Jon Henner
@jmhenner.bsky.social
Deaf. Enduring Stage 4 Melanoma. | Professor | Disability Linguistics | I guess I do language stuff? And education stuff? | Skeets in own capacity | he/👉
From RF Kuang's Babel. I think a lot about this when presenting to hearing audiences through interpreters. I do not think kuang would make a distinction between interpreting and translating in this case.
July 19, 2023 at 10:27 PM
From RF Kuang's Babel. I think a lot about this when presenting to hearing audiences through interpreters. I do not think kuang would make a distinction between interpreting and translating in this case.
When we rented my manual wheelchair I did not imagine that I would hurt my shoulders every time I wheel.
I wanted the exercise not the misery. Looking into power scooters for teaching.
I wanted the exercise not the misery. Looking into power scooters for teaching.
July 18, 2023 at 4:07 PM
When we rented my manual wheelchair I did not imagine that I would hurt my shoulders every time I wheel.
I wanted the exercise not the misery. Looking into power scooters for teaching.
I wanted the exercise not the misery. Looking into power scooters for teaching.
I know this is petty but I would love a small measure of prestige as a scholar of disability that other fields seem to get on social media. It feels like once disability is added, the knowledge and years of studying are devalued
July 17, 2023 at 5:44 PM
I know this is petty but I would love a small measure of prestige as a scholar of disability that other fields seem to get on social media. It feels like once disability is added, the knowledge and years of studying are devalued
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Student loans are cancelled .
July 17, 2023 at 5:23 PM
Student loans are cancelled .
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Good morning it’s a great day to turn on required alt text for images and ensure that text is always contextual, and if it’s funny then it’s at least also accurate! 🫶🎈
July 17, 2023 at 2:11 PM
Good morning it’s a great day to turn on required alt text for images and ensure that text is always contextual, and if it’s funny then it’s at least also accurate! 🫶🎈
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I really appreciate that when antisemitism gets popular, often the loudest non-Jewish voices I hear are our Muslim brothers and sisters.
I hope the Jewish community takes that to heart and reciprocates when Islamophobia happens.
I hope the Jewish community takes that to heart and reciprocates when Islamophobia happens.
July 17, 2023 at 2:13 PM
I really appreciate that when antisemitism gets popular, often the loudest non-Jewish voices I hear are our Muslim brothers and sisters.
I hope the Jewish community takes that to heart and reciprocates when Islamophobia happens.
I hope the Jewish community takes that to heart and reciprocates when Islamophobia happens.
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do you realize you're victim blaming here? I don't think that you do, but you are.
Blaming someone for how they protest injustice isn't cool, especially if it's non-violent.
If people protest at the oppressor's comfort level, then it's not really a protest, is it?
Blaming someone for how they protest injustice isn't cool, especially if it's non-violent.
If people protest at the oppressor's comfort level, then it's not really a protest, is it?
July 17, 2023 at 12:27 AM
do you realize you're victim blaming here? I don't think that you do, but you are.
Blaming someone for how they protest injustice isn't cool, especially if it's non-violent.
If people protest at the oppressor's comfort level, then it's not really a protest, is it?
Blaming someone for how they protest injustice isn't cool, especially if it's non-violent.
If people protest at the oppressor's comfort level, then it's not really a protest, is it?
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Also: if for whatever reason anyone needs help with adding alt text to an image they can just put “ALT4Me” someplace in the post and it’ll be dumped into a feed where human volunteers will add it as a reply.
#nofeed
#nofeed
July 16, 2023 at 11:04 PM
Also: if for whatever reason anyone needs help with adding alt text to an image they can just put “ALT4Me” someplace in the post and it’ll be dumped into a feed where human volunteers will add it as a reply.
#nofeed
#nofeed
This rental has four different color bulbs. Four. Different colors.
Is this a hearing thing? To ignore stuff like light temperature?
Is this a hearing thing? To ignore stuff like light temperature?
July 17, 2023 at 12:31 AM
This rental has four different color bulbs. Four. Different colors.
Is this a hearing thing? To ignore stuff like light temperature?
Is this a hearing thing? To ignore stuff like light temperature?
Just downed the first pills of this clinical trial I'm participating in. I want these to be my miracle drugs.
July 12, 2023 at 4:54 PM
Just downed the first pills of this clinical trial I'm participating in. I want these to be my miracle drugs.
From Smilges, J. Crip Negativity, page 25. It really describes how I feel right now having been largely bed ridden for the past months. I feel sad, but cripply so.
July 12, 2023 at 3:41 PM
From Smilges, J. Crip Negativity, page 25. It really describes how I feel right now having been largely bed ridden for the past months. I feel sad, but cripply so.
Taking a social media break on the sabbath was restorative. I will keep doing that.
