Elizabeth
@neuroweaveratl.bsky.social
GSU • UNG
Chronic Disease Researcher
ME Action • Board Member
#Neuroscience #ChronicIllness
*views my own*
Chronic Disease Researcher
ME Action • Board Member
#Neuroscience #ChronicIllness
*views my own*
AUTISM & The medical model of disability
The medical model of disability is the idea that medicine can & should “fix” people w/ disability.
The social model, a more modern approach, sees disability as a direct reflection of society’s ableism & institutional barriers. 1/3
The medical model of disability is the idea that medicine can & should “fix” people w/ disability.
The social model, a more modern approach, sees disability as a direct reflection of society’s ableism & institutional barriers. 1/3
April 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
AUTISM & The medical model of disability
The medical model of disability is the idea that medicine can & should “fix” people w/ disability.
The social model, a more modern approach, sees disability as a direct reflection of society’s ableism & institutional barriers. 1/3
The medical model of disability is the idea that medicine can & should “fix” people w/ disability.
The social model, a more modern approach, sees disability as a direct reflection of society’s ableism & institutional barriers. 1/3
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We are heading to DC on May 12th for #MillionsMissing 2025.
Sign Up to Join Us in DC: forms.gle/y3n7BSbgysyv...
The protest will be from 12-2pm ET on the north side of the Capitol Building.
Organize locally or join from home links: www.meactions.org/millionsmiss...
#pwME #DisabilitySOS
Sign Up to Join Us in DC: forms.gle/y3n7BSbgysyv...
The protest will be from 12-2pm ET on the north side of the Capitol Building.
Organize locally or join from home links: www.meactions.org/millionsmiss...
#pwME #DisabilitySOS
Take Action for ME/CFS
For #MillionsMissing 2025, #MEAction is sending out an SOS.
www.meactions.org
April 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We are heading to DC on May 12th for #MillionsMissing 2025.
Sign Up to Join Us in DC: forms.gle/y3n7BSbgysyv...
The protest will be from 12-2pm ET on the north side of the Capitol Building.
Organize locally or join from home links: www.meactions.org/millionsmiss...
#pwME #DisabilitySOS
Sign Up to Join Us in DC: forms.gle/y3n7BSbgysyv...
The protest will be from 12-2pm ET on the north side of the Capitol Building.
Organize locally or join from home links: www.meactions.org/millionsmiss...
#pwME #DisabilitySOS
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Breaking news: A new lawsuit seeks to challenge the National Institutes of Health’s decisions to abruptly terminate hundreds of grants, totaling more than $2.4 billion, over the past month. scim.ag/3DZnylL
Lawsuit aims to broadly overturn NIH’s grant terminations
Multiple groups and NIH-funded scientists challenge agency’s decision as arbitrary and capricious
scim.ag
April 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Breaking news: A new lawsuit seeks to challenge the National Institutes of Health’s decisions to abruptly terminate hundreds of grants, totaling more than $2.4 billion, over the past month. scim.ag/3DZnylL
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If you're in Wisconsin, please know that Judge Susan Crawford will protect YOUR rights and freedoms. Find your polling place and make a plan to vote tomorrow: vote.wisdems.org
Find Your Voting Locations | WISDEMS Voter Protection Team
This searchable map shows you early voting and dropbox info for hundreds of villages, towns, and cities across Wisconsin. Enter the address you're registered at and your options will pop up!
vote.wisdems.org
March 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
If you're in Wisconsin, please know that Judge Susan Crawford will protect YOUR rights and freedoms. Find your polling place and make a plan to vote tomorrow: vote.wisdems.org
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Dear scientists,
We've heard from many of you: "What can I do to act, to help stop the authoritarian takeover? I feel helpless."
One thing you can do is to get every scientist you know onto bluesky.
Get them off Twitter.
Talk to yr colleagues. Make it a point.
Send this:
bsky.app/starter-pac...
We've heard from many of you: "What can I do to act, to help stop the authoritarian takeover? I feel helpless."
One thing you can do is to get every scientist you know onto bluesky.
Get them off Twitter.
Talk to yr colleagues. Make it a point.
Send this:
bsky.app/starter-pac...
