Sign in

shruti rajkumar

@shruti-rajkumar.bsky.social
438 followers 139 following 25 posts

freelance reporter. formerly @huffpost. they/them 🏳️‍🌈

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
For @motherjones.com, I looked into how Meta could be using disabled people to promote its Meta glasses to the masses. As one expert told me, “companies have used accessibility...as a Trojan horse for a tool that poses significant privacy and security threats.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
Is Meta using disabled people to promote its glasses?
AI glasses are a double-edged sword for disabled people, who face unique risks from surveillance.
10580285
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Monica Torres @monicatorrr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Matt is an incredible investigative reporter and on top of that, he is a kind colleague with clear-eyed, and all-too-rare moral clarity about the stories that matter:
131
shruti rajkumar @shruti-rajkumar.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Levi has done incredible work covering the LGBTQ community. Hire them!!
133
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
The Objective @objectivejournos.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
ICYMI: @shruti-rajkumar.bsky.social talked with several disabled journalists who reflected on how the advent of COVID-19 has changed reporting norms on disability and broader newsroom culture: objectivejournalism.org/2026/08/desp...
objectivejournalism.org
Despite COVID-19. disability is still inconsistently prioritized in news
Six years after 2020, disabled reporters say there wasn’t a full-scale reckoning with disability in newsroom coverage and culture.
111
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Prism @prismreports.org · 30/06/2026
“They say this is about fairness. They say this is about safety. But when you look carefully … you see the laws that they passed are categorical bans.” Last year, @shruti-rajkumar.bsky.social reported on the two transgender girls in New Hampshire who first challenged Trump’s trans sports ban.
prismreports.org
Two transgender girls are first to challenge Trump’s trans sports ban
The lawsuit was originally filed against a New Hampshire law that banned transgender girls from playing on school sports teams
2124
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Are you a Gen Zer with a disability, particularly neurodivergence? Want to talk to a journalist about your thoughts on disability, stigma and and identity? Email me at sluterman dot 19thnews dot org or DM.
14643
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Mia Ives-Rublee @seemiaroll.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I am so glad that @shruti-rajkumar.bsky.social wrote this fantastic obituary with some wonderful quotes from other disabled Asian American advocates and activists. asamnews.com/2025/11/18/a...
asamnews.com
Alice Wong shaped a generation of disabled Asian Americans – AsAmNews
From Disability Visibility to mentorship, Alice Wong’s legacy inspires disabled Asian Americans to embrace their identities and fight for justice
16931
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Prism @prismreports.org · 30/10/2025
New England educators & students brace for ICE raids, @shruti-rajkumar.bsky.social reports. Educators say that students & their families fear going to school, resulting in a decline in attendance & an increase in mental health struggles among students.
prismreports.org
New England educators and students brace for ICE raids
As ICE steps up raids across the country, educators and students in New England are worried about arrests and disruptions in their schools
01713
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Prism @prismreports.org · 28/10/2025
“You need stability. You need to feel safe. You need to feel secure. And when that is taken away from you, it’s extremely difficult to be successful in school.” As ICE escalates raids, educators & students in New England are worried about arrests & disruptions, @shruti-rajkumar.bsky.social reports.
prismreports.org
New England educators and students brace for ICE raids
As ICE steps up raids across the country, educators and students in New England are worried about arrests and disruptions in their schools
0207
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
The Department of Education reportedly fired nearly everyone in the office that focuses on the nation’s children with disabilities in a wave of new layoffs
abcnews.go.com
Special education staff decimated after Trump administration shutdown firings: Sources
The nation’s special education services have been significantly damaged after Fridays’s mass layoffs within the Department of Education, sources told ABC News.
