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This is Heatherโs best friend E. I donโt know how else to say this, but H passed away earlier this morning. More to come from me eventually.
Heather ใใถใผ MSW ๐
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Heather ใใถใผ MSW ๐
@philaheather
Philly sports, disability justice, grant writing & nonprofit funding. โ๏ธ she/they #BlackLivesMatter //views my own ๐
Philadelphia, PA
Joined May 2016
- Ew the nurse I saw today was like โso are you sexually active?โ and then looked up at me, laughed, and was like โIโm guessing no huh? consideringโฆโ Considering WHAT exactly. Disabled people have s*x and I can guarantee you itโs more creative & fun than any sheโs ever had.
- Cool so in my kindergarten class there was me (in a wheelchair), one person who used crutches, one person who was deafblind, multiple kids with autism, kids with behavioral conditions, etc. You know why you didnโt see those kids? They placed us in โspecialโ classes.I was in elementary school in the 70โs. My experience: Did not know ONE autistic child. No one had a gluten allergy. No one had peanut allergies. No one had milk allergies. No one was bouncing off the walls from ADD or ADHD. No one had autoimmune diseases at that
- Replying to @philaheatherIโm muting this thread because thereโs some ableism in these responses I donโt wanna see. She MOCKED ME and LAUGHED AT ME and looked at my body like it was DISGUSTING. This was targeted ableist harassment. Donโt try to tell me otherwise.
- My new wheelchair cost over $90k
- A disability org hired me. Day 1 I went to this really far inaccessible building in the middle of nowhere. They said thereโs a more central office I could work from day 2. I went there, loved it, and decided to go there again on day 3. They fired me bc I went to โthe wrong placeโWhat experience in the workplace radicalized you?
- I was in the ER for pain due to my CRPS and they sent in a social worker to โhelpโโ (I wasnโt a social worker yet, but this is one of two reasons why I became one)โ I told her the pain was so bad that I wanted to kms and she very directly said โmaybe you shouldโ and walked out.
- He died. In case yโall wondered. Someone brought covid into his home and he died. Thatโs what youโve left high risk people with. Thatโs what youโve done to us.Yeah see and this is why I take Covid deadly serious. I mask everywhere (I barely go out!). I have my home care workers mask. I canโt let my guard down. Covid came to this man who shouldโve been safe in his home. I hope he survives. Many of us disabled folks havenโt/wonโt.
- My dad used to work on submarines before he became a nurse and anyway he says he thinks the missing submarine imploded which is new nightmare fuel for me
- Probably most of you donโt know that I lost a friend in the Pulse massacre. Thinking about him and his bf who were both brutally murdered there. I was awake chatting with an ex and started getting texts after 2am asking where I was which didnโt make sense at the time 1/x
- I just canโt believe we got SO CLOSE to masks in healthcare being normalized and then even the medical community said ehhhh fuck it. Just straight up losers, Iโm sorry. We couldโve had something so good.
- One time we switched wheelchairs just for the heck of it and were being goofballs on her driveway. Hers was too big for me so I was going turtle slow but I started to fall forward and she noticed and got in front of me just in time for me to face plant into her chestI just learned my lifelong friend Jordan passed away last night. I donโt have the words to express how I feel. I love you Jord. Iโm so lucky I knew you. Disabled friendships are everything.
- We should care about disabled peopleTell me your most radical position that cannot be placed on the left-right political spectrum
- Replying to @philaheatherWeโve always existed. Yโall just house us away in places so you donโt have to deal with our existence.
