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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Bill S-2 repeals “mentally incompetent Indian” and restores rightful status to those stripped by racist, sexist, ableist laws. It’s a shift in dignity, language, and justice. We support #BillS2 because identity should never be a casualty of colonialism. #IndigenousRights #DisabilityJustice

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Many Indigenous nations in Canada were matriarchal before colonization. Women were leaders, water protectors, and decision-makers—until colonial systems forced them out. We’re still fighting to restore that balance. #MMIWG #MatriarchalPower #LandBack #TruthBeforeReconciliation #IndigenousRights

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The Liberation Collective @liberationcollect.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

It’s not about freedom. It never was. Memorial Day is a ritual of forgetting—of soldiers used, civilians erased, and empire celebrated. They didn’t die for us. They died for oil, power, and greed. And we’re still cheering. #AntiWar #memorialday theliberationcollectiveshop.com/blogs/news/m...

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Memorial Day: A Memorial to Manufactured Memory and the Price of Blind Patriotism

Memorial Day has been hijacked by nationalism, capitalism, and cultural amnesia. This piece challenges the myths of blind patriotism and calls us to remember not just American soldiers—but the civilia...

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

“Knowing how” ≠ “able right now.” I was burned out. Smart ≠ stable. Capable ≠ coping. People aren’t machines. We crash quietly, often invisibly. Because we can doesn’t mean we should. Or can today. #AutismAcceptance #Neurodivergent #InvisibleDisabilities #SpoonTheory #DisabilityAwareness

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Fireworks aren’t festive for everyone. For people with PTSD, autism, or trauma, backyard fireworks are a sensory assault—loud, sudden, inescapable. Public celebrations are one thing. In residential areas? That’s not inclusive, it’s harmful. #DisabilityJustice #PTSD #SensorySafety #NoisePollution

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kjcon.bsky.social @kjcon.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

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The Liberation Collective @liberationcollect.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

qudsnen.co/israel-bombs... Your kids and grandkids will question what you did when Palestine was being exterminated. History never forgets. #endtheoccupation #FreePalestine #Nakba77

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The Liberation Collective @liberationcollect.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

77 years since the Nakba began. It never ended. In 1948, 750,000+ Palestinians were expelled. In 2023+, Gaza is being flattened. Villages erased. Families bombed. This is not history—it’s now. Read the post👇 theliberationcollectiveshop.com/blogs/news/7... #Nakba77 #FreePalestine #GazaGenocide

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77 Years of Nakba: A Catastrophe That Never Ended

May 15, 2025, marks the 77th anniversary of the Nakba—Arabic for "catastrophe"—the day in 1948 when over 750,000 Palestinians were violently expelled from their homes to make way for the creation of t...

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

The world doesn’t need louder voices. It needs braver ones. When we encourage others—genuinely, thoughtfully—we help them find the strength to speak up. That’s how change begins. #ShareSmiles #EncouragementIsPower #UseYourVoice #SpeakUp #UpliftEachOther #KindnessIsStrength

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

May 19, 1920: The Matewan Massacre. Miners stood up for union rights—and paid with their lives. Today, workers still fight to be heard. Speak up. Every voice moves us forward. #MatewanMassacre #WorkersRights #HumanRights #UnionStrong #UseYourVoice #OnThisDay

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Ontario’s 2025 budget includes $303M over 3 yrs for mental health care—a vital step, but only the start. Community support saves lives and money. Now we need long-term equity. Let’s keep going. #CMHA #MentalHealth #DisabilityJustice ontario.cmha.ca

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Emotional self-regulation is a disability issue. It’s not about overreacting—it’s about struggling to pause. ADHD, autism, PTSD, FASD, brain injury-this affects so many of us. Support, not shame. bit.ly/3YPlHXY #Neurodivergent #DisabilityJustice #HumanRights #SupportNotShame #EmotionalRegulation

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Thank you for the support. Your links are excellent additional reading for anyone who wants to explore these concepts further.

