Kathy Flaherty
@ConnConnection
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“Delightfully forthright”PERSONAL ACCT she/her CW:tweets about law/MH/long Covid. MUFC/HCFC/FC Pinzgau. Adoptee. Arc bender. Troll muter. Same name elsewhere.
Connecticut
Joined January 2010
So, I did a thing earlier this evening. Thank you @AliciaOnMSNBC for inviting me to talk about #FreeBritney #conservatorship #guardianship and alternatives like #AdvanceDirectives & #SupportedDecisionMaking and our work @CTLegalRights
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RT @UConnCAHNR: A collaborative study from UConn's Dept. of Allied Health Sciences and the @UConnRuddCenter highlights the lived experience….
today.uconn.edu
Using the innovative Photovoice approach, community participants engage in citizen science by sharing their personal, lived experience to enhance research s ...
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Opinion: Are you ready and disABLED for CT early voting?
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Connecticut and many other states have a history of excluding people with disabilities from the ballot box. But the situation is improving.
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RT @robwipond: CT Supreme Court considers case of woman "arrested, involuntarily committed to a max. security mental institution for 9 mont….
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RT @DisabledSouth: We are offering one time payments to folks in the South who are impacted by Hurricane Helene. Please go to https://t.co/….
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RT @Aoiferocksitout: Please share widely! Please help with our beloved @tinu's last expenses and with her wonderful family. Tinu means so….
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In loving memory of Atinuke Abayomi Paul (Tinu), beloved daughter, gran… Brooke Crume needs your support for Honoring Tinu's Legacy with Compassionate Support
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RT @wherewelive: Eastern Equine Encephalitis (#EEE) is a rare illness that is spread through the bite of an infected mosquito. We hear what….
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RT @robwipond: The American Bar Association this month passed a resolution calling on governments to STOP broadening involuntary commitment….
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The ABA House of Delegates passed Resolution 607 on August 6, 2024, which calls for governmental entities to eschew broadened involuntary civil commitment standards for addressing unhoused people...
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RT @robwipond: Great to see a psychiatrist truly supporting patients' well-being & rights. Powerful article by @RupiLeghaMD promoting "full….
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RT @robwipond: Law Society protests new BC bill giving sweeping powers to forcibly treat lawyers who have mental health diagnoses regardles….
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Bill 21 makes unwarranted assumptions, creates false and stigmatizing connections between lawyers experiencing health conditions and their competency.
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RT @wherewelive: Angela Tucker is the author of the book "You Should Be Grateful: Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption." Tod….
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Angela Tucker is a transracial adoptee and the author of the book, '"You Should Be Grateful": Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption.' This hour, she joins us to talk about her experie...
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RT @SFdirewolf: The essay by @mssinenomine is essential reading . For more about the book and a list of all the contributors: https://t.co/….
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"Creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture"
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RT @robwipond: New paper where even Treatment Advocacy Center reps (huge promoters of Assisted Outpatient Treatment) admit there are "signi….
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Ready to give away a lot of @CTLegalRights brochures and share information about legal rights at #mentalhealth and wellness day at the Capitol
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RT @Keah_Maria: In my first for the LA TIMES I reviewed Disability Intimacy edited by Alice Wong
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Editor Alice Wong refuses to shut out the 'other' in this collection of essays, poems and stories on topics such as BDSM, queer love and intergenerational relationships.
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