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milap35
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15h ago
I found out only 1 in 5 people with disabilities in the US has a full-time job, and it changed how I see 'inclusion'
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the_miles
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2d ago
Filed a reasonable accommodation request in 12 words instead of 3 pages and HR answered in 2 days
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kai_knight1
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3d ago
Paid $85 for a wheelchair bag that ripped in 2 days, but the $12 fanny pack from Walmart is still going strong
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the_ryan
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3d ago
Vent: tried to get a ramp approved for my building and it took 14 weeks because of one missing form
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oscarh16
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4d ago
Went to a city council meeting in Fort Wayne about sidewalk ramps and it flipped how I think about advocacy
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reese_wood55
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6d ago
Vent: my paratransit ride approval took 9 months and 4 denied appeals
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gonzalez.wesley
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8d ago
Just found out in a 2021 Census report that only about 1 in 4 disabled adults in the US has a job, and I had to sit down
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the_julia
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8d ago
Got asked to leave a city council meeting in Dayton last month because my aide read my statement out loud
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rivera.jesse
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9d ago
Sat through a 2 hour city council meeting in Duluth and learned only 2 percent of housing units are actually accessible
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taylor_mitchell80
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9d ago
Pushed for a ramp at my gym instead of just quitting, and it actually worked
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sarah_harris
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10d ago
Showerthought: the ramp into my kid's school got blocked by a delivery truck and I finally got why ramps alone are not access
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blake842
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10d ago
Serious question, I thought self advocacy groups were useless until I sat in on one in Akron
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the_julia
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11d ago
PSA: that $95 'disability tax' webinar was just a guy reading the SSA website out loud
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rowank83
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12d ago
Warning: I said "wheelchair users" at a city council meeting in Boise and got corrected on the spot
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morgan329
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12d ago
Appreciation post: the ramp at my local library in Boise finally got fixed and I get why it matters
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