Disability Communities Defending Democracy
@dcddemocracy.bsky.social
Disability organizers founded DCDD in 2025. We empower disability communities to defend inclusive democracy and our communities from anti-democracy groups, movements, and narratives. We are based in the Pacific Northwest. dcddemocracy.org
Want to learn more about your ballot? Join us at The Arc of King County to learn more about two initiatives. These initiatives could affect your rights.
One says who gets to play school sports.
One is about rights in school.
This event is a safe space to learn and make your choice.
One says who gets to play school sports.
One is about rights in school.
This event is a safe space to learn and make your choice.
September 25, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Want to learn more about your ballot? Join us at The Arc of King County to learn more about two initiatives. These initiatives could affect your rights.
One says who gets to play school sports.
One is about rights in school.
This event is a safe space to learn and make your choice.
One says who gets to play school sports.
One is about rights in school.
This event is a safe space to learn and make your choice.
Anti-trans laws are anti-democracy. Any laws that discriminate against a group of people hurt inclusive democracy. DCDD believes that transgender people should be free to be who they are.
Inclusive Democracy Means Including Transgender People
Words to Know Accessible means that disabled people can easily use it. This includes disabled people with all kinds of disabilities. Anti-democracy groups are organizations that want to get rid of …
dcddemocracy.org
August 28, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Anti-trans laws are anti-democracy. Any laws that discriminate against a group of people hurt inclusive democracy. DCDD believes that transgender people should be free to be who they are.
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Election season is brewing ☕️🗳️ Here are five cool ways your nonprofit can educate, advocate, and empower your community — while keeping it nonpartisan.
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Get the guide here: afj.org/resource/fiv...
August 19, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Election season is brewing ☕️🗳️ Here are five cool ways your nonprofit can educate, advocate, and empower your community — while keeping it nonpartisan.
Get the guide here: afj.org/resource/fiv...
Get the guide here: afj.org/resource/fiv...
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An ICE agent directed Emilio, a Venezuelan Deaf man, to get onto a bus. He asked for an interpreter and didn’t get one. When he saw a Mexican flag, he realized he was being deported to Mexico, sans passport.
My latest for @motherjones.com.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
My latest for @motherjones.com.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How Trump’s deportation machine deprives Deaf people of their humanity
An extra layer of cruelty is added by limiting communication access for Deaf people.
www.motherjones.com
August 19, 2026 at 1:25 PM
An ICE agent directed Emilio, a Venezuelan Deaf man, to get onto a bus. He asked for an interpreter and didn’t get one. When he saw a Mexican flag, he realized he was being deported to Mexico, sans passport.
My latest for @motherjones.com.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
My latest for @motherjones.com.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
We appreciate @awnnetwork.org's leadership. The administration attacks both trans and autistic people. And the administration wants to divide our communities.
This is bad for:
-Healthcare
-Civil rights
-Disability rights
-Trans rights
-Inclusive Democracy
Thank you AWN for speaking out.
This is bad for:
-Healthcare
-Civil rights
-Disability rights
-Trans rights
-Inclusive Democracy
Thank you AWN for speaking out.
AWN & APOC condemn harmful healthcare initiatives on vaccines and gender affirming care.
Full statement here:
awnnetwork.org/awn-and-apoc...
Full statement here:
awnnetwork.org/awn-and-apoc...
AWN and APOC Fund Condemn Harmful Healthcare Initiatives - Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN)
The Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN) and the Autistic People of Color Fund (The Fund) strongly condemns two actions taken this week for the purpose of limiting young people’s access to healthc...
awnnetwork.org
August 18, 2026 at 8:24 PM
We appreciate @awnnetwork.org's leadership. The administration attacks both trans and autistic people. And the administration wants to divide our communities.
This is bad for:
-Healthcare
-Civil rights
-Disability rights
-Trans rights
-Inclusive Democracy
Thank you AWN for speaking out.
This is bad for:
-Healthcare
-Civil rights
-Disability rights
-Trans rights
-Inclusive Democracy
Thank you AWN for speaking out.
Thank you to the Senators fighting to keep voting rights for people with disabilities (PWD). Democracy is incomplete without people with disabilities. That includes people in nursing homes. Some anti-democracy people in power think PWD should not vote. They don't think we can. They're wrong.
Senators sound alarm on voter intimidation in nursing homes
Senators sound alarm on voter intimidation in nursing homes
"The changes to CMS’s guidance will result in the disenfranchisement of nursing home residents.”
www.motherjones.com
August 14, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Thank you to the Senators fighting to keep voting rights for people with disabilities (PWD). Democracy is incomplete without people with disabilities. That includes people in nursing homes. Some anti-democracy people in power think PWD should not vote. They don't think we can. They're wrong.
