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1234_5 🕯☽ ⛤ 🔮🖤 @bunnylove403.bsky.social · 2d

This is not history. This is not Anne Frank’s attic. This is today.

“SOMEWHERE IN AMERICA, A YOUNG HISPANIC GIRL IS HIDING IN AN ATTIC WRITING A DIARY.”–Machine Pun Kelly

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Tiger Elephant Giraffe Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

I would rather live next door to someone who speaks another language than live next door to someone who doesn’t want to live near people who speak other languages. I know nothing about Person A but I know person B is a shitbird.

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 1d

Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do

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DrKaraAyers @drkaraayers.bsky.social · 7d

Agree with Adams (keynote at #ASBH25) that we should always be aware of the role of money driving everything. Disagree that we can’t/don’t ever imagine better ways beyond hyperfixation on capitalism.

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DrKaraAyers @drkaraayers.bsky.social · 7d

Thought provoking keynote by Jerome Adams for #ASBH25 abt finding where we can work together w ppl w different viewpoints….but I’d like to ask-at what point are you complicit in the harm?

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 7d

VACCINES ROCK

www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

Study finds mRNA coronavirus vaccines prolonged life of cancer patients

A study found that covid-19 vaccines appeared to awaken the immune system in lung and skin cancer patients, helping them live longer than those not vaccinated.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 7d

People before power. Always. Support truth-telling journalism: buff.ly/pbcGNpl

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DrKaraAyers @drkaraayers.bsky.social · 7d

Annnnd I’m in Portland for the #ASBH25 annual meeting. Speaking on ableism at the bedside and how hospital visitation policies impact disabled people.

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DrKaraAyers @drkaraayers.bsky.social · 8d

Just watched this awesome youth and autistic led video at #PCORI2025 which provided a study update in plain language: notless.org/research/

Research – Different Not Less

notless.org

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NEC Society @necsociety.bsky.social · 8d

We're in DC for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s annual meeting!

PCORI funds research that meaningfully includes patients, families, and caregivers as partners throughout the research process. #PCORI2025

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DrKaraAyers @drkaraayers.bsky.social · 8d

Last session at #PCORI2025 (for me before I head to the airport) is on research WITH people with IDD. It’s been an excellent annual meeting.

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DrKaraAyers @drkaraayers.bsky.social · 13d

I'll be watching this "Dirty Work: The Story of Andrew Young" tonight-9pm EST on MSNBC : www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwC3...

Andrew Young: The Dirty Work | Official Trailer

YouTube video by MSNBC

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DrKaraAyers @drkaraayers.bsky.social · 24d

Our Disability Research Lab is set for our biggest year yet as we are now funded! Join us for our kick-off meeting Thursday, October 16 at 12pm EST. To register for our first meeting, sign up here (or via QR code in image): lnkd.in/gCwd3s5P

The Disability Research Lab is recruiting new members. We are looking for researchers with disabilities at any stage of their career and in any field. Join us for our kick-off meeting Thursday, October 16 at 12pm EST. A QR code is available to register or the link is in the body of the post. Email Kara at kara.ayers@cchmc.org with questions.

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DrKaraAyers @drkaraayers.bsky.social · 27d

Why We Should Be Concerned About an Autism Registry url: jamanetwork-com.uc.idm.oclc.org/journals/jam...

You are connecting to a UC website that requires authentication.

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DrKaraAyers @drkaraayers.bsky.social · 28d

I'm glad PGD and genetic testing exist as more options for disabled parents. I don't like the suggestion that using this tech is the better/best route to parenthood and there's just blatantly false info. She'd pass on her type of OI-which isn't fatal: womensagenda.com.au/latest/how-g...

How genetic testing is empowering the path to parenthood

Through IVF and genetic testing, Tayla and her husband overcame inherited conditions and found hope, choice, and their daughter Helena.

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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 29d

This past weekend more than a hundred Ohioans demonstrated outside the Statehouse against a pair of bills that could effectively outlaw some immigrants from owning land in the state. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/01/d...

Demonstrators protest Ohio land ownership measures that target Chinese immigrants • Ohio Capital Journal

This past weekend more than a hundred Ohioans demonstrated outside the Statehouse against a pair of bills that could effectively outlaw some immigrants from owning land in the state.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 29d

The awesome video team at the New York Times helped me make this video about the shutdown and Obamacare premiums.

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · Sep 30

@kff.org finds a stark reality if ACA enhanced premium tax credits are allowed to expire. Premium payments will more than double next year.

ACA Marketplace Premium Payments Would More than Double on Average Next Year if Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Expire | KFF

KFF estimates that, if Congress allows the enhanced premium tax credits to expire at the end of this year, ACA Marketplace enrollees on average would see their premium payments more than double next y...

www.kff.org

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DrKaraAyers @drkaraayers.bsky.social · Sep 30

Watching this year's LEND trainees present to their cohort about their disciplines. I really love the feeling of pride in our students and trainees. It's such a needed experience of having hope for our future.

DrKaraAyers @drkaraayers.bsky.social · Sep 24

This afternoon I'm part of the Kentucky UCEDD's (Human Development Institute) Seminar on Improving Transition Outcomes for Youth with Disabilities. I'll go on about 2:30pm EST. Join us: uky.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Improving Transition Outcomes for Youth with Disabilities. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

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DrKaraAyers @drkaraayers.bsky.social · Sep 24

There's an enormous pile (some good/some not) of research on the (assumed) stress of parenting children with disabilities. In many cases, there's more research about nondisabled parents than the kids that the research claims to want to help.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · Sep 23

Cw filicide

I think some reporters really need to learn about the Disabled Day of Mourning. Some parents of autistic kids despise them so much they kill them. This is how deadly ableism (and lack of social supports) can be. Our articles do not need to feed into ableism.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Sep 23

“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”

Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · Sep 24

File this under, this is actually a good thing you should try and cure, not autism. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

www.bbc.com

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DrKaraAyers @drkaraayers.bsky.social · Sep 23

I find studies like these that help us understand what type of health messagine motivates people to get preventative screenings really interesting: publichealthpost.org/sexual-repro...

When Health Messaging Misses the Mark

Visual demonstrations on social media can help explain medical procedures, but without clear language, they may also heighten anxiety.

publichealthpost.org

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DrKaraAyers @drkaraayers.bsky.social · Sep 5

Had to read this title (on the website) a couple times: "Parents find a way...." A critical value I teach my children is we don't sit at tables we aren't wanted. Find schools where you don't have to "find a way" to be deemed worthy of an education. aleteia.org/2025/09/01/p...

How to get kids with disabilities a Catholic education

"In most cases, the desire for inclusion starts with a specific person. ... The belief that 'we can’t' has been drummed into us."

aleteia.org

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