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Casey Doherty

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Disability policy analyst @americanprogress.bsky.social by day, disability studies PhD student by night, disabled activist by later night. ME/Long Covid/Lyme/MCAS/etc. Cat mom! she/her. Opinions my own.

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The evil just radiates from him

07.03.2026 04:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyways if you’re interested in learning more about community-driven college campus sexual violence research visit survivorsandallies.com and pin this post bc I’ll add our launch event info next week!

07.03.2026 03:28 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Juiceless β€” Disability Culture Lab A fruit can only produce so much juice. The rind and seeds thrown away. Petals are plucked simply because some think that they aren't meant to be there. What wonders would emerge from the Earth if j...

Check out "Juiceless" here: www.disabilityculturelab.org/posts/juicel...

07.03.2026 03:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWhat wonders would emerge from the earth

If juiceless plants were encouraged to flourish?”

Beautiful. This juiceless plant send love to all the other juiceless plants out there.

07.03.2026 03:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Juiceless β€” Disability Culture Lab A fruit can only produce so much juice. The rind and seeds thrown away. Petals are plucked simply because some think that they aren't meant to be there. What wonders would emerge from the Earth if j...

Check out "Juiceless" here: www.disabilityculturelab.org/posts/juicel...

07.03.2026 03:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Image left side: Text reads, β€œWhat wonders would emerge from the earth.” Illustration depicts fiddlehead ferns spiraling in on themselves.Β 
Image right side: The image depicts a forest floor and the trunk of a redwood tree, covered in moss,Β  mushrooms, and ferns. Text reads, β€œIf juiceless plants were encouraged to flourish?”

Image left side: Text reads, β€œWhat wonders would emerge from the earth.” Illustration depicts fiddlehead ferns spiraling in on themselves.Β  Image right side: The image depicts a forest floor and the trunk of a redwood tree, covered in moss,Β  mushrooms, and ferns. Text reads, β€œIf juiceless plants were encouraged to flourish?”

I'm grateful for @disabilitylab.bsky.social's new venture, Disability Culture Currents, which explores the intersections of disability identity and culture through opinion, personal essay, and graphic storytelling.

Tonight, I’m feeling so very seen by Robin Larisch's comic β€œJuiceless.”

07.03.2026 03:44 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Patting past me on the back for encouraging my cats to talk because on the many occasions when I can't find them in my apartment, they'll meow to tell me they're alive but don't want to get up from wherever they're chilling

06.03.2026 23:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for sharing!

06.03.2026 20:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for sharing!

06.03.2026 20:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What can you do today? Help @americanprogress.bsky.social learn about voter accessibility for disabled voters. If you can help, complete the survey below.

06.03.2026 20:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Louisiana lawsuit targeting abortion pill telehealth could ripple nationwide, providers warn A judge is weighing whether to roll back a federal policy change that allows mifepristone to be dispensed by a local pharmacy or by mail

β€œIt is completely inappropriate for Louisiana to try to export its own restrictive laws in this way.”

A federal judge in Louisiana is weighing whether to roll back telehealth access to mifepristone, of which people already facing barriers to care would bear the brunt, @alexmar.bsky.social writes.

06.03.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Share Your Voting Story The Center for American Progress (CAP) is seeking to understand disabled people's voting experiences. Rarely are disabled voters highlighted when talking about their right to vote. CAP's Disability Ju...

We at @americanprogress.bsky.social are gathering stories from disabled voters about voting accessibility (particularly looking for folks from IN, MO, MN, RI, TX, UT, & WY). Please complete this Google form if you're interested in sharing your story:

#CripTheVote

06.03.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Pillow Writers An ME/CFS writing group

The Pillow Writers are an international ME/CFS writing community. Pillow Meetings are completely free and open to anyone with ME/CFS or Long Covid. We are so honored to partner with Bobbi Ausebel to host Pillow Writers.
pillowwriters.wordpress.com

@pillowwriters.bsky.social

#WritingCommunity

06.03.2026 19:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Sunlight streaming through dense green forest canopy over a pathway. Logos for CAP and Justice Outside appear in the corner. Text reads: β€œThis is about more than a nice view. It’s natural infrastructure for healthy communities. Everyone has a right to experience the benefits of nature.”

