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Intersectional, disability led nonprofit to protect democracy, & disenfranchised groups, especially #Disability community. #Vote #DisabilityRightsAreHumanRights #DisabilityJustice Partners with @diyabled.bsky.social 💙💜 https://www.10MinutesADay.org
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10 Minutes A Day @10minutesaday.bsky.social · Apr 12
Join us to protect #Democracy, the #Disability Community, find our next #HandsOff events, get help to make sure you get to #Vote , & more! www.10minutesaday.org/about/
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Mobilizing can be hard Trump and the GOP have been trying to dismantle health care, destroy the social safety net, eliminate environmental protections, and criminalize immigration.
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10 Minutes A Day @10minutesaday.bsky.social · 2d
Are you a member of the #disability community who would like to attend a #NoKings event but can't do in person? We're hosting a virtual one with our partners, @diyabled.bsky.social, Saturday, 10/18, & we'd love to to be with you in community! #DisabilityJustice #DisabilitySky 💙💜
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10 Minutes A Day @10minutesaday.bsky.social · 15d
10/We can't support #AssistedSuicide if everyone, regardless of income, disability, race, gender, etc., lacks access to all treatments that would be clinically indicated. That has to be the first step. Disabled lives matter, & they include every demographic. #DisabilityJustice #DisabilitySky
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10 Minutes A Day @10minutesaday.bsky.social · 15d
9/If healthcare parity doesn't exist but an #AssistedSuicide bill became law, that parity would be much less likely. Insurers aren't required to cover any medications or treatments so a person can live & are allowed to only cover #PAS. It's been done. Those are lives that shouldn't have been lost.
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10 Minutes A Day @10minutesaday.bsky.social · 15d
8/We've had many members of our community be told that although our healthcare system is not providing adequate treatment for people who want to live as for those who are said to want #PAS, we can "walk & chew gum at the same time." No, & that idea is dangerous, because...
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10 Minutes A Day @10minutesaday.bsky.social · 15d
7/Through our legislative advocacy, we've learned that many people who are otherwise pro-equality & progressive do not consider or engage with #disabled people & orgs to understand the perspective of the group directly impacted. #DisabilityJustice
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10 Minutes A Day @10minutesaday.bsky.social · 15d
6/Our community is diverse & vibrant, talented, but not here for inspiration. We deserve the same rights & healthcare as people who aren't disabled. Disability affects all of us, & is the largest minority in the US. If you support #PAS, have you really engaged with the #disability community on this?
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10 Minutes A Day @10minutesaday.bsky.social · 15d
5/We know that the fascist in chief has said the #Disability community should be left to die. Ironic, as he is suffering from dementia, according to a family member who saw Fred Sr. go through it. #PAS is a form of eugenics--it's society's way of saying, "We don't want you; you're broken."
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10 Minutes A Day @10minutesaday.bsky.social · 15d
4/Disability rights orgs oppose these bills because we know what they do to our community. Most of the time, no fitness or cognitive ability-related exam is required for #PAS. A patient may not understand everything, but that has been ignored, so we can "save money." It gets uglier.
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10 Minutes A Day @10minutesaday.bsky.social · 15d
3/Most people who think they support what they call #MAID don't know what a given state or country's laws end up doing. The overwhelming majority of people who use #PAS are those who don't have private insurance or stable/reasonable incomes. That says A LOT about these bills. #DisabilityJustice
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10 Minutes A Day @10minutesaday.bsky.social · 15d
2/Center for Data Progress recently released a poll that indicated voters do NOT believe #PAS should be used for non-terminal situations, but in many cases (like Canada & even in the US), a PAS bill for terminal patients quickly evolves into or is the base for one about non-terminal patients.
