents with Disabilities

It’s 5:45 in the morning and her feet patter into the room. She gets into the bed, rests her head next to mine on the pillow. “Ruff”. “Meow”. “It’s time to wake up, daddy!” I turn and say “Ruff! Go…

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As disabled people, our lives can't be flattened into a monolithic narrative. Even those with the same diagnosis can have very different experiences. Kerenza Ryan shares her specific journey navigating employment as a self-identified schizophrenic writer. rootedinrights.org/working-w…

Working While Schizophrenic: Becoming Out and Proud

My parents didn’t like that I, as the only Kerenza Ryan on social media, wanted to announce to the world that I am schizophrenic. Too big of a risk in my job hunt. I listened at first, changing my …

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In the latest for @RootedInRights, W.E. Cuthbert writes about the challenges and beauty of relationships between neurodivergent people. #disability #neurodivergent rootedinrights.org/the-power…

The Power of Understanding in Neurodivergent Marriage

EDITOR’S NOTE: We deliberately maintain British spellings for writers who write in British English Since realising we’re both neurodivergent, my partner and I have become each other’s safe pl…

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We're excited and proud to present a vulnerable, reflective essay on coming out as queer and disabled in the 1970s by @UppityBlindGirl! #DisabledHistory #DisabledCulture #disability rootedinrights.org/out-and-p…

Out and Proud at 71: A Retrospective on Queerness and Disability

CONTENT NOTE: ableism Today, at 71, I’m an out and proud queer, disabled, cisgender woman. I’m also a writer and poet. I’m open about being legally blind. Tapping my white cane, reading my poetry f…

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Maya Williams gifts us a vulnerable reflection of their mental health experiences as someone living with chronic pain. #disabled #ChronicPain CONTENT NOTE: sui ideation, religious trauma rootedinrights.org/my-pain-i…

My Pain is Personal

Note from Editor-In-Chief Denarii Grace and Director Allexa Laycock: We invite you to read our offering of an introduction to contextualize Maya’s personal narrative with the many methods of engagi…

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What do disabled artists have to say about our lives? Writer Hannah Soyer interviews sculptor Emilie Gossiaux about her new show "Other-Worlding," London (her now-retired guide dog), and the nature of nature. #disability #DisabledArtists rootedinrights.org/other-wor…

Other-Worlding: An Interview with Artist Emilie Gossiaux

Visitors to the Queens Museum are now able to walk through sculptures of five-foot, smiling Labradors, each holding a ribbon and dancing around a maypole. Except these Labradors are all based on on…

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12 Mar 2024
Hello Friends, I have been given a really cool opportunity to participate in a incredible event with folks at Harvard Law School, and I wanted to share this with you all. (1/3)
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Talila A. Lewis, Esq. | talilalewis.bsky.social@talilalewis
13 Mar 2024
In light of the senseless police killing of yet another Black autistic child, Im resharing resources I created over the years. There's no kind/amt of "training" that'll "fix" this. Abolition is the only way: 1) bit.ly/policeviolencePWDresp… 2) bit.ly/abolitiondjchapter #RyanGainer

Response: Concerns re Disability/Deaf Rights Communities' Responses to Policing Systems' Violence

Several notes before I begin: This is a response to some questions on this FB thread about my concerns with disability/deaf rights community members and orgs “training” cops. I’m in the middle of...

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Talila A. Lewis, Esq. | talilalewis.bsky.social@talilalewis
1 Oct 2021
Please stop sharing articles that propose training/more $$ as the solution to policing systems' violence against disabled/deaf ppl (unless it's for the purpose of critique). Publicly take the journalists & quoted civil/disability rights orgs/attys to task. This is KILLING ppl!
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Sara Luterman@slooterman
12 Mar 2024
I’m working on a piece about how disabled folks are feeling four years into the COVID pandemic. Interested in chatting with a journalist about your thoughts and feelings? DM me or email sluterman at 19thnews dot org. #NEISVoid #CovidIsntOver
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Fat stigma isn't talked about NEARLY enough when discussing oppression like ableism and ageism, but millions around the world experience both - or all three - every day. @kimberlydark talks about navigating stigma and how to kill the bully in your head. rootedinrights.org/fat-stigm…

Fat Stigma and Limited Mobility: The Body Changes, But What Does It Mean?

CONTENT NOTE: the writer uses the word “fat” as a neutral descriptive term—like tall, blonde, or Deaf. She warns readers to be careful with that word in public though. Most of the world still hears…

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In our latest, @natharundhati explores #DisabilityHistory in the story of India's @whiteprintmag - and the need for access to leisure. #Blind #LowVision #Braille #disability rootedinrights.org/braille-a…

Braille and Leisure in India: 10 Years of White Print Magazine

India is home to more than 18 million blind people; most of us face stigma and discrimination on a day-to-day basis. Apart from inaccessibility and lack of awareness and funds, most blind people fi…

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Singer-songwriter-musician Lewis Capaldi, a Touretter, is taking a break. @GGalesQuailBell asks why doing so, for any disabled person, is so often shunned and shamed. Read her latest for us on the blog! #disability #TouretteSyndrome #rest rootedinrights.org/lewis-cap…

Lewis Capaldi is Taking a Break. Why Can’t I?

On June 27th, 2023 Lewis Capaldi officially announced his hiatus from touring, citing “the impact of Tourette Syndrome” as part of his decision, one discussed in his award-winning documentary How I…

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As the world reckons with the reality of the ongoing climate crisis, @leahstagnone brings an activist perspective to the problem of eco-ableism in organizing spaces. Learn about eco-ableism and how to combat it wherever you organize! #disability #activism rootedinrights.org/a-stake-i…

A Stake in the Fight: An Activist’s Take on Eco-Ableism

I’ve been involved in advocacy on disability and chronic illness-related issues for several years now; my work has taught me important transferable skills. Because I have a deep love for nature and…

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Rare disabilities are...rarely talked about or researched. This creates an added barrier for disabled folks with rare conditions. Mia Tompson shares her story of self-discovery, diagnosis, and frustration with the status quo. #disability #RareDisabilities rootedinrights.org/chronic-i…

Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome: An Unnecessarily Arduous Journey to A Rare Diagnosis

As I sat in the waiting room of my doctor’s office, a wave of hopelessness washed over me. It was my fourth visit that month; I was beginning to feel desperate and invisible. I’d been experiencing …

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In case you missed it: Fifer Charlie Loftus recounts their battle with COVID and the fear that arises, as a disabled person, when faced with inaccessibility. #disabled #DisabledTwitter #COVIDisntOVER #COVIDisAirborne #COVID19 #a11y rootedinrights.org/monsters-…

Monsters in the Closet: Facing Fears of Inaccessibility

The portrayal of disability in horror films is often very problematic—think of mental illnesses such as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) in the 2016 movie “Split.” Yet, horror movies hold a spe…

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Sara Luterman@slooterman
2 Oct 2023
This is probably going to get buried by other news, but on Wednesday the Supreme Court is going to hear a case that might gut a major enforcement mechanism for the Americans with Disabilities Act. I wrote an explainer @19thnews. 19thnews.org/2023/10/supreme…

The 19th Explains: The Supreme Court case that could gut the Americans with Disabilities Act

The court will examine whether a disabled advocate can sue hotels without being a guest. Advocates say independent civil rights testers are vital to ADA enforcement.

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