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On Tuesday, December 2, please support our work changing how society views and values people with disabilities and increasing opportunities that empower them to have a better future." 

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Graphic with an illustration of a person running while holding a megaphone. The text coming out of the megaphone says "Save The Date". The main text in the post says "Giving Tuesday. On Tuesday, December 2, please support our work changing how society views and values people with disabilities and increasing opportunities that empower them to have a better future." The bottom of the graphic has the URL of the donation campaign page and the Disability Belongs trademarked logo. The background is green and white with wavy shapes.

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graphic with two hands holding a blue gift box with yellow ribbon on it next to the title text, which says "Can we count on you?" Below is text that says "Giving Tuesday celebrates the power of people to create positive change. With your support, we can continue to build a more accessible, equitable, and inclusive society for everyone. You don’t have to wait until December 2! Please give today to help fight stigma and expand opportunities for disabled people everywhere." The bottom of the graphic has the Disability Belongs trademarked logo and the URL of the donation campaign page.

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We’ve been here before. People were locked away for decades—out of sight, out of mind—just for being #disabled, poor, or in crisis.

We’re not going back.

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How Captions Went from Niche to Necessity For the first three decades of television, there were no captions of any kind, leaving Deaf viewers unable to fully participate in a medium that shaped culture and conversation. The fight for closed captioning was a battle for access and inclusion. Deaf activists and advocates spent decades pushing broadcasters, lawmakers, and technology companies to make television—and later, the internet—accessible through captions. From early experiments in the 1970s to the passage of laws like the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act, their efforts transformed media, ensuring that millions could engage with news, entertainment, and education. And what began as a fight for the Deaf community became a revolution in accessibility, benefiting everyone—from language learners and multitaskers to anyone who has ever needed to read instead of listen. View a version with extended audio description: https://youtu.be/ZYQYa0oPwPs View a version with on-screen ASL interpretation: https://youtu.be/A_h4f_ssd7E THE CURB-CUT EFFECT is a four-part YouTube series inspired by our film CHANGE, NOT CHARITY: THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT → https://youtu.be/WvzQ3fPKJjc Official Website: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/change-not-charity-americans-disabilities-act | #ChangeNotCharityPBS CHANGE, NOT CHARITY: THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT tells the emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long push for equality and accessibility that culminated in the 1990 passage of the ADA, one of the most consequential civil rights bills in the nation’s history. #Disability #History #Documentary This program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: https://www.pbs.org/donate Subscribe to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE channel for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/@AmericanExperiencePBS Enjoy full episodes of your favorite AMERICAN EXPERIENCE shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS App: https://to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR FOLLOW AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanExperiencePBS/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/AmericanExperiencePBS/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@americanexperiencepbs

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Screenshot of the Action Center Page on the website of Disability Belongs, a National disability-led organization working to create systemic change for people with disabilities.  This page has links to scripts to call/email your US Senators, US Reps and State Attorney Generals to tell them what you need them to do as their constituents.

Screenshot of the Action Center Page on the website of Disability Belongs, a National disability-led organization working to create systemic change for people with disabilities. This page has links to scripts to call/email your US Senators, US Reps and State Attorney Generals to tell them what you need them to do as their constituents.

MAKE YOUR VOTE & VOICE KNOWN TO ELECTED REPS: ACTION IN CHAOS

Check out @disabilitybelongs.bsky.social Action Center (bit.ly/42ar9FB) for suggested email & call scripts and the contact information for your US Senators, US Reps and State Attorney Generals.

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Follow @disabilitybelongs.bsky.social for contact info and scripts to use your voice with elected US Senators and Representatives who work for you. Ensure your kids are supported by US Dept of Education - special ed, student college loans.

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The deadline to apply for the Disability Impact Awards is March 12th, so please apply or help us spread the word! All of the information you need is at DisabilityBelongs.org/awards! #DisabilityBelongs #Disabilities #Disability

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Disability Belongs trademarked logo. Icon of a film clapper. Text reads 2025 Entertainment Lab Applications Now Open! Apply Now on Coverfly.

Apply now to the 2025 Disability Belongs™ Entertainment Lab! Workshops, networking, and career growth. Apply by Jan 19th, with extensions for folks affected by the LA fires: writers.coverfly.com/competitions... #DisabilityBelongs #DisabilityBelongsLab

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A square image with a dark blue background. Top text is a light cream colour in a thick font, and reads "#DisabilityBelongs". Below that in a slightly bigger pink text is "READING BINGO". There are nine light blue squares in total, with dark blue text in the centre of each.
From top left to right: 
Protagonist with disability
bipoc character(s) with disability
Tow disabled characters in same story
Queer disabled character(s)
Book by disabled author of colour
disabled character unlearns internalised ableism
disabled character gets a romance
disabled character practices self-care
disability nonfiction
Small cream text on bottom of image reads "Neurodivergences are included under the umbrella of disability". In the lower right in light blue text is "@ellatholmes". 
On the left and right sides of the image are silhouettes of people with different disabilities in different shades of blue, including someone using a wheelchair, someone using a walker, and someone with an invisible disability.

