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<p>Education Department “Lifting the Pause” on Some Civil Rights Probes, but Not for Race or Gender Cases<br>—</p><p>A memo to the department’s Office for Civil Rights reveals that the agency will allow “only disability-based discrimination” cases to proceed. Thousands of outstanding complaints will continue to sit idle.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/department-education-civil-rights-investigations-disability-gender-race-discrimination?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/department-education-civil-rights-investigations-disability-gender-race-discrimination?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dep</span><span class="invisible">artment-education-civil-rights-investigations-disability-gender-race-discrimination?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> <a href="/tags/race/" rel="tag">#Race</a> <a href="/tags/gender/" rel="tag">#Gender</a> <a href="/tags/discrimination/" rel="tag">#Discrimination</a></p>

<p>Please help disabled <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/latina/" rel="tag">#Latina</a> family; <a href="/tags/homeless/" rel="tag">#homeless</a> &amp; sheltering in a hotel</p><p>Sabi is multidisciplinary <a href="/tags/artist/" rel="tag">#artist</a>; <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#disability</a> &amp; <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#mentalhealth</a> <a href="/tags/advocate/" rel="tag">#advocate</a>; sole caretaker for elderly mom &amp; ESA bun</p><p>Ko-fi.com/SabiLewSounds<br>PayPal.me/SabiLewSounds</p><p><a href="/tags/sabilewsounds/" rel="tag">#SabiLewSounds</a> <a href="/tags/supportdisabledartists/" rel="tag">#SupportDisabledArtists</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaid/" rel="tag">#MutualAid</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#Poverty</a> <a href="/tags/lightwithin/" rel="tag">#LightWithin</a> <a href="/tags/fempreneur/" rel="tag">#Fempreneur</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/boost/" rel="tag">#Boost</a> <a href="/tags/alt4me/" rel="tag">#Alt4Me</a></p>

<p>$969 URGENT B4 11AM ET AM FOR DISABLED INDIGENOUS LATINA FAMILY</p><p><a href="https://Ko-fi.com/SabiLewSounds" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>Ko-fi.com/SabiLewSounds</a></p><p><a href="https://PayPal.me/SabiLewSounds" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>PayPal.me/SabiLewSounds</a></p><p><a href="https://Cash.app/toadlyturtle" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>Cash.app/toadlyturtle</a><br>(NOTE: SABI)</p><p><a href="https://Venmo.com/toadlyturtle" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>Venmo.com/toadlyturtle</a><br>(NOTE: SABI)</p><p><a href="/tags/helpsky/" rel="tag">#HelpSky</a> <a href="/tags/fundsky/" rel="tag">#FundSky</a> <a href="/tags/signalboost/" rel="tag">#SignalBoost</a> <a href="/tags/maboost/" rel="tag">#MABoost</a> <a href="/tags/helpfolkslive2025/" rel="tag">#HelpFolksLive2025</a> <a href="/tags/bipocma/" rel="tag">#BIPOCMA</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaid/" rel="tag">#MutualAid</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaidrequest/" rel="tag">#MutualAidRequest</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#Poverty</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/homeless/" rel="tag">#Homeless</a> <a href="/tags/sabilewsounds/" rel="tag">#SabiLewSounds</a> <a href="/tags/bipoc/" rel="tag">#BIPOC</a> 💕💸</p>

