Dialectical Dryad
@dialectical-dryad.bsky.social
(she/they) Boston area, pro- public housing & for truly affordable & accessible housing, disability justice, eco-feminist (I hate TERFs)
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It's really scary to have to ask someone for help in general. Especially when you're disabled and need accommodations. The expectation that disabled people have to ask and beg for help is messed up. Help should already be available from the beginning to anyone that needs it.
September 19, 2023 at 6:53 AM
It's really scary to have to ask someone for help in general. Especially when you're disabled and need accommodations. The expectation that disabled people have to ask and beg for help is messed up. Help should already be available from the beginning to anyone that needs it.
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Imagine living in a world where you have to ASK permission to go into a building, ASK permission to ride public transportation, ASK to go shopping, etc.
Welcome to the world of disabled people.
When we have to ask for accommodations, we are asking permission to simply exist
Welcome to the world of disabled people.
When we have to ask for accommodations, we are asking permission to simply exist
August 29, 2023 at 1:03 AM
Imagine living in a world where you have to ASK permission to go into a building, ASK permission to ride public transportation, ASK to go shopping, etc.
Welcome to the world of disabled people.
When we have to ask for accommodations, we are asking permission to simply exist
Welcome to the world of disabled people.
When we have to ask for accommodations, we are asking permission to simply exist
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I am once again asking everyone in the universe:
Do not make me ask for my accommodations twice.
I was afraid to even ask once.
Do not make me ask for my accommodations twice.
I was afraid to even ask once.
April 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I am once again asking everyone in the universe:
Do not make me ask for my accommodations twice.
I was afraid to even ask once.
Do not make me ask for my accommodations twice.
I was afraid to even ask once.
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The ADA: If you are disabled, you deserve accommodations
Autistic person: Asks for an accommodation (after a lifetime of struggling with no support and finally building up the courage to ask)....
Autistic person: Asks for an accommodation (after a lifetime of struggling with no support and finally building up the courage to ask)....
May 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The ADA: If you are disabled, you deserve accommodations
Autistic person: Asks for an accommodation (after a lifetime of struggling with no support and finally building up the courage to ask)....
Autistic person: Asks for an accommodation (after a lifetime of struggling with no support and finally building up the courage to ask)....
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Robust, visionary DEIA efforts are important - but point is that this isn't just targeting newer, more progressive programs. We're going back to *pre civil rights act* levels of training and support and transfer dollars are going to be wasted defending avoidable lawsuits
January 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Robust, visionary DEIA efforts are important - but point is that this isn't just targeting newer, more progressive programs. We're going back to *pre civil rights act* levels of training and support and transfer dollars are going to be wasted defending avoidable lawsuits
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So when they are going after offices that rename themselves BACK to the names they had 4 years ago, that means they are shutting down programs that operated for decades incl under Trump 1.0, & without which PWD can't get accomodations, and they can't do basic anti-discrimination trainings
January 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
So when they are going after offices that rename themselves BACK to the names they had 4 years ago, that means they are shutting down programs that operated for decades incl under Trump 1.0, & without which PWD can't get accomodations, and they can't do basic anti-discrimination trainings
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I don't think these people understand that federal "DEIA" offices are mostly just mainstream HR programs that oversee disability accommodations & tell people stuff like don't use the n word at work, don't ask your admin assistant for a date. (Thread)
January 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I don't think these people understand that federal "DEIA" offices are mostly just mainstream HR programs that oversee disability accommodations & tell people stuff like don't use the n word at work, don't ask your admin assistant for a date. (Thread)
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it shouldn’t surprise me when people do not give a fuck about accessibility but sometimes the magnitude of it still does. just the ways you get forgotten, ignored, deliberately not thought of, shut down when you ask for accommodations. it makes me feel like less of a person.
May 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
it shouldn’t surprise me when people do not give a fuck about accessibility but sometimes the magnitude of it still does. just the ways you get forgotten, ignored, deliberately not thought of, shut down when you ask for accommodations. it makes me feel like less of a person.
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Disabled people shouldn’t have to ask for access, accommodations, or basic civil rights.
The ableist system puts nondisabled folks in charge as gatekeepers, controlling what rights we get.
That’s not justice — it’s exclusion.
#Disability #HumanRights #SDGs #Poverty #Technology
The ableist system puts nondisabled folks in charge as gatekeepers, controlling what rights we get.
That’s not justice — it’s exclusion.
#Disability #HumanRights #SDGs #Poverty #Technology
November 1, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Disabled people shouldn’t have to ask for access, accommodations, or basic civil rights.
The ableist system puts nondisabled folks in charge as gatekeepers, controlling what rights we get.
That’s not justice — it’s exclusion.
#Disability #HumanRights #SDGs #Poverty #Technology
The ableist system puts nondisabled folks in charge as gatekeepers, controlling what rights we get.
That’s not justice — it’s exclusion.
#Disability #HumanRights #SDGs #Poverty #Technology
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Disabled people shouldn't have to be perfectly nice or kind when we ask for accommodations and inclusion. We shouldn't HAVE to ask.
Furthermore, we usually ARE being nice when we ask; ableds just take any request that they do the bare minimum for us as if it's a great slight to their honor.
Furthermore, we usually ARE being nice when we ask; ableds just take any request that they do the bare minimum for us as if it's a great slight to their honor.