Sunlight streaming through dense green forest canopy over a pathway. Logos for CAP and Justice Outside appear in the corner. Text reads: β€œThis is about more than a nice view. It’s natural infrastructure for healthy communities. Everyone has a right to experience the benefits of nature.”

The new report from @americanprogress.bsky.social and Justice Outside, reveals the persistence of the nature gap in the U.S., where communities of color are 3x more likely than white communities to live in nature-deprived areas.

Read the report here: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

26.02.2026 15:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Hello! I am a trans journalist looking to speak with trans kids and parents of trans kids across the US who have been impacted by the clinic closures---please get in touch or share!

02.03.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 794 πŸ” 557 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 9
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New England cherishes its local electionsβ€”but many disabled voters are locked out β€œIt's a really heartbreaking example of who gets left behind in systems that are not built for everyone.”

For a few hundred years, towns across New England have conducted Town Meeting Days via floor votes, which can be inaccessible to disabled people. This situation shows how accessibility and tradition can go head-to-head. My latest for @motherjones.com.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

02.03.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 179 πŸ” 75 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 8
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Long COVID β€” Here’s What To Know And The Challenges Ahead Six years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus still exists. A public health expert explains what Long COVID is, and the challenges associated with it.

Explicitly capitalist media again shares a new piece that Long COVID is concerning, has no cure and again, embarrassingly, is doing better public health comms about this than most public health orgs. www.forbes.com/sites/omeraw...

03.03.2026 21:52 πŸ‘ 335 πŸ” 135 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 10

Journalist Sara Murphy is working on a story about the impact of climate disasters on people with #LongCOVID, focusing on the American South. She would love to connect with people who had to manage the recent ice storms and extreme cold, or even previous disasters. Contact: hello@saramurphyphd.com.

03.03.2026 22:16 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm looking to hear some specific examples of how disabled Minnesotans have been harmed by federal Medicaid pause for reporting I'm doing at @motherjones.com . Please reach out to jmetraux@motherjones.com with any leads.

03.03.2026 22:13 πŸ‘ 172 πŸ” 130 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Yes! I’ll dm you my number if that’s ok

03.03.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi! I’m a disability studies PhD student who has done research like this! Would be happy to help. I work mostly using phenomenology, so understanding how people experience phenomena (like, for example, being denied essential meds)

03.03.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A concrete demonstration that this is about disenfranchising trans people-- their right to free movement and their right to vote-- not about gender at all.

03.03.2026 13:24 πŸ‘ 111 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

β€œThere can’t be that many people with Long Covid, I never see them” as though we don’t know post-infectious syndromes cause many patients to become housebound and bedbound, (the worst of whom can rarely or never post online) the same with previous post-infectious syndromes for millennia

02.03.2026 19:20 πŸ‘ 124 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 8
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β€œIn the last year, it’s gotten a lot worse” A Qualitative Investigation of Barriers to Disability Benefits in 2025 - DREDF The Mobility Device User Survey (MDUS) reported here was stimulated by reports from mobility device users of the many problems, limitations, and long waits associated with the process of acquiring a m...

I'm thrilled to announce a new report I wrote with @ksavin.bsky.social and @calliefreitag.bsky.social on the impact of DOGE/Trump 2.0 turmoil on Social Security disability programs.

As the title says, these programs have always been tough to navigate. But in the last year, they've gotten worse.

02.03.2026 17:34 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
When Rest Isn't Resistance Presentation
When Rest Isn't Resistance Presentation YouTube video by V. Ashley

I uploaded the full version of the video that will be shared at the Symposium for Disability and Accessibility at Yale on April 10th. A short version will be played that day. I uploaded this in advance in case ppl wanted to watch and prepare questions to bring to the conference (10-10:30 am ET)

01.03.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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β€˜I Just Stood Up’: The Stunning Arrest Of Aliya Rahman At The State Of The Union Rahman, who was Rep. Ilhan Omar’s guest, suspects she was targeted after testifying to Congress about her brutal ICE detention in Minneapolis.

NEW, from me: I talked to Aliya Rahman, who was dragged out of Tuesday's State of the Union + arrested for... standing up.