<p><a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a>, help <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> family survive; <a href="/tags/homeless/" rel="tag">#homeless</a> after eviction</p><p><a href="/tags/sabilewsounds/" rel="tag">#SabiLewSounds</a> is disabled <a href="/tags/latina/" rel="tag">#Latina</a><br>24/7 caretaker for elderly mom<br>w/ <a href="/tags/dementia/" rel="tag">#dementia</a> &amp; ESA bun;<br>multidisciplinary <a href="/tags/artist/" rel="tag">#artist</a> &amp; <a href="/tags/musician/" rel="tag">#musician</a>;<br><a href="/tags/advocate/" rel="tag">#advocate</a> for <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#disability</a> &amp; <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#mentalhealth</a></p><p>Weekly hotel dangerously PAST DUE, nothing has come in</p><p><a href="https://Ko-fi.com/SabiLewSounds" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>Ko-fi.com/SabiLewSounds</a><br><a href="https://PayPal.me/SabiLewSounds" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>PayPal.me/SabiLewSounds</a><br><a href="https://Cash.app/toadlyturtle" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>Cash.app/toadlyturtle</a> (Use note &quot;Sabi&quot;)<br><a href="https://Venmo.com/toadlyturtle" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>Venmo.com/toadlyturtle</a> (Use note &quot;Sabi&quot;)</p><p><a href="/tags/mutualaid/" rel="tag">#MutualAid</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaidrequest/" rel="tag">#MutualAidRequest</a> <a href="/tags/showupforwishes/" rel="tag">#ShowUpForWishes</a> <a href="/tags/helpfolkslove2025/" rel="tag">#HelpFolksLove2025</a></p>

<p>Help <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> family survive; <a href="/tags/homeless/" rel="tag">#homeless</a></p><p><a href="/tags/sabilewsounds/" rel="tag">#SabiLewSounds</a> is Disabled Latina 24/7<br>caretaker for elderly mom &amp; ESA bunny;<br>multidisciplinary artist; advocate for<br><a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#disability</a> &amp; <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#mentalhealth</a></p><p>OVERDRAFT FEE CHARGED</p><p>💲887 MINIMUM NEEDED IMMEDIATELY<br>to avoid fees + loss of valid IDs</p><p>KOFI/PYPL SabiLewSounds<br>CA/VM toadlyturtle (&quot;Sabi&quot;)</p><p><a href="/tags/supportdisabledartists/" rel="tag">#SupportDisabledArtists</a> <a href="/tags/traumasurvivor/" rel="tag">#Traumasurvivor</a> <a href="/tags/cptsd/" rel="tag">#Cptsd</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaid/" rel="tag">#MutualAid</a> <a href="/tags/lightwithin/" rel="tag">#LightWithin</a> <a href="/tags/fempreneur/" rel="tag">#Fempreneur</a> <a href="/tags/dementia/" rel="tag">#Dementia</a> <a href="/tags/latinamusician/" rel="tag">#LatinaMusician</a> <a href="/tags/disabledartist/" rel="tag">#DisabledArtist</a> <a href="/tags/communitysupport/" rel="tag">#CommunitySupport</a> <a href="/tags/communitycare/" rel="tag">#CommunityCare</a></p>

<p>🚨 On May 12, International ME Awareness Day, <a href="/tags/meaction/" rel="tag">#MEAction</a> will be sending out an SOS for ME/CFS and Long Covid 🚨</p><p>SOS = Save our support systems. Save our science. Save our society.</p><p>A protest will be held at the Capitol in Washington, DC, and folks can also join in from home</p><p><a href="/tags/meaction/" rel="tag">#MEAction</a> encourages all folks with disabilities to join!</p><p>More details / toolkits here:</p><p><a href="https://www.meactions.org/millionsmissing2025" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.meactions.org/millionsmissing2025"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.meactions.org/millionsmiss</span><span class="invisible">ing2025</span></a></p><p>Please boost! ❤️</p><p>@mecfs @longcovid <br>@disability </p><p><a href="/tags/mecfs/" rel="tag">#MEcfs</a> <a href="/tags/millionsmissing/" rel="tag">#MillionsMissing</a> <a href="/tags/longcovid/" rel="tag">#LongCovid</a> <a href="/tags/meawareness/" rel="tag">#MEAwareness</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a></p>

