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Reposting from @fightingformyvoice and @photonovic

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Week 21 Disability Rights Watch

1. Department of Energy leads new attack on Section 504. The past several weeks, the Department of Energy has been working to weaken Section 504, a statute that protects disabled people’s right to enter and be accommodated in any spaces that receive federal funding, including government buildings, public schools, hospitals that accept Medicaid, and more.

The change seeks to allow various entities to decide whether or not they want to include accessibility and accommodations for disabled people based on whether they are “efficient.”

The language is vague and it’s unclear what kinds of spaces would be affected or what precedent it would set for 504/ADA enforcement.
Public comment is open until June 16. Templates are available on our website.

2. Hospitals Warn Medicaid Cuts Will Devastate Rural Facilities Republicans continue to work on a budget bill that seeks to cut $785 billion from Medicaid programs across the next decade.

Rural doctors and hospitals, especially in red-leaning populations in the middle of the country, will be disproportionally affected, as those populations tend to rely more heavily on Medicaid programs.
This, alongside recent private equity takeovers of hospitals to flip them for profit, is creating healthcare deserts, where people may face extremely long wait times and/or travel for hours to reach emergency care.

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RFK Jr. dismissed the entirety of the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel, which previously had 17 members.

Later in the week he announced 8 people to serve as replacements. At least two have been very vocal against COVID mitigation measures, like masking, as well as vaccines.

It is another of RFK’s many attacks on vaccine science since taking power at HHS, coinciding with large sums of money he receives from antivax lobbyists. Healthcare providers + advocates are concerned that changes to vaccine recommendations will affect access, since health insurance companies use the panels to make decisions on what they will pay for.

cont'd in comments Graphic with text 'Week 21: Disability Rights Watch' and a question 'What happened?' at the bottom. Features blue and gold color scheme with the Instagram handle @photonovice and the website www.Disability-Rights-Watch.com displayed.

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„Wie fühlt es sich an, etwas zu hören?“
„Frustrierend. Information kommt herein, und ich gebe mir wirklich Mühe zu erkennen, was es ist, aber es ergibt trotzdem keinen Sinn.“ (379)

Mit »Klartext« oder »True Biz«, grandios übersetzt von Judith Schwaab, hat Sara Nović etwas geschafft, womit ich nicht gerechnet habe. Sie lässt tief in die Welt der Gehörlosen-Community blicken und schafft somit einen ganz anderen, einen ganz neuen Zugang, zumindest für mich. Wir folgen vor allem Charlie, die als Kind auf dringenden Wunsch ihrer Eltern ein Implantat eingesetzt bekommen hat, mit dem sie angeblich besser hören soll. Wir folgen ihrem Schulwechsel an die River Valley Schule für Gehörlose, ihren Struggles als Heranwachsende und ihre aufkeimende Rebellion gegen das System. Parallel erleben wir die Perspektive der Direktorin February, die als Kind einer Gehörlosen aufwächst und sich jetzt nicht nur mit ihren und denen, die sie vielleicht mit ihrer Ehefrau hat, sondern auch mit den Problem einer ganzen Schule auseinandersetzt.

Bam! Ich bin richtig baff und finde dieses Buch vor allem so gut, weil es mir so viel Neues aufzeigt, das ich vorher entweder nicht bedacht habe, oder das mir sowieso gänzlich von außerhalb der Community, verschlossen bleibt. Die Geschichte dagegen ist einfach geschrieben und kommt ganz ohne Schönungen aus, hat mich aber von Anfang an ein- und mitgenommen. Zwischen den Kapiteln gibt es immer Ausflüge in der amerikanischen Gebärdensprache und die der Black American Sign Language, die sich damals parallel zur ASL entwickelt hat. Generell ist das Buch an vielen Stellen der intersektional aufgestellt. Ganz zurecht ein Bestseller, meine Meinung!

Wirklich tausend Dank für das Rezex @btb_verlag und @team.bloggerportal - das ist ein Bangerbuch!!

#truebiz #saranović #klartext #bookstagram #buchbloggerin #btbverlag #buchtipp Vor einer grünen Wand mit Buchstaben im Hintergrund hält eine junge Frau das Buch „Klartext“ von Sara Nović hoch.

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👀👂🏻🦻🏻💛 True Biz by @photonovic I’m really enjoying this one!! This is one of the books listed for our Battle of the Books After Hours contest and not my typical read. I am SO GLAD for that because it is opening me up to so many things I am not regularly exposed to. We follow Charlie, Austin, and February as they navigate their own personal lives and their lives living/working at a deaf school! Please check this one out. I will follow up when I finish, which I suspect will be quick! Update: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #TrueBiz
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IN THE LIBRARY NOW…

“True Biz” is a tender, beautiful, and radiantly outraged novel that follows a year of seismic romantic, political, and familial shifts for a teacher and her students at a boarding school for the deaf, from the acclaimed author Sara Nović.

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True biz? The students at the River Valley School for the Deaf just want to hook up, pass their history finals, and have politicians, doctors, and their parents stop telling them what to do with their bodies. This revelatory novel plunges readers into the halls of a residential school for the deaf, where they’ll meet Charlie, a rebellious transfer student who’s never met another deaf person before; Austin, the school’s golden boy, whose world is rocked when his baby sister is born hearing; and February, the hearing headmistress, a CODA (child of deaf adult(s)) who is fighting to keep her school open and her marriage intact, but might not be able to do both. As a series of crises both personal and political threaten to unravel each of them, Charlie, Austin, and February find their lives inextricable from one another—and changed forever.

