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5 Simple Ways to Support Disability Activism
By Andrew Pulrang — 2021
Disability activism is empowering. Keys to getting started are staying open, sharing the stage, working collaboratively, listening and learning, and being willing to ask for help to make it less scary.
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'Knock and it shall be opened.’ But does knocking mean hammering and kicking the door like a maniac?