<p>🗣️ Help us send out a strong SOS message on May 12th, International ME/CFS Awareness Day</p><p>This video from Laurie Jones, executive director of <a href="/tags/meaction/" rel="tag">#MEAction</a>, invites you to join our protest in Washington, DC, or online</p><p>Please join us - we need as many folks as possible! </p><p>More details here:</p><p><a href="https://www.meactions.org/millionsmissing2025" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.meactions.org/millionsmissing2025"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.meactions.org/millionsmiss</span><span class="invisible">ing2025</span></a></p><p>Thank you! ❤️</p><p>(see replies for full text of the video)</p><p>@mecfs <br>@longcovid <br>@disability </p><p><a href="/tags/mecfs/" rel="tag">#MEcfs</a> <a href="/tags/pwme/" rel="tag">#PwME</a> <a href="/tags/longcovid/" rel="tag">#LongCovid</a> <a href="/tags/pwlc/" rel="tag">#PwLC</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> <a href="/tags/millionsmissing/" rel="tag">#MillionsMissing</a> <a href="/tags/meawareness/" rel="tag">#MEAwareness</a></p>

<p>🚨 Call to action! 🚨</p><p><a href="/tags/meaction/" rel="tag">#MEAction</a> has written a letter to NIH demanding full funding for the ME/CFS Research Roadmap</p><p>And they&#x27;ve asked folks to sign on to this letter:</p><p><a href="https://airtable.com/appEwdLZCdtR0xwuv/pagMvv9RZYLxZiDFe/form" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="airtable.com/appEwdLZCdtR0xwuv/pagMvv9RZYLxZiDFe/form"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">airtable.com/appEwdLZCdtR0xwuv</span><span class="invisible">/pagMvv9RZYLxZiDFe/form</span></a></p><p>From the letter: </p><p>&quot;NIH budget for ME/CFS is $13 million for fiscal year 2024/25– the lowest in comparison to its disease burden of any disease monitored by NIH&quot;</p><p>Even if you don&#x27;t sign please boost 🙏</p><p>Thank you! ❤️</p><p>@mecfs @longcovid </p><p><a href="/tags/mecfs/" rel="tag">#MEcfs</a> <a href="/tags/pwme/" rel="tag">#PwME</a> <a href="/tags/longcovid/" rel="tag">#LongCovid</a> <a href="/tags/neisvoid/" rel="tag">#NEISVoid</a> <a href="/tags/chronicillness/" rel="tag">#ChronicIllness</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a></p>

<p>💙 It&#x27;s May 12th, International ME/CFS Awareness Day 💙</p><p>My ME/CFS onset was in Jan 1990<br> <br>🚨 Many recent ME/CFS cases have been triggered by COVID 🚨</p><p>In this thread I plan to post about 3 main things:</p><p>1. My ME/CFS story (briefly)</p><p>2. Helpful resources for patients and clinicians</p><p>3. Advocacy options for patients &amp; allies (friends/family) - mostly US based</p><p>1/n</p><p>@mecfs @longcovid </p><p><a href="/tags/mecfs/" rel="tag">#MEcfs</a> <a href="/tags/longcovid/" rel="tag">#LongCovid</a> <a href="/tags/postcovid/" rel="tag">#PostCovid</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> <a href="/tags/disabilitysos/" rel="tag">#DisabilitySOS</a> <a href="/tags/covidisnotover/" rel="tag">#CovidIsNotOver</a> <a href="/tags/millionsmissing/" rel="tag">#MillionsMissing</a> <a href="/tags/meawareness/" rel="tag">#MEAwareness</a> <a href="/tags/worldmeday/" rel="tag">#WorldMEDay</a></p>

<p>radio says $1800 on average for a 1 bed right now in Kingston per rentals ca or whatever. <a href="/tags/odsp/" rel="tag">#ODSP</a> gives a max $522 for housing for a single person. If the Liberals had put in their <a href="/tags/ubi/" rel="tag">#UBI</a> it would&#x27;ve been $2000, leaving you with $200 to live off of. But <a href="/tags/dougford/" rel="tag">#DougFord</a> has only increased ODSP by $50 in 9 years. </p><p>Most <a href="/tags/disabled/" rel="tag">#Disabled</a> people are like me, we WANT to work, but physically can&#x27;t. We are almost on death&#x27;s door as it is, and it&#x27;s ODSP or die in a gutter.</p><p><a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/cdnpoli/" rel="tag">#CdnPoli</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> <a href="/tags/chronicpain/" rel="tag">#ChronicPain</a></p>

