January 12, 2020 #CripTheVote Chat on Proposed Changes in Social Security Reviews

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Save the Date - Twitter Chat on Social Security's Changes to Continuing Disability Reviews - January 12, 2020 7 PM EST - Center for American Progress logo on lower left, #CripTheVote logo on lower right

#CripTheVote Chat on Proposed Changes in

Social Security Disability Reviews

Sunday, January 12, 2020

7 PM Eastern / 4 PM Pacific

With guest hosts:

Rebecca Cokley Center for American Progress

Matthew Cortland, Disability Rights Attorney

Elena Hung, Little Lobbyists

Community Legal Services

Tinu Abayomi-Paul, Activist and Disabled Entrepreneur

The Trump Administration is proposing new Social Security Disability rules that could mean more reviews and paperwork in order to keep disability benefits which could result in hundreds of thousands of people with disabilities losing their benefits. For more information:

Social security disability benefits: What Trump's proposed cuts could mean for recipients - Anita Wadhwani, Tennesean

Trump proposes Social Security change that could end disability benefits for hundreds of thousands - Jake Johnson, Salon.com

The Trump Administration Has a New Stealth Approach to Kicking People Off Disability - By Matthew Cortland, Talk Poverty

Additional Links

It would help to add a few links to articles explaining the proposals, and to places where people can comment or take other action.

How to Participate

Follow @GreggBeratan @AndrewPulrang @DisVisibility, and guest hosts Rebecca Cokley @RebeccaCokley, Center for American Progress, Matthew Cortland @mattbc, Disability Rights Attorney, Elena Hung @LittleLobbyists, Little Lobbyists, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia @CLSphila, and Tinu Abayomi-Paul @tinu, Activist and Disabled Entrepreneur. 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 5-6 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 is 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 Proposed Changes in #SocialSecurity Disability Reviews, with guest hosts @RebeccaCokley, @mattbc, @LittleLobbyists, @CLSPhila & @tinu.

Remember to use the #CripTheVote hashtag when you tweet. For this topic you can also add #NoSocialSecurityCuts. If you respond to a question such as Q1, your tweet should follow this format: “A1 [your message] #CripTheVote”

We will be talking about 2 programs in particular today: SSDI (Social Security Disability Insurance) and SSI (Supplemental Security Income). For more about each: https://www.ssa.gov/disability/ #CripTheVote

The proposed Social Security changes involve “Continuing Disability Reviews.” For information on these reviews: https://www.ssa.gov/ssi/text-cdrs-ussi.htm #CripTheVote

Q1: What have you heard about the Trump Administration’s proposed changes in Continuing Disability Reviews? #CripTheVote

Q2: Are you on SSDI or SSI benefits, or both … now or in the past? What would happen to you financially if you were to lose your benefits because the Social Security Administration thinks you're no longer disabled? #CripTheVote

Q3 If you receive SSDI or SSI benefits, how long did it take for you to qualify, from first applying to receiving your first check? #CripTheVote

Q4 Have you gone through a Continuing Disability Review? What was that process like? #CripTheVote

Q5: What are some of the most common beliefs and misconceptions people have about SSI and SSDI? #CripTheVote

Q6: How do these Social Security proposals relate to other efforts to cut benefits to people with disabilities? #CripTheVote

Q7: How do we explain the danger of this proposal to people who think it's just a common sense effort to prevent fraud and overpayment? #CripTheVote

Q8: What are some positive changes that could be made to SSDI and SSI that would actually benefit disabled people? #CripTheVote

This concludes our #CripTheVote chat on Proposed Changes in Social Security Disability Continuing Disability Reviews. Many thanks to our co-hosts @RebeccaCokley @mattbc, @LittleLobbyists, @CLSphila & @tinu.

Please keep the conversation going! A recap of this chat will be up shortly. For more information on #CripTheVote, visit the blog at: http://cripthevote.blogspot.com/

January 7, 2020 Candidate Chat with Sen. Elizabeth Warren - Recap

1/7/20 Candidate Chat with Senator Elizabeth Warren

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Happy New Year! The co-partners of #CripTheVote, Andrew Pulrang, Gregg Beratan, and Alice Wong, are thrilled to host our first candidate chat with Senator Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday, January 7, 2020, 1:30-2:15 pm Eastern.

Below is an outline of the chat format including questions for Senator Warren. Everyone is welcome to ask questions throughout the chat but there will be time set aside for engagement with community members in the last 15 minutes.

Please note: Our advocacy is nonpartisan and any chats with candidates are not official endorsements.

For more about Senator Warren’s plan to Protecting the Rights and Equality of People with Disabilities: https://elizabethwarren.com/plans/disability-rights-and-equality/

How to Participate

Follow @GreggBeratan @AndrewPulrang @DisVisibility and @ewarren. 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 5 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 first-ever candidate chat with @ewarren! Remember to use the #CripTheVote hashtag when you tweet. For more information, read Senator Warren’s plan: Protecting the Rights and Equality of People with Disabilities.

