Reposted by Chris ChurchillCåråbine à Citron 🍋 @carabinacitron.eurosky.social · 25/07/2026Plea from Gaza‼️ Abood is 15 years old & suffers from intellectual disabilities and severe epilepsy, enduring agonizing seizures every day. He urgently needs epilepsy treatment that is extremely expensive. Please don’t let him suffer. Every donation gives him hope. chuffed.org/project/1844... 483140
Reposted by Chris ChurchillGabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 09/02/2026PSA. The people asking for disabled poor people to "share" their experiences for their orgs to collect & use are not doing so out of the goodness of their hearts. Your experiences and insights have value - including monetary value. They get grants & build careers out of your suffering. 28234
Reposted by Chris ChurchillPinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 04/02/2026On this day in 1998: February 4: Heavy metal legend and frontman of Judas Priest Rob Halford came out publicly as gay. In an interview with MTV's Superock, Halford said: “I have been a gay man all of my life, and it's only been in recent times that it's an issue that I feel comfortable to address." 2305
Reposted by Chris ChurchillKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 24/01/2026In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi. He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael. At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk. Wael died on Friday at age 30. ICE caused his death. They didn’t get to say goodbye.wfaa.comDisabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalizationIt had been months since Wael Tarabishi seen his father. The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral. 8772055010934
Reposted by Chris ChurchillThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/01/2026‘I could not stay silent’: Palestinian prisoner tells of sexual abuse in Israeli jailtheguardian.com‘I could not stay silent’: Palestinian prisoner tells of sexual abuse in Israeli jailSami al-Saei has defied social stigma to speak out about what a report calls a ‘grave pattern’ of sexual violence 1117598
Reposted by Chris ChurchillGabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 16/01/2026This finding by international experts in suicide prevention further supports the points I raised in my Policy Options piece about the need for, among other things, the media to follow proper protocols consistent with covering suicide when covering MAiD. policyoptions.irpp.org/2024/04/maid...policyoptions.irpp.orgReality, not religion, is the reason people need MAiD-free health care“On the question of religious hospitals, despite being a lesbian couple, Patricia and I would tolerate life-size crucifixes in the treatment room if it meant being safe from MAiD.” ~ Catherine Frazee,... 02410
Reposted by Chris ChurchillGabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025A NEW BC Supreme Court judgment just dropped granting the petition of Health Authority to prevent a husband who is a strong pro MAiD advocate from killing his wife - a plan he called 'dignicide.' www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/2... 44117
Reposted by Chris ChurchillAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 08/12/2025what I do love about Twitter is how it has revealed so many physicians to be absolutely bananas 4625
Reposted by Chris ChurchillAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Alice Wong was one of the most effective people challenging the Whiteness of disability communities and its many flaws, but who believed fiercely in us as a community, in disabled people as oracles. Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that. 81292347
Reposted by Chris ChurchillMiningWatch Canada @miningwatch.bsky.social · 06/05/2025As Barrick Gold shareholders meet virtually at their AGM to discuss record high gold prices, impacted communities around the world are speaking out about environmental and human rights abuses! Today we put the spotlight on 7 ongoing community struggles: bit.ly/4k4YybYbit.lyUnable to Access Barrick Shareholder Meeting, Mining-Impacted Communities Speak Out | Mining Watch Canada 057
Reposted by Chris ChurchillAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Canada treating MAID like a pressure release valve will never not horrify me. The cold cruelties of a system that exists to repeatedly communicate the message to disabled people that they are disposable, and more efficient at dispensing death than it is at care. 310045
Reposted by Chris ChurchillChris Churchill @seizedandshaken.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Join Dr. Margaret Price for her talk, “Exploring the Politics of Time, Disability, and Collective Accountability in Academe.” The webinar is on Friday, February 7, 2025 at 11 am MT/ 1 pm ET. ASL and CART accessibility services will be provided. Register: www.csa-scs.ca/upcoming-web... 272