<p>The Department of Education Forced Idaho to Stop Denying Disabled Students an Education. Then Trump Gutted Its Staff.<br>—</p><p>For years, the Education Department was the only agency that could ensure states would improve conditions for disabled children. Now, Trump’s cuts threaten to hamper its oversight.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-idaho-students-disabilities-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-idaho-students-disabilities-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dep</span><span class="invisible">artment-of-education-idaho-students-disabilities-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/idaho/" rel="tag">#Idaho</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/brown/" rel="tag">#Brown</a> <a href="/tags/latina/" rel="tag">#Latina</a> family, <a href="/tags/homeless/" rel="tag">#Homeless</a></p><p><a href="/tags/sabilewsounds/" rel="tag">#SabiLewSounds</a> is disabled multidisciplinary <a href="/tags/artist/" rel="tag">#artist</a> &amp; <a href="/tags/musician/" rel="tag">#musician</a>; <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#mentalhealth</a> &amp; <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#disability</a> <a href="/tags/advocate/" rel="tag">#advocate</a>; 24/7 caretaker for elderly mom w/dementia &amp; ESA bunny</p><p>1609 hotel, food, bills<br>459 hotel past due<br>273 covers Thu-Sat<br>650 more due Tue</p><p>🔗🌿SabiLewSounds<br>🔗🌿 toadlyturtle (note: Sabi)</p><p><a href="/tags/helpfolkslive2025/" rel="tag">#HelpFolksLive2025</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaidrequest/" rel="tag">#MutualAidRequest</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaid/" rel="tag">#MutualAid</a> <a href="/tags/lightwithin/" rel="tag">#LightWithin</a> <a href="/tags/fempreneur/" rel="tag">#Fempreneur</a> <a href="/tags/traumasurvivor/" rel="tag">#TraumaSurvivor</a> <a href="/tags/cptsd/" rel="tag">#cPTSD</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/boost/" rel="tag">#Boost</a> <a href="/tags/supportdisabledartists/" rel="tag">#SupportDisabledArtists</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#Poverty</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a></p><p>Please help <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> family survive; <a href="/tags/homeless/" rel="tag">#homeless</a> after eviction</p><p><a href="/tags/sabilewsounds/" rel="tag">#SabiLewSounds</a> is disabled 24/7 caretaker for elderly mom w/ dementia &amp; ESA bunny; multidisciplinary <a href="/tags/artist/" rel="tag">#artist</a> &amp; <a href="/tags/musician/" rel="tag">#musician</a>; <a href="/tags/advocate/" rel="tag">#advocate</a> for <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#disability</a> &amp; <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#mentalhealth</a></p><p><a href="https://Ko-fi.com/SabiLewSounds/goal" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>Ko-fi.com/SabiLewSounds/goal</a></p><p><a href="/tags/lightwithin/" rel="tag">#lightwithin</a> <a href="/tags/fempreneur/" rel="tag">#fempreneur</a> <a href="/tags/traumasurvivor/" rel="tag">#traumasurvivor</a> <a href="/tags/cptsd/" rel="tag">#cptsd</a> <a href="/tags/supportdisabledartists/" rel="tag">#supportdisabledartists</a> <a href="/tags/helpsky/" rel="tag">#HelpSky</a> <a href="/tags/fundsky/" rel="tag">#FundSky</a> <a href="/tags/maboost/" rel="tag">#MABoost</a> <a href="/tags/signalboost/" rel="tag">#SignalBoost</a> <a href="/tags/bipocma/" rel="tag">#BIPOCMA</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaid/" rel="tag">#MutualAid</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaidrequest/" rel="tag">#MutualAidRequest</a> <a href="/tags/helpfolks2025/" rel="tag">#HelpFolks2025</a> 💕💸</p>

