Broadwaybabyto<p>This is why disabled people have been begging you to mask up for years. </p><p>This is why we’ve said that mask bans pose a threat to our survival. </p><p>This is why we don’t want folks to say ICE agents are “wearing masks”. </p><p>Society is being conditioned to see masking as “bad”. </p><p>It will kill us.</p><p>For more on mask bans, my article from last year when North Carolina passed a state wide ban: </p><p><a href="https://www.disabledginger.com/p/north-carolina-passes-hb-237-and" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">disabledginger.com/p/north-car</span><span class="invisible">olina-passes-hb-237-and</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/nokings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nokings</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/wearamask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wearamask</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/maskbans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maskbans</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/abolishice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abolishice</span></a></p>
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Broadwaybabyto<p>ICE agents cover their faces with gators, yet in Nassau County you can be arrested for wearing an N95.</p><p>It’s not about health. It’s not about crime. It’s about protecting the surveillance state and punishing people with disabilities.</p><p>Thankfully no one got arrested for masking, but the fact that an unidentified ICE agent hiding their entire face could legally detain you just for protecting your health is the height of fascism and eugenics. </p><p>Great reporting from Mother Jones</p><p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/defying-a-ban-long-islanders-masked-up-for-no-kings/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">06/defying-a-ban-long-islanders-masked-up-for-no-kings/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ice</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/abolishice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abolishice</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/nokings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nokings</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/maskbans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maskbans</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a></p>
Broadwaybabyto<p>We need urgent community action to stop this incredibly ableist plan from moving forward. </p><p>The DOE has ruled that new federal buildings don’t have to meet accessibility standards. </p><p>That will mean many disabled people won’t be able to work in or access these places. </p><p>They’re literally excluding us from as many facets of life as possible, because they have a eugenics plan. </p><p>Call, email, speak out! </p><p>Accessibility is not a “nice to have”. It’s a legal right. It’s necessary for our survival. </p><p><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/16/2025-08535/rescinding-new-construction-requirements-related-to-nondiscrimination-in-federally-assisted-programs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">federalregister.gov/documents/</span><span class="invisible">2025/05/16/2025-08535/rescinding-new-construction-requirements-related-to-nondiscrimination-in-federally-assisted-programs</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/chronicillness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chronicillness</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/doe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doe</span></a></p>
Broadwaybabyto<p>If you’re going to the No Kings protest in Nassau County, be aware they have a mask ban (including respirators). </p><p>The “medical exemption” is 100% police discretion. You have to prove you’re “sick enough” to mask. </p><p>Mask bans are the result of people refusing to help disabled folks normalize masking. </p><p>If more people had masked for public health, they would have been harder to ban. </p><p>We begged for solidarity. </p><p>We said we didn’t want to be left by the wayside. </p><p>We screamed about the risks of Long Covid. </p><p>We referenced ugly laws from the past. </p><p>It didn’t matter. Non disabled people wanted to go “back to normal”, and now we’re stuck fighting discriminatory bans.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/nokings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nokings</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/maskbans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maskbans</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/wearamask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wearamask</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/covidisairborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covidisairborne</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableism</span></a></p>
Broadwaybabyto<p>There’s no social justice without disability justice. </p><p>You can’t defeat fascism unless you also work to defeat eugenics. They’re too intricately linked. </p><p>Every day it seems we sink to a new low. </p><p>Today an 80 year old veteran was arrested protesting Trump’s military parade. </p><p>The first thing they did after handcuffing him? </p><p>Took away his mobility aid. </p><p>This is violence against disabled people. </p><p>Our accommodation tools and assistive devices are necessary for survival. </p><p>This is why many disabled people don’t feel safe protesting, and why disabled immigrants are in grave danger when grabbed by ICE. </p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veterans</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a></p>
Broadwaybabyto<p>Police have arrested a man for handing out face shields to protesters in LA (I’ve also seen reports that he may have been distributing masks) </p><p>Why is this a crime? Why is providing PPE to people who are being hit with chemical munitions and rubber bullets an offence? </p><p>This is bleak.</p><p>Once again this ties back to disability rights.</p><p>If more people would help normalize masks; they wouldn’t have such an easy time vilifying them </p><p>Ironically these protests are going to lead to more disability, at least in part because police are making it impossible for people to protect themselves.</p><p><a href="https://ktla.com/news/local-news/alleged-l-a-rioter-arrested-for-handing-out-face-shields-during-protests-u-s-attorney/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ktla.com/news/local-news/alleg</span><span class="invisible">ed-l-a-rioter-arrested-for-handing-out-face-shields-during-protests-u-s-attorney/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/la" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>la</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/losangeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>losangeles</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a></p>