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10 Minutes A Day @10minutesaday.bsky.social · 15d
1/ #PatientAssistedSuicide harms disabled people & those with complex health conditions. Even though it's often branded as only being for terminal patients, this has not been the case in every instance. Canada allows PAS for non-terminal patients. The US has allowed it, too. #DisabiltyJustice
Newsletter titled, "Abuse: Patients with Non-Terminal Anorexia Die from Assisted Suicide Drugs" Proponents of assisted suicide claim that there have been no abuses in states that have legalized. It is clear that this, claim is not accurate when reviewing what has happened with patients with anorexia, a treatable mental health disability which is not a terminal condition. Two patients in a Colorado case study in their early 30s 1, and at least one patient in Oregon2 with anorexia nervosa have died using assisted suicide drugs. In Colorado from 2017-2024, 30 patients died from assisted suicide drugs for "severe protein calorie malnutrition."3_In California from 2016-2023, 40 patients with "endocrine, nutritional and metabolic disease," which includes anorexia, died from assisted suicide drugs.4 A recent study revealed at least sixty published cases of assisted suicide and euthanasia among patients with eating disorders in Belgium, the Netherlands, and the United States, raising significant public safety concerns.5 A third of the cases involved young people in their teens and twenties, some of whom had never received comprehensive treatment before they were assisted in suicide. This is happening and will continue through creative interpretation of assisted swieisle-lowe and, in the case of anorexia patients, novel new "terminal anorexia" diagnoses. References: 1 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35168671/ 2 https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PROVIDERPARTNERRESOURCES/EVALUATIONRESEARCH/DEATHWITHDIGNITYACT/Documents/year24.pdf, page 14 3 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S3yC6qkS15rywRVUhV_J6CuD3202k2nZ/view, page 4 4 https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/CDPH%20Document%20Library/CDPH_End_of_Life%20_Option_Act_Report_2023_FINAL.pdf, page 15 5 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1431771/full It was issued on September 19, 2025 & is volume III in a series of newsletters from the Patients' Rights Action Fund (PRAF).
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10 Minutes A Day @10minutesaday.bsky.social · 21d
The WHO its releasing updated guidance about controlled prescriptions, including pain medicine, explaining these are critical, medically necessary medications for some people, & they’re in short supply. #Disability #ChronicPain 💜💙
Upcoming WHO Guideline Looks to Improve Global Access to Pain Drugs
The full guideline document of the “WHO Guideline on Balanced National Controlled Medicines Policies to Ensure Medical Access and Safety” is scheduled to ...
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 23d
Daily Reminder: Social Security is OUR money!
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10 Minutes A Day @10minutesaday.bsky.social · 25d
Thank you for being one of our light bearers, Peter! We appreciate your advocacy & hope so much! 💙
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 25d
I know I fight for healthcare and Social Security through awareness and engagement with your Congresspersons, but I also try to give YOU hope.

We must always have hope. I suffer a lot from my chronic illness & disabilities, but I'd suffer more if I didn't try. Our voices are needed. NEVER GIVE UP.🙏
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DISCO Queen 💛🐝💙⚖️💜 @theediscoqueen.bsky.social · Sep 14
If your vote didn’t matter, the GOP wouldn’t try so hard to take the right to vote away from you! #VOTE #BlueCrew #Resist
A political button that has one red stripe at the top, a white one in the center, and blue on bottom. Each stripe has one word on it, which together spell out “Ypur Vote Counts.”
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10 Minutes A Day @10minutesaday.bsky.social · Sep 14
2/Help make calls from wherever you live to help make sure voters aren’t disenfranchised! Here’s how to get involved as a voter protection team member! 💙 RSVP & join tonight! #Vote #BlueCrew #Resist
RSVP for VPP Lounge & Grill 9/14: All Voting is Local Executive Director Hannah Fried and her Arizona State Director
All Voting is Local is a multistate, nonpartisan organization that fights against state and local voting policies that silence voters of color and other historically marginalized communities and advoc...