<p>🌞 Hello <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> - this is GBH <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> bringing you the world from <a href="/tags/boston/" rel="tag">#Boston</a>. It&#x27;s 46F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi. </p><p>Mass. reversed course on the closure of Pappas Hospital, which provides services to children and young adults with disabilities. <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#disability</a> </p><p>21 civil servants with the US Digital Service quit rather than work with Elon Musk&#x27;s DOGE team. </p><p>Apple&#x27;s shareholders have rejected a proposal to scrap the company&#x27;s diversity programs.</p>

<p>A Teacher Dragged a 6-Year-Old With Autism by His Ankle. Federal Civil Rights Officials Might Not Do Anything.<br>—</p><p>The Garrison School is part of a special education district that had students arrested at the highest rate in the country. It had pledged to change how it disciplines kids after a ProPublica-Chicago Tribune investigation and subsequent federal probe.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/garrison-school-illinois-autistic-student-dragged-ankle?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/garrison-school-illinois-autistic-student-dragged-ankle?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gar</span><span class="invisible">rison-school-illinois-autistic-student-dragged-ankle?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/illinois/" rel="tag">#Illinois</a> <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a></p>

<p>The family group/tribe is built on mutual support, but the modern conservative version is transactional, based on membership and loyalty. Actions that look like kindness are in reality actions to reinforce tribal loyalty. I think this is why so many people in conservative communties, who are trapped in entirely conservative information spaces, have a hard time breaking free. They see examples of community support as affirmations of their community goodness, and this narrative is drummed into them constantly. Conservative leaders have the advantage of labeling any disruptive people or ideas as &#x27;foreign&#x27; and a threat, even if from within the community, so that they never even have to engage with new ideas on merit.</p><p>Kindness isnt a relevant trait to their tribal functioning, because the ability to be unkind and cruel to people who arent toeing the tribal line is necessary to upholding &#x27;family law&#x27;. Kindness in others undermines their attempts to police peoples behavior (this is why its so important that men are in charge). Therefore, not only is kindness devalued, it is actively persecuted as a threat to conservative values. And that is only treatment of your in-group. If you reject kindness internally, imagine how easy it is to subject an out-group to cruel inhumanity. You can literally justify anything. What is horrifying is the degree to which everyday members of conservative communities have become willfully blind to the terrible treatment of others in order to hang on to an image of community goodness. I have witnessed far too much of this in my life.</p><p>Its worth stating that the left has its own, different kind of tribalism. They embrace kindness but there is a lot of pressure to prove the right kind of worth. It has a distinctly multicultural, anti-authoritarian tribalism, where the rules of the tribe are under constant negotiation. This makes communicating a platform challenging. Its a lot simpler for conservative platforms whose rules come from demagogues and an old book.</p><p>The flaw of designing a system without compassion is that the cruelty eventually becomes impossible to hide from the tribe, and the cruelty comes for everyone. <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#disability</a> <a href="/tags/sociology/" rel="tag">#sociology</a> <a href="/tags/anthropology/" rel="tag">#anthropology</a> <a href="/tags/kindness/" rel="tag">#kindness</a> <a href="/tags/geopol/" rel="tag">#geopol</a></p>