26587385
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Prism @prismreports.org · 28/09/2025
A federal judge has temporarily blocked New Hampshire’s controversial anti-DEI law amid mounting legal challenges from educators & disability advocates, @shruti-rajkumar.bsky.social reports. The law could negatively affect disabled students & disability inclusion in K-12 schools & universities.
prismreports.org
Federal judge blocks New Hampshire anti-DEI law amid disability rights concerns
Legal fight intensifies as educators and advocates warn that the vague law threatens support for disabled students
14515
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Prism @prismreports.org · 25/09/2025
Federal judge blocks New Hampshire anti-DEI law amid disability rights concerns, @shruti-rajkumar.bsky.social reports. Legal fight intensifies as educators & advocates warn that the vague law threatens support for disabled students & could lead to loss of essential funding.
prismreports.org
Federal judge blocks New Hampshire anti-DEI law amid disability rights concerns
Legal fight intensifies as educators and advocates warn that the vague law threatens support for disabled students
12813
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Prism @prismreports.org · 18/09/2025
📢Join us for Killing the Story, a virtual event on Oct. 7, 1pm PT/4pm ET! Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists give firsthand accounts about how media manufactures consent & silences dissent as we approach 2 years of the Israeli-imposed & U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza. tinyurl.com/killingthest...
Killing the story: Journalists speak on Palestine in U.S. newsrooms
October 7
Panelists
Aline Batarseh
Abdallah Fayyad
Eman Mohammed
Sana Saeed

Hosted by 
Laura Albast
28041
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Prism @prismreports.org · 09/09/2025
Massachusetts plans for antisemitism education spark backlash over Anti-Defamation League’s influence, @shruti-rajkumar.bsky.social reports. State recommendations face pushback from educators & advocates who warn that the ADL’s influence may limit academic freedom & distort historical perspectives.
prismreports.org
Massachusetts antisemitism education sparks backlash over Anti-Defamation League's influence
State recommendations for combating antisemitism in schools are facing pushback from educators and advocates who warn of the ADL's influence
1167
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Prism @prismreports.org · 01/07/2025
MA schools are reeling from Trump’s gutting of $6 million in federal grants for teacher training, @shruti-rajkumar.bsky.social‪ reports. Several districts are experiencing an increase in diversity among the student body, but a decline in diverse educators, pending another year of teacher shortages.
prismreports.org
Federal cuts to teacher programs threaten DEI in Massachusetts
As Massachusetts schools brace for another year of teacher shortages, federal cuts have left vital funding programs hanging by a thread
1104
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Prism @prismreports.org · 30/06/2025
Federal cuts to teacher training programs threaten diversity & equity in Massachusetts classrooms, @shruti-rajkumar.bsky.social reports. As Massachusetts schools brace for another year of teacher shortages, federal cuts have left vital funding programs hanging by a thread.
prismreports.org
Federal cuts to teacher programs threaten DEI in Massachusetts
As Massachusetts schools brace for another year of teacher shortages, federal cuts have left vital funding programs hanging by a thread
184
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
wearing N95s when you're in public saves lives 🇵🇸 @masksaregood.myatproto.social · 12/06/2025
@prismreports.org continues to do consistently responsible reporting on issues from long covid to Gaza to ICE where almost every other outlet has consistently been The Absolute Worst. Highly recommend following and supporting them if you are able.
073
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Prism @prismreports.org · 11/06/2025
SCOTUS is deciding whether to make it harder for all disabled people to sue for discrimination, @reinasultan.bsky.social reports. The ruling in A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools could make it harder for victims of disability discrimination to sue, despite protections under the ADA & Section 504.
prismreports.org
Supreme Court to decide on disability discrimination standard
Ruling in A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools could make it harder for all victims of disability discrimination to sue
13015
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Prism @prismreports.org · 19/05/2025
New England teachers described uncertainty about the potential impact of Trump’s directive to eliminate DEI in public schools, especially on immigrant and low-income students, @shruti-rajkumar.bsky.social reports prismreports.org/2025/05/19/d...
prismreports.org
New England teachers speak out after Trump DEI ban lawsuit
Teachers described uncertainty about the potential impact of directive to end DEI in schools, especially on immigrant and low-income students
0115
shruti rajkumar @shruti-rajkumar.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
For my latest Prism article, I spoke to teachers in New England who described uncertainty about the potential impact of Trump’s directive to eliminate DEI in public schools, especially on immigrant and low-income students prismreports.org/2025/05/19/d...
prismreports.org
New England teachers speak out after Trump DEI ban lawsuit
Teachers described uncertainty about the potential impact of directive to end DEI in schools, especially on immigrant and low-income students
020
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
I wish "blind" wasn't used in the headline here. Disability terms, including "crippling," don't have to be used in a negative way.
