#Access to information

[nonspeakerlibrary]

"Believe in Me: Insights of a Nonspeaking College-Bound Autistic" by Rachel Kripke-Ludwig

The district's Content Specialist questioned the value of an academic education for someone like me who will always need support and who could not produce the full volume of assignments at the time. She felt my mothers should be realistic and give up on the idea of a diploma. She recommended enrolling me in social and life skills studies. I needed help with life skills, but killing my motivation was not the answer. When I have opportunities that I do not want to miss, my self-regulation improves. After a year of lessons at home to catch me up academically, I had demonstrated my capacity, but because my old school did not want to adapt, they did not want to serve me anymore. I had to find another solution.

When I changed schools, my disability did not change. The people who were around me did. They believed in me. Matt could see that I was doing grade-level work. He and my teachers thought that college was something I could realistically learn to manage if in a supportive university. But the thought of navigating a college campus and sitting in a lecture hall was inconceivable to me. I was, and still am, nonspeaking, impulsive, and need to move to pay attention.

It was the unconscious biases of special educators that held me back. They were taught that I cannot learn, so they did not provide grade-level lessons. But I can and must learn everything other kids do. Knowledge is power. Keeping me from information disempowers me and causes anxiety. It guarantees my second-class status.

[9ine9ine9ine6ix]

the problem isn't words like "unalive" or posts like "hello kitty says genocide is bad," the problem is informational feeds being clogged with short, "trendy" posts that don't contain updates or action items

we aren't censoring ourselves to be cutesy or to dampen the seriousness of the situation. sometimes you say words that apps don't like and they take your post down. discussing genocide involves a lot of words apps don't find profitable. so we use funny words. it's not the choice of language for a gag, it's to quickly and effectively get the information out there on apps that don't want to be used for that. if you trick people into reading about someones house and how it was literally bombed and hey you can literally financially help that person Right Now, that doesn't suck. Literally JUST a png of hello kitty DOES suck.

Cool? same page now? no one who actually is involved in action and community building is making it an aesthetic, you can tell because those posts have information. there are children who are easily mislead to thinking "reblog if you're a safe space" or "post to story if you support palestine" are action items rather than get-likes-fast tricks for the algorithm- that doesn't mean we shouldn't use clickbait to our advantage, that we shouldn't get facts out there with guerilla tactics, it just means we should stop making zero effort posts with one (1) correct political opinion somewhere on the image for internet points.

welcome to the internet, hello kitty prolly wouldn't like genocide but she does work for a multibillion dollar franchise so her boss probably invests in it

[indigovigilance]

Having nothing to do with nothing, but finding English translations of various documents, whether they are Spanish poems from the 1980's or 400 year old German scientific treatises, is much more difficult than I was expecting and I am irrationally annoyed that in the age of information this problem has not been solved.

Edit: I found it, it just didn't look like what I was expecting. That's on me.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Nova Scotia Justice Minister Brad Johns has launched a review of the province's information and privacy legislation, a process Premier Tim Houston criticized when the former Liberal government proposed something similar. In a news release Thursday, Johns said an internal working group would look at the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, as well as the Privacy Review Officer Act, the Personal Information International Disclosure Act and Part 20 of the Municipal Government Act. The last major update of the FOIPOP Act was in 1999. "Our access to information and privacy laws in Nova Scotia have not been updated in many years," Johns said in the news release.

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Tagging: @politicsofcanada

[dererumnatura-0]

🌟🌟🌟So sweet!! More off-road mobility devices please!!

End all the monopolish like the current ownership of the wheelchair market. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[neenarchive]

not being able to borrow an ebook because someone else has it on loan is stupid as hell. like babe this is Document. these are pixels.

[mgeist]

The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 240: Dean Beeby on Why Canada’s Language Laws May Stop the Posting of Access to Information Records Online

[teethstoobigmouthwontclose]

In a fantasy setting, my job would be exactly the same

[seductivevelociraptor]

The internet archive is a true gem. Please help protect it.

