Center for Disability, Equity, & Intersectionality
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To identify and reduce life-limiting inequities in healthcare, community living, and justice for people with disabilities.
Joined March 2020
Labor Day Through the Lens of Disability: Progress, Challenges, and the Path Forward- https://t.co/8SVOoLJ9Cl
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"Grants Pass will harm people across disabilities, especially Black, Native American, and LGBTQIA2S+ individuals, survivors of domestic violence, and veterans." https://t.co/K6BpRw1Zr8
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People with disabilities are overrepresented among people experiencing homelessness, as shelters are often inaccessible to people with disabilities. With these barriers, plus the discrimination they...
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Happy Disability Pride month!
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Thank you @Andyzwheelz for the shoutout and for your work on our Advisory Board. We're so grateful that you're helping us navigate what matters most to those at the intersections. #HappyPrideMonth
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"People who think disabled people can't have love are totally wrong." #PRIDE21 #ThinkEquitable #DisabledLoveIsBeautiful
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Hoping we can garner all of the love and support for the bravery it took to make this video! A vlog from one of our Youth Equity Ambassadors about the history behind pride month. #ProtectTransYouth #HappyPride #ThinkEquitable
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Meet our 2024 Youth Equity Ambassadors! They have been tasked with identifying and addressing key issues facing disabled youth. https://t.co/Nd4x51AVgE
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Content note: Restraint and seclusion "This isn’t a rare story…His story is a story of how the education system fails Black disabled kids."
latimes.com
He started this year functionally illiterate. So how did this 34-year-old become one of BookTok's biggest stars?
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Awaiting my turn to share comments as part of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Listening Session on Disability Data Equity. After I share it, we'll post on @ThinkEquitable
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Over 30 states still allow for the forced sterilization of disabled people. This Disability Reproductive Equity Day, we are pushing for an end to these attacks on our bodily autonomy. #TheBuckStopsHere
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Today, we observe the first ever Disability Reproductive Equity Day. Disability Economic Justice Counsel Marissa Ditkowsky, who identifies as a multiply-disabled woman, talks about her personal...
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Disabled pregnant people, particularly disabled people of color, face greater risk of death or complications during pregnancy and birth. Congress must pass the Black Maternal Health #Momnibus Act & increase funding to support HHS OCR enforcement. #DisCoRepro #AbortionIsHealthCare
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Disabled women are 11 times more likely to die while giving birth compared to nondisabled women. These risks compound for Black, Indigenous & other disabled pregnant people of color. Today, we are advocating for policies that keep all disabled pregnant people safe. #DisCoRepro
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Over 30 states still allow for the forced sterilization of disabled people. This Disability Reproductive Equity Day, we are pushing for an end to these attacks on our bodily autonomy. #TheBuckStopsHere #DisCoRepro
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97 years ago, SCOTUS decided Buck v. Bell, holding that the forced sterilization of an incarcerated disabled person is constitutional. SCOTUS never overturned that decision. Disabled people continue to face sexual + reproductive oppression. #TheBuckStopsHere #DisCoRepro
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The decision was an attack on bodily autonomy rooted in ableism, racism, sexism, and eugenics. On Disabled Reproductive Equity Day, we reclaim our rights and our bodies and move toward collective liberation.
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which upheld a Virginia law authorizing involuntary sterilization of disabled people.
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In conversations about reproductive justice, abortion, parenting, and more, disabled people are often overlooked. We chose to observe this day in May because May 2nd marked the 97th anniversary of the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision Buck v. Bell,
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