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on that note, i am deeply thankful for this resource from @dcddemocracy.bsky.social which lays it all out in accessible plain language. bsky.app/profile/dcdd...
There's been a lot of conspiracy theories about the fires in Spokane. This hurts a community that's already hurt by fire and smoke.
This resource is about the fires. And it is about the conspiracy theories about the fires. It is in plain language.
This resource is about the fires. And it is about the conspiracy theories about the fires. It is in plain language.
DCDD Plain Language Resource on Spokane Fires and Conspiracy Theories
This resource is in plain language. Plain language is a way of writing that is easier to read. This resource talks about the fires in Spokane. It also talks about conspiracy theories about the fire…
dcddemocracy.org
August 11, 2026 at 5:39 PM
on that note, i am deeply thankful for this resource from @dcddemocracy.bsky.social which lays it all out in accessible plain language. bsky.app/profile/dcdd...
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but the universe doesn’t work like our instincts tell it does. and we need to watch out for those who intentionally validate those instincts in order to manipulate us.
August 11, 2026 at 5:37 PM
but the universe doesn’t work like our instincts tell it does. and we need to watch out for those who intentionally validate those instincts in order to manipulate us.
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i think it’s super understandable that we all want the scale of the reason for these wildfires to somehow match the scale of both the destruction, and our feelings about it. a dry year, a windy day and an alleged individual arson don’t feel like enough.
August 11, 2026 at 5:35 PM
i think it’s super understandable that we all want the scale of the reason for these wildfires to somehow match the scale of both the destruction, and our feelings about it. a dry year, a windy day and an alleged individual arson don’t feel like enough.
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i talked to @aaronhedge.bsky.social for @rangemedia.co about the people who are barging in to capitalize off of spokane’s grief and trauma in the midst of these wildfires, in all the worst ways: www.rangemedia.co/tragedy-vult...
Tragedy vultures
From chem trails to data centers, conspiracy theories are distracting from the real stakes of what’s happening in our community.
www.rangemedia.co
August 11, 2026 at 5:33 PM
i talked to @aaronhedge.bsky.social for @rangemedia.co about the people who are barging in to capitalize off of spokane’s grief and trauma in the midst of these wildfires, in all the worst ways: www.rangemedia.co/tragedy-vult...
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Almost immediately as fires in Spokane led to evacuations and displaced what would eventually be some 65,000 people, conspiracy theories and scapegoating began. But so did mutual aid and care.
This guide by Disability Communities Defending Democracy is a helpful resource in accessible language.
This guide by Disability Communities Defending Democracy is a helpful resource in accessible language.
There's been a lot of conspiracy theories about the fires in Spokane. This hurts a community that's already hurt by fire and smoke.
This resource is about the fires. And it is about the conspiracy theories about the fires. It is in plain language.
This resource is about the fires. And it is about the conspiracy theories about the fires. It is in plain language.
DCDD Plain Language Resource on Spokane Fires and Conspiracy Theories
This resource is in plain language. Plain language is a way of writing that is easier to read. This resource talks about the fires in Spokane. It also talks about conspiracy theories about the fire…
dcddemocracy.org
August 11, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Almost immediately as fires in Spokane led to evacuations and displaced what would eventually be some 65,000 people, conspiracy theories and scapegoating began. But so did mutual aid and care.
This guide by Disability Communities Defending Democracy is a helpful resource in accessible language.
This guide by Disability Communities Defending Democracy is a helpful resource in accessible language.
There's been a lot of conspiracy theories about the fires in Spokane. This hurts a community that's already hurt by fire and smoke.
This resource is about the fires. And it is about the conspiracy theories about the fires. It is in plain language.
This resource is about the fires. And it is about the conspiracy theories about the fires. It is in plain language.
DCDD Plain Language Resource on Spokane Fires and Conspiracy Theories
This resource is in plain language. Plain language is a way of writing that is easier to read. This resource talks about the fires in Spokane. It also talks about conspiracy theories about the fire…
dcddemocracy.org
August 11, 2026 at 2:12 AM
There's been a lot of conspiracy theories about the fires in Spokane. This hurts a community that's already hurt by fire and smoke.
This resource is about the fires. And it is about the conspiracy theories about the fires. It is in plain language.
This resource is about the fires. And it is about the conspiracy theories about the fires. It is in plain language.
