Just talked with #DisabilityServices at Colorado Christian University. They’re encouraging me to use #MicrosoftWord instead of #LaTeX for schoolwork, since Word has built-in dictation that could help when my #RheumatoidArthritis flares up and typing gets hard.

To other #Blind folks: how do you remember all of Word’s keyboard shortcuts? I swear I spend more time navigating the ribbon than actually writing. I stick with LaTeX because I can remember commands better than shortcuts.

They said Word’s dictation is accessible, so I’m giving it a shot. But I’m also wondering: what reference managers do you use? I’ve been using #Zotero since it works with #VSCode and LaTeX, but I don’t know how well it integrates with Word — and definitely not with #PowerPoint. My school has me doing a lot of #APA-style presentations lately.

Would love tips from anyone juggling accessibility, citations, and academic workflows.

@mastoblind@a.gup.pe @mastoblind @main

#Accessibility #AcademicAccess #ScreenReader #DictationTools #ChronicIllness #NeurodivergentAcademia #AcademicWriting #TechForGood #InclusiveTech #PresentationTools #CitationTools #AcademicWorkflow #DisabledAndAcademic #LaTeXCommunity #MicrosoftAccessibility #ZoteroTips

☎️ Call Script: “Because of the PA budget impasse, disability service orgs can’t provide critical programs. Please act to pass the budget ASAP so vulnerable Pennsylvanians get services restored.” #DisabilityServices #PAPolitics #HumanRights

Private Equity Snaps Up Disability Services, Challenging Regulators

https://www.governing.com/management-and-administration/private-equity-snaps-up-disability-services-challenging-regulators

#HackerNews #PrivateEquity #DisabilityServices #Regulation #Challenges #MarketTrends #EconomicImpact

#Medicaid cut #protesters disrupt #GOP megabill markup, 25 arrested

The House Energy and Commerce markup is only just getting underway.

By Ben Leonard and Hailey Fuchs
05/13/2025, 3:50pm ET

"No sooner had the House Energy and Commerce Committee kicked off its markup of the GOP’s 'big, beautiful bill' than protesters descended upon the proceedings. U.S. Capitol Police was forced to quickly arrest 25 people and remove several protesters in #wheelchairs from the hearing room amid chants of 'no cuts to Medicaid' and
waste, fraud and abuse my ass.'

"Committee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) repeatedly pounded his gavel and said that 'disruption of Congressional business is a violation of law and is a criminal offense.'

" 'People feel very strongly because they know they’re losing their health care,' said ranking member Frank Pallone (D-N.J)., asking police not to arrest protesters if possible. 'Many of them are #disabled and I don’t want to see them further hurt with their disability in the process of being arrested.'

"Protesters also lined the halls outside the hearing, many of them in wheelchairs, chanting as police threatened to take more people into custody. Julie Farrar — an activist with ADAPT, a disability rights organization — said there were about 90 people with her group, many of whom are on Medicaid and some who are direct care workers."

Read more:
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/05/13/congress/medicaid-cut-protestors-disrupt-gop-megabill-markup-00345841

#USPol #Medicaid #Trump #Project2025 #DOGE #DisabilityServices #MedicaidCuts

'Under Cover of Night,' #GOP Unveils Plan to Kick Over 8 Million Off Medicaid

"This bill confirms what we've been saying all along: #Trump and #Republicans have been lying when they claim they aren't going to cut #Medicaid and take away people's #healthcare."

Jake Johnson
May 12, 2025

"House Republicans late Sunday unveiled legislation that analysts said would rip Medicaid coverage from millions of low-income Americans—including children and people with disabilities—to help fund #TaxBreaks that would disproportionately benefit the #wealthy."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/republican-medicaid-bill-text

#KillThePoor #TaxTheRich #EatTheRich #CompostTheRich #MedicaidCuts #CapitalismKills #DisabilityServices #GOPAreMurderers #MAGADeathCult #USPol #TrumpSucks #GOPThieves

#Ireland doesn't have an #immgration problem it has a resource management problem. FF & FG have failed to invest in building for our present and our future for the last 30+ years. This is why we have crises in #Housing #Healthcare #Schools #Water #disabilityservices.

Why is this not a criminal investigation? #ireland #Disabilityservices https://www.rte.ie/news/investigations-unit/2024/0916/1469992-disability-assault-review/

The aim is to deny access to services for thousands of children and other people living with disabilities.

Australian government launches crusade to slash disability services - World Socialist Web Site

#Auspol #DisabilityServices

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/07/10/ysgp-j10.html

Enforcement of the #Finnish #DisabilityServices Act enacted in the last government term is planned to be postponed to October 2024. https://yle.fi/a/74-20045269
The law would require that #disabled people get the social and health services they need, regardless of diagnosis.
#HiddenDisability #DisabilityPolicy #DisabilityJustice #WomenWithDisabilities #healthcare

Enforcement of the #Finnish #DisabilityServices Act enacted in the last government term is planned to be postponed to October 2024. https://yle.fi/a/74-20045269
The law would require that #disabled people get the social and health services they need, regardless of diagnosis.
#HiddenDisability #DisabilityPolicy #DisabilityJustice #WomenWithDisabilities #healthcare

Finding a product for your disabled child is sometimes as hard as finding a cow that can ride a bike.
#disabilityawareness #Market #angelinvesting #investing #vcfunding #disabilitypride #disabilityservices #smile

Breaking down barriers through music: United Sound partners with the Center for Disability Services at Western Michigan University to provide peer mentorship for young adults with disabilities who want to learn an instrument.

#music #disabilityservices #mentorship

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/01/70294