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

We didn’t always need a label to belong. Kids were different, and still had a role. Today, we demand proof before offering accommodation—but disability has always existed. We just used to make space for it. #DisabilityJustice #Inclusion #HumanRights #Neurodiversity #AccessMatters

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Outdated service listings create confusion and harm. If a program’s paused, say so. Clients aren’t mind-readers, and workers shouldn’t have to apologize for silence they didn’t cause. Transparency is part of trauma-informed care. #CommunitySupport #UpdateYourSite

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Happy Mother’s Day! Whether you’re a mom, a stepmom, a foster mom, a chosen mom, or someone who simply shows up with love—today is for you. Because sometimes the best way to say “Happy Mother’s Day” is just to try—heart first. #HappyMothersDay #CaringNotBiology #MomLove

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Sometimes the hardest truth is realizing not everyone in your circle is in your corner. Transparency matters. So does reciprocity. Know the difference between support and convenience. #BoundariesMatter #EnergyCheck #TrustIsEarned #TransparentSupport #SaturdayRealTalk

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Calling someone with hidden disabilities "lazy" is like seeing someone stick to a strict grocery budget and calling them "cheap" for buying the no-name brand. You judged the choice—but never looked at the circumstances behind it. www.facebook.com/share/r/19WL... #HiddenDisabilities

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The Liberation Collective @liberationcollect.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

80 years ago, the world said Never Again. Today, Gaza burns and the West Bank bleeds—with the same world funding, excusing, ignoring it. Commemorating V-E Day is confronting patterns of dehumanization—then and now. Justice+Liberation are not selective. theliberationcollectiveshop.com/blogs/news/s...

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Never Again for Who? Gaza, Genocide, and the Hypocrisy of Memory

On May 8, 1945, the world paused to celebrate Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day). It marked the end of World War II on the continent. After years of destruction and horror, Nazi Germany finally surrender...

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

We teach people to ask for help—but not how to respond honestly. A rushed "yes" with hidden limits can hurt more than silence. Real support needs real clarity. Saying “let me check my capacity” is respectful, not rude. #HelpWithoutStrings #HonestSupport #HumanRightsNow #SaturdayReflection

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

How we “function” changes with how safe we feel. Around safe people, we unmask. Around unsafe ones, we freeze or shut down. That’s not dysfunction—it’s protection. We’re not broken. We’re responding. #MaskingAndSafety #CoRegulationMatters #NeurodivergentReality

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Part 3: Why “High Functioning” Hurts It silences our needs, denies us services, and praises our suffering. Smiling doesn’t cancel executive dysfunction or trauma. Stop labeling. Start listening. Part 1: bit.ly/44pfIfY Part 2: bit.ly/3Z4d8sa #UnmaskingTruth #SupportNotJudgment #SmileVTrauma

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Sometimes the most rebellious thing you can do is rest. Protect your peace, set the boundary, and stop over-explaining your worth. #NeurodivergentNeeds #RestIsResistance #TraumaInformed #UnmaskingTruth #BoundarySetting

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

"High functioning" is not a compliment. It’s a dismissal. We get denied help, praised for silence, and punished for unmasking. You wouldn’t say it to someone in chronic pain, don’t say it to us. We need support, not labels. #Neurodivergent #Unmasking #InvisibleDisabilities #ChronicDismissal

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Trying to balance self-care & exhaustion? It's by design from the top. #SelfCare #Exhaustion @liberationcollect.bsky.social explains this further

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Red Dress Day May 5 National Day of Awareness Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls & Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S) - generations of colonial violence, systemic neglect & silenced grief. - listen, learn, and honour their stories. More here bit.ly/3GSQcG4 #MMIWG2S #RedDressDay #HumanRights

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May 5: National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous W

Today, May 5th, marks the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S). It is not a holiday — it is a day of grief, of resistance, of rem...

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The Liberation Collective @liberationcollect.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

The election was just the beginning. Now it’s time to turn hope into action. From housing justice to Land Back, we break down how to keep pushing forward—no settling, no slowing down. Let’s keep the pressure on. Read the post: theliberationcollectiveshop.com/blogs/news/m...

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Moving Forward: Housing, Resources, Land Back, and Accountability

Canada's future starts now: affordable housing, Land Back to Indigenous peoples, ethical resources, and real accountability. #LandBack #Canada

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

For centuries, they’ve faced colonization and forced assimilation. Today, they continue to fight for land rights, environmental protection, and the survival of their culture. #SámiPeople #IndigenousRights #Decolonize #LandBack #LandRights #Survival OG posted by @liberationcollect.bsky.social

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Discernment isn’t about being negative. It’s about not being naive. Just because someone offers help, praise, or opportunity doesn’t mean it’s clean. Look at the motive. Check the energy. Trust your gut. #discernment #gutfeeling #boundaries #selftrust #intuition #Investigate #FactCheck #Trust