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📢 LAST CALL to register for the Intro to Male Supremacism course: Discussion sections are scheduled for Tuesdays at either 1pm ET/17:00 GMT or 8pm ET/00:00 GMT. First session: Aug 11, after which enrollment closes. Register here: www.theirms.org/course-regis...
August 10, 2026 at 8:01 PM
📢 LAST CALL to register for the Intro to Male Supremacism course: Discussion sections are scheduled for Tuesdays at either 1pm ET/17:00 GMT or 8pm ET/00:00 GMT. First session: Aug 11, after which enrollment closes. Register here: www.theirms.org/course-regis...
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Are you worried about #Olmstead? The Bazelon Center made a guide to resisting DOJ’s harmful memo. It includes a statement for your governor and attorney general to sign in support of our right to live in the community: lnk.to/olmbkg. @bazeloncenter.bsky.social
📸 #VisibleAAC photo by Shira Wakschlag
📸 #VisibleAAC photo by Shira Wakschlag
![[Image: Photographed from behind, a young AAC user sits at a school desk with her AAC device. A teacher reading a storybook is projected onto a screen at the front of the classroom.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rttsf4zrtbea47kiv56ec4vb/bafkreico3a5babxwaxhyzs4j3nm5ebkpxbixlaiklfend375zvdhrqhcry)
August 6, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Are you worried about #Olmstead? The Bazelon Center made a guide to resisting DOJ’s harmful memo. It includes a statement for your governor and attorney general to sign in support of our right to live in the community: lnk.to/olmbkg. @bazeloncenter.bsky.social
📸 #VisibleAAC photo by Shira Wakschlag
📸 #VisibleAAC photo by Shira Wakschlag
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Disability advocacy orgs quietly nuking their DEI content to comply in advance is not great, and a good reminder that the best groups are disability justice-focused and working directly in community.
Some Disability Advocacy Groups Quietly Shifted Diversity Language After Trump Took Office
An Emancipator investigation examining 74 disability advocacy groups found that around thirty percent of well-funded organizations that receive significant federal grants and contracts likely changed ...
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August 4, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Disability advocacy orgs quietly nuking their DEI content to comply in advance is not great, and a good reminder that the best groups are disability justice-focused and working directly in community.
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Trump's DOJ released a dubious legal memo this morning that signals the Trump admin wants to force more people into psychiatric institutions via bad faith and incorrect interpretations of ADA, Section 504, and Olmstead. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump DOJ outlines dubious path to force people into psychiatric institutions
"This administration is trying to take away one of the most fundamental rights that people with disabilities have fought for."
www.motherjones.com
June 18, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Trump's DOJ released a dubious legal memo this morning that signals the Trump admin wants to force more people into psychiatric institutions via bad faith and incorrect interpretations of ADA, Section 504, and Olmstead. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The right to live in the community is important. It is a basic part of inclusive democracy. This letter from the DOJ is bad for democracy. And it uses anti-democracy lies. This hurts everyone because it hurts inclusive democracy. And it especially hurts homeless people with disabilities.
“This administration is trying to take away one of the most fundamental rights that people with disabilities have fought for.”
Trump DOJ outlines dubious path to force people into psychiatric institutions
Trump DOJ outlines dubious path to force people into psychiatric institutions
Trump DOJ outlines dubious path to force people into psychiatric institutions
"This administration is trying to take away one of the most fundamental rights that people with disabilities have fought for."
www.motherjones.com
June 18, 2026 at 10:11 PM
The right to live in the community is important. It is a basic part of inclusive democracy. This letter from the DOJ is bad for democracy. And it uses anti-democracy lies. This hurts everyone because it hurts inclusive democracy. And it especially hurts homeless people with disabilities.
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To add to this in (somewhat) plain language:
Getting people out of institutions does not cause homelessness by itself. The problem is when people get out of institutions and don’t have community support or services to help them stay housed. So people end up homeless from lack of support.
Getting people out of institutions does not cause homelessness by itself. The problem is when people get out of institutions and don’t have community support or services to help them stay housed. So people end up homeless from lack of support.
The opinion lies about homeless people and deinstitutionalization. It says deinstitutionalization caused homelessness. This is not true. It also says that forcing people into institutions is not discrimination. This is not true.
June 18, 2026 at 8:44 PM
To add to this in (somewhat) plain language:
Getting people out of institutions does not cause homelessness by itself. The problem is when people get out of institutions and don’t have community support or services to help them stay housed. So people end up homeless from lack of support.
Getting people out of institutions does not cause homelessness by itself. The problem is when people get out of institutions and don’t have community support or services to help them stay housed. So people end up homeless from lack of support.
