Dinner table syndrome is coming for the hearing kids now, too. Gotta invest in some MAD Magazines…

Altaira Morbius@altairamorbius.bsky.social · 3d ago

Not even joking that, as a teacher, the fact that kids aren’t encountering shows like Frasier is part of why we’re seeing such weird gaps in reading. We built a lot of background knowledge with humor aimed at grownups, while they only see content aimed specifically at their personal interests/age.

"You and your family deserve to be surrounded by people who admire your differences rather than those who see you as a bother. The world needs the unique perspectives that you and your family bring." @katierosepryal.bsky.social: motherhood-moment.blogspot.com/2026/07/pare... #autism #neurodiversity

This. It was a long, scary wait.

Gwen Snyder is uncivil@gwensnyder.bsky.social · 3d ago

It's hard to overstate how ISOLATING and scary it was with a child under 5 waiting for that under 5 vaccine. The world was kind of moving on and you not only couldn't, you had to be scared for your child every day

🚨 WE HAVE A DEAL! After three years, in a major step forward for our members, we have ratified our first contract with @propublica.org’s management. We deeply appreciate everyone who supported us along the way. Here are some of our big wins👇

Wanted to daylight this thread on the comparative cost of mainstreaming and oral education vs ASL / English bilingual education in the US. It's written to refute the absolute crank who jumped into @novicsara.bsky.social's replies on Monday, but it's one of the best summaries I've seen.

Sean Maiwald@seanmaiwald.bsky.social · last wk.

lmfao dude the opposite is true. The issue is that the cost centers are spread out for oralist education rather than for deaf- or sign-language-centric education in the USA.

36 years after the ADA, disabled people live in a eugenicist hellscape run by monsters trying to preferentially kill us --- and succeeding. My list of the shit the Trump Regime has done since 1/20/25 is public. No Patreon login required; please share it. www.patreon.com/mattbc/posts...

The Day After ADA Day | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland

On July 26, 1990, George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law. Thirty-six years later, we find ourselves in a eugen

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Our fair city!

Reo Eveleth@reveleth.com · 2w ago

I need you all to know that the Berkeley Public Library has solicited submissions for a new mascot, and you can now vote for the contestants and I'm losing my mind. berkeleypublic-library.github.io/Fiber-Mascot...

About six months ago, I posted a bit on Linkedin about AIs and originality, how you can't look to an LLM for new or correct ideas, and why I needed to write my book on parenting deaf kids...

Sam Altman makes his late-night debut, says he can't imagine 'figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT' | William Fertman

After Sam Altman's comments about relying on ChatGPT for advice on how to care for his newborn, I was going to make a snarky post about authoring a parenting book in the age of AI. On further thought,...

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This shit is so scary and exhausting.

Sara Nović@novicsara.bsky.social · last wk.

Just took my infant in for his checkup and they straight up gave us a travel advisory not to go to Lancaster or York counties because the measles are so bad out there. What a fucking stupid timeline😩

For Americans with Disabilities Act anniversary, sharing this interview I did with ADA's primary author Tony Coelho last year at @motherjones.com. He shared the importance of bipartisanship in getting it across the line. Something that seems impossible now. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The ADA is turning 35—and it's in Trump's crosshairs

Tony Coelho, the Americans With Disabilities Act's main author, sees a new wave of threats looming for disability rights.

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Yeah—“right now” is a key concept here. We’ll all face a degree of disability as we age, and if we don’t need the ADA today, we may need it tomorrow. Bodies are like that, and a law that recognizes our humanity in all its diversity through time is worth protecting.

So much abuse in our systems comes from believing what’s said rather than observing what’s done.

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism@thinkingautism.com · 2w ago

"ABA language is becoming softer & fluffier as public awareness of the harmful outcomes of this treatment, especially those described by Autistic people who endured it, continues to grow. But the expectation of normalization thru rewards & punishments has not changed." By @julierob-tndc.bsky.social.

Not all heroes wear capes. Some meant to but wind up in gorilla masks instead. Thank you to Joyce Kozloff and all the other Guerrilla Girls, whether or not you ever come forward. What you did was so, so important.

Founding member of Guerrilla Girls reveals her identity

One of the founding members of feminist art collective Guerrilla Girls has revealed herself to be American painter and sculptor Joyce Kozloff.

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Breakfast: 11 year old son: Last night I dreamed about Ritz crackers with cream cheese. Wife: Food dreams! You know what that means… Me: You’re pregnant. 11yo: Well, I haven’t had my period in a while.

Transphobes are uniformly trash and we don't need to pretend otherwise. It isn't complicated.

This summer hasn't been very productive for me, because for the last month-plus I've been consumed with the arrival of our chickens. We got Deaf Banana and Rotten Banana in 2022, but ended up selling our house a couple years later...

Super exciting! Both kids in our house LOVE Mr. Wolf. Aron nails low-key drama with high emotional stakes, and my guys are consistently fascinated.

Aron Nels Steinke@mrwolfcomics.bsky.social · 2w ago

⭐️🎉 Mr. Wolf’s Class Book Six—THE NEW STUDENT is just two weeks away from publication (August 4, 2026) published by Graphix. Ask your local indie. Interior book colors by Alec Longstreth. Edited by Emily Nguyen. I’ll be doing several book events in the Pacific NW. see my profile link for details.

Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*

I've gotten some community interest in a German translation for my book, but don't have contacts in the translation / publishing space over there. Know anyone who I can ask about the Deaf Baby Instruction Manual auf Deutsch? @kallestad.bsky.social , @sacredparasite.bsky.social ?

The only research center for disabled parents is losing federal funding. Staff call it a “profound setback for disability rights and family equity.”

The only research center for disabled parents is losing federal funding

Staff call it a "profound setback for disability rights and family equity."

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This is the Amnesty International report on the anti-rights groups. These anti-rights groups have immediately engaged in lawfare to bury this report. *be a shame if people kept sharing it. drive.google.com/file/d/1UggI...

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 3w ago

Amnesty International has expressed its 'regret' over a report naming dozens of gender-critical campaign groups as 'anti-rights' organisations

It's Disability Pride Month! Being disabled myself it's incredibly important to allocate some of my spoons to talking about it. Characters in books can be disabled and still have full lives, romances, adventures, etc. And I love that we are seeing that more and more.

The cyclospora parasite warning:

Younger one wanted me to take a picture of this "smirking pretzel."

The younger one came up with a new superhero, Anticliman, who defeats bad guys in the most narratively unsatisfying ways possible.

I just got an AI publishing scam offering to give my book an AI discoverability audit, which seems redundant given the fact that I received the email in the first place...

Ann Leckie@annleckie.com · 3w ago

Woohoo! I finally got a fake email from an "editor" at a major publishing house saying they'd run across one of my books and wanted to know what else I had and do I have an agent? They think I may have a future with Doubleday!

my 8yo presented his talk 'Facts About Canada' to his class two weeks ago, but he has also taken the unusual step of just continuing to write it the fonts are getting progressively smaller and Facts About the Maple Tree has been split into three parts, including this scintillating one

No hell too hot. www.sunjournal.com/2026/07/13/i...

Wombat Wagon always gets a repost.

KK@kk-maker.bsky.social · 3w ago

[via Australia Zoo]

Bloomsbury is having a summer sale, which means that The Deaf Baby Instruction Manual is available under $20. If you're the parent of a #deafkid or a professional who works with them, pick up a copy before the new school year starts, and read it on the beach! www.bloomsbury.com/us/deaf-baby...