I cannot express how disappointed and sad I am right now. Especially knowing that people I cared about support this cruelty. The little respect I had has completely evaporated.

Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act | Full Film | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS YouTube video by American Experience | PBS

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Please take an hour and watch "Change not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act" on PBS. The people challenging Section 504 in Texas vs. Becerra want to roll back the protections guaranteed by ADA and return us to the days of discrimination and institutionalization.

March 18, 1766 the British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act of 1765 after violent protest by American colonists, including the Sons of Liberty. Just a bit of history for today.

Just got my periodic reminder that narcolepsy can be pretty disturbing. Woke up yelling at a dog that _wasn’t_ in my apartment. Hoping I didn’t wake up the neighbor downstairs. Trying to stay awake for a few minutes so I don’t drop right back into that particular phantasm.

Just a reminder that Carnegie didn't start founding libraries and giving away his fortune until after the Homestead Steel Strike and the resulting legal and political backlash. Until then he was just the richest person in the world.

I just realized this week it will be 19 years since I had my first back surgery. Also, 19 years since I have been able to take a full breath without pain. Huh.

Just a reminder there are a lot of disabled people who wanted to be at the protests today but literally physically couldn’t. Don’t forget about us.

So the CEO of Lesser Evil spawned a greater evil. Buy generic kernels and make your own popcorn at home folks. You can even splurge and get organic kernels or add special toppings if you want.

Take a look at your friends and following lists if you are still on Meta apps. Had a couple of surprises in my lists this morning that I had to unfollow a couple times. Just an FYI.

While we are all talking about surviving this together, please remember that people with disabilities have always been forced to live in poverty to receive benefits in the US. We have always been forced to sue for basic accommodations. And anyone can unwillingly be disabled at any time.

I want to live somewhere where the air doesn’t hurt my face again.

Hey Irvington, thanks for shoveling all of the sidewalks on Washington except the corner by the plasma center. I mean, f**k all the people who have to use that sidewalk, am I right? Seriously, the people responsible for snow removal in Indy need to spend one day walking with a cane around here.

It’s ludicrous.

This is another shot in the war on people with disabilities. Belittling accommodations is an easy way to minimize and dismiss our humanity.

Good pain/fatigue day or not (definitely not!), it’s the day before Thanksgiving. That means baking cupcakes to frost in the morning. Also made some ham and bean soup and blackberry jam as well. I’m exhausted, but I will be well fed!

All of the information should be forwarded to our closest allies and then destroyed. At least then the intelligence might do some good, and it would be in the hands of people we have vetted.

I’ve been wondering why I was having such a high pain night and trouble sleeping. I didn’t hear any rain. Turns out we had our first snow of the season. Time to put the film on the windows and the thermal blanket on the door again.

Does everyone who wants to go to the bathroom in the Capitol need to flash their genitalia at Nancy Mace and Mike Johnson so they can be sure they’re going in the right room?

You cannot be a radical feminist and exclude trans people. Trans-excluding radical feminist is an oxymoron.

The only reason to block a report of an investigation from the Ethics Committee is if the report shows that the person did what they were investigating and you don’t want the public to know the details.

I prefer the earliest part of the morning to be awake, but I just sleep when I need and stay awake otherwise.

'Cause I've seen, oh, blue skies
Through the tears in my eyes,
And I realize
I'm going home.