Disability Communities Defending Democracy (DCDD) is very concerned by a "slip opinion" the Department of Justice put out today. A slip opinion is an opinion on the law. It is not a law itself. The slip opinion is about the "integration mandate" in Olmstead.
June 18, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Disability Communities Defending Democracy (DCDD) is very concerned by a "slip opinion" the Department of Justice put out today. A slip opinion is an opinion on the law. It is not a law itself. The slip opinion is about the "integration mandate" in Olmstead.
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Dehumanization and Dangerous Speech
Entitlement and Justification of Violence
Mental Health and Safety in Anti-Supremacist Work
Concerns in Research and Reporting on Male Supremacism
Learn about all these topics in our summer introductory course on male supremacism.
www.theirms.org/course-regis...
Entitlement and Justification of Violence
Mental Health and Safety in Anti-Supremacist Work
Concerns in Research and Reporting on Male Supremacism
Learn about all these topics in our summer introductory course on male supremacism.
www.theirms.org/course-regis...
Intro to Male Supremacism Course — Institute for Research on Male Supremacism
www.theirms.org
June 16, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Dehumanization and Dangerous Speech
Entitlement and Justification of Violence
Mental Health and Safety in Anti-Supremacist Work
Concerns in Research and Reporting on Male Supremacism
Learn about all these topics in our summer introductory course on male supremacism.
www.theirms.org/course-regis...
Entitlement and Justification of Violence
Mental Health and Safety in Anti-Supremacist Work
Concerns in Research and Reporting on Male Supremacism
Learn about all these topics in our summer introductory course on male supremacism.
www.theirms.org/course-regis...
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Today, the Department of Education (ED) said they are moving the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services and the Office of Civil Rights away from ED. This hurts disabled students. Keeping students safe means keeping these offices in ED. autisticadvocacy.org/2026/06/movi...
June 16, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Today, the Department of Education (ED) said they are moving the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services and the Office of Civil Rights away from ED. This hurts disabled students. Keeping students safe means keeping these offices in ED. autisticadvocacy.org/2026/06/movi...
Moving OSERS and OCR away from the Department of Education is part of the plot to destroy inclusive democracy. You can't have an inclusive democracy if you don't include disabled people in every day life--that includes education. You can't have inclusive democracy without civil rights protection.
In bad news, with disability education oversight being moved to the Department of Health and Human Services from the Department of Education, that means Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will have power over disability policy positions. New from me at @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
RFK Jr. will oversee disability education policy
The dismantling of the Department of Education continues apace.
www.motherjones.com
June 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Moving OSERS and OCR away from the Department of Education is part of the plot to destroy inclusive democracy. You can't have an inclusive democracy if you don't include disabled people in every day life--that includes education. You can't have inclusive democracy without civil rights protection.
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In bad news, with disability education oversight being moved to the Department of Health and Human Services from the Department of Education, that means Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will have power over disability policy positions. New from me at @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
RFK Jr. will oversee disability education policy
The dismantling of the Department of Education continues apace.
www.motherjones.com
June 16, 2026 at 8:56 PM
In bad news, with disability education oversight being moved to the Department of Health and Human Services from the Department of Education, that means Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will have power over disability policy positions. New from me at @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
These rules are cruel. They're ableist. It will kill people. And that's a feature, not a bug, to them.
And they're connected with racist conspiracy theories about immigrants. That last part doesn't get talked about a lot, so let us explain. 1/4
And they're connected with racist conspiracy theories about immigrants. That last part doesn't get talked about a lot, so let us explain. 1/4
However: "This rule is not final. CMS is taking comments on the rule. They take comments until July 31st. People and organizations can tell CMS this is a bad rule that will hurt people. CMS might change the rule because of comments." From @autisticadvocacy.org:
autisticadvocacy.org/2026/06/pres...
autisticadvocacy.org/2026/06/pres...
June 5, 2026 at 3:50 AM
These rules are cruel. They're ableist. It will kill people. And that's a feature, not a bug, to them.
And they're connected with racist conspiracy theories about immigrants. That last part doesn't get talked about a lot, so let us explain. 1/4
And they're connected with racist conspiracy theories about immigrants. That last part doesn't get talked about a lot, so let us explain. 1/4
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This quote is catchy but do yourself a favor and read the whole interview.
Esther Warwick and "many other disability rights activists have condemned Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) project as harmful, and it has concerning resonances with past policies in American history."
threewayfight.org/disability-a... #disability #autism #neurodiversity
threewayfight.org/disability-a... #disability #autism #neurodiversity
June 4, 2026 at 3:06 AM
This quote is catchy but do yourself a favor and read the whole interview.