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#intellectualdisability

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Aaron

I really love seeing other people point out that intelligence and intellectual disability have *nothing* to do with the worth of a human being. I've said it many, many times, and it's hugely important to me that people see the truth of it. Too often, I see people who would be mortified to say something ableist, causally shaming someone for making poor or immoral choices by calling them an IQ-related slur -- without even batting an eye.

This is a shout-out to two specific folks I've seen make this point:

@JustGrist @grimalkina

I hold you both in high esteem.

#egalitarianism
#IQ
#intelligence
#IntellectualDisability
#disability
#ableism
#MoralWorth
#IQShaming

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Aaron

Calling someone an idiot or claiming there is a widespread learning disability that makes most people idiots is pretty ableist. If they're wrong, or they're jerks, that's probably the thing you should focus your commentary on.

Idiot is a slur that implies some degree of learning, intellectual, or developmental disability, and is often used to other non-disabled people by painting them as having such a disability. This cements the mental habit of treating such a disability as a form of inferiority, and of dismissing the views of those who are perceived as having such a disability. You are tearing down a whole group of marginalized people who are innocent bystanders when you use a word for them as an insult for others.

It's the slightly less offensive sibling of the r word. Please don't use it. Focus on behaviors, not abilities.

#ableism
#disability
#slurs
#insults
#IntellectualDisability
#LearningDisability
#DevelopmentalDisability

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Franke James

People With IDD Wrongly Forced Into #NursingHomes, Scathing U.S. Report Says:

“At least 2,000 people with #developmentaldisabilities in New Jersey are housed in nursing homes “contrary to their wishes” and in violation of their constitutional rights because the state does not properly evaluate their needs or give them the option of living more independently in a group home, a new report has found.”

disabilityscoop.com/2023/10/10

Disability Scoop · People With IDD Wrongly Forced Into Nursing Homes, Scathing Report SaysAt least 2,000 people with developmental disabilities in one state are housed in nursing homes "contrary to their wishes" and in violation of their constitutional rights, a new report has found.
#Intellectualdisability#humanrights
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Franke James

The Atlantic: "I thought my mother was an only child. I was wrong." By Jennifer Senior

"He knows that I have an aunt whom no one speaks about and who herself barely speaks. She is, at the time of this tweet, 70 years old and living in a group home in upstate New York. I have met her just once. Before this very moment, in fact, I have forgotten she exists at all."
theatlantic.com/magazine/archi #intellectualdisability #disability #institutions

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Saba Salman

There's been a welcome focus this week on the UK govt's plans to overhaul human rights laws.

The recent piece here is a reminder of why we need to reinforce, not weaken, the ability to use rights.

Often it's so disabled people and their families, allies or adovocates can fight for stuff that others get anyway.

#HumanRights #HumanRightsAct #BillofRights #disability #learningdisability #autism #inclusion #intellectualdisability

bylinetimes.com/2022/08/31/how

Byline TimesHow the Human Rights Act Helps Disabled People Live the Lives they Want – Byline TimesSaba Salman reports on concerns that the Government's new Bill of Rights will leave vulnerable people without the support and opportunities they require to lead fulfilling lives
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Saba Salman

This recent piece from my colleague Mary O'Hara is horribly relevant today, given the latest from the UK govt on 'levelling up' - and Sunak's jet flights.

'Framing this calamity as a cost-of-living crisis suggests an evenly distributed, unavoidable experience. As with austerity, this is a fallacy.'

#austerity #costofliving #levellingup #ukpolitics #disability #learningdisability #intellectualdisability #unpaidcarer #care #support #socialcare

cl-initiatives.co.uk/cuts-are-

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Saba Salman

Upbeat new year read on inclusive fitness right here:

'My approach is to ask someone what they can do, not what they cannot' - trainer Jade Mottley from social enterprise Performance for All.

'For people with learning disabilities to get into sport and fitness, we need clubs and coaches to give us a chance' - athlete and coach Kiera Byland, who has a learning disability .

#NewYearNewYou #inclusion #fitness #learningdisability #intellectualdisability #neurodiversity

cl-initiatives.co.uk/how-to-op

Kiera, a young white woman with blonde hair, smiles and holds up three gold medals. She is smiling. She is wearing a blue tracksuit top with red and white stripes on the shoulder and has red nail varnish. Although the background is blurred, it looks like she is standing in the car park of a leisure centre or athletics stadium.
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Saba Salman

This is a unique, crucial record of the experiences of people with learning disabilities during and since Covid.

It's also a vital focus on people from minority ethnic groups who we already know were (are still) disproportionately affected.

I've written about this study a few times (links in this thread for anyone interested).

#COVID19 #disability #learningdisability #autism #intellectualdisability

twitter.com/CoronavirusLD/stat

TwitterCoronavirus and Learning Disability Study on Twitter“We still need new participants from minority ethnicity communities who live in England. Our online survey for family members/paid carers of people who couldn’t take part in an interview with us is available in English, Urdu & Punjabi: https://t.co/0WIs4p5bRa Please share 🙏🏼”
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