3264
shruti rajkumar @shruti-rajkumar.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Georgia passed a law on Thursday that will phase out subminimum wage for people with disabilities, adding to the growing list of states that have taken legislative action to end the decades-old practice. Read more: shrutirajkumar.substack.com/p/georgia-go...
shrutirajkumar.substack.com
Georgia Governor Signs Law To Eliminate Subminimum Wage For Disabled People
At least 16 other states have passed legislation to eliminate the decades-old practice.
020
shruti rajkumar @shruti-rajkumar.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
In my new piece, I spoke with LGBTQ advocates and parents of transgender athletes on how the community is refusing to comply with Trump’s transgender sports ban. Read more: prismreports.org/2025/05/01/m...
prismreports.org
Maine community not backing down from Trump’s transgender athlete attacks
Maine is firm in allowing transgender students to participate in school sports despite threats from the Trump administration regarding funding
051
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Prism @prismreports.org · 01/05/2025
Maine community refuses to back down from Trump’s attacks against transgender athletes, @shruti-rajkumar.bsky.social reports. Maine has remained firm in its decision to allow transgender students to participate in school sports despite threats from the Trump admin to withhold federal funding.
prismreports.org
Maine community not backing down from Trump’s transgender athlete attacks
Maine is firm in allowing transgender students to participate in school sports despite threats from the Trump administration regarding funding
14611
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
(1/8) In case you missed it, I am on Substack! In my first newsletter I wrote about how a President defying federal courts is not “unprecedented.” Americans have seen this constitutional crisis before–we just forgot about it. Read and subscribe at gohini.substack.com. Thread:
gohini.substack.com
Native America: An Indigenous perspective on news & history | Rebecca Nagle | Substack
Indigenous communities deserve the same standard of journalism as the rest of the country, but rarely receive it from non-Native media outlets. My writing seeks to correct this. Click to read Native A...
13811
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Two disability-focused state organizations, Disability Rights New Jersey and Disability Rights Arkansas, have paused services due to not receiving federal funds. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
Disability protection groups in two states pause services after missing federal funds
"We are fighting for our very survival."
3367270
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
One #ActuallyAutistic lawyer and self-advocate told me that she worries that parents of autistic kids might be more afraid to access services under RFK Jr.'s proposed health-data sharing plan. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
independent.co.uk
RFK Jr.’s medical record plan frightens autistic people and their parents
One autistic advocate called the idea ‘along the line of eugenics,’ one autistic lawyer tells Eric Garcia. While others fear privacy concerns
3033599
shruti rajkumar @shruti-rajkumar.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to collect and give Americans’ private medical records to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his massive research study on autism. Read more: open.substack.com/pub/shrutira...
open.substack.com
RFK Jr. Plans To Create Disease Registry To Track Autistic People
The creation of the database and registry is part of a larger project run by Kennedy to find the “cause of autism” by September through a massive research effort.
021
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
If you're non-disabled and are furious about recent ableist comments, one material thing you can do is ask disabled and chronically ill people in your life if they need help with anything. They may say no and respect that, but we live in an ableist society where asking for help is hard.
4590189
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Brittany Wong @brittanywong.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Spoke to autistic people about RFK Jr's recent claims about the lives autistic kids go on to lead & the idea that autism is something that needs to be eliminated or cured “Autistic people know, we don’t need prevention. We need inclusion, awareness and acceptance" www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr...
huffpost.com
RFK Jr.'s Obsession With Autism Is A 'Dangerous' Form Of Ableism. Here's Why.
News that autistic people can't pay taxes is news to autistic people who paid taxes Tuesday.
311024
shruti rajkumar @shruti-rajkumar.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Looking to speak to trans high school athletes in Maine for a piece for Prism. DM me or message me on signal @ shrutirajkumar.98 #journorequests
000
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Any anti-bias disability training for the police won't work, in my opinion, if some police officers in general remain quick to pull the trigger. This is devastating.