February 28, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Disabled people shouldn't have to be perfectly nice or kind when we ask for accommodations and inclusion. We shouldn't HAVE to ask.
Furthermore, we usually ARE being nice when we ask; ableds just take any request that they do the bare minimum for us as if it's a great slight to their honor.
Furthermore, we usually ARE being nice when we ask; ableds just take any request that they do the bare minimum for us as if it's a great slight to their honor.
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Most accommodations in school or the workplace are almost entirely free and have little to no impact on anyone else.
The fact that we need to ask for them, or formally request them, is often nothing more than an added burden for disabled people
The fact that we need to ask for them, or formally request them, is often nothing more than an added burden for disabled people
June 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Most accommodations in school or the workplace are almost entirely free and have little to no impact on anyone else.
The fact that we need to ask for them, or formally request them, is often nothing more than an added burden for disabled people
The fact that we need to ask for them, or formally request them, is often nothing more than an added burden for disabled people
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Also, just having to ask for accommodations is exhausting and energy consuming on a good day when everything is going right which…lol.
I deal with so much conflict and pushback regarding accommodations for myself and my family that it’s a massive relief when there’s no argument, just assistance.
April 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Also, just having to ask for accommodations is exhausting and energy consuming on a good day when everything is going right which…lol.
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It's common when asking for accommodations that people will ask for specific examples of situations so they can "understand better" or something like that.
That's what they say.
And so I end up having to tell stories I'd rather not share.
Which all felt unnecessary.
#AutChat A3
That's what they say.
And so I end up having to tell stories I'd rather not share.
Which all felt unnecessary.
#AutChat A3
Q3: Have you ever been in a position where you had to share personal details you’d rather keep private, to be believed about something neurodivergence-related? #AutChat
February 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
It's common when asking for accommodations that people will ask for specific examples of situations so they can "understand better" or something like that.
That's what they say.
And so I end up having to tell stories I'd rather not share.
Which all felt unnecessary.
#AutChat A3
That's what they say.
And so I end up having to tell stories I'd rather not share.
Which all felt unnecessary.
#AutChat A3
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I know that Medicare/ Medicaid is Democrats’ native language & what they’re happiest speaking but I’d love for SOME prominent person to try the line “they increased the debt limit by $5 trillion in order to triple size of ICE & make its detention center bigger than the whole federal prison system.”
July 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I know that Medicare/ Medicaid is Democrats’ native language & what they’re happiest speaking but I’d love for SOME prominent person to try the line “they increased the debt limit by $5 trillion in order to triple size of ICE & make its detention center bigger than the whole federal prison system.”
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One thing I really think needs to be hammered into “libertarians” & other right wing freaks is the cost of helping other people is almost always less than the cost of not helping them. Because we live in a society & we are all connected & you are SO MUCH CLOSER to being sick and poor than you think!
June 26, 2025 at 3:32 AM
One thing I really think needs to be hammered into “libertarians” & other right wing freaks is the cost of helping other people is almost always less than the cost of not helping them. Because we live in a society & we are all connected & you are SO MUCH CLOSER to being sick and poor than you think!
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brad lander primary chuck schumer
June 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
brad lander primary chuck schumer
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Men who think they can get away with sexually abusing women can EAT SHIT
June 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Men who think they can get away with sexually abusing women can EAT SHIT
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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
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“We’re on the precipice of now being able to deliver the greatest prevention option we’ve had in 44 years of this epidemic... And it’s as if that opportunity is being snatched out of our hands by the policies of the last five months."
BREAKING: The FDA has approved a twice-yearly injection that provided a near-perfect shield against H.I.V. infection in clinical trials. But the Trump administration has gutted the programs that might have paid for it in low-income countries
(Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
(Gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
Regulators Approve a Twice-Yearly Shot to Prevent H.I.V. Infection
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
“We’re on the precipice of now being able to deliver the greatest prevention option we’ve had in 44 years of this epidemic... And it’s as if that opportunity is being snatched out of our hands by the policies of the last five months."
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The NYT was cited in the Supreme Court ruling used to strip trans people of healthcare. This is EXACTLY WHY the “just asking questions” crowd of centrist edgelord journalists are dangerous. They launder transphobia through faux neutral “debate” and act like it’s intellectual curiosity
June 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The NYT was cited in the Supreme Court ruling used to strip trans people of healthcare. This is EXACTLY WHY the “just asking questions” crowd of centrist edgelord journalists are dangerous. They launder transphobia through faux neutral “debate” and act like it’s intellectual curiosity
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Reminder: always but especially during stressful, uncertain times, it’s psychologically protective to have something specific to look forward to.
On Thurs, I’m birding with a friend before work and playing D&D with friends after work.
Choose to put light at the end of tunnels wherever you can.
On Thurs, I’m birding with a friend before work and playing D&D with friends after work.
Choose to put light at the end of tunnels wherever you can.
June 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Reminder: always but especially during stressful, uncertain times, it’s psychologically protective to have something specific to look forward to.
On Thurs, I’m birding with a friend before work and playing D&D with friends after work.
Choose to put light at the end of tunnels wherever you can.
On Thurs, I’m birding with a friend before work and playing D&D with friends after work.
Choose to put light at the end of tunnels wherever you can.