AltNIH4Science - Science Crisis News
Join the conversation
bsky.app
March 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Dear scientists,
We've heard from many of you: "What can I do to act, to help stop the authoritarian takeover? I feel helpless."
One thing you can do is to get every scientist you know onto bluesky.
Get them off Twitter.
Talk to yr colleagues. Make it a point.
Send this:
bsky.app/starter-pac...
We've heard from many of you: "What can I do to act, to help stop the authoritarian takeover? I feel helpless."
One thing you can do is to get every scientist you know onto bluesky.
Get them off Twitter.
Talk to yr colleagues. Make it a point.
Send this:
bsky.app/starter-pac...
If we privatize scientific research & continue this trend of eliminating public sponsored scholarship 👉 as a society we will then accumulate knowledge around things like which 🥚 cartons are more likely to influence consumer buying habits as opposed to whether the 🥚s themselves are healthy.
#science
#science
March 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
If we privatize scientific research & continue this trend of eliminating public sponsored scholarship 👉 as a society we will then accumulate knowledge around things like which 🥚 cartons are more likely to influence consumer buying habits as opposed to whether the 🥚s themselves are healthy.
#science
#science
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Very glad to see that @standupforscience.bsky.social is partnering with @indivisible.org for the April 5 Day of Action - standupforscience2025.org/upcoming-act... Science advocates must deploy new skills, find common cause & build large-scale solidarity. This is a great starting place.
March 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Very glad to see that @standupforscience.bsky.social is partnering with @indivisible.org for the April 5 Day of Action - standupforscience2025.org/upcoming-act... Science advocates must deploy new skills, find common cause & build large-scale solidarity. This is a great starting place.
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“Moving fast and breaking things may work in some sectors,” but DOGE’s disruptions to a key food store for plant genetics “threaten irreversible losses of crop genetic diversity,” write Iago Hale and Michael Kantar, two agriculture professors.
Opinion | Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers Full of Seeds?
Gene banks are like a survivalist cache: our nation’s safeguard against all future challenges to growing the food we need.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
“Moving fast and breaking things may work in some sectors,” but DOGE’s disruptions to a key food store for plant genetics “threaten irreversible losses of crop genetic diversity,” write Iago Hale and Michael Kantar, two agriculture professors.
@meactnet.bsky.social has a few temp qual research positions available 👇
Four contract qualitative researcher opportunities!
Qualitative researchers looking to pick up work and grad students looking to get more experience with qualitative coding-- #MEAction has four short-term opportunities for qualitative analysis work! Details below. 🧪
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Qualitative researchers looking to pick up work and grad students looking to get more experience with qualitative coding-- #MEAction has four short-term opportunities for qualitative analysis work! Details below. 🧪
lnkd.in/gXX4_8Ff
March 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
@meactnet.bsky.social has a few temp qual research positions available 👇
Due to haphazard slashing of science funding, Columbia Univ has been forced to close 1 of the only dedicated #MECFS research centers in the world.
No research is as lean as #MECFS research. It’s carried out by a dedicated & outstanding group of purpose-driven scientists & community members.
No research is as lean as #MECFS research. It’s carried out by a dedicated & outstanding group of purpose-driven scientists & community members.
NEW: Cuts to Columbia University funding have shuttered a prominent research center into ME/CFS, a debilitating condition with no FDA-approved treatments. It's a gut punch to a community that for years has been frustrated by a lack of funding. Developing... www.statnews.com/2025/03/19/m...
ME/CFS research program shuts down at Columbia after Trump cuts
ME/CFS, which affects millions of Americans, has few dedicated research centers. Now the one at Columbia has been shut down over Trump funding cuts.
www.statnews.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:19 AM
My brother, economist Dr. David Weaver, asks Congress to consider more DOGE oversight in his latest piece.
He brings decades of experience in Social Security & as a Director of the Congressional Budget Office.
Share widely:
www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/202...
He brings decades of experience in Social Security & as a Director of the Congressional Budget Office.
Share widely:
www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/202...
