StephanieOrtoleva

StephanieOrtoleva, 3 months ago to disability

A coalition of #AntiPoverty and #disability groups are calling on the #Canadian federal government to honour its commitment to bring the incomes of all provincial disability support program recipients above the #poverty line by fully funding a new federal disability benefit program. https://bit.ly/4bwJq3Q
#Canada

StephanieOrtoleva, 3 months ago to delhi

The #Delhi High Court has criticized the sluggish pace at which #access audits for the #disabled are moving. The targets set as part of the #Accessible #Indian Campaign are never met https://bit.ly/4bMPt4z
Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar said on Wednesday: “We don’t want lip service from government agencies... we want action.”
#accessibility #DisabilityPolicy #DisabilityInclusion

StephanieOrtoleva, 3 months ago to australia

In many hospitals, #COVID safety protocols have been reduced or abandoned, along with other community protections, putting patients and #healthcare workers at risk and deterring others from seeking treatment. An alarming number of patients are dying as a result of inadequate infection control. https://bit.ly/4bwIUCW
"It didn't have to happen that way. If they'd had a separate COVID ward, with formal routes of entry, cleaning, controlled ventilation, Jim could still be with us now."
#Australia

StephanieOrtoleva, 4 months ago to accessibility

The curb-cut effect: When we design for #disabilities, we make things better for everyone.
#accessibility #InclusionMatters #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityPolicy

StephanieOrtoleva, 5 months ago to disability

#LongCovid causes changes in body that make exercise debilitating https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/04/people-with-long-covid-should-avoid-intense-exercise-say-researchers?CM
The findings highlighted that people with long #Covid should not undertake intense exercise. “It damages your muscles, it worsens your metabolism, and it can explain why you feel muscle pain and fatigue up to weeks after the exercise.”
#WomenWithDisabilities #disability #WomensHealth #GlobalHealth #MEcfs #CFS

StephanieOrtoleva, 7 months ago to random

There are only four kinds of people in this world:
those who have been #caregivers;
those who are currently caregivers,
those who will be caregivers
and those who will need caregivers
-- Rosalynn Carter

StephanieOrtoleva, 8 months ago to disabled

#German far right’s Höcke wants to kick #disabled kids out of regular schools https://www.politico.eu/article/german-bjorn-hocke-alternative-for-deutschland-germany-disabled-children-school-system/
The #education system would need to be “freed from ideology projects” such as “inclusion,” the former teacher said.
#DisabilityPolicy #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityJustice #InclusionMatters

StephanieOrtoleva, 8 months ago to disability

#disability rates rose sharply during the #pandemic. #LongCovid is largely to blame https://www.salon.com/2023/07/30/disability-rates-rose-sharply-during-the-pandemic-long-is-largely-to/
#DisabilityRights #WomensHealth #GlobalHealth #WomenWithDisabilities

StephanieOrtoleva, 8 months ago to random

I Begged My Doctors To Figure Out What Was Wrong With Me. Instead, I Was Medically Gaslit. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/doctor-gaslighting-long-covid_n_64bda0fbe4b0229eb5652977
Patients with #LongCovid described encountering medical professionals who dismissed their experience, leading to lengthy diagnostic odysseys and lack of treatment options.
#MedicalGaslighting #WomenWithDisabilities #WomensMentalHealth #DisabilityJustice #WomensHealth #InclusiveHealthcare

StephanieOrtoleva, 8 months ago to random

Symptoms of #Eris variant appear a week before positive test https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health-news/covid-eris-variant-symptoms-appearing-a-week-before-positive-test-report-says-know-more/photostory/102771225.cms?from=mdr
A phenomenon called '#preCOVID' is being witnessed currently.
#GlobalHealth #WomensHealth #COVID #pandemic

StephanieOrtoleva, 10 months ago to random

How tactile graphics can help end image poverty https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/06/15/1074036/ending-image-poverty/
Access to rich imagery shouldn’t be something that #blind or #LowVision people have to do without. These projects are helping.

StephanieOrtoleva, 10 months ago to disability

Learn more about #colorblindness in a color-coded world from M. Sabine Rear’s “A Vision in Monochrome” https://thenib.com/a-vision-in-monochrome/
#DisabilityInclusion #InclusionMatters #disability

StephanieOrtoleva, 11 months ago to random

Hiding should no longer have to be a coping mechanism for anyone with a facial difference. Be an ally and build solidarity for the #FaceEquality movement. You can stop the stigma by sharing #WeWillNotHide stories. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M0lpXsX3yMM

StephanieOrtoleva, 11 months ago to Autism

There is no epidemic of #autism. It’s an epidemic of need. The main reason we are finding more autism is simple: Clinicians are getting better at spotting what was always there. #Women in adult settings often come to diagnosis later in life, frequently as mothers and grandmothers. This suggests many females still escape childhood diagnosis today. https://www.statnews.com/2023/03/23/autism-epidemic-cdc-numbers/
#WomensHealth #AutisticGirls #AutisticWomen #WomenWithDisabilities #healthcare

StephanieOrtoleva, 1 year ago to random

Myth: We all have the same 24 hours in a day
#disability #ableism

StephanieOrtoleva, 1 year ago to random

Recent research found that it will take almost two decades for people with a #disability to be properly represented in the UK television industry. https://www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/disability-representation-in-the-tv-industry-can-we-really-wait-20-years
Off-screen, #disabled people make just 6% of contributions, and on-screen contributions are only slightly higher at 8.3%. These figures compare with 18% of people in the UK population identifying as disabled.
#InclusionMatters #RepresentationMatters #WomenWithDisabilities #DisabilityInclusion #DisabledAndCapable #inclusion