Disabled people are particularly vulnerable to abuse under fascism.

ICE has been neglecting the medical needs of detainees for a long time.

One disabled immigrant, Rodney Taylor, needs our help.

He’s filed a habeas corpus claim in federal court and there’s a petition circulating for his release.

He’s been held for more than eight months, put in solitary confinement and denied access to his new prosthetic legs.

Let’s tell his story. Let’s raise awareness for the horrendous conditions detainees are being forced to endure.

Let’s make ICE pay for what they’ve done.

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodney-taylor-a-disabled-double

#uspol #abolishice #fascism #immigration #ice #disability #ableism #eugenics

My study of old #folklore gets more and more relevant to current-day affairs.

Example: All of these narratives about "Things That Cause #Autism " are basically recycled folk tales about #changelings .

Right now, we are at the: "The child is WRONG somehow - the mother must have been careless!" stage.

And it's only a very small step to: "My child is WRONG somehow! Thus, I must abuse it until I get my REAL child back - the one I always wanted!"

The context changes, but the underlying narratives stay the same.

#ableism #tylenol

Today’s autism announcement was just as bad as we feared

Trump blamed Tylenol & vaccines for autism

He encouraged women to just “tough out” their pain

He praised people who don’t “need” meds or vaccines

These are eugenicist talking points & they’re devastating to the disability community.

My latest looks at the threat to our lives, as well as how we can support one another.

We must not give up hope, but we need our non disabled allies to fight with us.

Refuse to see us as expendable and help us demand better:

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/trumps-big-autism-announcement-and

#uspol #autism #eugenics #disability #fascism #maha #rfkjr #tylenol
#vaccines #ableism

Disabled people are particularly vulnerable to abuse under fascism.

ICE has been neglecting the medical needs of detainees for a long time.

One disabled immigrant, Rodney Taylor, needs our help.

He’s filed a habeas corpus claim in federal court and there’s a petition circulating for his release.

He’s been held for more than eight months, put in solitary confinement and denied access to his new prosthetic legs.

Let’s tell his story. Let’s raise awareness for the horrendous conditions detainees are being forced to endure.

Let’s make ICE pay for what they’ve done.

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodney-taylor-a-disabled-double

#uspol #abolishice #fascism #immigration #ice #disability #ableism #eugenics

A disabled double amputee named Rodney Taylor has been held in ICE custody since January.

He’s been denied his new prosthetic legs and is now in solitary confinement.

His “crime”? A burglary when he was a teen for which he received a full pardon.

His parents brought him to the US when he was only two years old.

He needed better medical care than what he could receive in Liberia.

He’s been in the country almost 50 years and had permanent residency.

He’s got a family, a fiancé and owned a thriving barber shop where he was considered a staple within his community.

When ICE grabbed him he was only a day away from receiving new prosthetic legs, but they’ve not been willing to let him go and get them.

As a result his health has declined.

He was unable to make it to meals and had other detainees bringing him food.

Now he’s in solitary confinement waiting to hear if a judge will grant his request to remain in the US or send him back to Liberia.

This is cruel and unusual.

He did nothing wrong. He went through the proper channels. The “crime” he committed was over thirty years ago and the state of Georgia granted him a pardon

This is not someone who’s a danger. He paid taxes, employed others & gave back to his community

His story is getting dreadfully little media attention, though a local Atlanta public station has been trying to raise awareness.

There was a protest outside the Atlanta immigration office yesterday to demand his release.

Disabled lives are not valued.

We all know this.

It’s one of the reasons we must stand together and fight for one another.

The judge will rule by the end of the month in Rodney’s case, and in the meantime he needs all the public support we can give him.

He should also have access to proper disability accommodations while he’s being detained.

There’s no reason to destroy what’s left of his health, especially if he might be deported back to a country where his fiancé says he won’t survive.

Justice for Rodney and abolish ICE

#uspol #disability #ableism #abolishice #immigration #rodneytaylor

My study of old #folklore gets more and more relevant to current-day affairs.

Example: All of these narratives about "Things That Cause #Autism " are basically recycled folk tales about #changelings .

Right now, we are at the: "The child is WRONG somehow - the mother must have been careless!" stage.

And it's only a very small step to: "My child is WRONG somehow! Thus, I must abuse it until I get my REAL child back - the one I always wanted!"

The context changes, but the underlying narratives stay the same.

#ableism #tylenol

Today’s autism announcement was just as bad as we feared

Trump blamed Tylenol & vaccines for autism

He encouraged women to just “tough out” their pain

He praised people who don’t “need” meds or vaccines

These are eugenicist talking points & they’re devastating to the disability community.

My latest looks at the threat to our lives, as well as how we can support one another.

We must not give up hope, but we need our non disabled allies to fight with us.