<p>From <a href="/tags/meaction/" rel="tag">#MEAction</a> -</p><p>&quot;ICE Makes Me Sick: Fund Healthcare, Not Violence&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.meaction.net/post/ice-makes-me-sick-fund-healthcare-not-violence" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.meaction.net/post/ice-makes-me-sick-fund-healthcare-not-violence"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.meaction.net/post/ice-make</span><span class="invisible">s-me-sick-fund-healthcare-not-violence</span></a></p><p>&quot;No more money to ICE. Restore funding for healthcare and independent living support for disabled people.&quot;</p><p>You can help!</p><p>Email your Congress rep using this tool:</p><p><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ice-makes-me-sick/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="actionnetwork.org/letters/ice-makes-me-sick/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">actionnetwork.org/letters/ice-</span><span class="invisible">makes-me-sick/</span></a></p><p>Read the Take Action Guide for more actions:</p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m2ildcczbynGRYAhNldmfuTLUdxnZB4z8oNhP8YPlg4/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.cp029e1ob1r8" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="docs.google.com/document/d/1m2ildcczbynGRYAhNldmfuTLUdxnZB4z8oNhP8YPlg4/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.cp029e1ob1r8"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/document/d/1m2</span><span class="invisible">ildcczbynGRYAhNldmfuTLUdxnZB4z8oNhP8YPlg4/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.cp029e1ob1r8</span></a></p><p>co-sponsored by Long Covid Justice</p><p><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/iceout/" rel="tag">#ICEout</a> <a href="/tags/abolishice/" rel="tag">#AbolishICE</a> <a href="/tags/mecfs/" rel="tag">#MEcfs</a> <a href="/tags/longcovid/" rel="tag">#LongCovid</a> <a href="/tags/chronicillness/" rel="tag">#ChronicIllness</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> <a href="/tags/resist/" rel="tag">#Resist</a></p>

<p>A proposed regulation would have denied disability benefits to at least 830,000 older blue-collar workers.</p><p>But after reporting from ProPublica and others, the Trump administration has killed the plan.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-social-security-disability-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-social-security-disability-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-administration-social-security-disability-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> <a href="/tags/socialsecurity/" rel="tag">#SocialSecurity</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>

<p>EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT<br>My wife, Lisa Tulipani, proudly introduces The Lynnebago, LLC.</p><p>The <a href="/tags/lynnebago/" rel="tag">#Lynnebago</a> is a revolutionary two room mobile trailer that creates universal access at outdoor events, fostering <a href="/tags/inclusion/" rel="tag">#inclusion</a> everywhere it roams.</p><p>THE LYNNEBAGO IS HERE AND READY TO BRING ACCESS TO JOY THIS SUMMER!</p><p>Help us create space for true <a href="/tags/community/" rel="tag">#community</a> building and connection in <a href="/tags/lynn/" rel="tag">#Lynn</a> <a href="/tags/massachusetts/" rel="tag">#Massachusetts</a> and surrounding areas this summer.</p><p>DONATE/SHARE link:<br><a href="https://givebutter.com/LynnebagoLaunch" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>givebutter.com/LynnebagoLaunch</a></p><p><a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#disability</a> <a href="/tags/crowdfunding/" rel="tag">#crowdfunding</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a></p><p>After many months of study and copious notes as an un-logged lurker, I have determined that the best way to connect broadly with the Fedi audience is to talk about sports.</p><p>Basketball saved my life. It’s how I rehabilitated my mind-body connection after developing Complex Regional Pain Syndrome a decade or so ago in my early twenties (on top of my already extant Fibromyalgia). The worst part about CRPS is that it scrambles the way our brains interpret pain so that extreme pain (“hello, old friend”), which in a healthy system is a signal to stop or change behavior, can also or simultaneously be a signal that we need to move more. I spend extraordinary mental energy distinguishing, poorly, between the two. What often happens is that it paralyzes (literally – this is how people lose limbs) not the affected limbs themselves (my arms, more recently my legs) but the part of your brain that processes the desire, need, or ability to move them. If you stop moving them for long enough, you lose the limb. I spent about five years with a type of ‘mental paralysis’ until I started dribbling a basketball and shooting free throws (with an un-housed man in his 70s who taught me to play like Pete Maravich; I miss you Dale).</p><p>Edited to add hashtags: <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#autism</a> <a href="/tags/crps/" rel="tag">#crps</a> <a href="/tags/fibromyalgia/" rel="tag">#fibromyalgia</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#disability</a> <br>1/</p>