July 9, 2023 at 4:20 PM
Taking a social media break on the sabbath was restorative. I will keep doing that.
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Both ALT4Me & ALT4You have been coordinated at this site.
ALT4Me feed
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:yupjodsb265htel3yennasoq/feed/aaabhycmcy2v4
ALT4You feed
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:yupjodsb265htel3yennasoq/feed/aaab6e55phwh4
ALT4Me feed
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:yupjodsb265htel3yennasoq/feed/aaabhycmcy2v4
ALT4You feed
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:yupjodsb265htel3yennasoq/feed/aaab6e55phwh4
July 8, 2023 at 10:22 PM
Both ALT4Me & ALT4You have been coordinated at this site.
ALT4Me feed
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:yupjodsb265htel3yennasoq/feed/aaabhycmcy2v4
ALT4You feed
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:yupjodsb265htel3yennasoq/feed/aaab6e55phwh4
ALT4Me feed
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:yupjodsb265htel3yennasoq/feed/aaabhycmcy2v4
ALT4You feed
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:yupjodsb265htel3yennasoq/feed/aaab6e55phwh4
A bunch of large accounts blocked me during my alt text pile-on. I can still see replies to those blocked posts if I follow the replyer. It kinda sucks to click a post to see what it's replying to only for BLOCKED POST to pop up.
July 7, 2023 at 11:15 PM
A bunch of large accounts blocked me during my alt text pile-on. I can still see replies to those blocked posts if I follow the replyer. It kinda sucks to click a post to see what it's replying to only for BLOCKED POST to pop up.
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Subverting the “gnomes are a Jewish caricature” trope by giving my little guy Yiddish first and last names, making them highly value education and strive for social justice, and giving him a sweet Slavic accent very occasionally peppered with even more Yiddish phrases
July 7, 2023 at 3:56 PM
Subverting the “gnomes are a Jewish caricature” trope by giving my little guy Yiddish first and last names, making them highly value education and strive for social justice, and giving him a sweet Slavic accent very occasionally peppered with even more Yiddish phrases
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Remember to drink water, mind your business and kill that imposter syndrome.
July 7, 2023 at 3:32 PM
Remember to drink water, mind your business and kill that imposter syndrome.
Disability is about deviance from socially expected norms. Which is why Puar among others developed the concept of debility, which focuses on the suffering aspect. Because of how suffering makes us feel J. Smilges calls it crip negativity.
July 7, 2023 at 3:21 PM
Disability is about deviance from socially expected norms. Which is why Puar among others developed the concept of debility, which focuses on the suffering aspect. Because of how suffering makes us feel J. Smilges calls it crip negativity.
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Bruh, I never said that. I said your method of deconstruction, which is basically elimitivism and not amelioration, isn’t the path forward and places at risk a lot of people fir whom the categories provide ways of finding relief. I said we need to reframe the categories away from pathology.
if you are not interested in deconstructing and interrogating why “ADHD” and “autism” exists, then you’re interested in continuing ableism since pathologizing human existence is literally ableism
July 7, 2023 at 3:13 PM
Bruh, I never said that. I said your method of deconstruction, which is basically elimitivism and not amelioration, isn’t the path forward and places at risk a lot of people fir whom the categories provide ways of finding relief. I said we need to reframe the categories away from pathology.
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This whole thread of replies jesus christ
I'm in an adhoc group for AAAL now trying to figure out the hybrid issue now. Challenges are
1. No accessibility budget
2. No concept of accessibility beyond the ADA
3. Locked in contracts with hotels with tiered wifi access per room.
4. And many more ...
1. No accessibility budget
2. No concept of accessibility beyond the ADA
3. Locked in contracts with hotels with tiered wifi access per room.
4. And many more ...
July 7, 2023 at 2:08 PM
This whole thread of replies jesus christ
One challenge of basically losing June and July to illness is that next Jan I have to explain to the university why I wasn't as productive in my annual review.
"I didn't publish as much this year because I was trying not to die. Kthxbai"
"I didn't publish as much this year because I was trying not to die. Kthxbai"
July 7, 2023 at 12:48 PM
One challenge of basically losing June and July to illness is that next Jan I have to explain to the university why I wasn't as productive in my annual review.
"I didn't publish as much this year because I was trying not to die. Kthxbai"
"I didn't publish as much this year because I was trying not to die. Kthxbai"
Thinking more about Schalk's discussion of how people use ableist language to bring attention to issues. I'm specifically thinking of IEPs and how schools need to emphasize the deficit to get services. 🧪
July 6, 2023 at 3:37 PM
Thinking more about Schalk's discussion of how people use ableist language to bring attention to issues. I'm specifically thinking of IEPs and how schools need to emphasize the deficit to get services. 🧪