Disability Culture Lab

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The background is dark blue. On the top and bottom borders are alternating red-yellow patterns of graphic triangle shapes. Below the top border is a white double arrow pointing to white text in all caps that reads “Disability Justice is Land Back.” Centered below the text is the white Disability Culture Lab logo.

Background is dark blue with top-bottom borders of alternating red-yellow graphic triangle shapes. Below the top border, a white double arrow points to white header text that reads “Fight for Land Back.” Below the header is the red NDN Collective logo, with text reading “NDN Collective” and “@NDNCollective.Bsky.Social.” Body text reads “Visit NDNCollective.org/land-back for resources and toolkits on land back, land rights, and jurisdiction.” Below is the white Disability Culture Lab logo.

The background is dark blue. On the top and bottom borders are alternating red-yellow patterns of graphic triangle shapes. Below the top border is a white double arrow pointing to white header text that reads “Give Reparations.” Below the header is the logo and username for Crushing Colonialism @CrushingColonialism.Bsky.Social, Indigenous Environmental Network @IENEarth.Bsky.Social, and Native Organizers Alliance NativeOrganizing.org. Below that is the white Disability Culture Lab logo.

Background is dark blue with top-bottom borders of alternating red-yellow graphic triangle shapes. Below the top border, a white double arrow points to white header text that reads “What’s Your Reparations Plan?” Body text reads “This Indigenous people's day, we’ve shared some examples of where our team is giving. What's your reparations practice plan? Tell us in the comments below and share mutual aid funds for the community to uplift!” Below is the white Disability Culture Lab logo.

Disability Justice is Land Back. This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we’re focusing on reparations. What's your reparations practice plan? Tell us in the comments below and share mutual aid funds for the community to uplift! #IndigenousPeoplesDay2025 #Disability #Accessibility

Over a blue background, text reads “Welcome, Jennae Petersen! Senior Creative Advisor,” with the white Disability Culture Lab logo in the top right corner. Below the text are bright yellow geometric arrows pointing right toward a square picture of Jennae, a brown-skinned Black woman with dark brown kinky hair in a twist out. She is wearing a gray off-the-shoulder top, a pendant necklace, and hoop earrings.

We’re excited to welcome Jennae Petersen to Team DCL as a Senior Creative Advisor! From making website updates to designing new merch, she’s helping us shift the narrative on disability from fear and pity to solidarity and liberation.

Learn more about Jennae: https://www.disabilityculturelab.org/.

YouTube video by U.S. Department of Education The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - History & Evolution

The Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA) has given millions of students across the United States access to an education. Learn how IDEA came to be, and more about what the law requires.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=89_P...

Just wholehearted ideological commitment to making life shittier and more frustrating to no other benefit

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📣 Call for the DisCo: we're making a Bluesky starter pack of disability justice orgs to follow! Have some recommendations? Tag their accounts in the comments and send this post to your friends! #disability #accessibility

📣 Call for the DisCo: we're making a Bluesky starter pack of disability justice orgs to follow! Have some recommendations? Tag their accounts in the comments and send this post to your friends! #disability #accessibility

ProPublica: "Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push" by Jodi S. Cohen and Jennifer Smith Richards. "Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. 'How low can you go?' one advocate asked. 'How can you do this to children?'" Photo of the Department of Education building by J. David Ake/Getty Images

From ProPublica: “Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push.” Read more at https://f.mtr.cool/ohhwjocfjy

Job posting from New Disabled South: “We’re Hiring! Digital Fundraising Manager.” $80k salary, unlimited PTO, fully remote, 4-day/32-hour work week, health insurance, stipends, and more. Apply at go.newdisabledsouth.org/digi-fundraising.

Come join my team! We at @newdisabledsouth.org are looking for a digital fundraising manager. Apply at go.newdisabledsouth.org/digi-fundraising

Digital Fundraising Manager - New Disabled South Title: Digital Fundraising ManagerSalary: $80,000Classification: ExemptLocation: Virtual located anywhere, preferably with roots in/connections to any of the following states: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, OK, TN, TX, VA, WVTravel: Up to 25% (abo...

Job Alert❗New Disabled South @newdisabledsouth.org  is hiring for a Digital Fundraising Manager! Ready to apply? Find more details and the application below:

Digital Fundraising Manager - New Disabled South Title: Digital Fundraising ManagerSalary: $80,000Classification: ExemptLocation: Virtual located anywhere, preferably with roots in/connections to any of the following states: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, OK, TN, TX, VA, WVTravel: Up to 25% (abo...

Job Alert❗New Disabled South @newdisabledsouth.org  is hiring for a Digital Fundraising Manager! Ready to apply? Find more details and the application below:

Mother Jones: "House Dems Blast Labor Department for Abandoning Disabled Workers" by Julia Métraux. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/house-simon-labor-trump-disabled-workers/. A letter led by California Rep. Lateefah Simon demands answers from Trump’s labor secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer. Photo of The Department of Labor building in Washington, DC. Samuel Corum/Sipa USA/AP

Last week @juliametraux.bsky.social  reported on House Dems pushing back against plans to "end goals for companies with federal contracts to have at least seven percent of their employees have a disability." Read: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/house-simon-labor-trump-disabled-workers/

Mother Jones: "House Dems Blast Labor Department for Abandoning Disabled Workers" by Julia Métraux. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/house-simon-labor-trump-disabled-workers/. A letter led by California Rep. Lateefah Simon demands answers from Trump’s labor secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer. Photo of The Department of Labor building in Washington, DC. Samuel Corum/Sipa USA/AP

Last week @juliametraux.bsky.social  reported on House Dems pushing back against plans to "end goals for companies with federal contracts to have at least seven percent of their employees have a disability." Read: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/house-simon-labor-trump-disabled-workers/

Please do not call the cops when someone is having a mental health crisis. They escalate the crisis and put people in more danger.

