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Honored to be featured by WFYI News on recent Deaf education legislation. Our voices matter. Decisions must include the Deaf community. #DeafAdvocacy #ASL www.wfyi.org/news/article...
Advocate: Legislative changes to services for Deaf children reveals lack of community engagement
Lawmakers made several changes this session to how the state delivers services to deaf and hard-of-hearing children. Advocates said they weren't included throughout the process, leading to a bill they...
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Indiana just erased the Board of Interpreter Standards (BIS) from law through HB1474. Deaf-led oversight is gone. Interpreter standards now rest in agency hands—with no guaranteed community input. This weakens our access and our rights.
“Let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down.” – President George H.W. Bush, signing the Americans with Disabilities Act, July 26, 1990. The shameful wall of exclusion was supposed to fall. But today, piece by piece, it’s quietly being rebuilt.
Before oralism (1880), ASL helped Deaf kids thrive. A.G. Bell ignored the evidence and pushed assimilation. Today (2025), autism studies face similar dismissal. Different era, same playbook—fear over truth. #DeafHistoryMonth #AutismAcceptance @autisticadvocacy.org
I need you to look at the text of RFK's remarks last night beside a description of the 1941 German film "I Accuse" and understand how calculated this is. RFK:
Indiana’s AG office confirmed the state’s role in a lawsuit involving Section 504. While states say they aren’t asking to overturn the law, courts can still rule beyond that—like in King v. Burwell. Legal outcomes may affect how Section 504 is interpreted.
He brought a gun to a peaceful protest in Lafayette, IN. Police said it was fine because “he didn’t point it.” Apparently the Second Amendment matters more than the First—if you’re MAGA. #50501 #handsoff
Early intervention for deaf children is being handed over to state agencies. Legislation is backed by LillyPAC. “Deaf Specialist” is being defined by people who favor LSL—not Deaf culture. This isn’t progress. This is erasure. This is what Indiana is doing to the Deaf community. Say no to SB473
I need the press to stop saying, "This isn’t what people voted for." No. It IS exactly what they voted for. They just didn't vote for it to happen to THEMSELVES. They were okay if it was going to happen to "THOSE people." And THAT is the problem.
Indiana GOP policies on Deaf education benefit who? Hear Indiana, AGBell-afflicted. Their goal? Deaf Cultural erasure and assimilation. GOP Party or Deaf Identity—you can’t choose both.
a man with a beard is holding a stick and says hope is kindled .
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@aoc.bsky.social · 2y agoTonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
They made the world so inaccessible that people with disabilities stopped participating. Now, the DOJ is using that as an excuse to remove ADA guidance. Create barriers → fewer disabled people engage → claim accessibility is unnecessary. This is how rights get eroded. #ADA #DisabilityRights
Sara Nović@novicsara.bsky.social · 2y agoThe important thing to understand about the ADA is it doesn't enumerate accommodations within the law. It just refers people to the guidance created by the Access Board. So removing the guidance is a workaround that hollows out the law without repeal.
Ever wish you could predict the future? Read project 2025. It’s all there.
Somehow people are still trying to convince me I'm overreacting because disabled people are not the "real" targets, and I'm starting to think you just mean we're not real people.
You might not see it in the mainstream media, but over 10,000 people protested today at Tesla showrooms across the country, another 10,000+ rallied in support of national parks, and more than 1,000 gathered in Vermont to protest Vance’s visit.
Thanks to everyone who participated nationwide!
Wow, we are impressed by Canada 🇨🇦 —1% of the population has signed to revoke Elon’s Canadian citizenship. Can Americans sign as well?
The Capitol Police arrested a group of peaceful protesters who demonstrated today in the Cannon House Office Building against the Trump’s decision to freeze foreign aid and lay off thousands of USAID workers. The president has made his message clear: disagree with them, and they will come after you.
Monitors at the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the Department of Housing and Urban Development briefly displayed a fake, AI-generated video depicting President Trump sucking the toes of Elon Musk.
If you feel unsafe doing this, fly a Star Wars Rebellion Alliance flag instead—just tell people you’re a fan of Star Wars. ;)
Join us in solidarity—fly your American flag upside down, the traditional signal of distress and extreme emergency.
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
Q: How evil do you have to be to cut a Dolly book program? A: Pretty f*cking evil. Solution: Dolly for Prez! Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Gov Over Plan to Dump Her Imagination Library www.thedailybeast.com/dolly-parton... cc @drjengunter.bsky.social
Dolly Parton Calls Out Indiana Gov Over Plan to Dump Her Imagination Library
The country singer started the “Imagination Library” nearly 30 years ago to encourage early literacy.
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