Really.

Rahman, who is autistic and has disabilities, was a guest of Rep. Ilhan Omar + was previously brutally detained by ICE in Minneapolis. www.huffpost.com/entry/aliya-...

01.03.2026 13:33 πŸ‘ 1672 πŸ” 769 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 35

i really wish we'd stop it with the whole criminal record disclaimer thing, especially given how racist the criminal system is, and how easily POC can end up with a record for being in the wrong place at the wrong time

01.03.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Document your honorings and celebrations. Share online with hashtag #AliceIsLove 
Don't forget to make your post accessible (image descriptions, captions, etc.)
Honoring Alice Wong:
Ideas for Gatherings, Actions, and Activities
All of these ideas are just invitations to support communities and individuals globally to honor Alice. Please choose what fits best for you, whether it is on this list or not. We welcome all of these ways and the many more that will continue to keep Alice's legacy with us. 
* Build an altar, enjoy food, share stories, read & reflect on Alice's wisdoms, dance party!, make art, spoil your animals, wheatpaste DISABLED RAGE, support Crips for eSims for Gaza, Mutual Aid
Detailed toolkit with links, photos, and resources to make your gatherings accessible, plus ways to honor Alice Wong's legacy: https://bit.ly/aliceislove

Document your honorings and celebrations. Share online with hashtag #AliceIsLove Don't forget to make your post accessible (image descriptions, captions, etc.) Honoring Alice Wong: Ideas for Gatherings, Actions, and Activities All of these ideas are just invitations to support communities and individuals globally to honor Alice. Please choose what fits best for you, whether it is on this list or not. We welcome all of these ways and the many more that will continue to keep Alice's legacy with us. * Build an altar, enjoy food, share stories, read & reflect on Alice's wisdoms, dance party!, make art, spoil your animals, wheatpaste DISABLED RAGE, support Crips for eSims for Gaza, Mutual Aid Detailed toolkit with links, photos, and resources to make your gatherings accessible, plus ways to honor Alice Wong's legacy: https://bit.ly/aliceislove

Words in alt text on both images

27.02.2026 15:24 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Alice Wong's Celebration of life March 25th, 2026 11am PST
This toolkit is an invitation and a resource for individuals and communities to participate in Alice Wong's Celebration of Life. 
Be it from bed, your living room, local community center, classroom, or in the streets... 
You can join Alice's Celebration of Life through: 
* The livestream + virtual reception: Join the livestream and gather for the virtual reception hosted by Calling UP Justice & San Francisco Disability Cultural Center. 
* In-person livestream watch + your own gathering: host an in-person gathering to join the livestream and connect in person to celebrate Alice. 
* Detailed Toolkit with links, photos, and resources to make your gathering accessible, plus ways to honor Alice Wong's legacy: https://bit.ly/aliceislove

Alice Wong's Celebration of life March 25th, 2026 11am PST This toolkit is an invitation and a resource for individuals and communities to participate in Alice Wong's Celebration of Life. Be it from bed, your living room, local community center, classroom, or in the streets... You can join Alice's Celebration of Life through: * The livestream + virtual reception: Join the livestream and gather for the virtual reception hosted by Calling UP Justice & San Francisco Disability Cultural Center. * In-person livestream watch + your own gathering: host an in-person gathering to join the livestream and connect in person to celebrate Alice. * Detailed Toolkit with links, photos, and resources to make your gathering accessible, plus ways to honor Alice Wong's legacy: https://bit.ly/aliceislove

27.02.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 250 πŸ” 131 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
21 minutes ago
Farnaz Fassihi
The attacks have come on a Saturday morning, the first day of the week in Iran, with millions of people at work and children in school. Residents in Tehran described scenes of panic and chaos.

21 minutes ago Farnaz Fassihi The attacks have come on a Saturday morning, the first day of the week in Iran, with millions of people at work and children in school. Residents in Tehran described scenes of panic and chaos.

Tehran is a city of nine million people, with 17 million in the larger metropolitan area.

Saturday is the first day of the week for Iranians.

Millions of people are at work, and children are in school.

28.02.2026 07:06 πŸ‘ 1209 πŸ” 551 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 21