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This is how I learned Laura Loomer had ran for Congress before

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Tb to when I met Colin Farrell 😍

Grateful for the CTA bus driver who let me on board, even though I forgot my bus pass 🙏

US Seeks to End Subminimum Wage for Workers With Disabilities President Joe Biden’s Department of Labor is proposing to abolish below-minimum-wage pay for people with disabilities, targeting a long-controversial program whose fate will now rest with the incoming...

A great way to celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities!

This proposed rule is a HUGE win for workers with disabilities, giving them the full wages they rightfully earned and the respect and dignity they deserve.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Companies can pay disabled people below minimum wage. The Biden admin wants to change that. A proposal from the Department of Labor recommends the end of certificates that allow a subminimum wage for disabled people.

The US Department of Labor introduced a rule today which, if made official, will lead to the end of companies paying disabled people less than mininimum wage on the basis that they're disabled. My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

U.S. looks to end subminimum wage for workers with disabilities A Biden administration proposal would phase out a program that lets employers pay some workers less than $7.25 an hour.

This is a HUGE step forward to making sure people of ALL disabilities have the same opportunities in the workplace. Big shoutout to the team at DOL that made this happen 🎉💯

No, absolutely. I saw the 40% statistic from a study in the National Library of Medicine, but I have also seen the 85% unemployment figures. All in all, the research is HORRENDOUS for disability, and especially for Autistic individuals

Studies have found that nearly 40% of Autistic Americans are unemployed. For perspective, the unemployment rate peaked during the Great Depression at 25%. This is an economic CATASTROPHE.

Subminimum wage holds back the futures of so many Autistic people. Call your DC elected’s to support TCIEA!

Thank you, my friend! No one’s free until EVERYONE is free, and that includes in our workplaces.

Bumping this. We got this through in Illinois, now let’s make it nationwide!

ACT NOW to support fair pay and integrated employment for disabled people! - Autistic Self Advocacy Network This year, we’ve worked together to push for the Transformation to Competitive Integrated Employment Act (TCIEA) to pass. TCIEA (bill number H.R.1263) gives states and employers help to move disabled…

We need your help to push TCIEA, a bill that would end subminimum wage for disabled workers, over the finish line. Please read and share this action alert, and call/email key elected officials:

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ILGA Passes Dignity In Pay Act to Phase Out Subminimum Wage The full Illinois Senate passed a bill yesterday that ends the subminimum wage in the state. The Illinois Senate Executive Committee passed the Dignity In Pay Act out of committee on Wednesday on a…

The Dignity in Pay Act is a leap forward to a future where all individuals, regardless of ability, can contribute to our workforce and earn a fair wage.
wlds.com/ilga-passes-...

It was an honor to work alongside your team on this legislation! A huge bill for so many workers across Illinois

With all the talk about the Democratic Party’s future, we have to talk about a major problem in our spaces: Bullying.

Too many people are treating their party org like a social club, and not a space for political organizing or welcoming new people. This has to change if we want to be relevant!

Every complaint about people abandoning Twitter is essentially “but my mom says you have to play with me!”

Would love to be added! I do disability economic advocacy in Illinois 😊

Oh wow, thank you for sharing my friend! I’m on Prozac which keeps me steady, thankfully. We gotta share our stories because I know there are so many others out there!

In conclusion, OCD is sciency and can suck. BUT, I’m seeing how Bluesky has potential to be a disability positive space, and want to contribute content around broader themes of disability.

If you got this far, give me a follow as I continue to build a disability focused community here!

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A brain w/o OCD can dismiss unimportant info easily while an OCD brain will latch onto it! In a graph stolen from Brain Lock by Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz, the brain without OCD has normal activity in the frontal lobe while the OCD brain has an abundance of activity occurring.

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If you’re reading this, and thinking that these thoughts happen to everyone, why is this different?

OCD comes with a raised intensity of thoughts and difficulty to make them go away. And, ultimately, the science shows how the intensity follows!

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It also comes with unwanted violent and harmful thoughts that I would NEVER act on (Jumping out a window, losing control and hurting someone I love, etc.). For a while, I thought these were suicidal ideation, but truthfully they are just intrusive thoughts that don’t go away (Annoying!)

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The “obsessive” part of OCD is often intrusive / unwanted thoughts or becoming stuck on a certain idea. For me, it often manifests as obsessively worrying someone is mad at me after a fight, even if we have resolved it, or an obsessive thought of being in a mass shooting.

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As a kid, my OCD leaned heavy on the “C”, including repeatedly praying to prevent something bad from happening or checking doors at night at least 5 times to make sure they *were* locked. However, as I became a young adult, my OCD transitioned to the “O”

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OCD stands for obsessive compulsive disorder. Many media portrayals of OCD focus on the “C” in OCD (Repeated handwashing, walking through a door 5 times, and other compulsions). This is only *part* of the picture.

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As a disability rights advocate, I want to add a bit about my own disability: OCD.

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UGH, I do disability economic justice advocacy for work, and this is horrible. It’s continuing the trend of “other people should tell disabled stories” but with a 21st century twist. YUCK.

💯 Solidarity for all, brother

A bit late to this post, but this helps! Thanks!