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10 Minutes A Day @10minutesaday.bsky.social · Sep 14
1/2 North Carolina! Make sure you’re registered to vote! If you’re not in NC, help make sure NC’s voices are heard at the polls by phonebanking with the voter protection team!
#NC #NCPol #Vote #BlueCrew 💙
Judge OKs settlement in North Carolina voter registration lawsuit by Justice Department
A federal judge has approved a settlement in a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump’s Justice Department against North Carolina election officials.
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10 Minutes A Day @10minutesaday.bsky.social · Sep 10
Suicide is one of the 10 leading causes of death in the US. Many pain patients are forced into this because of untreated pain. Assisted suicide is a form of eugenics that harms the #Disability community. #DisabilityJustice 💜💙
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DISCO Queen 💛🐝💙⚖️💜 @theediscoqueen.bsky.social · Aug 29
Tysm for all the birthday wishes! You can find ways to help us celebrate by following us at @10minutesaday.bsky.social or going to the website below! 🎂🎈🥳🎊🎁
Have a great weekend! 💜💙#DisabilityRightsAreHumanRights #DisabilityJustice #DisabilitySky
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DISCO Queen 💛🐝💙⚖️💜 @theediscoqueen.bsky.social · Aug 29
Please support the disability community in any way listed, which are free or ask for any contribution, even $1. Any kind of support helps protect, amplify, & offer support for our community. Ask a friend to help support disabled folks today! Ty! 💜🎊🎂 #Disability #DisabilityJustice #DisabilitySky
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10 Minutes A Day @10minutesaday.bsky.social · Aug 29
It's @10minutesaday.bsky.social & @diyabled.bsky.social Boards' birthdays! Help us celebrate & improve our ability to advocate & provide safe, accessible spaces for the disability community! Even $1 helps, but other things are also listed for free! #DisabilityJustice #DisabilitySky #Disability
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10 Minutes A Day @10minutesaday.bsky.social · Aug 29
It's @10minutesaday.bsky.social & @diyabled.bsky.social Boards' birthdays! Help us celebrate & improve our ability to advocate & provide safe, accessible spaces for the disability community! Even $1 helps, but other things are also listed for free! #DisabilityJustice #DisabilitySky #Disability
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DISCO Queen 💛🐝💙⚖️💜 @theediscoqueen.bsky.social · Aug 27
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10 Minutes A Day @10minutesaday.bsky.social · Aug 27
It's our birthday--August is the birthday of @diyabled.bsky.social & @10minutesaday.bsky.social's founders & board! We're celebrating here! Join us! 💜🎂
#Disability #DisabilitySky #DisabilityJustice #DisabilityRightsAreHumanRights #HappyBirthday #HBD
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10 Minutes A Day @10minutesaday.bsky.social · Aug 27
It's our birthday--August is the birthday of @diyabled.bsky.social & @10minutesaday.bsky.social's founders & board! We're celebrating here! Join us! 💜🎂
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DISCO Queen 💛🐝💙⚖️💜 @theediscoqueen.bsky.social · Aug 25
This is awesome, & it was a UNANIMOUSLY supported/passed bill! We’ll keep fighting for #CPP & their drs until they get it right! #ChronicPain #Disability #DisabilityJustice #DisabilitySky #DisabilityRightsAreHumanRights 💜💙💜
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10 Minutes A Day @10minutesaday.bsky.social · Aug 25
We have news!! illinois’ bill to protect pain patients & their doctors will be adopted in at least 2 other states & is being looked at federally! We’re so excited we could help, & we’re working on more for IL, too! #DisabilityJustice #ChronicPain #DisabilityRightsAreHumanRights 💙💜
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10 Minutes A Day @10minutesaday.bsky.social · Aug 20
Because of the support of 1 legislator & her chief of staff, IL set a model to protect chronic pain patients & their healthcare professionals everywhere! We’ve got more areas in play, & we’re rooting for every #ChronicPain community member who can benefit from IL HB 5373! 💙💜 #DisabilityJustice
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