517449
shruti rajkumar @shruti-rajkumar.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed on Thursday that the U.S. Department of Health And Human Services (HHS) will determine the “cause of autism” by September. Read more: open.substack.com/pub/shrutira...
open.substack.com
RFK Jr. Vows To Determine ‘Cause Of Autism’ By September
The head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has repeatedly promoted a baseless connection between vaccines and autism.
000
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Brittany Wong @brittanywong.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
@shruti-rajkumar.bsky.social is such an invaluable voice when it comes to covering disability issues. You should follow her and check out her new Substack!
141
shruti rajkumar @shruti-rajkumar.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
I’m excited to share this little project I’ve been working on! I’ll be continuing my disability breaking news reporting as well as creating other disability-related content through my new Substack called Crip The Media. Subscribe below! open.substack.com/pub/shrutira...
open.substack.com
Welcome to Crip The Media!
Where there's no news about us without us
131
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
One reason I don't refer to things falling apart as "crippled" is because of the word's origin relating to disability. Disability is value neutral, and some disabled people have reclaimed "cripple" in a positive way.
212116
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I've written 26 articles that touch on disability this year so far at @motherjones.com (and have over 10 articles in the pipeline). If you want to support my work, you can donate to my publication. secure.motherjones.com/flex/mj/key/...
secure.motherjones.com
Support Nonprofit Journalism - Donate to Mother Jones
Help Mother Jones' reporters dig deep with a tax-deductible donation.
322069
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
White organizations have been outraged over Trump's executive order concerning diversity in the arts. But many Black arts organizations have been quiet. I interviewed Black artists and educators and got an earful about the problems with NEA, DEI and more. www.contrabandcamp.com/p/trumps-edi...
contrabandcamp.com
Trump's Edict of Diversity in the Arts Hits Differently for Black Organizations
Already overlooked and underfunded, Black organizations say the NEA's new anti-DEI rules for federal funding won't stop them from doing what they've always done — make a way where there is no way.
13220
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Prism @prismreports.org · 31/03/2025
Two transgender girls in New Hampshire are the first to challenge Trump’s trans sports ban, @shruti-rajkumar.bsky.social reports. The lawsuit, which was originally filed against a state law that banned trans girls from school sports teams, is now also fighting Trump’s executive order.
prismreports.org
Two transgender girls are first to challenge Trump’s trans sports ban
The lawsuit was originally filed against a New Hampshire law that banned transgender girls from playing on school sports teams
527375
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Monica Torres @monicatorrr.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Everyone should read @mattshuham.bsky.social's smart workplace angle on the rise of "know-your-rights" trainings in jobs: www.huffpost.com/entry/workpl...
huffpost.com
There's 1 Way To Combat Trump's Immigration Crackdown — And It's Getting More Popular
There’s no greater evidence that "know-your-rights" training is working than from what Trump officials themselves have said.
032
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Kristen Parisi @kris10p.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I'm heartbroken by my country & this news. The department of education defended my rights as a disabled child, allowed me equal access to education through college, & is part of why I have a career. Disabled kids need the DOE www.cnbc.com/2025/03/20/t...
cnbc.com
Trump signs executive order aimed at dismantling U.S. Department of Education
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday aimed at dismantling the U.S. Department of Education.
0134
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Becoming disabled through violence can be traumatizing on it's own. Now imagine what it's like to have no safe access to medical care and no safe shelter. That's what's happening to Palestinians in Gaza.
2394
Reposted by shruti rajkumar
AAPD - The American Association of People with Disabilities @aapd.com · 17/03/2025
Our fight to protect student civil rights and save the Department of Education is a fight for the future of every disabled kid. As our President and CEO said in @nytimes.com, enforcing disabled students' civil rights changes their lives and expands possibilities. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/u...
nytimes.com
Education Department Sued Over Cuts to Civil Rights Office
A new lawsuit argues that recent layoffs undermine the office’s ability to investigate complaints of discrimination from all students, not just those aligned with President Trump’s agenda.
2146