Serious question...Is it ridiculous that I trust Wikipedia more than I do .gov websites right now, especially regarding information on disabilities? Was double checking the effective date of the #ADA and went right past government websites to Wiki...

The indignation is ill-eqipped for the moment. Be more creative and less reactionary. Schumer was right. If the government shut down, why in the world would Musk have allowed Trump to reopen the government?

Question for #autism researchers. Have you noticed any relevant information being pulled from the CDC website? Also, can we expect an updated ADDM prevalence rate this year? #AutRes

Concerned for the population I work with.

We spoke with an expert on why autism rates are rising, why vaccine-autism link claims endure, and how autism research might be affected under Trump
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A cutting board costs me $75 – it might cost you $10. What to know about the ‘disability tax’ Research shows disabled people need at least 28% more income than non-disabled people for a similar living standard

#DisabilityTax

“The reality is that it is expensive to be disabled. Research shows that disabled people need at least 28% more income, at least $17,690, to achieve a standard of living similar to that of non-disabled people.”

www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

Trump allies eye overhauling Medicaid, food stamps in tax legislation As Republican leaders look for ways to offset the costs of a new set of tax cuts, social safety net programs are under discussion.

President-elect Donald Trump’s economic advisers and congressional Republicans have begun preliminary discussions about making significant changes to Medicaid, food stamps and other federal safety net programs to offset the enormous cost of extending Trump’s 2017 tax cuts next year.

I keep thinking this round of cabinet nominees is intended to get shot down so that the right can say, See? The deep state is working against us and by extension the people. IF Gaetz, RFK jr, et al. don't get confirmed, it will be the final step needed for full radicalization perhaps

Opinion | Trump's embrace of RFK Jr. is demoralizing for autistic people like me Kennedy sees autistic people as problems to be solved, not as people with disabilities who deserve to be accepted.

I’ve spent the last decade chronicling the #Autism rights movement and #Neurodiversity as a political movement. It had slow but gradual gains. But RFK Jr.‘s nomination to HHS takes a sledgehammer to those hard-won gains.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

I’m a doctor and autistic. This is why I kept my diagnosis secret Consultant anaesthetist Mary Doherty worried her career would be threatened when she was diagnosed at 45 — but discovered she wasn’t alone

"Health conditions associated with being autistic, such as epilepsy, do increase mortality. But autistic people are dying earlier from other conditions—cancer, heart disease, stroke—and that is purely an issue of access to healthcare.” @autisticdoctor.bsky.social:

www.thetimes.com/life-style/h...