With 1.6M Vets In Federal Workforce, DOGE Oversight Is Needed
The federal workforce is an important part of the American labor force, with an estimated 3 million individuals employed directly by federal agencies and 5.22 million individuals w
www.realclearmarkets.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
My brother, economist Dr. David Weaver, asks Congress to consider more DOGE oversight in his latest piece.
He brings decades of experience in Social Security & as a Director of the Congressional Budget Office.
Share widely:
www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/202...
He brings decades of experience in Social Security & as a Director of the Congressional Budget Office.
Share widely:
www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/202...
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NIH is likely cutting up to 25% of its workforce this week. NIH staff have substantial expertise, typically PhDs. And they really *believe* in the work. NIH's will not be able to meet its mission w/these cuts. The scientific threat is not just direct funding cuts www.statnews.com/2025/03/14/n...
At NIH, ‘everyone is on edge’ as they brace for deep cuts and more centralized control
As the NIH braces for cuts of up to 5,000 of its 20,000 positions, “people are scrambling and freaking out,” a researcher said.
www.statnews.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
NIH is likely cutting up to 25% of its workforce this week. NIH staff have substantial expertise, typically PhDs. And they really *believe* in the work. NIH's will not be able to meet its mission w/these cuts. The scientific threat is not just direct funding cuts www.statnews.com/2025/03/14/n...
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My office is closing due to budget cuts, and I’m looking for my next job. My background is in strategic communications, science writing and editing, media relations, and content strategy—mostly in higher education, research, and public engagement. www.linkedin.com/in/boskin/
www.linkedin.com
March 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
My office is closing due to budget cuts, and I’m looking for my next job. My background is in strategic communications, science writing and editing, media relations, and content strategy—mostly in higher education, research, and public engagement. www.linkedin.com/in/boskin/
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Yesterday's layoffs began the Trump Administration's efforts to dismantle the Department of Education. Join our webinar tomorrow, March 13 from 1 PM - 2 PM ET to learn more and hear from education policy experts and disabled students.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
March 12, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Yesterday's layoffs began the Trump Administration's efforts to dismantle the Department of Education. Join our webinar tomorrow, March 13 from 1 PM - 2 PM ET to learn more and hear from education policy experts and disabled students.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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🚨🧪 Are you a researcher affected by the recent cancellation of federal grants and contracts at Columbia University?
I'm working on a story for @Nature.com. If you want to chat, your identity will be kept private.
Signal: humbertobasilio.24
Email: [email protected]
Repost please!
I'm working on a story for @Nature.com. If you want to chat, your identity will be kept private.
Signal: humbertobasilio.24
Email: [email protected]
Repost please!
March 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
🚨🧪 Are you a researcher affected by the recent cancellation of federal grants and contracts at Columbia University?
I'm working on a story for @Nature.com. If you want to chat, your identity will be kept private.
Signal: humbertobasilio.24
Email: [email protected]
Repost please!
I'm working on a story for @Nature.com. If you want to chat, your identity will be kept private.
Signal: humbertobasilio.24
Email: [email protected]
Repost please!
Free exchange of ideas in higher education is as American as apple pie.
With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
March 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Free exchange of ideas in higher education is as American as apple pie.
We will be celebrating 20 years of student-centered neuroscience at GSU on May 9th. Get your tickets now to come see #neuroscience in ATL at its best @annezmurphy.bsky.social @bnbgsu.bsky.social
Join us on May 9th, 2025 for the Brains & Behavior Retreat and celebrate our 20th year! 🎉
Reserve your tickets now using the link in our bio! Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, connect, and celebrate!
📅Date: Friday, May 9th, 2025
🕚Time: 11am to 7pm
📍Location: Student Center East
Reserve your tickets now using the link in our bio! Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, connect, and celebrate!
📅Date: Friday, May 9th, 2025
🕚Time: 11am to 7pm
📍Location: Student Center East
March 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
We will be celebrating 20 years of student-centered neuroscience at GSU on May 9th. Get your tickets now to come see #neuroscience in ATL at its best @annezmurphy.bsky.social @bnbgsu.bsky.social
My Floyd? Pink.
My girls? Indigo.
February 27, 2025 at 5:42 AM
My Floyd? Pink.
