Hi, I'm Aya from Gaza. I'm disabled and living with my family under siege. We’ve been facing hunger, war, and isolation for months.
Even clean water and basic food are hard to find.
If you believe in human dignity, please share my story or support us in any way you can.
Thank you — your voice matters.
Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini Wins 2025 Windham-Campbell Prize! Celebrated for Uplifting Queer, Disabled, and Black Voices https://shinemycrown.com/matilda-feyi%e1%b9%a3ayo-ibini-wins-2025-windham-campbell-prize-celebrated-for-uplifting-queer-disabled-and-black-voices/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MatildaFeyiṣayọIbini #WindhamCampbellPrize #QueerVoices #DisabledVoices #BlackVoices
In 2025, we want to help the people most at risk on social media.
Marginalised groups are likely to try and remain in places where they've built community, but, as we've seen this week, Big Tech platforms aren't safe.
We want to help. We believe social media shouldn't be a place for hate. That's why we're working to help people find their communities again, across New Social.
#SocialMedia #X #Xodus #LeaveTwitter #LGBTQ #BlackVoices #WomensVoices #DisabledVoices #MarginalisedVoices
Can we get some traction on this? Some viral spread? (For something that's not a virus! It'll be novel!)
We need help and the blatant truth is there isn't a safety net when you're dangling above rock bottom but below bare minimum that's expected as somehow achievable. All the programs and cash benefits and shit? You have to actually be *on the streets* in CA to qualify - and usually for some amount of time, too.
They don't even give hot food ebt on disability grounds if you're under 65 - because apparently younger people can't be That Disabled or something idefk ask DPSS.
Anyway. Please share. Please give. The generosity of friends and strangers on the internet is literally what's keeping us going.
Spouse's apps in his toot, ask about zelle tho.
#crowdfund #crowdfunding #transcrowdfund #transcrowdfunding #disabledcrowdfund #disabledcrowdfunding #deafcrowdfund #deafcrowdfunding #helpfolkslive #HelpFolksLive2024 #mutualaid #MutualAidRequest #moneyhelp #cash #helpneeded #trans #disabledvoices #holidays2024 #happyholidays
via @camilla
Seeing as it's #GivingTuesday, help out a queer disabled couple - strapped for cash bc we can't work, my spouse has top surgery coming up in January (which is covered but the onfollowing expenses of easy food etc are Not), we have a cat whose needs need to be prioritized, and frankly: poor people deserve nice things too.
Open up your hearts and your banks, you big rich folks, i know you exist on mastodon; fellow skint folk, we know your hearts are willing but the banks be sad, and if all you can give is a boost, that's enough. ❤️
We live and survive off crowdfunding and the generosity of friends. Thank you, always!
Cashapp: $Inoru
Venmo: @ californiummm (yes this is my spouse's. It all ends up the same place more or less. Lol.)
Ask @californiummm for PayPal or zelle info, that's theirs to handle lmao.
#crowdfund #crowdfunding #transcrowdfund #transcrowdfunding #disabledcrowdfund #disabledcrowdfunding #deafcrowdfund #deafcrowdfunding #helpfolkslive #HelpFolksLive2024 #mutualaid #MutualAidRequest #moneyhelp #cash #helpneeded #trans #disabledvoices #disabled #deaf
Today is the International Day of People with Disabilities.
Whilst we know that this space is progressive, we still have a lot of work to do to improve accessibility for many disabled people.
We hope that with more funding, we will be able to take more action to support the needs of disabled people on New Social.
If you're interested in the issues faced by disabled people, feel free to follow our @disabledvoices Community Feed.
DPSS and aaaargh. Money, capitalism, and continuing to be poor and disabled in the rise of fascism is so fun. /100 foot neon sarcasm
If you're able to help out financially, spouse lists his venmo & cashapp; ask for their PayPal and the zelle deets as that's a bit more complex. My cashapp is $Inoru if you want fewer clicks!
If you are also skint (it's a hard year and holidays always suck) then just retoots and mentions to get it going viral will do! (And remember, $1 is just as meaningful as $10 or $100 or $1000; the monetary value doesn't stack 1:1 with the virtue of it, so whether you can give nothing or you can give $1000, know that just helping is seen and appreciated deeply. 💕)
#crowdfund #crowdfunding #transcrowdfund #disabledcrowdfund #helpfolkslive #HelpFolksLive2024 #mutualaid #MutualAidRequest #socialservicewoes #dpss #trans #disabled #disability #dynamicdisablity #disabledvoices #foodstamps #argh #help #helpneeded
via @camilla
20 year old me would be so disappointed to know that at 36 I still get dubbed "too young" at a glance.