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

There’s no such thing as “high functioning.” That label isn’t about us—it’s about how comfortable you feel with how we present. You’re describing your perception. Part 1 ➡️ bit.ly/44pfIfY #HighFunctioningMyth #DisabilityJustice #MaskingIsExhausting #HumanRights #AutismAcceptance #ADHDAwareness

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The Liberation Collective @liberationcollect.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Over 200 journalists killed since Oct23—They weren’t soldiers. They were the voice of the buried.The eyes of the world. And the world let them die. 📢 Share their stories. 📸 Their truth lives on. #WorldPressFreedomDay #FreePalestine #SayTheirNames #JournalismIsNotACrime

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

May 4, 1886, police opened fire on a peaceful protest in Chicago. 5 workers were executed for daring to organize. The 8-hour workday exists because they refused to be silenced. We remember. We continue. bit.ly/44ner9i #May4 #Haymarket #WorkersUnite #LabourHistory #KnowYourHistory #JusticeForWorkers

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

When neurotypicals label a strong sense of justice as a “symptom,” it tells me everything I need to know. They pathologize what makes us human. What they call dysfunction is often just our integrity. #NeurodivergentTruth #DisabilityJustice #UnmaskingAbleism #DisabilityJustice #SupportNotStigma

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

PTSD isn’t always from pain—it’s from betrayal. The worst wounds come when someone chose to harm you. Success isn’t noble if it crushes others on the way up. If your goal is the top, don’t trample people to get there. #PTSD #Trauma #MentalHealth #Justice #HowYouGotThereMatters

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

I’m glad we’ve come further than the horrors of Buck v. Bell—a time when forced sterilization in the name of “public welfare.” But we still have a long way to go. Disability isn’t a defect to erase—it’s a reality to respect. #DisabilityJustice #BuckvBell #HumanRights #EugenicsWasReal #WeStillFight

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Ontario courts are raising the Small Claims cap—finally. $35K doesn't go far when repairs, unpaid wages, or renovation mess-ups add up. This isn't about greed. It’s about access to fair compensation. #OntarioLaw #AccessToJustice #ConstructionLaw #WorkersRights #LegalReform

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

I don’t struggle to hear—I struggle to process. Auditory Processing Disorder means I need transcripts or written summaries to fully understand. But systems like gov’t calls don’t account for that. It’s time to #NormalizeSummaries. #APD #Accessibility #SpeechAndHearingMonth #Neurodivergent

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

I practiced to be “the articulate one,” not “the seixure girl.” Ppl see me as more capable than I am. They don’t see the cost. Masking made me survive—but now I have to explain why I can’t keep up. #Neurodivergent #Epilepsy #Masking #DisabilityAwareness #InvisibleDisability #HumanRights #Advocacy

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Sometimes the good things cloud the suffering. People see me when I’m composed— Not when I’m throwing up from anxiety. Not when I forget the stove is still on. Not when it takes 5 hours just to shower. They see success, not survival. #InvisibleDisability #Overwhelm #MentalHealth #Masking #Epilepsy

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The Liberation Collective @liberationcollect.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

The Irish state & church buried more than 800 children in mass graves. Many were used in unauthorized vaccine trials. This isn’t distant history—it’s a warning.Their stories deserve remembrance. Read our latest blog #CollectiveLiberation #TruthAndJustice #IrishHistory #TheLiberationCollective

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Sometimes the deepest battles are the ones no one sees. You smile, you move forward... but inside, you're struggling. Strength isn't loud, it's surviving the unseen. #HealingJourney #SilentStruggles #InnerStrength #MentalHealthMatters #KeepGoing #UnseenBattles #StayStrong #SelfLove #EmotionalHealth

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Some harm leaves footprints. Some doesn't. You don't get to measure my survival by what you see. Only, I can measure harm experienced. Pain is real even when the sand looks smooth. #InvisiblePain #HarmExperienced #FootprintsInTheSand #TraumaSurvivor #Ontario #HumanRights #YouMatter

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

We build stronger communities when we value each individual, not just flashy titles. Talent comes in many forms — just like a hive needs all its bees. See more: bit.ly/3GunZW0 #Inclusion #DisabilityRights #EmploymentEquity #HumanRights #Neurodiversity #WorkerBees #ThinkDifferently #GoodFaith

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Ridge - Supporting Others @ridgesupport.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Calling a crisis line doesn't always mean you're suicidal. Sometimes it just means you're carrying too much. Society needs to stop assuming otherwise. Being dismissed is silencing our voice. #CrisisLines #InvisibleStruggles #Listen #BelieveThem #UsrRespect #TraumaInformed #Individual #Overwhelm

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