My department (UCL UCLcs) is celebrating the win of an Athena Swan Charter Gold Award for gender equality.

I wonder if they noted in their application that mobility-disabled people are barred from accessing the department.

Gender equality for whom? Not disabled women! Not me. Livid.

For the first time, there is a federal minimum on the amount of care nursing home residents get every day. I talked to experts and workers about what that means and why it matters. 19thnews.org/2024/04/nursin…

Join us in Juneau, Alaska for a fun conversation on guide dogs, travel, & accessibility at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library on Wednesday, May 1st. Free registration: habengirma.com/2024/03/14/see…
#Alaska #Juneau

Listening to Haben Girma👩🏿‍🦯 talking about the complexity of language around disability: 'If we have to remind people that we are people, we have bigger problems than language.' Wow -- yes we clearly do.

“When you’re comfortable with being vulnerable, you create space to ask questions.” - Haben Girma👩🏿‍🦯 ♥️

We need good Allyship Thanks Haben Girma👩🏿‍🦯 for being clear about what good Allyship looks like

“Humor dispels a lot of awkwardness around disability”. Love that ♥️

This is an excellent post explaining disability allyship. Thanks to Haben Girma👩🏿‍🦯 for this post.

Since the audio wasn't very loud at the protest, here are my full remarks at the Senior and Disability Action (SDA) action in front of SFDPH today demanding they keep their mask requirement for personnel healthcare settings
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2024/04/16/kee…
#KeepMasksInHealthcare

Disability allyship has 2 key pillars: 1. Ask disabled people what we need, 2. Based on those answers, take action to remove barriers.

Actor, director, and comedian Milana Vayntrub Milana Vayntrub role models this. #a11y youtu.be/ZdZjUi-FiiI?si…

Today an official medical provider for my uni told me they cannot provide wheelchair access.

I asked “Then what is your reasonable adjustment to ensure disabled students have equal access to care?”

Behold: their reply comes, & they now suddenly have wheelchair access! Magic 😒

Gratitude Haben Girma👩🏿‍🦯 for your inspiring advocacy for #accessibility and promotion of disability rights.

When I worked British Museum - the challenge of the Egyptian Sculpture Gallery Touch Tour was other visitors policing blind and partially blind visitors taking part. I'm sorry this is still happening, but I'm glad the staff member stepped in quickly.

I was so disappointed to see an episode of Abbott Elementary which assumed that tools purporting to detect 'AI' generated text work 100%, given the number of students wrongfully accused of using ChatGPT because of these tools.