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Supporting individuals w/ psychiatric,developmental or intellectual disabilities,helping them live, learn, work & socialize as valued members of the community.
Pittsburgh, PA
Joined August 2019
Join Mary Crossley who explores the similarities in inequities experienced by Black people and #disabled people and the harms endured by people who are both Black and disabled. #disabilitytwitter
pittsburghlectures.org
Thursday, January 26, 2023 | Carnegie Library Lecture Hall | Free Book Launch Event for Embodied Injustice by Mary Crossley
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Actor Jon Hamm has been open about his journey with depression & advocates seeking help for mental illness, saying, "...It's important. We live in a world where to admit anything negative about yourself is seen as a weakness, when it's actually STRENGTH." #ClubhouseWorks
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The disability community is very diverse and it can often be hard to understand. @AndrewPulrang explains, "Disability culture really is a collection of feelings and reactions – constantly shifting and overlapping, all of them quite authentic."
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Unlike October 27, which is the secular calendar date of the attack at the Tree of Life building, tonight and tomorrow are the yahrzeit, the Hebrew calendar date. Come to the special programs at the JCC tomorrow.
jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com
Afternoon sessions at the Squirrel Hill JCC offer attendees "beautiful" chance for study, reflection and coming together
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JRS is now The branch and while our name has changed our mission never will. #disabilityinclusion
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Long time #Pennsylvania advocate Theo Braddy was appointed by @POTUS to serve on the @NatCounDis National Council on #Disability (NCD). Read about his life & the advocacy work he hopes to do as part of the NCD.
pennlive.com
After 40 years of advocating for disabled residents in central Pa., Theo Braddy was tapped by President Joe Biden to serve a larger role for millions of people across the country.
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Allegheny County reported a 21% increase in the number of 302 petitions filed from 2015 through 2021. Black adults in Allegheny County were petitioned for involuntary commitment 2.4 times more often than white adults. #MentalHealthMatters
publicsource.org
Some believe 302s vitally improve the accessibility of treatment. Others fear involuntary commitment's potential to traumatize patients.
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WEBINAR: Know your Medicaid rights with @PAHealthLaw's Erin Guay. Register today! #Medicaid #Pennsylvania #DisabilityTwitter
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Our Fall newsletter is online! Don't miss this important issue with disability voting information and much more: https://t.co/S6BG15NBR9
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How do we know the Sally and Howard Levin Clubhouse works? This is the @Clubhouse_Intl model we follow! https://t.co/XcCDdHa4X9
#ClubhouseWorks
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“What is so harmful about seeing what's happened to John Fetterman is that he's actually experiencing what many disabled people experience every day when we ask for accommodations,” #DisabilityTwitter
https://t.co/sVmBFe4y40
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#DisabilityRights advocates in PA & around the country are concerned that #Ableism will increase & further stigmatize disability with a negative focus on what is considered a reasonable accommodation.
buzzfeednews.com
The Pennsylvania Democrat used live transcription in his first on-air interview since having a stroke, but advocates feel NBC News focused too much on Fetterman’s condition.
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“We are still failing people with disabilities, especially multiply-marginalized people, before, during and after disasters,” Marcie Roth, CEO of the World Institute on Disability.
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disabilities.temple.edu
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The Sally and Howard Levin Clubhouse celebrated #WorldMentalHealthDay2022! #clubhouseworks @Clubhouse_Intl
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Clubhouses build wellness into the Work-Ordered Day as part of the recovery process @Connections_Vic, Canada offers a range of wellness programs: community walks, TED Talks, music, mindful movement program #WellnessWORKS #WMHD22 #ClubhouseWorks Learn more https://t.co/hyIcPE0WjB
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Senators @SenatorDurbin & @SenDuckworth urge the Education Department to strengthen regulations against excluding kids from class because of behaviors related to a #disability — a practice known as informal removal. https://t.co/KYhIZzrCAC
#SpecialEducationRights
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