AAG Disability Specialty Group
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Twitter account for the Disability Specialty Group under the Association of American Geographers also at https://t.co/lJ4wdePdsp
Joined February 2015
Our full anti-racism statement Apologies for the small script. Please DM us for a larger print. #BlackLivesMatter
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Symposium programme for Approaching Rest, Activism, and Work through the lens of Disability Politics (a BSA PGR Event) https://t.co/LvqPQTpZHU 1st Nov online To attend the event, please register via this page: https://t.co/0fQ7NKX3DB
#DisabilityTwitter #DisabilityStudies #Rest
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[this page will continue to be edited over time, with more information added as/when necessary]Registration page via the BSA website (register by the end of Thursday, 26th October 2023) What you ca…
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6.30pm (BST), Tuesday 17th October 2023 Sabine Fernandes & Rachel da Silveira Gorman: Care as white property: A Marxist intervention into disability care work and feminist global care chain discourses https://t.co/Jm5juQrmis
#Marxism #Disability #DisabledTwitter #Feminism
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Abstract: Disability Studies argues that care is coercive for disabled people. Feminists argue that care work is coercive for women. Erevelles (2011) asserts that both disability and care work need…
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DSG is now on bluesky! I have no idea how to find people there, so please find us at https://t.co/AGKPO0KgKq!
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"How are you going to create change if you do not know what young people go through? For them to be part of change is to know their struggles, and for them to be able to take part."
"PROTECT THE KIDS FROM THE WOKE LEFT". Chile, young contributors pitched these pieces themselves—the issues and framing came from them.
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A new piece by me for about my adventures in public speaking and my rage against ableism and Boston University’s School of Public Health @BUSPH. Enjoy! https://t.co/YfdYfYEOZS
#CovidIsNotOver #CripTheVote #PublicHealth
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✨ Register for our upcoming workshop + training series, “Re-framing Psychosis: Anti-Carceral Approaches to Altered States” on 5/27, 5/28, and 6/1. 🔗 in bio + information available at https://t.co/mrRJ5ZclYT ✨
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Please check out this website organized by current and former students of Dr. Lopez and read LxG's full statement of support. We hope you will share, and consider writing your own letter in support of Dr. Lopez, which can be submitted through the website
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On April 20, 2023, Dartmouth College's Committee Advisory to the President denied Professor Lopez tenure. We are outraged by the College's decision, and the trivialization of Professor Lopez's...
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Call for panelists for "What Is Landscape? Highlighting Marginalized Voices in Landscape Research." Join us to share your perspective and experiences of landscape. More about the event here: https://t.co/gW69tMmJRf Please share! #LandscapeResearch #LandscapeStudies
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Check out my new blog about my recent keynote lecture at @theAAG international conference! Thank you @DianaBeljaars @steph_coen for inviting me! #aag2023
https://t.co/tmzKdCmKUX
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This blog shares highlights from my keynote lecture for the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Disability Speciality Group at their annual international conference on 24th March 2023.
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I encourage you all to donate to the @LatinxGeog Mutual Aid Fund ( https://t.co/xyzINgjyex) today. I received it last year, & the funds helped finance my access to much-needed mental health services. Plz donate, share, & support early & minoritized scholars through this Fund!
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Looking to be a better ally to #Autistics in your school & community? Want some starting points you can use in your classroom or at a staff meeting to broaden understanding and #AutisticAcceptance? Our ‘Actions For Autistic Acceptance’ is now available to all! #EduTwitter
Here’s @NINE_On_Can’s latest resource for schools! Our “Actions For Autistic Acceptance” is being rolled out to mark #WAAD #WorldAutismAwarenessDay but contains essential Big Ideas and suggested Actions for year round #AutisticAcceptance #A4AANINE @UN
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Speaking now at #AAG2023 about the "new normal" -- the terrifying conjuncture, worse than neoliberalism in active construction, asking us to ignore mass death and disablement. Using Gramsci's Southern Question, I will point to the openings through which we are and must resist.
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happening now!! need help figuring out how to get online? sign into the site, go to the program, click "session details" for the keynote, then hit "join meeting"! #AAG2023
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One more sleep to @amita_bhakta's ⭐️historical⭐️ keynote for the @DSG_AAG, cosponsored by the @Feminist_Geo Can't👏wait👏
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Don't miss it! Our very first @DSG_AAG keynote speaker! Thrilled that Dr @amita_bhakta is delivering our inaugural event! #AAG2023
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🙌🙌 we're so excited, too! see yall at Dr. Bhakta's keynote tomorrow! ✨
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📢 Your girl is now a columnist for @TeenVogue! My first piece is about the #Medicaid unwinding process starting 4/1 when states will resume annual redetermination processes for all enrollees which could result in millions losing their coverage #CripTheVote #SaveMedicaid
"When the odds seem overwhelmingly stacked against us, I recall the phrase, “They tried to bury us, they didn’t know we were seeds.” We will rise again." Read the full story from @SFdirewolf ⬇️
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Very important reminders from @DSG_AAG concerning in-person gatherings and COVID. Let's keep each other safe in Denver. #AAG2023
As people are preparing to travel to #AAGDenver, we wanted to share the @PeoplesCDC guide for safer in-person gathering in our ongoing COVID times. Here's the full guide + some highlights of the points actionable at individual/interpersonal levels: https://t.co/Gr7yyId6EN
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For all you #AAG2023 goers, please remember to employ your pandemic care practices in the conference spaces 🩷
As people are preparing to travel to #AAGDenver, we wanted to share the @PeoplesCDC guide for safer in-person gathering in our ongoing COVID times. Here's the full guide + some highlights of the points actionable at individual/interpersonal levels: https://t.co/Gr7yyId6EN
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AND! If you're interested in doing further work on making the AAG, and geography more broadly, more accessible, inclusive & engaged in critical disability politics, join us virtually at our Business Meeting, Sunday 3/25 11:45-12:45 (flyer below)! #DisabilityGeog #AAGDenver
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