In Philly, you can call 988 to get in touch with non-police mobile crisis teams.

Thank you @leximcmenamin.com for reporting on this for @teenvogue.com.

Disability Voting Rights Week - AAPD Join us September 11-15, 2023 to make sure disabled voters in your community are registered and ready to vote.

If you’d like to learn more about Disability Voting Rights Week, check out this resource from @aapd.com: www.aapd.com/disability-v...

We Are All DC On September 6, we march to Stop the Trump Takeover. Show up at Malcolm X Park (16th St NW & W St NW) on Saturday, September 6 at 11 AM. We march at 12 PM. Allies join us!

Our neighbors are being harassed, surveilled, and detained by Trump’s DC police. But we refuse this militarization. On Sept 6, we hit the streets to say: This is our city. We live here. We work here. We raise our families here. #WeAreAllDC More at weareallDC.com

Alt Text: BOINEXTDOOR, a person with blond hair, shorts, and a sparkly tank top raises their hand up while smiling and holding a microphone. Image Description: Slide 20: BOINEXTDOOR, a person with blond hair, shorts, and a sparkly tank top raises their hand up while smiling and holding a microphone. Behind them is a red brick wall.

Alt Text: Two light-skinned people smile and laugh toward the camera, each holding Disability Culture Lab merch. Image Description: Slide 19: Two light-skinned people smile and laugh towards the camera. The person on the left has glasses, a pink and blue argyle vest, khaki pants, and the light blue Disability Culture Lab “Cure Ableism” tote. The person on the right is wearing a gray t-shirt and a white skirt, holding a black t-shirt.

Alt Text: Lilith Le’Queer, a Black person wearing a pink latex top and skirt leans over a pink tiered cake, blowing out a candle and moving their hair aside. Image Description: Slide 18: Lilith Le’Queer, a Black person wearing a pink latex top and skirt set leans over a pink three-tier cake with a single candle on it, blowing out the candle and moving their hair aside. They have split-dyed hair and glasses with black stockings and black shoes.

Alt Text: Ricky Rosé, a bearded person with glasses, wide brimmed hat, and a long sparkly scarf lipsyncs and points to the audience. Image Description: Slide 17: Ricky Rosé, a person with a mustache and beard, glasses, and white woven wide-brim hat, sparkly scarf, and a white collared shirt lipsyncs while pointing toward the camera/audience. The photo is high flash, illuminating the subject with the background mostly black, except for warm hanging lights.

Alt Text: Sally Stardust, a light-skinned person with short hot pink hair wearing a blue and yellow cheerleading dress, poses in a pink and black wheelchair. Image Description: Slide 16: Sally Stardust, a light-skinned person with tattoos and short hot pink hair wearing a blue and yellow cheerleading dress, poses in a pink and black wheelchair. Behind them is a red brick wall in the background.

Alt Text: Mimi Fessel, a light-skinned person, sings passionately into a microphone while holding a four-string colorful guitar. Image Description: Slide 15: Mimi Fessel, a light-skinned person with long dark hair wearing a white top, patterned skirt, and layered jewelry sings passionately into a microphone while holding a four-string colorful guitar. Behind them is a red brick wall.

Alt Text: Ricky Rosé, a person wearing a large brown fluffy coat and sequined outfit lipsyncs with plants and guests in the background. Image Description: Slide 14: Ricky Rosé, a person with short brown hair and a beard is wearing glasses, a large brown fluffy coat, and a black rainbow-sequined outfit while lipsyncing to a song. Audience members look on in the background, and the scene is surrounded by green turf, plants, and brown post columns.

Alt Text: Lilith Le’Queer, a Black person wearing a pink ruffly corset dress, and pink leg-warmers does a backbend with their hand up in a flourish Image Description: Slide 13: Lilith Le’Queer, a Black person wearing a pink ruffly corset dress, and pink leg-warmers does a backbend with their hand up in a flourish. They have split-dyed hair and pink ribbons on their head.

Alt Text: Lilith Le’Queer, a Black person wearing glasses, a pink ruffly corset dress, and pink leg-warmers smiles to the left. Image Description: Slide 12: Lilith Le’Queer, a Black person wearing a pink ruffly corset dress, and pink leg-warmers smiles to the right. They have split-dyed hair and pink ribbons on their head.

Alt Text: Madeleine Madison McFierceson, a Black person wearing a gray dress and pink corset, dances and leans back while lipsyncing. Image Description: Slide 11: Madeleine Madison McFierceson, a Black person wearing a gray dress and pink corset, dances and leans back while lipsyncing. They have pink eyeshadow and brown wavy hair. Behind them to the left is a Black person wearing glasses, a black tank top and red skirt and sandals, standing and holding up their phone.