A square image with a dark blue background. Top text is a light cream colour in a thick font, and reads "#DisabilityBelongs". Below that in a slightly bigger pink text is "READING BINGO". There are nine light blue squares in total, with dark blue text in the centre of each. From top left to right: Protagonist with disability bipoc character(s) with disability Tow disabled characters in same story Queer disabled character(s) Book by disabled author of colour disabled character unlearns internalised ableism disabled character gets a romance disabled character practices self-care disability nonfiction Small cream text on bottom of image reads "Neurodivergences are included under the umbrella of disability". In the lower right in light blue text is "@ellatholmes". On the left and right sides of the image are silhouettes of people with different disabilities in different shades of blue, including someone using a wheelchair, someone using a walker, and someone with an invisible disability.


A square image with a dark blue background. Top text is a light cream colour in a thick font, and reads "#DisabilityBelongs". Below that in a slightly bigger pink text is "READING BINGO". There are nine light blue squares in total, with dark blue text in the centre of each.
From top left to right: 
Protagonist with disability
bipoc character(s) with disability
Tow disabled characters in same story
Queer disabled character(s)
Book by disabled author of colour
disabled character unlearns internalised ableism
disabled character gets a romance
disabled character practices self-care
disability nonfiction
Small cream text on bottom of image reads "Neurodivergences are included under the umbrella of disability". In the lower right in light blue text is "@ellatholmes". 
On the left and right sides of the image are silhouettes of people with different disabilities in different shades of blue, including someone using a wheelchair, someone using a walker, and someone with an invisible disability.

A square image with a dark blue background. Top text is a light cream colour in a thick font, and reads "#DisabilityBelongs". Below that in a slightly bigger pink text is "READING BINGO". There are nine light blue squares in total, with dark blue text in the centre of each. From top left to right: Protagonist with disability bipoc character(s) with disability Tow disabled characters in same story Queer disabled character(s) Book by disabled author of colour disabled character unlearns internalised ableism disabled character gets a romance disabled character practices self-care disability nonfiction Small cream text on bottom of image reads "Neurodivergences are included under the umbrella of disability". In the lower right in light blue text is "@ellatholmes". On the left and right sides of the image are silhouettes of people with different disabilities in different shades of blue, including someone using a wheelchair, someone using a walker, and someone with an invisible disability.

So close to finishing my #DisabilityBelongs Bingo 😄

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A square image with a dark blue background. Top text is a light cream colour in a thick font, and reads "#DisabilityBelongs". Below that in a slightly bigger pink text is "READING BINGO". There are nine light blue squares in total, with dark blue text in the centre of each.
From top left to right: 
Protagonist with disability
bipoc character(s) with disability
Tow disabled characters in same story
Queer disabled character(s)
Book by disabled author of colour
disabled character unlearns internalised ableism
disabled character gets a romance
disabled character practices self-care
disability nonfiction
Small cream text on bottom of image reads "Neurodivergences are included under the umbrella of disability". In the lower right in light blue text is "@ellatholmes". 
On the left and right sides of the image are silhouettes of people with different disabilities in different shades of blue, including someone using a wheelchair, someone using a walker, and someone with an invisible disability.

A square image with a dark blue background. Top text is a light cream colour in a thick font, and reads "#DisabilityBelongs". Below that in a slightly bigger pink text is "READING BINGO". There are nine light blue squares in total, with dark blue text in the centre of each. From top left to right: Protagonist with disability bipoc character(s) with disability Tow disabled characters in same story Queer disabled character(s) Book by disabled author of colour disabled character unlearns internalised ableism disabled character gets a romance disabled character practices self-care disability nonfiction Small cream text on bottom of image reads "Neurodivergences are included under the umbrella of disability". In the lower right in light blue text is "@ellatholmes". On the left and right sides of the image are silhouettes of people with different disabilities in different shades of blue, including someone using a wheelchair, someone using a walker, and someone with an invisible disability.


A square image with a dark blue background. Top text is a light cream colour in a thick font, and reads "#DisabilityBelongs". Below that in a slightly bigger pink text is "READING BINGO". There are nine light blue squares in total, with dark blue text in the centre of each.
From top left to right: 
Protagonist with disability
bipoc character(s) with disability
Tow disabled characters in same story
Queer disabled character(s)
Book by disabled author of colour
disabled character unlearns internalised ableism
disabled character gets a romance
disabled character practices self-care
disability nonfiction
Small cream text on bottom of image reads "Neurodivergences are included under the umbrella of disability". In the lower right in light blue text is "@ellatholmes". 
On the left and right sides of the image are silhouettes of people with different disabilities in different shades of blue, including someone using a wheelchair, someone using a walker, and someone with an invisible disability.

