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Amanda ‘science fan girl’ Morris (she/her) 🤟🏻🌵
@AmandaMoMorris
Former disability reporter for The Washington Post & inaugural disability reporting fellow for The New York Times. Proud hard of hearing CODA. 🤟🏻
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    Amanda ‘science fan girl’ Morris (she/her) 🤟🏻🌵
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    Oct 7, 2022
    Woke up today to find that my partner was missing & got a note from a “concerned friend” asking me, an “esteemed detective” to meet them in New York to solve the case. There was also an enclosed train ticket. I love a good mystery. My weekend is about to get interesting.
    A black suitcase sitting in the middle of an apartment foyer with an envelope on top of it. The envelope has a handwritten scrawl that says “READ ME!!!”
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    Amanda ‘science fan girl’ Morris (she/her) 🤟🏻🌵
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    Mar 9, 2022
    One source who has an immunocompromised, high-risk daughter, whom I interviewed for a story, has just told me that her daughter caught Covid and was life flighted to the hospital in critical condition. This pandemic is still very real & still very, very scary for some.
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    Amanda ‘science fan girl’ Morris (she/her) 🤟🏻🌵
    @AmandaMoMorris
    Nov 18, 2022
    A lot of disabled people have posted recently about how Twitter helped them pay their medical bills, find community, get diagnosed, or support their businesses, among many other things. For them, Twitter isn't just a social media platform. Many said it's a "lifeline."
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    Amanda ‘science fan girl’ Morris (she/her) 🤟🏻🌵
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    Jan 4, 2022
    !!!!!!!!!! My first A1 !!!!!!!!!!!!!! (& its above the fold)!! My brain is short circuiting because I still can’t believe my work is on the front page, but you can read the story here: nytimes.com/2022/01/03/us/…
    Amanda’s hand lays flat on the front page of the front page of the New York Times newspaper. This is the January 4th edition and it lays flat on a kitchen table. To the top right of her hand, Amanda’s story, titled “When 3 Shots Don’t Do the Trick, Some Try 4 or 5,” lies above the crease where the newspaper folds in half. The story is centered on the page and near the top.
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    Amanda ‘science fan girl’ Morris (she/her) 🤟🏻🌵
    @AmandaMoMorris
    May 12, 2021
    I’m excited to finally announce my next step! I will be joining the New York Times to report on national disability issues: a dream job on a beat that carries so much personal significance. This one is for you mom & dad: thank you for everything. 💕
    Amanda Morris Named Reporting Fellow Focused on Disability Issues | The New York Times Company
    From nytco.com
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    Amanda ‘science fan girl’ Morris (she/her) 🤟🏻🌵
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    Mar 9, 2022
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    She's 8 years old, has an autoimmune disease and takes medications that suppress her immune system. She told me her favorite color was "Galaxy," which she described as "pink, purple and blue mixed together." When she grows up, she said she wants to help kids like herself.
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    Amanda ‘science fan girl’ Morris (she/her) 🤟🏻🌵
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    Jul 31, 2021
    After four years of dating, my mother finally gave my partner a name sign!!! (It’s a big deal)
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    Amanda ‘science fan girl’ Morris (she/her) 🤟🏻🌵
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    Aug 22, 2022
    First day!!! Send me disability-related tips and story pitches: [email protected]
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    Amanda ‘science fan girl’ Morris (she/her) 🤟🏻🌵
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    Sep 16, 2021
    Dreams really do come true kids.
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    Amanda ‘science fan girl’ Morris (she/her) 🤟🏻🌵
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    Jun 20, 2019
    Replying to @hafiisaa
    nope nope nope I am freaked out
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    Amanda ‘science fan girl’ Morris (she/her) 🤟🏻🌵
    @AmandaMoMorris
    Aug 18, 2022
    Secret's out!!! 🥳🥳🥳 I'm so, so thrilled to announce that I'll be starting a dream role with the Washington Post next week, covering disability and health under a new team led by the amazing @taraparkerpope. Gratitude barely begins to describe how I feel.
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    Aug 18, 2022
    .@AmandaMoMorris joins The Post as a reporter covering disability washingtonpost.com/pr/2022/08/18/…
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    Amanda ‘science fan girl’ Morris (she/her) 🤟🏻🌵
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    Sep 17, 2022
    MY FIRST STORY FOR THE WASHINGTON POST IS ALSO MY FIRST A1 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🥳🥳🥳
    The front page of the Saturday, Sept 17 edition of the Washington Post. In the middle left of the page, Amanda’s article titled “Uneven battery policies leave wheelchair users stranded” appears with a photo of Rep. Jim Langevin in his wheelchair and her byline.
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    Amanda ‘science fan girl’ Morris (she/her) 🤟🏻🌵
    @AmandaMoMorris
    Mar 30, 2022
    As a CODA, I know firsthand how many in the deaf community feel compelled to watch any movie or show with deaf characters & almost always have mixed feelings afterward. It's a privilege to share a few thoughts from deaf & CODA people in my latest:
    Emilia Jones (with Eugenio Derbez at the piano) plays a hearing teenager whose desire to sing confounds her family. Critics say they are confounded by the film’s depiction of the relationship between deafness and music.
    Representation or Stereotype? Deaf Viewers Are Torn Over ‘CODA’ (Published 2022)
    From nytimes.com
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    Amanda ‘science fan girl’ Morris (she/her) 🤟🏻🌵
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    Nov 18, 2022
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    I wrote about the impact that current changes at Twitter could have on this community, which will likely be even more pronounced in an ongoing pandemic where some are still isolating in their homes, socializing mainly online:
    Disabled people fear Twitter changes under Elon Musk leave them behind
    From washingtonpost.com