“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” Audre Lorde

Today, 2.5 billion people need assistive technology. That's 1 in 3 of us! #WorldATDay #AssistiveTechnology #AssistiveProducts 🦻👩‍🦽👓🦾🤳👩‍🦯 @Unlock_Everyday #UnlockTheEveryday

Assistive Technology is the key 🔑 to unlocking a world of independence and empowerment! #InclusiveAfricaConference2024 with @inABLEorg #ATChangesLives #UnlockTheEveryday

“If I am having a conversation with someone, and I cannot tell whether it is a human or an AI—that’s the end of democracy,” warns @harari_yuval in a guest essay

On #WomensDay, we call on the EU and countries to: ▶️ #EndVAW ▶️ #EndForcedSterilisation ▶️ Ensure quality education and work ▶️ Promote political participation Read our statement: https://t.co/7S8BxHmADE #IWD2023 #InternationalWomensDay

People with disabilities are especially vulnerable during health emergencies and armed conflicts. ODIHR gathered #CSO experts and activists & representatives of @OSCE states to share good practice for #disability inclusion in times of crisis at #WarsawHDC➡️ https://t.co/2aTV5Zg8qS

2/2 The Youth Call for Action was released during the youth @GDS_Disability. It contains 1⃣6⃣actions that will ensure the inclusion and participation of youth with disabilities in line with the #CRPD, 2030 Agenda & its SDGs. Join the campaign using #YouthDayWithDisabilites.

Today is #InternationalYouthDay2022! At IDA we are dedicated to collaborate to achieve this year's theme; Intergenerational Solidarity, for sustainable development. To mark #YouthDayWithDisabilities we are 📢raising awareness of the Youth Call for Action.

Man on street to me a wheelchair user: “Here let me help.” (Starts pushing my wheelchair). Me: “Please stop pushing me.” Man: “I’m helping you.” Me: “Let go now.” Pushing a wheelchair user without consent is not “help.” It is offensive, coercive and dangerous.

It’s happening in 21 century! Millions of ppl with disabilities, especially women & girls, are at risk of forced sterilisation. We call to prohibit it in all EU Member States as a part of the EU Directive #VAW & domestic violence. #EndForcedSterilisation

A great honor for @WeThe15 to be named the International Campaign of the Year at the 2022 @SportIndustry Awards. Learn more: https://t.co/chDIMWB8MG #WeThe15 @Paralympics #CommitToChange

📢 Our Human Rights Report on the political participation of persons with disabilities in the @Europarl_EN elections is now out & available in easy-to-read and accessible formats! Read about our recommendations for EU policymakers & national governments: https://t.co/iyjeHHETdE

Saw this while walking to the train station and it made my day. We need more!

The world needs women in leadership 🌏 That's why we've partnered with more than 80 organisations to call for better representation of women at the @UN. https://t.co/OuCAQLyTMw

Die tauben Geflüchteten haben eine Möglichkeit eine Zuweisung nach Berlin zu bekommen, wenn sie eine Wohnung haben. Wer eine freie Wohnung hat,oder sich taube Geflüchteten als Untermieter*innen vorstellen kann, bitte eine Mail an team.patenhaus@deafberlin.de schicken.

jane fonda signed her best actress speech in 1979 because the oscars wouldn't offer closed captions. the oscars only started providing closed captions in 2021.

Interesting! 🤔 Perhaps these could be helpful to hard of hearing/deaf dancers? If there were similar vibrating shoes for ballroom dancing, I would have benefited from them years ago at my dance classes!

Join us for the launch of the study on meaningful youth political participation with guest Directors: Sophia Eriksson Waterschoot @EU_Commission and Matjaž Gruden @coe Follow the livestream on Facebook or join via Zoom: https://t.co/b1F0M7OfrF #EuropeanYearOfYouth #EYY2022

Amanda McRae at #GDS2022 "Although feminist movements have largely embraced intersectionality, actors in these spaces still retain stereotypes about women with disabilities & have not fully embraced key issues for this group."

Young persons with disabilities strongly call for increased recognition of intersectionality as an analytical tool to drive interventions by the international communities and governments. They also asked for investment in their leadership. #GDS2022

How can businesses #CommitToChange the lives of 1.2 billion people with disabilities as global economies recover from #Covid19? Join leaders from the private sector and the disability movement at #GDS2022, 17 Feb, 1pm CET @GDS_Disability #InclusiveFutures