ABILITYMagazine.com @abilitymagazine.bsky.social ABILITY Magazine, 30 plus years of insightful interviews and authentic stories covering Health, Disability and Human Potential.
ADA National Network @adata.org Provides information, guidance, and training on how to implement the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). To contact a specialist, call 1-800-949-4232 (toll-free) or https://adata.org/email
National Council on Independent Living @ncil.bsky.social NCIL is the longest-running national cross-disability grassroots organization, driven by and dedicated to people with disabilities.
Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates @copaafape.bsky.social COPAA Protects the Legal and Civil Rights of Students with Disabilities and their Families Nationwide
Northwest ADA Center (Region 10 - WA, OR, AK, ID) @northwestada.bsky.social We provide information and training about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Our mission is to ensure the public has the resources they need to understand the spirit and guidelines of the ADA, promoting equal opportunity and accessibility for all.
Ashlee 🤟🏻 @ashleemboyer.com Deaf, ND, multiply disabled.
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@andreajenningstv.bsky.social @andreajenningstv.bsky.social Disability & Accessibility Strategist in Media | Pop-Culture TV Host & Producer | Director| Founder of Shifting Creative Paradigms® | A RAMPD Co-Founder| Music Major | Spoken Word Artist | Commissioner | Champion for Inclusive Media Production
Society of Disabled Journalists @sdjnational.bsky.social We support disabled journalists and seek to increase representation of disabilities in newsrooms, media and storytelling.
Disabled Journalists Association @discojourno.bsky.social An inclusive community of disabled journalists working to improve accessibility across newsrooms and disability coverage.
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AXSChat @axschat.bsky.social Podcast & social media chat focused on disability, accessibility, innovation & social good.
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Building bridges & creating inclusive communities online for the last decade.
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Lainey Feingold @lflegal.bsky.social (She/her)
Digital #accessibility since 1995.
Author: Structured Negotiation, a Winning Alternative to Lawsuits 2d ed 2021 English 2024 Spanish
Disability rights lawyer
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The Autivist (Fighting for a Post Behaviorist World) @neurodivergentequity.org Todd D. Woodward (He/Him/Theirs) Father. Husband. NeuroEducation & NeuroRelational Science wonk. AuDHD, Dyslexic. Disability Justice, Emancipatory Autism Studies. Perpetually awkward! #ActuallyAutistic
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Andy Imparato @andydrc.bsky.social Leader & follower in the disability movement for over 30 years | CEO of Disability Rights California since 2020 | Collector, connector & supporter of other leaders | Views expressed are personal | Virgo | Harkinista | Bipolar Bear | Chaotic Good | he/him
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social Journalist & historian. Pub musician. Dad. Husband. Fishing obsessed. I also do dishes. Order: #ThePublicScholar - https://tinyurl.com/thepublicscholar.
s. e. smith @sesmith.lol that person with the peaches
national magazine award-winning culture critic & writer for hire
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Imani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social Disabled Loudmouth.
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Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social Author, editor, activist, cat lover. Founder of the Disability Visibility Project.
#DisabilityJustice feed I created:
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social Washington Bureau chief at The Independent, MSNOW Columnist. Author: We’re Not Broken. Tar Heel. He/Him Eric.garcia@the-independent.com
Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social Disabled disability and aging reporter at The 19th. Opinions are my own. Follows are not endorsements.
Signal: slooterman.18
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Joe Shapiro @nprjoeshapiro.bsky.social NPR Correspondent/Investigations Unit, author of NO PITY: People With Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement. Contact: jshapiro@npr.org or (encrypted) Shapirojoe@proton.me
Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social Personal account. Personal views. Frank G. Millard Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School & Arlene Susan Kohn Professor of Social Policy, University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy. Former General Counsel, HHS and OMB.
Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social Historian, occasional anthropologist, working on disability, race and Empire; histories of public health. Eternal immigrant, writer, teacher. Indifferent cook. There will be many dogs on this feed. Luddite, yes, in the best way.
Lives with epilepsy.
Doron Dorfman @dorfmandoron.bsky.social Professor @setonhalllaw.bsky.social. Torts, Healthcare Law, Disability Law, Employment Law, Family Law, and Empirical Legal Studies. My scholarship: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2440349
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha @thellpsx.bsky.social writer, The Way Disabled People Love Each Other, Future Is Disabled, Care Work, Bodymap,Dirty River co-ed w/@ejeris of Beyond Survival ,1/3rd of http://cripsforesimsforgaza.org. seen a lot, still doing the rest. brownstargirl.org
Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com The greatest autism info you will ever find, from autistic people, professionals, and parents. www.ThinkingAutism.com & buttondown.com/TPGA. Pro-neurodiversity. Even more TPGA community discussions on IG and FB.
