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peanutnine
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This was a really insightful discussion about disability and how most of society expects the disabled to use technology to become "normal" instead of changing our expectations and the world to better serve them.
Each topic was approached in a lighthearted manner, while also calling out the ableist biases typically involved. It definitely brought some things to my attention.
This was my May #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks and #roll100 @PuddleJumper

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 2d
PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 1d
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ncsufoxes This one has been on my list. Our society does expect disabled people to conform to what they find acceptable or within the norm. My son uses text to talk & talk to text software. When he was young we had so much push back on having it on his IEP. I got told he had to physically be able to write words. I always said if business people & doctors can use the same software why can‘t a kid that has speech & auditory processing delays use it. 1d
peanutnine @ncsufoxes wow 😡 the hypocrisy is ridiculous 1d
ncsufoxes @peanutnine unfortunately people blame people for their disabilities (not that it is something that people can usually prevent) & feel that it is up to them to meet societal norms. Most people don‘t realize how ableist society is until they have to navigate it. Accommodations & inclusion benefit everyone but we put those things out of reach for most disabled people. I was thinking about the new glasses Meta made, which they gave out to 1d
ncsufoxes influencers or celebrities & maybe a handful of disabled people (a guy I follow on IG has RP & he was given a pair). Instead of giving it exclusively to disabled people to test & get the word out they give it to people that don‘t necessarily need it. Instead they‘ll charge disabled people full price for something that would benefit them. Tech stuff for disabilities is super expensive, most people can‘t afford it. Unless your state has programs. 1d
peanutnine @ncsufoxes oh yeah. My cousin was paralyzed at 16 and it's crazy the amount of hoops my aunt has to go through just to keep her day to day care and fighting with insurance to prove that she needs something 21h
julieclair This sounds like a book everyone should read. 11h
peanutnine @julieclair for sure! 11h
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Eggs
Out On a Limb | Hannah Bonam-Young
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AileenRR Hey there, book twin 👯‍♀️ 3w
Eggs @AileenRR 🙌🏻🫶🏻🙌🏻 3w
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Lizwarnerpdx
Out of My Mind | Sharon M. Draper
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Book #3 in the melody Brooks series. Another phenomenal read.

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AileenRR
Out On a Limb | Hannah Bonam-Young
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Pickpick

Sweet, funny, and easy, and with a long epilogue 🙌🏽Pretty perfect 💕

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AnnRaz
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“I knew he was a real friend because he had big ole pit sweat for me. That was some serious loyalty. I should have trusted his judgment about everything else.”

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ncsufoxes
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“Blindness is a radically distinct way of being in the world. Humans are so fundamentally visual in their understanding & experience that blindness requires its own domain.” I did not know that over 70% of people that are blind live in poverty. Mainly because the education model for the blind is not built on ensuring that blind people being successful. Our systems are not built for disabilities either (& currently they are all being defunded or

ncsufoxes minimized in the US). SSI for disabled people too is a horrific standard ($9,528/year, way below the poverty level & has not been adjusted since 1972). There are exacerbated differences of how people navigate the disabled world based on your family‘s income. ****Disability is a political issue.**** Always has been & always will be. Reminder too disabled people are one of the most disenfranchised groups when it comes to voting & too many (edited) 1mo
ncsufoxes decisions are made about their care, medical, education, housing, independence, livelihoods, supports without most not having equal access to vote. 1mo
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Kerrbearlib
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Stacked.

Link to Steve Asbell‘s post on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/steveasbell.com/post/3lmzagsw6dk2t

TieDyeDude 💝💪 1mo
IriDas RFK jr‘s claims show just how little he knows about anything. This entire administration is the living embodiment of “better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” There is definitely no doubt. 1mo
Kerrbearlib @IriDas it really does show how little he knows. It's very frustrating. 1mo
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shortsarahrose
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Took a little walk after lunch around Marion, IA and stopped into the Marion Chocolate Shop (their caramels are so good 😋) and the HEA Book Boutique - a romance themed book store. First time I‘ve visited and it‘s very cute. I got myself the tagged book and a T-shirt that says “I closed my book to be here”

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝. 1mo
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GatheringBooks
Cesaria Feels the Beat | Denise Rosario Adusei
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#DynamicDs Day 11: Cesaria, a Deaf girl, who uses sign language to communicate, is on her way to a #Dance performance. She was upset when her coach asked her to wear sandals for the #Dance and she preferred to be barefoot. When Cesaria was finally on stage, she simply allowed the rhythm to wash over her and did what was true and right for her body. My full review of this gorgeous title: https://wp.me/pDlzr-rb2

Eggs Beautiful 💜💖💙 2mo
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DebinHawaii
Out of My Heart | Sharon M. Draper
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#DynamicDs

Since I missed yesterday‘s prompt, I‘m going for double Ds today! (Okay, that sounded better in my head!) 😆 Out Of My Brain is about a #DifferentlyAbled girl & told through #Diary entries. The follow-up (tagged) is still in my TBR.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Excellent 💙 2mo
Eggs Great series 🩵💙🩵 2mo
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