Broadwaybabyto<p>RFK Jr now going after ALL vaccines.</p><p>He argues that the Covid vaccine (which he’s restricted) was the only one that had proper safety testing. </p><p>He says they “dysregulate the immune system”.</p><p>Get your boosters. He’s setting the stage for “natural immunity” where only “the strong survive”</p><p>Eugenics.</p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/rfkjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rfkjr</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a></p>
Broadwaybabyto<p>It’ll never cease to Amaze me how many people will shout over disability advocates when they highlight a problem. </p><p>They won’t hesitate to talk down to us, infantilize us and tell us ALL the ways we’re wrong. </p><p>They literally tell us ableism and eugenics aren’t really an issue, while proving they’re so entrenched that they don’t even realize they’re doing it. </p><p>Believe disabled people. </p><p>We can’t fix a problem when no one will admit it’s happening. </p><p>Eugenics and fascism impact everyone eventually. </p><p>Fight with us.</p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disabilityjustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabilityjustice</span></a></p>
Broadwaybabyto<p>In Nassau County it’s a crime to wear a mask (including N95 or surgical mask)</p><p>The “medical exemption” is police discretion. </p><p>They get to decide who’s “sick enough” to wear a mask.</p><p>The police are NOT doctors.</p><p>Medical information should be private </p><p>Everyone needs the legal right to protect their health.</p><p>It’s also patently absurd that under this fascist regime, ICE agents hiding their identity with gaitors could arrest an immigrant & revoke their status for wearing an N95 mask.</p><p>It was never about health or crime. </p><p>It was about white supremacy and eugenics.</p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/COVIDisAirborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVIDisAirborne</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/wearamask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wearamask</span></a></p>
Broadwaybabyto<p>Today a large “leftist” influencer took a screenshot of one of my Bluesky posts about masks and shared it to X/twitter to encourage people to harass me. </p><p>It was condescending and mocking, and I spent the entire time having to block and delete comments. </p><p>People actually opened Bluesky accounts just to harass me. </p><p>This guy has hundreds of thousands of followers, claims to be on the left, and yet spent his day encouraging others to harass a disabled woman advocating for her survival. </p><p>This is exactly why I’m shouting about ableism and eugenics every day damn.</p><p>We may want to believe it’s only the MAGA crowd that hate us, but unfortunately there’s quite a few eugenicists on the other side of the aisle as well. </p><p>We see evidence of this all the time. </p><p>Disabled people’s lives are not valued. </p><p>We’re talked over or talked down to. Stripped of our autonomy. Not factored into policy decisions. No one fights for us. </p><p>Which is why we must keep fighting for each other. </p><p>I was tempted to block this guy, but instead I responded calmly and explained my position </p><p>I explained that for myself and members of my community, wearing a mask is a matter of literal life and death </p><p>I explained that his choice to use me as fodder was causing me harm and robbing me of spoons </p><p>I took the high road and stood up for myself while appealing to him to be better than the MAGA crowd he fights against.</p><p>I asked him to delete and apologize.</p><p>I doubt he will, because I suspect the feelings of a disabled person don’t matter to him.</p><p>But at least I tried. I stood up. I said “this is not ok”</p><p>I will keep saying it every day until things actually change.</p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disabilty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabilty</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/covidisairborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covidisairborne</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/wearamask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wearamask</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/n95s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>n95s</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
Broadwaybabyto<p>If you want to fight fascism, stand in solidarity with disabled people. </p><p>Wear a mask (ideally N95).</p><p>Call elected officials and speak out against mask bans, vaccine restrictions & public health cuts. </p><p>Refuse to label us “expendable” </p><p>The Nazis started with us because they knew no one would fight for us. Don’t let it happen again.</p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/la" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>la</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ice</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a></p>
Broadwaybabyto<p>Another reminder that words matter. </p><p>There’s an increasing and concerning push to label maskers as “bad”</p><p>We keep hearing that “only criminals wear masks” </p><p>Now ICE agents are “wearing masks” while kidnapping and disappearing people. </p><p>The result is that “masks” takes on a negative connotation in the public sphere, which makes surviving as a high risk disabled person so much harder. </p><p>We already have mask bans in some States and counties. More bills are on the table. </p><p>We need to normalize masking as a public health tool now, before it’s too late. </p><p>Please wear a respirator like an N95. </p><p>It’s a symbol of resistance and you need your health to fight the fascists!</p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/maskswork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maskswork</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/n95" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>n95</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/covidisairborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covidisairborne</span></a></p>
