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Human Rights Lawyer, Speaker & Author. Disability drives innovation. My book is titled Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law

San Francisco, CA
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    6 Aug 2019

    My book is now in stores! The audiobook, too! Check your local bookstore or find it through . When you find it, let me know what you think! Haben The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law

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    Oct 18

    Today we should talk about “keeping the same energy” Deafies, yall can’t get mad when Hollywood cast hearing people for Deaf roles and then turn around and praise a Deaf-sighted person for a Deaf-Blind role. That “Deaf First” way of thinking is very damaging. Check your privilege

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    Oct 17

    When will wheelchair technology catch up to bike technology? Why does my electric wheelchair weigh 500lbs and cost $30,000+? When will there be a wheelchair equivalent to the e-bike?

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  4. Oct 17

    If you are wondering what’s the harm in a talented sighted actor pretending to be blind, then this article is for you.

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    Oct 17

    Minoritized by Deaf, blind, & nondisabled ppl, DeafBlind ppl deserve better, & why retell a white disabled woman’s story? I’m frustrated by tepid disabled activists, me included, mainly white & company-paid who unthinkingly praise nonprogress crumbs.

    I know many#Deafblind people with powerful stories to share. I’m sad Hollywood keeps reducing us to a single story. Once again they cast a sighted actor to pretend to be blind. When will Hollywood show the stories of Deafblind people of color?
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  6. Oct 17

    I know many#Deafblind people with powerful stories to share. I’m sad Hollywood keeps reducing us to a single story. Once again they cast a sighted actor to pretend to be blind. When will Hollywood show the stories of Deafblind people of color?

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    Oct 17

    Helen Keller film sparks debate after Deaf actress Millicent Simmonds cast in DeafBlind role as a sighted person, I am disappointed they didn't choose someone who is deafblind. It's a different lived experience.

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  8. Retweeted
    Oct 16

    Not completely okay with a sighted deaf person playing a deaf blind person in a movie.

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    Oct 15

    1/4 As screen reader users point out how annoying the 🚩 meme is, I see others make the tired argument that screen readers need to update their code. Not that folks could maybe use fewer flags. Screen readers are installed software. Users would need to upgrade. Many cannot.

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  10. Oct 15

    Extremely disappointed with Netflix.

    Netflix just fired the organizer of the trans employee walkout
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  11. Oct 14

    Over 5000 refugees are experiencing dangerous conditions in Libya’s detention centers. We urge leaders to help protect refugees.

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    Oct 14

    Hire disabled people. Now, not in 10 years. Hire a diverse group of disabled people. Offer part-time & remote. Hire disabled people for senior roles, not just internships and junior roles. Hire disabled people, and then support them to remain at work.

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  13. Oct 13

    We respectfully ask to allow Eritrean refugees to apply for asylum with UNHCR. They have been detained without charge for more than seven years.

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    Oct 13

    10)Do listen to the disabled community on issues affecting them. Here are some great examples: Tag your favourite accounts to let others know about them! (26/31)

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    Oct 13

    Best thing about self-publishing the 2d edition? I could add new content, guarantee accessibility thanks to , have a foreword by , have a quote from AND cut the price in half! (oh - and coming a little later en español)

    Replying to @LFLegal
    How much for a signed copy? 😄
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  16. Oct 13

    . and Kristin Fleschner (ZoeTheSeeingEyeDog on Instagram & Facebook) are friends who write about their experiences as organ transplant recipients. Follow them and other disabled writers.

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  17. Oct 13

    We need the art community to remove the barriers silencing disabled writers and artists. 3/3

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  18. Oct 13

    Discourse around the bad art friend ignores how the writer co-opted the experiences of the person who received the kidney. This happens to disabled people over and over again. Writers, if you feel inspired by a disabled person, pause and take time to listen. 2/3

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  19. Oct 13

    Writers, disabled people don’t exist for your exploitation. It’s just art, they say. Disabled people asked for representation, they say. Don’t you dare. A thread.

    I’m a woman wearing a shirt that says Black Disabled Women Matter. My guide dog is sitting beside me and there are rows of trees behind us.
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    Oct 12

    I would add all the social media companies, and on this list. They are doing nothing. I'm sure they think they're doing something. But compared to the scale, nothing.

    is under scrutiny for it's role in 's conflict. gives harrowing detail, including about a mob attack on a village one day after an inciting FB post. Great job .
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    Oct 11
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    I have arrived at a new appreciation for the phrase “blind leading the blind” after reading ’s memoir. Of fucking course blind people should be mentoring and teaching blind people. They’re the fucking experts!

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