This is absolutely catastrophic.

[zentarablog]

10 Banned Books That Sparked Controversy (and Why)

The act of banning books is a contentious issue, rooted in the belief that certain ideas, themes, or language are harmful, inappropriate, or dangerous to a particular audience, often children. However, the suppression of literature, regardless of intent, raises fundamental questions about intellectual freedom, censorship, and the right to access information. Throughout history, countless books…

[wallpapers4screen]

[9ine9ine9ine6ix]

"stop censoring words like death by using unalive"

back up a second. so you're posting a video to an app, and this video includes stories and language that the app is against. You avoid certain words to prevent your video from being taken down, leaving it up for longer, making it more accessible. You see this annoying type of censorship on a bunch of videos about super serious world topics, or messages with a time limit that need to be shared as effectively as possible.

is that actually censorship? or is that AVOIDING censorship?

do you distrust your audience so much that you think the word "unalive" will make them desensitized to the overall concept of death?

if saying a word (breaking the TOS of the social media your posting to) will cut of your stream of income, are you going to say that word?

You're mad at random strangers on the internet for a problem caused by media conglomerates and their shareholders. Be mad at ads that don't want to show up on a video featuring "unsavory language."

[nonspeakerlibrary]

Cristian Rosas, a filmmaker and AAC user with intellectual disability and agenesis of the corpus collosum , on how he learned to read and the autonomy it gives him.

[milfitinstitute]

Can a Scottish Public Authority Impose 'Channel Restrictions' on Applicants?

Introduction Section 1(1) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002) (FOISA) states: “(1) A person who requests information from a Scottish public authority which holds it is entitled to be given it by the authority.” What is Meant by ‘Channel Restrictions’? This means placing restrictions on how an applicant can submit information requests to the auhtority. For example, the…

[drchristophedelongsblog]

Baby boomers are likely to be more demanding medically than their elders.

Several factors converge towards this trend

Level of education and information

Baby boomers are generally more educated and informed than previous generations.

They have better access to medical information and are more likely to seek quality care.

They are more likely to ask questions, challenge diagnoses, and seek alternative treatment options.

High expectations for quality of life

Baby boomers grew up in a period of prosperity and have high expectations for quality of life.

They are less willing to accept age-related limitations and are more likely to seek solutions to maintain their autonomy and well-being.

They have a proactive approach to their health, they want to continue being active for as long as possible.

Familiarity with technology

Baby boomers are more comfortable with technology than previous generations.

They are more likely to use digital tools to monitor their health, search for medical information and communicate with healthcare professionals.

They are more likely to use telemedicine tools or medical monitoring applications.

Awareness of patients' rights

Baby boomers are more aware of their rights as patients.

They are more likely to hold healthcare professionals accountable and seek recourse if something goes wrong.

The financial aspect

Baby boomers often have better financial situations than their elders, which allows them to have access to more expensive care.

Potential consequences

This increased requirement could lead to an increase in demand for health services, which could put a strain on health systems.

It could also stimulate innovation in the healthcare sector, with the development of new technologies and new approaches to care.

In conclusion, it is likely that baby boomers will be more demanding in terms of medical care than their elders, which will have important implications for health systems.

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[armageddon-is-light-after-dark]

On museums

I was recently able to travel out of my country, for the first time in my life, and visit museums in another country. In my country the museums or at least the ones in my city have tried to evolve themselves as a center of education. While this doesn't always work and you can usually expect them to try to explain as much as possible about what you're looking at and what it could mean.

And the other country I went to this was not the case. And I was very frustrated.

Now I'm one of those people who would have a hard time learning about something unless it was in a museum. Money as one of the biggest barriers in my case but access can certainly be another.

All this to say a naked display of imperialism really bothered me, and I much prefer when the institutions try to pretend that they're teaching too

Anyways real life shenanigans are annoying