Megan Lynch (she/her)<p>Please -</p><p>Don't use or elevate ableist eugenicist language, even if you think it must be okay because you're targeting it towards bad people. They're not bad because of their IQ, which is something we're born with. They're bad because they choose to be bad.</p><p>When you use eugenicist words, you're actually supporting, even if you don't think so, eugenicist worldviews that endanger disabled ppl while simultaneously giving fascist choices a pass.</p><p><a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-sinister-history-of-the-word-moron-explained" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">teenvogue.com/story/the-sinist</span><span class="invisible">er-history-of-the-word-moron-explained</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ableism</span></a></p>
Megan Lynch (she/her)<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@RightToKnow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RightToKnow</span></a></span> Alt text cont'd: "9. At this point, every person there was tired, embarrassed, disappointed, hungry and let down once more in terms of their rights to universal access and the sheer dignity of using a toilet privately." <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ableism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a></p>
Megan Lynch (she/her)<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@RightToKnow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RightToKnow</span></a></span> Alt text cont'd: "8. Bus drivers and support staff had then to make their way back to the City centre to get the busses, which were then allowed into Leinster House and the entire group had to be taken out the side entrance and put back on busses to be taken to an alternative back entrance to gain access to the restaurant." <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ableism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a></p>
Megan Lynch (she/her)<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@RightToKnow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RightToKnow</span></a></span> Alt text cont'd: "6. Once these five people tried to continue to access the restaurant, they were met with a note on the second lift that said 'Temporarily Out Of Order'<br>7. At this point we were effectively trapped on that corridor. People using wheelchairs were very embarrassed and aware that they were blocking the corridor while able bodied people passed and edged their way through to the restaurant at a busy time of day for lunch." <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ableism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a></p>
Megan Lynch (she/her)<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@RightToKnow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RightToKnow</span></a></span> Alt text cont'd: "<br>1 The bathroom is not big enough to accommodate chair so<br>the door cannot be closed.<br>4. The AV Room, where we delivered the training session is inaccessible on a number of disability access levels, including physical, sensory and intellectual disabilities.<br>5. The lift to offer access to the lower corridor en route to the restaurant broke down when we had 5 people safely down, leaving others stranded at the top. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ableism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a></p>
Megan Lynch (she/her)<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@RightToKnow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RightToKnow</span></a></span> Alt text cont'd: "We had to drop off outside Leinster House and the busses had to go to find parking in the City Centre.<br>2. The toilets are not accessible, the door to the toilets nearest to the AV Room where we delivered the disability awareness presentation is too narrow for motorised wheelchairs to access. The other toilet was out of order.<br>3. Some members went to access toilets at the other side of the Dail in the Houses of the Oireachtas" <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ableism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a></p>
Megan Lynch (she/her)<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@RightToKnow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RightToKnow</span></a></span> Alt text: We appreciate your extended offer to come to meet with you to address these issues as a matter of urgency, some of which are briefly outlined as follows:<br>1. From the moment of our arrival we encountered barriers and exclusion. At the outset we were not allowed to drive the minibuses into Leinster House to drop off members of the group. We had a number people using wheelchairs, people with visual impairments and people using mobility aids." <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ableism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a></p>
Broadwaybabyto<p>Please stop saying ICE agents are “wearing masks”</p><p>They’re wearing face coverings. Gaitors.</p><p>The anti-mask rhetoric has caused untold harm to disabled people. </p><p>Mask bans have already been enacted in many places. </p><p>We must fight for our right to continue wearing medical masks & respirators.</p><p>For those who says this isn’t the right time because there’s a “crisis”, understand that disabled people are often the first targets under fascism. </p><p>Some places have already criminalized masking. </p><p>We need to keep each other as healthy as possible. It’s hard to fight with Long Covid</p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/n95" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>n95</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ice</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/maskswork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maskswork</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/covidisairborne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covidisairborne</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/longcovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>longcovid</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a></p>
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