Jasmine E. Harris @jasmineeharris.bsky.social Law Prof. @ University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Researching Disability Law, Legal Rules, Social Norms, Antidiscrimination Law, Evidence
Research: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2221819
#TheBronx #FirstGen #Latina #pwd
Emily Ladau @emilyladau.bsky.social Author of "Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally." Disability rights activist who lives life on wheels. ♿️
Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social Disability Reporter @ Mother Jones • jmetraux@motherjones.com • She/her • Berkeley Journalism alum • Signal: @juliametraux.49
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Diana Cejas, MD, MPH @dianacejasmd.bsky.social child neurologist | occasional author | MacDowell '24 | Ucross '25 | Cancer Survivor | Stroke Survivor | Disabled | she / her / hers | my opinions
Dom Kelly @thetattooedjew.com founder, president and ceo of @newdisabledsouth.org | husband to catie and dad to mahalia | triplet with cerebral palsy | anti-zionist ashkenazi jew | irish/US dual citizen | speaking: @collectivespeakers.bsky.social | atlanta based
Elena Hung (she/her) @elenahung.bsky.social @littlelobbyists.com Executive Director & Co-founder advocating for children with complex medical needs and disabilities. I ❤️ Medicaid.
Fighting for disability justice, health equity, and tater tots for all.
Maria Town @mariatown.bsky.social Disability Advocate. Cat Mom.
Fatima Goss Graves @fatimagossgraves.bsky.social Fighter for gender justice.
Mia Ives-Rublee @seemiaroll.bsky.social Grad student, policy nerd, and public speaker
호랑이 담배 피우던 시절
Ai-jen Poo @aijenpoo.bsky.social ❤️ National Domestic Workers Alliance, Caring Across Generations, Care in Action, Supermajority. Opinions entirely my own. #CareCantWait
Sami Schalk @drsamischalk.bsky.social Academic. Pleasure activist. Author of Bodyminds Reimagined & Black Disability Politics. Both open access from Duke University Press. She/her.
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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization run by and for autistic people.
https://autisticadvocacy.org/
Meryl K. Evans, CPACC @meryl.bsky.social Speaker, trainer, and operational problem‑solver.
Communication, workflows, access, and user experience.
CPACC‑certified.
💌 Speaking: info@meryl.net
Little Lobbyists @littlelobbyists.com Family-led group advocating for our kids with complex medical needs and disabilities. Little Lobbyists Action Network is a 501(c)(4) org.
Angela MV (she.he.they) @angelamswinca.bsky.social 🦠😷♿️#LongCovid disabled | 📢 fmr prez Body Politic | 🏠LAX | ⚖️health justice | ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿racial justice
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Vilissa Thompson @vilissathompson.bsky.social #DisabilityTooWhite Creator • Founder of Ramp Your Voice!, LLC • #Disability_Rights #Consultant • Social Worker • #Writer
https://www.rampyourvoice.com/
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Haben Girma @habengirma.bsky.social Author of Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law. Human of Mylo: the world-traveling Seeing Eye dog.
https://habengirma.com
António @akwyz.com Atos Future of Work Expert. Helping Talent & Customers growth. Founder of axschat podcast, DTLabUCC. Accessibility Team. Sustainability, Sociologist🇪🇺 Cork, Ireland. 🥇European Digital Mindset Award Winner. A Portuguese in Ireland. Member of Volt Ireland.🇮🇪
Alice T. Chen, MD @dralicechen.bsky.social Doctor and mom. Organizer on climate, health care access, community. Former Doctors for America and Made to Save. Health Care Without Harm, Roon, and other various pursuits. All posts are my own.
Natalie Weaver @nataliecweaver.bsky.social Healthcare & Disability Rights Activist in memory of my daughter Sophia. Founder of Sophia’s Voice.
Julia Bascom @juststimming.bsky.social She/her. Taller than you. Congress has a secret train and it should belong to the people.
