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We need inclusive spaces for organizing & gathering in the time of #COVID and #LongCOVID. Check out this brief guide for gatherings and call for disability solidarity, created with the What Would an HIV Doula Do? collective. 1/🧵
#DisabilityTwitter #PandemicsAreChronic
#DisabilityTwitter #PandemicsAreChronic
Practicing inclusion during COVID-19 means acknowledging the health and safety needs of all people, then taking steps to communicate and provide safe(r) and more accessible options for gathering.
#HarmReduction
#HarmReduction
This includes not only working to understand the reasons spaces may be inaccessible to individuals with varying needs, but also committing to following community-centered practices to improve safety for all. #AccessIsLove
I have #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis. It’s been 9 days since @MEActNet’s #StillSickStillFighting action + I wanted y’all to have a glimpse of what #PEM is. Post-exertional malaise is the hallmark symptom for #pwME #MECFS, which half of #pwLC #LongCovid have
#NEISvoid (1/18)
#NEISvoid (1/18)
When we push ourselves beyond our energy envelope + don’t #StopRestPace, we end up with #PEM, where we “crash” and get much sicker. (I’m in the front here! We’re used to lying down, but getting up + down, lying on the hot pavement while chanting is really rough for us!) (2/18)
So for this action, we prepared. I got good rest Frid-Sun. I was good about using mobility devices + prioritizing comfort for transit + lodging. I took all my meds (even supplements!) when I was supposed to, put on sunscreen, drank water. Look how rested and ready! (3/18)
