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How can we improve #accessibility for scientific conferences? This short guide by Ulla McClurg covers many of the issues that organisers (and attendees) can consider.
A short guide to addressing accessibility at scientific conferences
Summary: Solutions to improve the accessibility of scientific conferences are proposed, including designated accessibility officers, accessibility checklists and measures to avoid personal disclosures of disability.McClurg, Urszula Lucja (The Company of Biologists)
Just learned of another (young, fit & healthy) colleague's death by heart attack.
There have been so many sudden deaths these past few years.
Covid is not over, and no-one is truly immune. 💔
#UKHE #PublicHealth #Solidarity #Liberation #Covid #Covid19 #CovidIsntOver #CovidIsNotOver #WearAMask #CovidIsAirborne #MaskUp #Pandemic #Coronavirus #Disability #Ventilation #HEPA #Vaccine #CovidVaccine #Vaccination #HeartDisease #HeartAttack #SuddenDeath #Safety #Health
What does coronavirus do to your body
We explain how coronavirus progresses in the body, including how it can affect your heart and circulatory system.British Heart Foundation
In case anyone missed it - @trishgreenhalgh dropped a HUGE multi disciplinary study on masks & respirators yesterday.
This study involved people from all over the world and tackled everything from are masks effective against COVID (spoiler -
They are), why were there bad RCTs saying the opposite and what were their flaws, what are the sociological barriers to masking (with input from @DALupton).
It was exactly the kind of gold standard, irrefutable study on masks and respirators that we need to counter the “masks don’t work” crowd. Unfortunately I realize many of them won’t ever read it - but it still feels wonderful to see it laid out so clearly.
If any of the other contributors are on here - please drop a comment so I can find & follow you!
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/cmr.00124-23
#CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #CovidCautious #sarscov2 #maskup #WearAMask #CleanAir #Pandemic #Disability #accessibility #DisabilityRights #N95s
Petitions.parliament.uk are closing all petitions early before the UK general election.
These two are still open and sadly under-signed:
Do not ban transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/661601
New rules for manufacturers of medical device implants
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/656376
All petitions now close at 00:01am on 30 May.
Please boost!
#disability #medicine #trans #lgbtq+ #antifacism
Petition: New rules for manufacturers of medical device implants
We believe it should be made illegal for manufacturers of medical devices implanted into patients to regularly charge the patient for upgrades or maintenance.Petitions - UK Government and Parliament
From The Sick Times:
"How to make spaces more accessible during the continuing pandemic"
"A blueprint for radical inclusion and living a full, safer life within the context of Covid-19 exists.
Many mutual aid groups and initiatives advocating for clean air and continued Covid-19 safety are emerging all over the world using technology and layers of protection to help mitigate the spread of viruses."
#CovidIsNotOver #Covid #CovidCautious #LongCovid #Disability
How to make spaces more accessible during the continuing pandemic - The Sick Times
The relentlessness of the pandemic, now in its fifth year, is drawn out by the persistence of its denial.sick times (The Sick Times)
A friend of mine made this fantastic respirator graphic with a QR code that links to the huge study on efficacy of masks & respirators that came out yesterday.
I love that’s it’s eye catching - but the best part is the QR code takes you straight to the study! He’s not on here (yet) but says people are welcome to save & share!
#CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #CovidCautious #sarscov2 #maskup #WearAMask #CleanAir #Pandemic #Disability #accessibility #DisabilityRights #N95s #respirators
Across the political Right, the narrative is that disability benefits (primarily Personal Independence Payments; PIPs) are too easy to get & are often paid to the 'undeserving'... however, in reality nearly half of applicants are rejected, rising to over two thirds for endometriosis (a gendered dimension I'll leave you to ponder), but with high rates of rejections over-turned on appeal (often with the same evidence).
More Tory lies, callousness & inhumanity
Revealed: people with cancer, arthritis and amputations among 40% denied disability benefits
Observer finds thousands of claims for conditions including cerebral palsy and multiple sclerosis are being rejected in England and WalesChaminda Jayanetti (The Guardian)
Happy May pachyderms! New month means new #MutualAidRequest bcuz I'm a disabled Black enby struggling to get by, especially now I have to pay insurance premiums for my kid
Premium-64
Transit-100
Food-150
Electric-100
Gas-50
Misc-46
Still: 0/500
Cashapp/Venmo: spooniewolf
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Very timely - new UK advocacy and activist site for people with chronic but often unacknowledged conditions such as ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome)
#disability
#disabilityrights
#activism
https://thechroniccollaboration.com/
THE CHRONIC COLLABORATION
'She’s faking it for attention and clout'. 'They’re all just doing it for the benefits or perks'. 'They just want to be famous on TikTok'.THE CHRONIC COLLABORATION