A square image with a dark blue background. Top text is a light cream colour in a thick font, and reads "#DisabilityBelongs". Below that in a slightly bigger pink text is "READING BINGO". There are nine light blue squares in total, with dark blue text in the centre of each. From top left to right: Protagonist with disability bipoc character(s) with disability Tow disabled characters in same story Queer disabled character(s) Book by disabled author of colour disabled character unlearns internalised ableism disabled character gets a romance disabled character practices self-care disability nonfiction Small cream text on bottom of image reads "Neurodivergences are included under the umbrella of disability". In the lower right in light blue text is "@ellatholmes". On the left and right sides of the image are silhouettes of people with different disabilities in different shades of blue, including someone using a wheelchair, someone using a walker, and someone with an invisible disability.


Today I read Show Me A Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte 🥰 I really enjoyed it; stories with more introspection than action-based plot are my bread and butter. Definitely a favourite read of this year! And thus it joins the ranks on my #DisabilityBelongs bingo board for 2024.
Have you read it? #booksky

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A square image with a dark blue background. Top text is a light cream colour in a thick font, and reads "#DisabilityBelongs". Below that in a slightly bigger pink text is "READING BINGO". There are nine light blue squares in total, with dark blue text in the centre of each.
From top left to right:
Protagonist with disability
bipoc character(s) with disability Tow disabled characters in same story
Queer disabled character(s)
Book by disabled author of colour disabled character unlearns internalised
ableism
disabled character gets a romance disabled character practices self-care disability nonfiction
Small cream text on bottom of image reads "Neurodivergences are included under the umbrella of disability". In the lower right in light blue text is "@ellatholmes".
On the left and right sides of the image are silhouettes of people with different disabilities in different shades of blue, including someone using a wheelchair, someone using a walker, and someone with an invisible disability.

A square image with a dark blue background. Top text is a light cream colour in a thick font, and reads "#DisabilityBelongs". Below that in a slightly bigger pink text is "READING BINGO". There are nine light blue squares in total, with dark blue text in the centre of each. From top left to right: Protagonist with disability bipoc character(s) with disability Tow disabled characters in same story Queer disabled character(s) Book by disabled author of colour disabled character unlearns internalised ableism disabled character gets a romance disabled character practices self-care disability nonfiction Small cream text on bottom of image reads "Neurodivergences are included under the umbrella of disability". In the lower right in light blue text is "@ellatholmes". On the left and right sides of the image are silhouettes of people with different disabilities in different shades of blue, including someone using a wheelchair, someone using a walker, and someone with an invisible disability.


A square image with a dark blue background. Top text is a light cream colour in a thick font, and reads "#DisabilityBelongs". Below that in a slightly bigger pink text is "READING BINGO". There are nine light blue squares in total, with dark blue text in the centre of each.
From top left to right:
Protagonist with disability
bipoc character(s) with disability Tow disabled characters in same story
Queer disabled character(s)
Book by disabled author of colour disabled character unlearns internalised
ableism
disabled character gets a romance disabled character practices self-care disability nonfiction
Small cream text on bottom of image reads "Neurodivergences are included under the umbrella of disability". In the lower right in light blue text is "@ellatholmes".
On the left and right sides of the image are silhouettes of people with different disabilities in different shades of blue, including someone using a wheelchair, someone using a walker, and someone with an invisible disability.

A square image with a dark blue background. Top text is a light cream colour in a thick font, and reads "#DisabilityBelongs". Below that in a slightly bigger pink text is "READING BINGO". There are nine light blue squares in total, with dark blue text in the centre of each. From top left to right: Protagonist with disability bipoc character(s) with disability Tow disabled characters in same story Queer disabled character(s) Book by disabled author of colour disabled character unlearns internalised ableism disabled character gets a romance disabled character practices self-care disability nonfiction Small cream text on bottom of image reads "Neurodivergences are included under the umbrella of disability". In the lower right in light blue text is "@ellatholmes". On the left and right sides of the image are silhouettes of people with different disabilities in different shades of blue, including someone using a wheelchair, someone using a walker, and someone with an invisible disability.

hello booksky📚🥰
I've been doing my #DisabilityBelongs reading challenge and have read several books I really loved in the last few months! My faves include:
Paws by Kate Foster, Icarus by K.Ancrum, Being Heumann by Judith Heumann and Kristen Joiner, and Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater 💖

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