Helen Rottier @helenrottier.bsky.social PhD in Disability Studies. Disabled Dis-Epistemologies and Knowledge Production. Opinions are my own. she/her
Kristen Parisi @kris10p.bsky.social Senior workplace reporter focused on DEI issues at Morning Brew. Gracie award winner. Subscribe: HR-Brew.com
Advocate for disability representation in media. Wheelchair user/spinal cord injury survivor.
Tips: signal: @k4326.10
Sarah Blahovec @sblahov.bsky.social Queer & disabled. Dog mom and fiber artist. 1/2 disability civic engagement nerd, 1/2 virtual assistant. Owns more heating pads than you. she/her/hers
Keah Brown @keahbrown.bsky.social Author, Journalist, cheesecake lover. More/Moore fan: Mandy, Drew, Para. The Secret Summer Promise out now! Bi Icon🌈📚
Disability Culture Lab @disabilitylab.bsky.social DCL is a nonprofit disability media and narrative lab, by and for disabled folks. We exist to dismantle ableism and celebrate disabled community and culture.
https://linktr.ee/disabilityculturelab
Robin Wilson-Beattie ♿️ @robinwb.bsky.social Disability Sex & Reproductive Educator, Speaker& Writer. Foster Mama. Southern bred&California fed. I talked about my abortion and eugenics at the White House with the VP, on C-span.🦾she, her
Charis Hill | they/them @beingcharis.bsky.social Disabled. Queer. Living in forced poverty. Cat theydy. Urban farmer. Punny. Free Palestine. (@BeingCharisBlog on Twitter)
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Jordyn Zimmerman @jordynbzim.bsky.social She/Her. #Accessibility Enthusiast. M.Ed. MBA. Constant learner. Apple Distinguished Educator. #EduSky. Two-time Presidential Appointee. My own thoughts.
www.JordynZimmerman.com
Isaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social California State Assemblymember | Los Angeles
Andrew Pulrang @apulrang.bsky.social Disability, politics, popular culture. I'm a Baby Boom / Gen X hybrid. #CripTheVote. Freelance disability writing. https://disability-thinking-weekday.ghost.io He/him.
Syreeta (Sy) Nolan @synolan.bsky.social I dream of a world without the stigma of #MentalHealth & an #Academia where #disabilities are seen as a hidden strength. Let's change everything! #PublicSpeaker
#BrownSPH MPH Student
NonprofitAF @nonprofitaf.bsky.social Yup. It’s me, rabble rouser, seitan-worshipper, and defender of the Oxford Comma. I’ll be more active on here as time goes on.
Kathy Flaherty @connconnection.bsky.social CW: mental health, law, Covid. MUFC/HCFC/FC Pinzgau. Adoptee. Arc bender. Muter of trolls. I made it!
Kerima Çevik @kerimacevik.bsky.social Disability justice activist, #AutisticWhileBlack creator, Proud Disabled Mom of Nonspeaking Autistic Son.
https://www.kerimacevik.com/?m=1
DrKaraAyers @drkaraayers.bsky.social Professor, Researcher, Writer, Speaker, & Proud Mom & Wife with Osteogenesis Imperfecta. Director
@ThinkEquitable Striving for change|Views are mine.
Lindsay Baran @lindsaybaran.bsky.social Disability & healthcare activist/ policy nerd/ researcher on indefinite pause
Chronically ill (EDS &co, ME/LC) & HoH
Chicago
She/her
Anjali Forber-Pratt, Ph.D. @anjalifp.bsky.social 2-time Paralympian & Medalist. Disabled Researcher. Disability Activist.
Kate Caldwell @kcaldwell.bsky.social Director of Research & Policy, Center for Racial & Disability Justice. https://linktr.ee/k8caldwell
Senator Sara Gelser Blouin (Oregon) @sensgb.bsky.social Oregon State Senator
Human Services Chair
Disability and youth rights advocate
Ken Barnes @kenbarnes.bsky.social Lover of food, wine, travel, and Angela. Advocate for the underrepresented. Home cook. Cyclist. Friends, family, and joy over everything.
CEO at Greater Sacramento Urban League
Konstantine Anthony @konstantineinca.bsky.social Burbank City Council, former Mayor of Burbank, #ActuallyAutistic he/him
Cara Liebowitz @loudmouthonwheels.bsky.social "I'm a real tough kid, I can handle my shit, they said babe you gotta fake it til you make it and I did." -I Can Do It With a Broken Heart by Taylor Swift
Disability rights activist, teacher, #Trekkie, boccia player and forever #Swiftie.