Reposted by Chris ChurchillAcademic Audio Transcription Ltd @aat-transcribes.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Did you know that many of our freelancers are also researchers and academics? Get in touch today and our team will match you with experienced transcribers to meet your project’s needs. To browse our prices and request a quote, visit academicaudiotranscription.com/our-prices 🎓 012
Reposted by Chris ChurchillAcademic Audio Transcription Ltd @aat-transcribes.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Still time to register for this important online talk from @margaretprice.bsky.social tomorrow (at 6pm GMT if you're in the UK!) on disability inclusion in academia, a subject close to our hearts - we're lucky enough to be transcribing it, too! #HumanTranscription #EthicalAlternativeToAI 054
Reposted by Chris ChurchillAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 30/01/2025"“Brilliant people have to be in those positions,” Trump said. He cited efforts by the FAA to hire individuals with disabilities, including Dwarfism, missing limbs and intellectual disabilities." 1614951
Reposted by Chris ChurchillAndy Iwancio @andyiwancio.bsky.social · 24/01/2025I do stand-up about my epilepsy sometimes (officially year without a seizure btw!) 1173
Chris Churchill @seizedandshaken.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Join Dr. Margaret Price for her talk, “Exploring the Politics of Time, Disability, and Collective Accountability in Academe.” The webinar is on Friday, February 7, 2025 at 11 am MT/ 1 pm ET. ASL and CART accessibility services will be provided. Register: www.csa-scs.ca/upcoming-web... 272
Reposted by Chris ChurchillYarrow @yarrowsr.bsky.social · 30/11/2024 ~ Navigating Epilepsy Together: A Group Interview.~ In our virtual writing group we interviewed each other about our experiences in Epilepsy support groups. @EFNORCAL epilepsynorcal.org/navigating-e... #Epilepsy #PeerSupport #NavigatingEpilepsyTogether #WritingGroup #SupportGroupepilepsynorcal.orgNavigating Epilepsy Together: A Group Interview - Epilepsy Foundation of Northern CaliforniaIn the debut of the Making Waves blog, join creative epilepsy support group members to learn how they help each other and others through sharing and writing. Navigating Epilepsy Together is a virtual ... 041
Reposted by Chris ChurchillEpilepsy Warrior, RN @epilepsywarriorrn.bsky.social · 27/11/2024For those with memory loss, I see you this #Thanksgiving; the anxiety you have going into tomorrow. Will you: remember faces/names, struggle to reminisce with family while pretending to know the stories, be so overwhelmed you need to leave? It’s ok to feel this anxiety. 💜 #epilepsy #memoryloss 271
Reposted by Chris ChurchillAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 27/11/2024What really gets my goat about this accurate observation is that physicians are often so quick to psychiatrize disabled people as hysterical or paranoid--but apparently cannot comprehend the lasting psychological effects of being told your doctor thinks euthanasia is an option you should consider 626278
Reposted by Chris ChurchillFlorence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 25/11/2024My colleague and I wrote about how harmful Danielle Smith’s new anti-trans policies would be for ALL youth. Don’t think this is only an attack on trans youth—it makes all children more vulnerable.theconversation.comDanielle Smith’s new policies make all Albertan youth unsafeThe harms posed to trans youth are more than enough reason to abandon three proposed Alberta bills. However, trans youth are not the only victims of these reckless policies. 110052
Reposted by Chris ChurchillLauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 15/11/2024Having epilepsy and finding out just how little doctors know about any of it has been such a trip. You’ve got ghosts in your brain. Do some anticonvulsants about it. 8716
Reposted by Chris ChurchillAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Ive been thinking about how lighting is not all that frequently included in discussions of accessibility--one of my biggest triggers are light and patterns--as someone with epilepsy and migraines, and grocery stores and so many public spaces are so badly lit they leave me a triggered mess. 9627
Chris Churchill @seizedandshaken.bsky.social · 15/11/2024"The study found that people with epilepsy had a 60% higher rate of hospital admission with Covid and 33% higher rate of death." www.epilepsy.org.uk/news/swansea...epilepsy.org.ukSwansea University study shows impact of Covid and epilepsyPeople with epilepsy had a higher risk of being hospitalised with Covid and of dying from Covid, according to new research 1102
Reposted by Chris ChurchillEvan Sullivan @evanpsullivan.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Disability Historians starter pack. The more the merrier: go.bsky.app/4MB7iob 37205118
Reposted by Chris ChurchillAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 06/11/2023Epilepsy means a lot of memory issues and memory loss. Which, yes, is bad, but also I wish I COULD forget some things about some people, it would make dealing with them a whole lot easier. 072