Disability Culture Lab

It’s time to create better online and offline spaces to invest our time and build community. We'll continue to review our presence on other platforms in the coming months. We hope to build with you soon elsewhere!

We know many in the disability community use Twitter to connect and organize. We respect those who choose to stay. However, DCL can’t stay on a platform that promotes and profits from the deaths and suffering of our community.

E*** M*** is willing to let disabled folks die to drive profits to billionaires. So what do we do about it? Despite all we’ve built here – we believe it’s time to build disability community in new places.

Action Alert: Section 504, a critical disability rights law, is under attack. Join @DREDF tomorrow, 2/12 at 9:30 AM PT/12:30 PM ET for a Disability Community Briefing on Texas v. Becerra, a lawsuit that threatens Section 504. Register for the briefing: dredf-org.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Alert! The Supreme Court will hear a case that could make it more difficult for students to claim their rights were violated under the ADA or the Rehabilitation Act. disabilityscoop.com/2025/01/27/sup…

RFK Jr.'s regressive views on disability are a serious threat to recent progress policymakers and health professionals made to understand that people with disabilities are not broken and have a civil right to full integration in all aspects of society. the74million.org/article/advoca…

📢 Calling all Disability Resource Professionals (DRPs)! The DRP Academy is empowering DRPs with the knowledge, skills, and community support needed to advance disability inclusion in health professions education. Join US! bit.ly/DRP_Academy_20… #DRPAcademy #MedEd

REMINDER: Please fill out our 2025 Priorities Survey by next Friday, February 14! Your feedback will help us shape the future of Disability Victory's programming. tinyurl.com/DisVic2025 #CripTheVote

not statements made to promote a bigoted agenda and scapegoat marginalized people. Our thoughts are with the families and communities impacted by this terrible tragedy. (3/3)

The cause of the plane crash is unknown, and there is no evidence that DEI or disabled employees are responsible. We need leadership that is committed to supporting grieving families and a thorough investigative process, (2/3)

Today, President Trump claimed that DEI hiring initiatives and FAA workers with disabilities were to blame for yesterday's deadly plane crash at DCA. We condemn these racist and ableist opinions that were made to advance his political agenda. (1/3)

Despite Donald Trump’s claims on live TV, disabled people did not cause the plane crash at DCA. What a dangerous, repugnant, morally reprehensible thing to say to a nation of people who are shocked and scared and especially to the grieving families of people who...

Do you have #LongCovid? Have you gone to therapy since developing Long Covid? We're working with a freelance writer on an article about therapy and people living with Long Covid. We'd love your input. bit.ly/4hdOWuI

New @NPWF research finds that more than 1 out of every 6 working women veterans is employed by the federal government.  npwf.info/4hgsEsf

📢 Exciting updates! ✨ Check out 2 NEW DREAM Research Rounds now on @YouTube : 1️⃣ Medical Student Burnout by Race, Ethnicity, and Multiple Disability Status 2️⃣ Innovating for a Sustainable Workforce through Neuro-Inclusive Selection: A Process Evaluation 🎥 Watch here: bit.ly/4h7qr1X

Some U.S. COVID-19 data have not been updated this week amid the "pause" to federal health communications ordered by the Trump administration. Read more from @betsyladyzhets about what's changed this week and what we could expect going forward: bit.ly/4at1ifX

We want to thank our co-presenting partners, @Undoc_sn, @DisabilityCA, METAS, @CMSImpact, @workingfilms, @UndocuFC, @AAPD, and @disability_lab, for their meaningful support and solidarity leading up to our event,

Jack Ruddell's story is a heartbreaking reminder of the mental health challenges in medical education. His parents share his story & call for systemic change in in this powerful @JAMAInternalMed piece: jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai… #MentalHealthMatters #MedEd #SuicidePrevention

We’re thrilled to welcome Kenrya Rankin to Disability Culture Lab as our new Managing Director! disabilityculturelab.org/team/kenrya-ra…