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“The Attorney General realizes that he has stepped in it.” Georgia parents slam Carr’s lawsuit, saying it puts disability services at risk. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/geo...
Georgia AG Chris Carr faces criticism from parents about involvement in multistate lawsuit
Georgia joined lawsuit against rule in disability law after after Joe Biden’s administration added “gender dysphoria” to a list of conditions protected from discrimination.
www.ajc.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
“The Attorney General realizes that he has stepped in it.” Georgia parents slam Carr’s lawsuit, saying it puts disability services at risk. #gapol www.ajc.com/politics/geo...
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Scientists are now organizing events, called Stand Up for Science, on 7 March in Washington, D.C., and state capitals.
So far, they have attracted more than 100 volunteers from some 30 states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. scim.ag/4328LAD
So far, they have attracted more than 100 volunteers from some 30 states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. scim.ag/4328LAD
‘I really wanted something to happen.’ The students behind the Stand Up for Science protests
New group hopes to turn out researchers for 7 March demonstrations against Trump administration policies
scim.ag
February 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Scientists are now organizing events, called Stand Up for Science, on 7 March in Washington, D.C., and state capitals.
So far, they have attracted more than 100 volunteers from some 30 states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. scim.ag/4328LAD
So far, they have attracted more than 100 volunteers from some 30 states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. scim.ag/4328LAD
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Georgia parents slam Carr’s lawsuit, saying it puts disability services at risk
Georgia AG faces criticism from parents about involvement in multistate lawsuit
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is facing mounting criticism from parents of children with disabilities after he joined a multistate lawsuit challenging a federal rule that added “gender dysphoria” to a list of conditions protected from discrimination.
www.ajc.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Georgia parents slam Carr’s lawsuit, saying it puts disability services at risk
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The Hill: 'NIH funding cuts could cost me my life, and that of millions of others'
'These are truly unprecedented moves, which have led to uncertainty about the future of this indispensable agency.'
thehill.com/opinion/heal...
'These are truly unprecedented moves, which have led to uncertainty about the future of this indispensable agency.'
thehill.com/opinion/heal...
thehill.com
February 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The Hill: 'NIH funding cuts could cost me my life, and that of millions of others'
'These are truly unprecedented moves, which have led to uncertainty about the future of this indispensable agency.'
thehill.com/opinion/heal...
'These are truly unprecedented moves, which have led to uncertainty about the future of this indispensable agency.'
thehill.com/opinion/heal...
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28% of American adults have a reported disability, and all of us experience disability in our lives.
Section 504 protects your right to work, your kids' right to education, and our collective human rights.
Call your attorney general to ask they protect Section 504.
5calls.org/issue/sectio...
Section 504 protects your right to work, your kids' right to education, and our collective human rights.
Call your attorney general to ask they protect Section 504.
5calls.org/issue/sectio...
Defend Section 504: Protect the Rights of People with Disabilities ⭑ 5 Calls
Republican Attorneys General are attacking a 50-year-old law that protects disability rights. Texas v. Becerra is a case in federal court brought by …
5calls.org
February 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
28% of American adults have a reported disability, and all of us experience disability in our lives.
Section 504 protects your right to work, your kids' right to education, and our collective human rights.
Call your attorney general to ask they protect Section 504.
5calls.org/issue/sectio...
Section 504 protects your right to work, your kids' right to education, and our collective human rights.
Call your attorney general to ask they protect Section 504.
5calls.org/issue/sectio...
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A huge thank you to Dr. Frances Champagne for her brilliant talk on brain development and for gracing us with her presence at lunch! 🧠✨ Your insights and expertise have truly inspired us.
#BrainsAndBehavior #DistinguishedLecture #Neuroscience #Gratitude #Inspiration
#BrainsAndBehavior #DistinguishedLecture #Neuroscience #Gratitude #Inspiration
February 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A huge thank you to Dr. Frances Champagne for her brilliant talk on brain development and for gracing us with her presence at lunch! 🧠✨ Your insights and expertise have truly inspired us.
#BrainsAndBehavior #DistinguishedLecture #Neuroscience #Gratitude #Inspiration
#BrainsAndBehavior #DistinguishedLecture #Neuroscience #Gratitude #Inspiration