In this case, probably for my rollator bc it's not like you can easily see how easily exhausted I am, or how easily effed my joints can get, or...
Old folk don't have the market on disability cornered so keep your judgy stank face to your fucking self.
Noon-ish retoot bc I guess people are awake now or something idk. #mutualaid #MutualAidRequest #transcrowdfund #disabledcrowdfund #crowdfund #helpfolkslive #HelpFolksLive2024 #disabled #disability #dynamicdisablity #disabledvoices etc. Details in linked toot bc I wanna go back to sleep but I have pt later so I should probably go find... breakfast or something.
via @inoru_no_hoshi
🎶🎵 can you help me I'm bent / I'm broken 🎵🎶
Now that you're all earwormed with Matchbox 20... casual reminder we're fucking poor and could use whatever boosts and donations of $$$ you can give bc we have like $150 maybe we can quickly access. (I'd get scolded by spouse AND sister if I counted birthday gift money as household. Probably.)
And there's stuff coming up, like spouse's top surgery and all where there is going to be an extended amount of time he can't do much. And bills don't stop. And I've been doing my best to try not to stress over money but the world sure doesn't make that easy, especially knowing it's likely I need a new wheelchair. (Like we have plans but. Best laid plans of mice and men gang aft aglay etc.)
If you can give, pls do. If you know someone rich and can lovingly bully them into giving a lot, by all means lol. If you can't, PLEASE boost this. Or spouse's toot. All over. Everywhere. We appreciate it all *so much*.
As always, spouse's handles for apps are in their toot, ask him for PayPal & zelle. If you want fewer clicks, my cashapp is $Inoru.
#mutualaid #MutualAidRequest #transcrowdfund #disabledcrowdfund #helpfolkslive #HelpFolksLive2024 #crowdfund #disabled #disability #dynamicdisablity #disabledvoices
via @camilla
Transportation as a disabled person who doesn't drive is a sector that needs like. 10000000% improvement. Just improving the reach, depth, safety, and comfort of public transit would do a lot, but where we NEED to be on time bc appointments...
Better options than ableist paratransit that sucks at being on time (largely due to staffing, which is in large part due to sucky wages and also people cannot handle the fact disabled ppl have AGENCY and are Real People Thanks) or an agency associated with your insurance/healthcare facility of choice that mostly schedules you free lyfts. Which has a bug-filled app and requires an exorbitant number of phone calls to make work smoothly.
Like. What. Why are these the options???
Sometimes I am REALLY forcefully reminded I'm older than the ADA and that the ADA is selectively enforced as often as can be gotten away with.
"Ugly laws" weren't THAT long ago, y'all. Stand up and demand better for disabled ppl - *preferably* by boosting disabled voices.
#disabled #disability #dynamicdisablity #disabledvoices #paratransit #ADA
Curtis's humiliation came from the fact that at his graduation, the ramp to get onto the stage was too steep & #inaccessible for #WheelchairUsers.
Curtis has #EhlersDanlos syndrome, a connective tissue disorder that causes joint dislocations & severe pain, which is why he uses a #wheelchair & has a service animal.
#University #NewBrunswick #LawGrad #PeopleWithDisabilities #AccessibilityFail #AccessibilityMatters #DisabledStudents #Graduation #DisabledCanadians #DisabledVoices
Welcome to the Disabled Voices community. The Fediverse is a place full of ideas and knowledge and we’re excited to be a part of it.
Newsmast is a combined Mastodon server and app, backed by a charitable foundation and built around communities of interest - like this one.
We want to turn curiosity into collective knowledge and create communities which can make change.
Learn more about us at newsmast.org.
#introduction #fediverse #disabled #disabledvoices #newsmast
This video project by Listte Auton is so essential to the dialogue about arts #accessibility and #inclusion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USYEnHuzTPQ #DisabledArtists #DisabledWriters #DisabledVoices #InvisibleIllness #DisabledActivism #DisabledArtist #DisabledCreator #DisabilityInclusion #Disability #WritingCommunity #CallToAction
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