We will ask 6 questions to @ewarren. Everyone is welcome to ask questions throughout the chat but there will be time set aside for engagement with community members in the last 15 minutes. #CripTheVote

Q1  @ewarren: Tell us about your engagement with the disability community so far and examples of your campaign’s access and inclusion. #CripTheVote

Q2  @ewarren: What are some of the main things you learned from the disability community and how did it influence your overall vision of what you want to do if elected? #CripTheVote

Q3  @ewarren: Please share your policies and proposals that are focused on people with disabilities and how you developed them. #CripTheVote

Q4  @ewarren: How are disabled people involved in your campaign whether it’s staff, volunteers, advisors, or consultants? How will this continue in your administration if elected? #CripTheVote

Q5  @ewarren: Is there anything else you’d like to share with us about disability issues? #CripTheVote

Q6  @ewarren Do you have any questions you’d like to ask the disability community? #CripTheVote

At this time we’d like to open up the conversation to everyone with @ewarren. Feel free to ask questions or share your thoughts. Don’t forget to use the #CripTheVote tag!

This concludes our #CripTheVote candidate chat with @ewarren. Many thanks to Senator Warren, her team, and everyone for joining us today! Please keep the conversation going! A recap of this chat will be up shortly. For more: http://cripthevote.blogspot.com/

FYI: We invite all Presidential candidates to schedule #CripTheVote chats similar to this one where they can answer these same questions and interact with disabled voters http://cripthevote.blogspot.com/2019/11/2020-cripthevote-candidate-chats.html Just send us an email: cripthevote@gmail.com

#CripTheVote Live Tweet Of The December 2019 Democratic Debate

#CripTheVote Live Tweets Stats Update

Here are updated #CripTheVote chat statistics showing participation and impact numbers for the six Democratic Presidential debates so far. We are using a service called Keyhole https://keyhole.co/ to track this. If you are into numbers and statistics, read ahead!

Note:

“Tweets” includes the number of original tweets, retweets, and replies.
“Users” is the number of people who participated over the measured span of time.
“Engagement” is the number of times people either retweeted or replied to tweets.
"Tweet Impressions" is a total tally of all the times the Tweet has been seen.

This Timeline graph shows #CripTheVote tweet volumes over the course of the December 19, 2019 Democratic Presidential Primary Debate.

Graphic showing a line graph for #CripTheVote historical data for 12/19/19. On the x-axis are hours in one day, the y-axis the number posts: 5,652 posts, 2,406 users, 29,640 engagement, 27,361,410 tweet impressions. The peak was at about 10 pm Eastern.

And here are some charts covering the last four debate live tweets. Since the first two debates were two nights, we came up with daily tweet averages for comparison with the single night third and fourth debates.

Tweets

June Debate: 1,569 per day average
July Debate: 2,761 per day average
September Debate: 2,996
October Debate: 3,807
November Debate: 2,353
December Debate: 5,652

Users

June Debate: 575 per day average
July Debate: 1,196 per day average
September Debate: 1,123
October Debate: 1,597
November Debate: 1,000
December Debate: 2,406

Engagement

June Debate: 1,618 per day average
July Debate: 11,915 per day average
September Debate: 10,691
October Debate: 13,730
November Debate: 8,126
December Debate: 29,640

Tweet Impressions

June Debate: 7,507,804 per day average
July Debate: 13,029,603 per day average
September Debate: 16,351,225
October Debate: 19,946,895
November Debate: 16,129,595
December Debate:

We will keep collecting data from upcoming live tweets and chats. Check back here at the #CripTheVote Blog.

#CripTheVote Live Tweet of the November 2019 Democratic Primary Debate

2020 #CripTheVote Candidate Chats

2020 #CripTheVote Candidate Chats

With the 2020 Presidential election fast approaching, the co-partners of #CripTheVote, Andrew Pulrang, Gregg Beratan, and Alice Wong, invite candidates from any party to join us in a Twitter chat about disability policy and issues. We are offering to host individual chats for each interested candidate in 2020. Below is an outline of the chat format including questions and time at the end for engagement with community members. Please note: Our advocacy is nonpartisan and any chats with candidates are not official endorsements.

If you’re interested, email us: cripthevote@gmail.com

Check out this recap from our last Twitter chat: https://wakelet.com/wake/8fe0236d-328f-45b1-99fd-58412b1e52d9

For more: http://cripthevote.blogspot.com/

#CripTheVote Candidate Chat format for each individual candidate (60-75 minutes):

Introduction and reminders on how to participate 

Q1: Tell us about your engagement with the disability community so far and examples of your campaign’s access and inclusion? 

Q2: What are some of the main things you learned from the disability community and how did it influence your overall vision of what you want to do if elected?  

Q3: Please share your policies and proposals that are focused on people with disabilities and how you developed them.  

Q4: How are disabled people involved in your campaign whether it’s staff, volunteers, advisors, or consultants? How will this continue in your administration if elected?

Q5: Is there anything else you’d like to share with us about disability issues?

Q6: Do you have any questions you’d like to ask the disability community?

[Remaining 15-20 minutes open for questions from chat participants to the candidate]

Wrap-up and thank you.