Refuse to see us as expendable and help us demand better:

https://www.disabledginger.com/p/trumps-big-autism-announcement-and

#uspol #autism #eugenics #disability #fascism #maha #rfkjr #tylenol
#vaccines #ableism

A disabled double amputee named Rodney Taylor has been held in ICE custody since January.

He’s been denied his new prosthetic legs and is now in solitary confinement.

His “crime”? A burglary when he was a teen for which he received a full pardon.

His parents brought him to the US when he was only two years old.

He needed better medical care than what he could receive in Liberia.

He’s been in the country almost 50 years and had permanent residency.

He’s got a family, a fiancé and owned a thriving barber shop where he was considered a staple within his community.

When ICE grabbed him he was only a day away from receiving new prosthetic legs, but they’ve not been willing to let him go and get them.

As a result his health has declined.

He was unable to make it to meals and had other detainees bringing him food.

Now he’s in solitary confinement waiting to hear if a judge will grant his request to remain in the US or send him back to Liberia.

This is cruel and unusual.

He did nothing wrong. He went through the proper channels. The “crime” he committed was over thirty years ago and the state of Georgia granted him a pardon

This is not someone who’s a danger. He paid taxes, employed others & gave back to his community

His story is getting dreadfully little media attention, though a local Atlanta public station has been trying to raise awareness.

There was a protest outside the Atlanta immigration office yesterday to demand his release.

Disabled lives are not valued.

We all know this.

It’s one of the reasons we must stand together and fight for one another.

The judge will rule by the end of the month in Rodney’s case, and in the meantime he needs all the public support we can give him.

He should also have access to proper disability accommodations while he’s being detained.

There’s no reason to destroy what’s left of his health, especially if he might be deported back to a country where his fiancé says he won’t survive.

Justice for Rodney and abolish ICE

#uspol #disability #ableism #abolishice #immigration #rodneytaylor

The Inaccessibility Cycle

#disability #ableism #accessibility

Something clicked for me yesterday. I read about #RFKJr 's latest claim that #Tylenol causes #autism when used during #pregnancy , and I thought:

"Hey, I have read something very similar in a German #folklore text!"

And here you have it:

"If a mother uses a spell in order to ease her birth, then the Evil Enemy tries to lure these children in particular. Thanks to this magical influence, such children - if female - are born with the drive to trude. But male children are driven to theft (the 'Bilwez Cut!')."

"Truding" in this context means becoming a "night hag"-type spirit while sleeping who torments and squeezes other spirits (the "sleep paralysis" phenomenon) while the "Bilwez Cut" is the ability to magically cut down the ripe grain fields of others and steal the grain without spotting you. You can read the entire text at the link - though beware, it's full of ableist nonsense.

But now I am intrigued - both in JFKJr's modern claims (and presumably his fellow conspiracy fantasists, although I haven't followed them too closely) and this bit of folklore from 19th century southeastern Bavaria, the basic message is:

"Women must suffer through the full pain of childbirth, and if they try to alleviate this pain, their children will come out wrong somehow!"

Both qualify as folklore, not facts - but I wonder how widespread this piece of folklore was and is, today and in past centuries, and in which countries and cultures. Does anyone have further examples?

#ableism
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Witches_and_Trudes

Something clicked for me yesterday. I read about #RFKJr 's latest claim that #Tylenol causes #autism when used during #pregnancy , and I thought:

"Hey, I have read something very similar in a German #folklore text!"

And here you have it:

"If a mother uses a spell in order to ease her birth, then the Evil Enemy tries to lure these children in particular. Thanks to this magical influence, such children - if female - are born with the drive to trude. But male children are driven to theft (the 'Bilwez Cut!')."

"Truding" in this context means becoming a "night hag"-type spirit while sleeping who torments and squeezes other spirits (the "sleep paralysis" phenomenon) while the "Bilwez Cut" is the ability to magically cut down the ripe grain fields of others and steal the grain without spotting you. You can read the entire text at the link - though beware, it's full of ableist nonsense.

But now I am intrigued - both in JFKJr's modern claims (and presumably his fellow conspiracy fantasists, although I haven't followed them too closely) and this bit of folklore from 19th century southeastern Bavaria, the basic message is:

"Women must suffer through the full pain of childbirth, and if they try to alleviate this pain, their children will come out wrong somehow!"

Both qualify as folklore, not facts - but I wonder how widespread this piece of folklore was and is, today and in past centuries, and in which countries and cultures. Does anyone have further examples?

#ableism
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Witches_and_Trudes

I wouldn't have to call out your #Vancouver#FediCon if your organizers weren't so fucking ignorant about #PeopleWithDisabilities in the first place. Your event organizer is an #ableist & I've yet to see any of you people listed on their public info - as speakers - calling them out for their #ableism

WTAF.

#Cowardice#DisabledPeopleMatter