Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Thursday, September 9, 2021
9/19 #CripTheVote Twitter Chat on Immigration
Graphic with a white background and a black Twitter bird icon on the left and a graphic of two people talking with speech bubbles on the right. Text: #CripTheVote, Immigration, September 19, 2021, 7-8 pm Eastern, Guest hosts: @sdpavithran @Conchitahdz @DownToTheStruts
The co-partners of #CripTheVote, Andrew Pulrang, Gregg Beratan, and Alice Wong, invite you to a Twitter chat about immigration with Sachin Pavithran, Executive Director of the US Access Board, Conchita Hernandez Legorreta, a disability rights advocate and Doctoral student at George Washington University, and Qudsiya Naqui, a blind attorney and host of the podcast Down to the Struts.
For more about all three guest co-hosts:
Episode 78, Hate Crimes with Sachin Pavithran, Disability Visibility podcast
https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2020/06/01/ep-78-hate-crimes/
Episode 90, Disabled Immigrants with Conchita Hernandez Legorreta, Disability Visibility podcast
https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2020/11/15/ep-90-disabled-immigrants/
Disabled Immigrants: Living on the Edge of Barbwire, Qudsiya Naqui, Disability Visibility Project
How to Participate
Follow @GreggBeratan @AndrewPulrang @DisVisibility and @sdpavithran, @Conchitahdz, and @DownToTheStruts. When it’s time for the chat, search #CripTheVote on Twitter for the series of live tweets under the ‘Latest’ tab for the full conversation.
If you don’t use Twitter, you can follow along in real time here: http://twubs.com/CripTheVote
If you might be overwhelmed by the amount of tweets and only want to see the chat’s questions so you can respond to them, check @DisVisibility’s account. The questions will be Tweeted approximately 6-7 minutes apart.
Another way to participate in the chat is to use this app that allows you to pause the chat if the Tweets are coming at you too fast: http://www.tchat.io/
Here is a link for people who are new to Twitter on starting an account and how to use it: https://help.twitter.com/en/new-user-faq
Here’s an article about how to participate in a Twitter chat: https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/how-to-participate-in-a-twitter-chat/546805/
Check out this captioned ASL explanation of how to participate in a chat by @behearddc https://www.facebook.com/HEARDDC/videos/1181213075257528/
Introductory Tweets and Chat Questions
Welcome to the #CripTheVote chat on immigration with @sdpavithran, @Conchitahdz, and @DownToTheStruts. Remember to use the #CripTheVote hashtag when you tweet. If you respond to a question such as Q1, your tweet should follow this format: “A1 [your message] #CripTheVote”
An immigrant is someone who makes a conscious decision to leave his or her home and move to a foreign country with the intention of settling there. #CripTheVote
A refugee is a person who has fled their country of origin & is unable or unwilling to return because of past persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution based on 5 protected grounds. #CripTheVote
Q1 It has been a strange and difficult year so far especially with the assault on reproductive freedom, delta variant & the US-made crisis in Afghanistan. How are you managing right now and what’s giving you comfort in these uncertain times? #CripTheVote
Q2 Today’s chat is about immigration, specifically to the United States. What are some unique challenges disabled immigrants and refugees face that most people don’t know about? #CripTheVote
Q3 For years the US incarcerated and traumatized unaccompanied minors who entered the country. Along with the recent policy of family separation, how are these policies a disability issue? #CripTheVote
Q4 In what ways can migration cause or exacerbate a person’s disability, especially if they are fleeing from a conflict zone or displaced by the climate crisis? #CripTheVote
Q5 With the application processes for both asylum and citizenship, what are some of the structural barriers that disabled immigrants face? #CripTheVote
Q6 What are some of the eugenic and ableist ideas that are part of our current immigration policies? What are some ways to effect change to these policies? #CripTheVote
Q7 How can local disability communities support disabled undocumented people, immigrants, and refugees? #CripTheVote
Q8 Is immigration a priority with major disability rights organizations in the US? If not, why is that and what changes would you like to see to happen? #CripTheVote
Q9 What can immigration advocates can do to advance disability justice in the immigration system? #CripTheVote
This concludes our #CripTheVote chat on immigration w/ guest hosts @sdpavithran @Conchitahdz & @DownToTheStruts. Please keep the conversation going. A recap of this chat will be up shortly. For more: http://cripthevote.blogspot.com/
Sunday, September 5, 2021
2021 #CripTheVote Disability Issues Survey Results
Issues - Which broad disability-related issue categories are most important to you? (Rated from 10 most important to 1 least)
Health care - 8.71
Civil rights / discrimination - 7.95
Accessibility - 7.12
Benefits - 5.31
Housing - 5.06
Employment - 4.98
Long term care / personal assistance - 4.44
Education - 4.38
Assistive technology - 2.81
Medical treatment discrimination - 4.39
Earnings / benefits - 4.37
COVID vaccine access - 4.26
Affordable, accessible housing - 4.18
Voting accessibility - 4.16
Police violence - 4.14
Home care funding - 4.11
Marriage penalties - 4.04
IDEA funding - 3.94
Right to home care - 3.92
Pain medication - 3.84
Disability policy - 3.84
Special Ed oversight - 3.82
Which #CripTheVote activities do you find most valuable? (Rated from 5 most important to 1 least)
Scheduled chats - 3.90
Interviews on the blog - 3.76
Candidate chats - 3.32
Live tweeting - 3.06
Online issue surveys - 2.24
Which of the following best describes your connection in disability issues?
There is a disabled person in my family - 121
I work in the disability field - 74
Just interested - 20
Other - 19
What is your race / ethnicity?
Hispanic or Latinx - 7%
Black or African-American - 3%
Asian or Asian American - 3%
Other - 3%
American Indian or Native American - 1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander - 1%
What is your age?
25-34 - 104
45-54 - 82
18-24 - 44
55-64 - 44
65+ - 18
Under 18 - 7
What is your gender?
Male - 74
Non-binary - 66
Transgender man - 4
Transgender woman - 1
Other - 13
What type of disability do you have?
Chronic pain / chronic illness - 260
Mental health - 211
Autism - 77
Learning disability - 63
Other - 57
Cognitive / intellectual - 52
Sensory (Deaf / Blind) - 43
Speech - 17