Jenny McLelland @jennymclelland.bsky.social Policy Director for Home and Community Based Services at Little Lobbyists
Writer for California Health Report
Niche memes about medicaid, disability rights, healthcare, Rancho Gordo beans, home nursing, orange cats, trach life, and Phillips ventilators.
Sabrina Epstein @sabrinaep.bsky.social she/her. disabled disability policy person. Views my own. Los Angeles ☀️
Maddy Ruvolo @maddyruvolo.bsky.social
Chelsea Maldonado @yep4rights.bsky.social Troubled Teen Industry Survivor
Lived Experience Expert
Researcher for iHeart's Trapped in Treatment podcast
Consultant for Paris Hilton's nonprofit 11:11 Media Impact
www.stopinstitutionalchildabuse.com
Keith Jones @dasoultoucha.bsky.social President and CEO - SoulTouchin’ Experiences LLC
Sam Crane @samanticka.bsky.social Disability policy consultant, Board Chair of Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Treasurer of Not Dead Yet, opinions my own.
Mark Crenshaw (He/Him/His) @crenny75.bsky.social Disabled (Ceep), Teacher, Working to Lead With Love, Husband, Dad, Panther Family, Boomer Sooner
Institute on Disabilities @iodtempleu.bsky.social We're here for you. Institute on Disabilities at Temple University, College of Education and Human Development. Located in Philadelphia; serving all of PA. https://disabilities.temple.edu
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Amy Robertson (she/her) @amyfarr.bsky.social Civil Rights Lawyer. Dog Person. Smartass. (Image: a fish-shaped school of small fish about to swallow up a big fish. Borrowed from @impactfund.bsky.social.)
The Coelho Center for Disability Law, Policy, and Innovation @thecoelhocenter.bsky.social linktr.ee/coelhocenter
Karen Tamley @karentamley.bsky.social Chicagoan, disability justice, wheelchair user, CEO of Access Living, mom, handcycling, food and culture enthusiast, a11y
Michael Thornton @miket1971.bsky.social Disability advocate who believes that all policy is disability policy!
@disabilityrightsca.bsky.social @disabilityrightsca.bsky.social
Christina Mills @christinamills.bsky.social Gardening. Food. Family.
Robin Shaffert @robinshaff.bsky.social
@rylinrodgers.bsky.social @rylinrodgers.bsky.social
Jackie Zamarripa @redwoodjz.bsky.social Former NCILIntern former AAPD intern former ASAN volunteer who likes politics and sports
Dana Fink @andthekitchenfink.bsky.social Disabled advocate | Mom to Wednesday 🦮 & Dorothy 🐈 | SAMHSA bureaucrat (opinions my own) | Burgeoning food critic | Retired athlete👩🏻🦽🏀 🚣♀️
Bill Stothers @wgs2.bsky.social
KarenEdwards @karensed.bsky.social MD (Peds)/MPH, former UCEDD/LEND Director. "There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children"-- Nelson Mandela
MGM @mgmpoppop.bsky.social Father, grandfather, lots of former things. Looking to be lots of future things, too.
Sean Fitzsimons @ballyaltonboy.bsky.social Disability Rights Activist. 👇🏻
www.ballyalton.com
@xosheri.bsky.social @xosheri.bsky.social
Yazmine Laroche @yazminelaroche.bsky.social
Laurence H. Tribe @tribelaw.bsky.social After teaching and writing about constitutional law for 50 yrs, it seemed time for me to reach beyond Harvard’s walls — to spread understanding and appreciation of the rule of law, of justice as fairness, and of a republic if we can keep it
Becky Gillespie @icarsbecky.bsky.social ICARS Team - UK Lead (International Coalition Against Restraint and Seclusion)
Debra Ruh (she/her/hers) @debraruh.bsky.social Debra Ruh, CEO of Ruh Global IMPACT, Founder of Billion Strong - #WeAreBillionStrong, Co-Host of #AXSChat, 3x Author, US State Speaker, Market Influencer, Human Inclusion, Accessibility, SmartCities, Tech4All, AI4Good, BlockChain, & SDGs. [Don't check DMs]
The Game Accessibility Conference @gaconf.bsky.social Two days of talks and networking exploring accessibility for disabled players, hosted by the IGDA'S accessibility SIG. #GAconf