This is a story of sign language and lip-reading, disability and civil rights, isolation and injustice, first love and loss, and, above all, great persistence, daring, and joy. Absorbing and assured, idiosyncratic and relatable, this is an unforgettable journey into the Deaf community and a universal celebration of human connection.

•New York Times Bestseller
•Reese’s Book Club Pick
•One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, Booklist

Goodreads Rating: 4.06

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2023 година е пълно мазало, но това е страхотно 😁 толкова се радвам, че ми е толкова труден избора, защото това е знак, че читателския ми живот е бил сърахотен☺️📚🤓

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Thanks to the wonderful @pacificnwbooksellers for rerunning my @literaryhub piece on high school novels for adults. Go read these books! @lisa.lutz @emilystjams @photonovic and more.

https://nwbooklovers.org/2025/06/17/beyond-teen-fiction-high-school-novels-for-adult-readers/

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Wat is jouw favoriete boek? De vraag die elke lezer vreest.

Dus ik besloot het anders aan te pakken. Ik dook in mijn geheugen (en oké, ook in mijn Goodreads) en haalde alles boven wat ooit als je-van-het voelde. De buit? 25 boeken die je met liefde leest. Of nou ja, die ik met liefde heb gelezen.

Bij @jenniferleest en @lezenmetwendy zag ik een leuke manier om onze smaken in boeken te vergelijken: 10 punten als je het hebt gelezen, 5 als het op je TBR staat.

Maximaal 250 punten te behalen, maar de echte winst zit in de herkenning. Jij + ik + boeken = match?

Dus, hoeveel punten scoor jij op mijn favorieten? 👀 Ze hoeven trouwens niet jouw lievelings te zijn.

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💖New in💖

(Werbung, da Rezensionsexemplare)

Der Sommer ist im vollen Gange und ich bin trotz der Wärme total motiviert zu Lesen. In der letzen Zeit sind daher diese fünf Schätze bei mir eingezogen:

💖 "Klartext" von Sara Novic, welches uns in die Welt von gehörlosen Menschen eintauchen lässt. [R]

💖 "Die Rettung" von Charlotte McConaghy. Ich habe "Zugvögel" sehr gemocht und da musste dieses Buch einfach bei mir einziehen.

💖 "Blaues Wunder" von Anne Freytag lese ich gerade und bin sehr begeistert. Schnell, hitzig, fies. I love IT💥. [R]

💖 "Beklaute Frauen" von Leonie Schöler, welches ich auch parallel lese. Ein zugängliches Sachbuch über viele Frauen, die in der Vergangenheit viel geleistet haben, aber durch das Patriarcht keine Beachtung geschenkt bekommen haben. Sehr sehr gut! [R]

"Blaue Tage" von Tatjana von der Beek habe ich schon gelesen und auch sehr gemocht, mehr ab dem 15.Juli. [R]

Ich freue mich sehr über diese tollen Bücher. Habt ihr eins oder mehrere davon schon gelesen?

#neuzugänge
#bookstagram
#lesen

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Ughhhhh! Over the past several weeks, the US Department of Energy has been hard at work in an attempt to quietly weaken Section 504, a statute that protects disabled people’s right to enter and be accommodated in any spaces that receive federal funding, including government buildings, public schools, hospitals, and more. The changes they seek to make will allow various entities to choose whether or not they want to include accessibility and accommodations for disabled people based on whether they are deemed “efficient.” The language is intentionally vague, which makes it difficult to discern exactly what kinds of spaces would be affected. Additionally, it is unclear what precedent this would set for 504/ADA enforcement.

So, what can you do to help?! Today, Monday, 6.16, is the last day to drop a public comment to fight back against this blatant attack on disability rights. Not sure how? Visit the link in our bio, or go to https://dredf.org/action-alert-doe-civil-rights-and-section-504/ for step-by-step instructions and additional scripts/templates, and swipe through for an example script. Follow the following important sources from this post, @fightingformyvoice @photonovic @dredf1979 to stay updated, and engage with and share this content to help spread the word! Don’t forget to tag your fave advocates and activists!

#disabilityrightsarehumanrights #protectsection504 #deptofenergy #neurodiversityaffirming #advocate #adhd #audhd #autism #epilepsy #cerebralpalsy #apraxia #neurodiversityadvocate #cerebralpalsyadvocate #autismadvocate #disabilitycommunity #accessibleeducation #ableismmakesmebarf #accessibilityforall

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In light of a personal hearing journey this week, I thought it appropriate to highlight Sara Nović’s True Biz.

★ ★ ★ ★
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Charlie Serrano, a Deaf teenager with a malfunctioning cochlear implant, transfers to River Valley School for the Deaf, where she confronts the isolation created by her hearing-centered upbringing and begins discovering true community.

I adored and appreciated the lessons on signing, with special attention given to nuance embedded throughout the novel. Let’s continue to honor, uplift, and amplify (literally) our Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing communities. 🫶🏾🦻🏾🤟🏾 #truebiz #saranovic #reesewitherspoonbookclub

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