<p>Parents Sue Trump Administration for Allegedly Sabotaging Education Department’s Civil Rights Division<br>—</p><p>The class-action lawsuit claims that decimating the agency’s Office for Civil Rights will leave it unable to address issues of discrimination at school — violating the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-civil-rights-lawsuit-trump-parents?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-civil-rights-lawsuit-trump-parents?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dep</span><span class="invisible">artment-of-education-civil-rights-lawsuit-trump-parents?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/discrimination/" rel="tag">#Discrimination</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a></p>

<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@SabiLewSounds" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SabiLewSounds</span></a></span> &amp; fam are <a href="/tags/disabled/" rel="tag">#disabled</a>, <a href="/tags/bipoc/" rel="tag">#BIPOC</a>, <a href="/tags/homeless/" rel="tag">#homeless</a></p><p>$686 Hotel by tomorrow 03/18 at 11AM ET</p><p>$936 All Needs</p><p><a href="https://PayPal.me/SabiLewSounds" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>PayPal.me/SabiLewSounds</a><br><a href="https://Ko-fi.com/SabiLewSounds" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>Ko-fi.com/SabiLewSounds</a></p><p><a href="/tags/mutualaid/" rel="tag">#MutualAid</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaidrequest/" rel="tag">#MutualAidRequest</a> <a href="/tags/sabilewsounds/" rel="tag">#SabiLewSounds</a> <a href="/tags/supportdisabledartists/" rel="tag">#SupportDisabledArtists</a> <a href="/tags/wekeepussafe/" rel="tag">#WeKeepUsSafe</a> <a href="/tags/communitycares/" rel="tag">#CommunityCares</a> <a href="/tags/collectivecare/" rel="tag">#CollectiveCare</a> <a href="/tags/indigenousmutualaid/" rel="tag">#IndigenousMutualAid</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/boost/" rel="tag">#Boost</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MutualAidVisibility" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MutualAidVisibility</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MutualAidNet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MutualAidNet</span></a></span> @[email protected] @disability<br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@smote" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>smote</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@mutualaid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mutualaid</span></a></span></p>

<p>We Found Widespread Abuse of Disabled Patients at an Illinois Facility. The DOJ Is Investigating.<br>—</p><p>A federal probe into Illinois’ treatment of disabled people will examine abuse and neglect allegations at state-run residential institutions — including Choate, the subject of a yearlong Capitol News Illinois and ProPublica investigation.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-disabilities-doj-investigation-choate-abuse?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/illinois-disabilities-doj-investigation-choate-abuse?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ill</span><span class="invisible">inois-disabilities-doj-investigation-choate-abuse?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/illinois/" rel="tag">#Illinois</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#Disability</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a></p>

<p>Hey y&#x27;all! <br>Praying for a miracle. Due in 3 days. </p><p>an additional 80 is needed. I appreciate every dime and share.</p><p>Trying to stay housed for December. <a href="/tags/givingtuesday/" rel="tag">#GivingTuesday</a></p><p><a href="/tags/wishlist/" rel="tag">#wishlist</a>. </p><p>How are you able to bless a disabled Black woman today? </p><p>v:skillingmesoftly<br>p:kshernandezinc<br>ko-fi.com/khernandez <br>linktr.ee/khernandez</p><p><a href="/tags/blackmutualaid/" rel="tag">#Blackmutualaid</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaidrequest/" rel="tag">#mutualaidrequest</a> <br><a href="/tags/mutualaid/" rel="tag">#mutualaid</a><br><a href="/tags/helpfolkslive2025/" rel="tag">#helpfolkslive2025</a><br><a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#disability</a><br><a href="/tags/housingcrisis/" rel="tag">#housingcrisis</a><br>@mutualaid @[email protected] <a href="https://starflower.space/@mutual_aid" rel="nofollow">@[email protected]</a> @disabilityjustice</p>