Disability-led 501(c)(3) protecting the civil rights of humans who cannot rely on speech alone to be heard and understood.
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Congrats to our friends Samuel & Dan Habib on winning the Emmy Award for Outstanding #SocialIssue Documentary! Watch their film #TheRideAhead on 6/30 at 1pm PT/4pm ET. CommunicationFIRST Board Member Judy Heumann & co-founder Bob Williams are interviewed! lnk.to/rascreen
[Image: Co-directors…
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& Henry Claypool, with Andrew Jager.” The word collage promotes understanding how to support people with disabilities through supported decision making & centering patients’ needs & experiences.]
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If you are truly interested in understanding the needs and experiences of being autistic and non-speaking, avoid mainstream coverage and evidence-rejecting "advocates." Instead, follow orgs like @communicationfirst.bsky.social & also people like @neuroscientist.bsky.social & @jordynbzim.bsky.social.
Samuel & Dan Habib & co-producer Erica Lupinacci smile while Dan holds up an Emmy statue.]
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F&R and @dredf.bsky.social filed an amicus brief to protect the right of individual disabled people to challenge discrimination by executive agencies, including the President. We support the NAD’s efforts to make the WH provide ASL interpreters. #disabilityrights
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[Image 1: Sam Crane (@samanticka.bsky.social), Michelle A. Meade & discussion moderator Andrew Jager sit on a stage below a screen that says, “American Hospital Association Healthier Together Conference. Stronger Communities. Better Health Outcomes. May 12 - 14, 2026. Dallas.”An audience sits…
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in front of them, & a sign language interpreter stands to the side of the stage.
Image 2: A slide with a collage of words with small icons representing some of them: “Improving Care Experience For People With Disabilities. Healthier Together Conference welcomes Sam Crane, Michelle A. Meade,…
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Our Director of Policy & Legal Advocacy Sam Crane spoke at Healthier Together! Sam, Henry Claypool (Brandeis’s Community Living Policy Center) & Michelle Meade (Univ. of MI Center for Disability Health & Wellness) discussed #HealthCare best practices for people with disabilities.
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[Image: Wearing a dark cap and light brown jacket, Hari Srinivasan stands inside stone castle ruins along the coast of Northern Ireland.]
“Every message already takes attention, motor planning, & time,” says Hari Srinivasan, Neuroscience Ph.D. candidate & #AACUser. “When technology adds corrections & guesswork, it compounds that effort.” He explains how engineered exclusion harms #AACUsers: lnk.to/desdig.
@neuroscientist.bsky.social
