Our liberation as Jews is tied up with the liberation of ALL people around the world.

🕯️Today is Disability Day of Mourning, when our community remembers disabled people lost to filicide. Join us tonight 6pm ET for ASAN’s virtual vigil: youtu.be/HeF3LrHTuBM #DDoM2026

Here's a suggestion-let's listen to Black & Brown folks with Tourette's. Let's talk about systematic racism & ableism and how they work together in service of white supremacy. Center Black & Brown people with Tourette's and Black & Brown disabled people & de-center whiteness.

Joanna@joannab24.bsky.social · 5mo ago

There is no intent of hurt behind his words - it is uncontrollable for him. Would you demand that someone with another kind of disability apologises for the impact of their disability? Watch the film & read the book which would give you an understanding

It's reductive and downright missing the bigger picture to pit racism against ableism. Save your hot takes and defenses. Listen to and amplify the Black and Brown people, especially disabled people, doing the work of explaining the nuances of the BAFTA situation, though they shouldn't have to.

Voting by mail incentivizes higher turnout. In 2020, individuals with disabilities who voted increased to 62%, 6 points more than 2016. The majority cast their ballots by mail. www.kjzz.org/elections/20...

Trump-backed SAVE America Act could spell trouble for voters with disabilities

The SAVE America Act would require proof of citizenship when registering to vote. But, according to disability advocates, hundreds of thousands of Arizonans may have a harder time voting.

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The weather update on my phone's lock screen should obviously say "Blizzard Warning" but since it's cut off, all it says is "Blizzard War..." Feels ominous but accurate.

Nine states are targeting the integration mandate that protects disabled people from forced institutionalization. Learn what’s at stake and how to fight back. Feb 25 | 10:30am PT / 1:30pm ET Register: https://dredf-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Q1oN3icfRrCY36saLlwgJA#/registration

Gaelynn's writing is such a joy to read. Absolutely worth getting on the pre-order bandwagon!

Gaelynn Lea@gaelynnlea.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Thank you so much to @emilyladau.bsky.social for reading Gaelynn’s new book in advance and providing this wonderful quote! You can pre-order a copy of “It Wasn’t Meant to Be Perfect” here – the release date is April 14th: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/gaely...

I absolutely cried at the Puppy Bowl today and now I'm crying because that halftime wedding was real. variety.com/2026/music/n...

Bad Bunny Stuns the Super Bowl With Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin and a Real Wedding Ceremony as Pedro Pascal, Jessica Alba and More Party on Stage

Bad Bunny staged a Super Bowl Halftime performance for the ages on Sunday, with Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, an elaborate set and a real wedding.

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The horses are so far out the barn door already that they've galloped onto a boat heading to another continent, and NOW you're telling people to get vaccinated? Okay.

PBS News@pbsnews.org · 6mo ago

"Take the vaccine, please," said Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator whose boss has raised suspicion about the safety and importance of vaccines. "We have a solution for our problem." https://to.pbs.org/4rYdvkn

I care only about puppies, bunnies, and seahawks today. I do not care about patriotism.

Important and alarming autism news from @rosebroderick.bsky.social at @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/01/23/k...

Key autism committee is being reshaped to support Kennedy's vaccine agenda, researchers and advocates fear

Researchers and advocates fear a key autism committee is being reshaped to support Kennedy's vaccine agenda.

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Last month, Secretary Kennedy had a press conference where he claimed that the original intent of the ADA was to exclude trans people. So I asked a bunch of experts and someone who was actually there.

Disability groups are standing united for trans rights. That hasn't always been the case.

Forty years ago, disability advocates abandoned the LGBTQ+ community in exchange for legal protections. Decades later, they are fighting a Trump administration rule to roll-back more safeguards for tr...

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Are there 9 million other dumpster fires to put out? Yes. Does this deserve swift and immediate attention? Yes. I know everyone is tired, but please add this issue to your list of calls to make.

Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund@dredf.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Nine states are attacking Section 504 and the right of disabled people to live in the community. This lawsuit threatens decades of disability rights upheld by the Supreme Court in Olmstead.  Stop segregation and institutionalization.  Learn more: https://bit.ly/section-504-attack

Hinds & Floyd: Shifting the focus from education to diagnosis could mark a return to low expectations and lack of services for kids with disabilities www.the74million.org/article/movi...

People embracing the resurgence of the r-word really think they're such groundbreaking and hilarious comedians, but they're lazy, unfunny, and looking for cheap laughs at others' expense.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 6mo ago

The “R-word,” long considered a slur for those with intellectual disabilities, is seeing a resurgence on social media and across the political right. The word’s proliferation has alarmed many advocates and people with disabilities who thought it had long since been removed from circulation.

This is one of the things that I find is most shocking to people outside Minnesota who don’t realize it yet—the scale at which everyone who isn’t white has been forced into a spectrum of hiding. Very good article drawing out the Tahrir Square comparison.

stpauldeb.bsky.social@stpauldeb.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Gift link www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

I made this ASL video about the SALUTE/ACTUAR acronyms re: observing ICE, but @bsky.app won't let me post here because, best I can tell, hands are moving too much? Anyway, if you have a moment to share, many d/hh folks have 1st lang that's not English. www.instagram.com/reel/DT5OPk0...

Always read @mashagessen.bsky.social.

Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived

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ARLINGTON, Texas — Less than a month after demanding the release of a North Texas father detained by ICE, the disabled son of that man has died, the family confirmed. The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral.

Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization

It had been months since Wael Tarabishi seen his father. The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral.

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If putting your body on the line against ICE is not a physically safe or viable option for you right now, that is okay. But if you have the privilege of being safe and warm in this moment, there are other ways to resist. Do not look away.

"People with disabilities face an increased threat of violence at the hands of the federal immigration enforcement agency." True, and yet it's so much more urgent than these words can convey.

NPQ (Nonprofit Quarterly)@npquarterly.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The Danger ICE Poses to the Disabled Community: “Ableism and white supremacy form the foundational framework of US immigration policy.” Read more from @alisonstine.bsky.social nonprofitquarterly.org/the-danger-i...

DRA is hiring for a Directing Attorney in our #NewYork office! This is an incredible opportunity to build and litigate some of the most blockbuster #DisabilityRights cases that are happening in this country. Spread the word or apply today! dralegal.org/jobs/directi...

My husband and I set reminders for ourselves labeled “drugs” and “ice.” Drugs as in ibuprofen, ice as in cold pack from the freezer. Only realized how ridiculous it was when both reminders went off. Sigh. Anyway…abolish ICE.

Generally try to avoid things that are gimmicky but lemme tell ya, the whole blanket with sleeves thing is actually genius.

Leaned over sideways to pick up a water bottle I dropped. Fell out of my chair and broke my ankle. 🙃

Hillary Monahan@hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 7mo ago

What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain. 😅

Circling back doesn't match my chaotic energy for 2026 so this year I will only be trapezoiding back. Thank you for your understanding.

Told my husband I was reading the NYT Morning email but he heard me say "warning email" and really, that's the more accurate name for it.

Not that I have a PhD in international relations or anything like that, but I did pay enough attention in AP US history to know that the military intervention in Venezuela isn't the flex this administration thinks it is.

This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner