Check out Haben Girma👩🏿‍🦯’s terrific observations about how universities spend lots of resources accommodating non-disabled students ~ loved it!!

If a post isn’t accessible, it’s unfinished. If a podcast doesn’t have a transcript, it’s unfinished. Finished content and documents are accessible. They reach more people. They give people choices. They win more fans. #Accessibility #Content

Take time to savor the wisdom of disabled family members, colleagues, and friends. Here’s an excerpt from the White House #DisabilityPrideMonth Convening. Link to full video + descriptive transcript: habengirma.com/2024/08/05/slo…

I’m speaking at the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Annual Meeting this fall! Join me for a conversation on disability justice & increasing accessibility for patients, students, doctors & professors with disabilities. Register web.cvent.com/event/99043fd8… AAMC #AAMC24

The euphemism Special Needs, after many years of service, has filed for retirement. Nondisabled people receive countless supports, so why should supports for disabled people get treated as something extra? #DisabilityPride youtu.be/Gz36y5F2rHs?si…

Love this. We all need to shift the perspective

Great insight into ending the use of the term "special needs" by previous ADA Symposium keynote speaker, Haben Girma👩🏿‍🦯

Still seeing the term "special needs" in educational spaces, even after disabled leaders like Haben Girma👩🏿‍🦯 have discussed problems with it. Just saw a new book on UDL using it. I would reconsider people . . .

I sort of have to love the irony of writing a whole article about the focus on accessibility at #DNC2024 and then I can’t actually understand a lot of what people are saying on the disability caucus stream because captions are unavailable.

I’m thrilled to be speaking in Sydney UNSW Centre for Ideas with Naz Campanella, an ABC Australia journalist & the first blind newsreader to run a studio live to air. Join us for a lively conversation on disability advocacy, accessible travel & the need for more disability stories 1/2

2/2 This talk is open to everyone and free. Please share the event link with anyone you know who would be interested. eventbrite.com.au/e/haben-girma-…

They tried to silence her. They told her to limit her voice to disability issues, but Helen Keller never stopped advocating for human rights. You, too, have a voice. Keep advocating! Excerpt from the White House #DisabilityPride Month Convening. Transcript habengirma.com/2024/08/21/you…

Noncompliance with disability access laws are a frequent, systemic issue in the UK & beyond. AND there are so many policy levers we could pull to fix this, if only government would try! Many thanks to Scope for sharing 💜. Lots of work to do.

I’m a wheelchair user in Paris for the #Paralympics2024 opening ceremony. The wheelchair viewing platform is entirely taken up by non-wheelchair users. “Welcome to Paris!” 🫠

The #Paralympics2024 start today! Will you tune in? Intense training & adaptive techniques are a core part of the games, which should be celebrated more widely. This video shows some of the accessible tech. Love how Apple has a descriptive transcript apple.com/accessibility/…