Michael Thornton

This image is a humorous meme featuring Velma from the animated series Scooby-Doo. Velma is depicted on her hands and knees, searching for her lost glasses—a classic scene often associated with her character. The overlaid text reads, "My subtitles. I can't hear without my subtitles..." This is a playful joke comparing the reliance on subtitles while watching shows to Velma's dependence on her glasses to see, highlighting how many people feel they "can't hear" well without subtitles because they’ve become so used to them.

The image features a bold, white text on a solid black background. The text reads: "Mourning is okay... but fight like heck at the ballot box!"

OmaHogs!
#WPS

Every home should be designed for total accessibility since, over time, all residents may need it. Creating spaces that accommodate future needs is essential.

🦽 ADAPT – Direct Action for Disability Justice - Resistance Directory Because accessibility isn’t charity—it’s a civil right.ADAPT is a fierce national grassroots collective of disabled activists using civil disobe

🦽 ADAPT – Direct Action for Disability Justice - Resistance Directory resistancedirectory.com/links/adapt-...

Light color Calico cat laying on a brown wooden Bench

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Disabled people BELONG in the Community! #disabilitycommunity2025

God, their math is subtracting things... BUT GOD, I pray you substitute YOUR MATH instead... In you, 5 + 2 = 5,000 R12

10 Principles of Disability Justice: sinsinvalid.org/10-principle...

I’m not certain… but in the United States, the rest of protection of medical privacy under a HIPAA… and even if there is no medical record. A lot of people like myself believe that they are on the spectrum because of certain things that they’ve learned about autism… I have other disabilities too so

YouTube video by CiCi GoGo The 1990 Capital Crawl

35 years ago today, this happened in disability history! #CapitalCrawl youtu.be/1DAeJdoXewU?...

Do you hear the people sing?
Singing the song of angry men?
It is the music of the people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!

Ami Bera (Calif.)
Ed Case (Hawaii)
Jim Costa (Calif.)
Laura Gillen (N.Y.)
Jim Himes (Conn.)
Chrissy Houlahan (Pa.)
Marcy Kaptur (Ohio)
Jared Moskowitz (Fla.)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.)
Tom Suozzi (N.Y.)

Shame.
Let's do better

Naming names so you can call them if they are your rep and let them know this ain't it:

Rep. Al Green stated, "you have no mandate to cut Medicaid," reacting to the misrepresentation affecting millions. Ten Democrats joined in censure against him. How can we save Medicaid if we can't even support someone brave enough to speak the truth?

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.

Anne Frank

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Bored and lonely…

Maybe He ain’t that smart!

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Darling, you can’t change the name because your empty brain cells don’t like the name Gulf of Mexico. Sweetie pie… maybe you drink too much Kool-Aid?

I don’t either…

Am beginning to wonder who is a friend or foe in the #DisCo

This 💩 needs to stop!

On February 3, 2025, Rep. Jack Ladyman (R-Jonesboro) introduced HB1382. The bill requires Disability Rights Arkansas (DRA) as the designated Protection & Advocacy agency for the state & the designated Client Assistance Program (CAP) for the state, to report to the Hospital, Medicaid, & Developmental Disabilities Study Subcommittee of the Legislative Council. Disability Rights Arkansas is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan organization authorized by Federal and State law to protect & advocate for the civil & legal rights of people with disabilities in the State of Arkansas since 1980. DRA services include information & referral, short-term assistance, technical assistance, legal representation, systemic advocacy, monitoring, & training. DRA provides an extra layer of protection to people with disabilities in Arkansas at no cost to the state. HB1382 is an overreach by the state to exercise oversight of an independent non-profit organization. The bill would mandate DRA report not only on details of our work to protect & advocate on behalf of people with developmental disabilities, but to provide information about our finances, contractual relationships, & “all information requested” by the committee. There is no exception in the bill for confidential client information or other privileged information. We already report on a regular basis to our federal funders, & we are audited annually by an independent firm. Our organization is required by federal law to investigate abuse, neglect, and exploitation. With excess funds remaining, we may handle cases in other areas, such as Special Education & Medicaid. If HB1382 passes, the additional time & expense we anticipate from complying with these unfunded legislative mandates will affect our ability to handle those cases in the future. All of that information is already publicly available.

Statement from Tom Masseau, Executive Director, Disability Rights Arkansas:

#DisabilityRightsAR #arpx #arleg

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🔴DRA also does extensive work in Education, Employment, Transition, Medicaid/PASSE, Guardianship, Self-Advocacy, and Training.

To view the Official Statement from our Executive Director, visit: disabilityrightsar.org/inthenews/

#DisabilityRightsAR #arpx #arleg #SayNO #nonprofit #Disability

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🔴DRA provides an extra layer of protection to people with disabilities in Arkansas at no cost to the State.
🔴This bill does nothing to help ensure residents of Arkansas are free from abuse and neglect.

Urgent Action Alert: Contact your Legislators, Take Action Against HB1382

(🧵)⏰📢URGENT ACTION ALERT: SAY NO TO HB1382📢⏰This bill is on the Committee's agenda for TOMORROW morning at 9am!

📲Contact your Legislators/Members of the House Public Health Committee and tell them to VOTE AGAINST🚫 HB1382! (You can find your district here: districtfinder.youraedi.com)

#ARleg Vote no on this BAD BILL!

@cswe.bsky.social ‘s theme is Disability Justice, yet your policies—no masking, no COVID testing, no virtual presentations—exclude those most impacted. How will you pivot now to ensure true accessibility? Social work values demand better. Failing to act contradicts the justice you claim to uphold.