Rooted in Rights

@rootedinrights

Disability Rights are Human Rights. Rooted in Rights is a project of . Follow for AVID Prison & Jail Projects updates.

Joined April 2013

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  1. 20 hours ago

    . explains: “in order to work towards true justice, the disability community needs to understand that sex work is a disability issue.”

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  2. Jan 3

    This year, Rooted in Rights is working with to improve the accessibility and inclusion of March activities. Plus, Rooted in Rights will be attending the march on January 19th and the Day of Action that follows on the 20th. Learn more:

    Text that reads Shift, Reclaim, & Reframe Power, Womxn's March Seattle 2019 Building Power: January 19-20. Right of the text, A woman with a prosthetic leg stands in a flowing blue dress
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    Jan 2

    Sharing this again for folks who missed it

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    Jan 2
    Replying to and

    I wrote about this for a couple years ago; I still find diversity and inclusion conversations super-frustrating. did hold a summit this year on D&I for disabled law students & lawyers, so there’s some hope

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    26 Dec 2018
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    27 Dec 2018

    “Consent is a particularly loaded concept in the context of forced intimacy, when there are certain things that people must consent to in order to stay alive.” Good read

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    How to include to your , , and posts. Your blind & low vision followers will thank you!

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    All out, all in. Here’s to a new year of working to keep each other safe. shirt bought in support of

    Noor is lit from the middle and looks to the left. He wears a shirt that says “I am #NotYourProp”
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    Jan 2

    At here in Seattle we just joined the to bring a disability perspective to bike/transit/streets advocacy. We have been trying to find a more inclusive term than 'pedestrian,' thoughts? Cc

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  11. 31 Dec 2018

    Disabled parents made their voices heard this year, as we read Maggie’s piece about her running the show in her family as a disabled mom.

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  12. 28 Dec 2018

    .’s piece reminded us that there is no right way of being a disability activist - good to remember as we go into 2019.

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  13. 27 Dec 2018

    The conversations allowed disabled people to share their experiences like Hannah did in her piece about the exploitation of power by her caregiver.

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  14. 26 Dec 2018

    Laretta shared the hidden issues many of us endure - abuse and violence from family members.

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  15. 24 Dec 2018

    We're counting down our most popular blog posts of 2018. Service animals were a big topic this year, and wrote about how fake service and emotional support animals created huge issues for individuals who actually need them.

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    22 Dec 2018

    In addition to publishing , I partnered w/ & the awesome folks at in a call for stories from the disability community in February We also co-hosted chat in May:

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    23 Dec 2018

    Love the night mode on Twitter. Great for low vision ! . Now if only the whole internet would dl this! cc

    screen grab from my Twitter feed in the new night mode.
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    21 Dec 2018

    "Being proactive about inclusion sends a message that all people are welcome."-s.e.smith .

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    21 Dec 2018

    Easy to implement accessibility tip. RT : How to include to your , , and posts. Your blind & low vision followers will thank you!

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    20 Dec 2018

    I don’t know if this would help but I wrote this for about valuing all kinds of activities as activism

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