Casey Doherty

Sunlight streaming through dense green forest canopy over a pathway. Logos for CAP and Justice Outside appear in the corner. Text reads: “This is about more than a nice view. It’s natural infrastructure for healthy communities. Everyone has a right to experience the benefits of nature.”

The new report from @americanprogress.bsky.social and Justice Outside, reveals the persistence of the nature gap in the U.S., where communities of color are 3x more likely than white communities to live in nature-deprived areas.

Read the report here: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

Hello! I am a trans journalist looking to speak with trans kids and parents of trans kids across the US who have been impacted by the clinic closures---please get in touch or share!

New England cherishes its local elections—but many disabled voters are locked out “It's a really heartbreaking example of who gets left behind in systems that are not built for everyone.”

For a few hundred years, towns across New England have conducted Town Meeting Days via floor votes, which can be inaccessible to disabled people. This situation shows how accessibility and tradition can go head-to-head. My latest for @motherjones.com.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Long COVID — Here’s What To Know And The Challenges Ahead Six years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus still exists. A public health expert explains what Long COVID is, and the challenges associated with it.

Explicitly capitalist media again shares a new piece that Long COVID is concerning, has no cure and again, embarrassingly, is doing better public health comms about this than most public health orgs. www.forbes.com/sites/omeraw...

Journalist Sara Murphy is working on a story about the impact of climate disasters on people with #LongCOVID, focusing on the American South. She would love to connect with people who had to manage the recent ice storms and extreme cold, or even previous disasters. Contact: hello@saramurphyphd.com.

I'm looking to hear some specific examples of how disabled Minnesotans have been harmed by federal Medicaid pause for reporting I'm doing at @motherjones.com . Please reach out to jmetraux@motherjones.com with any leads.

Yes! I’ll dm you my number if that’s ok

Hi! I’m a disability studies PhD student who has done research like this! Would be happy to help. I work mostly using phenomenology, so understanding how people experience phenomena (like, for example, being denied essential meds)

A concrete demonstration that this is about disenfranchising trans people-- their right to free movement and their right to vote-- not about gender at all.

“There can’t be that many people with Long Covid, I never see them” as though we don’t know post-infectious syndromes cause many patients to become housebound and bedbound, (the worst of whom can rarely or never post online) the same with previous post-infectious syndromes for millennia

“In the last year, it’s gotten a lot worse” A Qualitative Investigation of Barriers to Disability Benefits in 2025 - DREDF The Mobility Device User Survey (MDUS) reported here was stimulated by reports from mobility device users of the many problems, limitations, and long waits associated with the process of acquiring a m...

I'm thrilled to announce a new report I wrote with @ksavin.bsky.social and @calliefreitag.bsky.social on the impact of DOGE/Trump 2.0 turmoil on Social Security disability programs.

As the title says, these programs have always been tough to navigate. But in the last year, they've gotten worse.

When Rest Isn't Resistance Presentation YouTube video by V. Ashley

I uploaded the full version of the video that will be shared at the Symposium for Disability and Accessibility at Yale on April 10th. A short version will be played that day. I uploaded this in advance in case ppl wanted to watch and prepare questions to bring to the conference (10-10:30 am ET)

‘I Just Stood Up’: The Stunning Arrest Of Aliya Rahman At The State Of The Union Rahman, who was Rep. Ilhan Omar’s guest, suspects she was targeted after testifying to Congress about her brutal ICE detention in Minneapolis.

NEW, from me: I talked to Aliya Rahman, who was dragged out of Tuesday's State of the Union + arrested for... standing up.

Really.

Rahman, who is autistic and has disabilities, was a guest of Rep. Ilhan Omar + was previously brutally detained by ICE in Minneapolis. www.huffpost.com/entry/aliya-...

i really wish we'd stop it with the whole criminal record disclaimer thing, especially given how racist the criminal system is, and how easily POC can end up with a record for being in the wrong place at the wrong time

Document your honorings and celebrations. Share online with hashtag #AliceIsLove Don't forget to make your post accessible (image descriptions, captions, etc.) Honoring Alice Wong: Ideas for Gatherings, Actions, and Activities All of these ideas are just invitations to support communities and individuals globally to honor Alice. Please choose what fits best for you, whether it is on this list or not. We welcome all of these ways and the many more that will continue to keep Alice's legacy with us. * Build an altar, enjoy food, share stories, read & reflect on Alice's wisdoms, dance party!, make art, spoil your animals, wheatpaste DISABLED RAGE, support Crips for eSims for Gaza, Mutual Aid Detailed toolkit with links, photos, and resources to make your gatherings accessible, plus ways to honor Alice Wong's legacy: https://bit.ly/aliceislove

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Alice Wong's Celebration of life March 25th, 2026 11am PST This toolkit is an invitation and a resource for individuals and communities to participate in Alice Wong's Celebration of Life. Be it from bed, your living room, local community center, classroom, or in the streets... You can join Alice's Celebration of Life through: * The livestream + virtual reception: Join the livestream and gather for the virtual reception hosted by Calling UP Justice & San Francisco Disability Cultural Center. * In-person livestream watch + your own gathering: host an in-person gathering to join the livestream and connect in person to celebrate Alice. * Detailed Toolkit with links, photos, and resources to make your gathering accessible, plus ways to honor Alice Wong's legacy: https://bit.ly/aliceislove

21 minutes ago Farnaz Fassihi The attacks have come on a Saturday morning, the first day of the week in Iran, with millions of people at work and children in school. Residents in Tehran described scenes of panic and chaos.

Tehran is a city of nine million people, with 17 million in the larger metropolitan area.

Saturday is the first day of the week for Iranians.

Millions of people are at work, and children are in school.

Absolutely chilling

Congress must mobilize IMMEDIATELY to block illegal acts of war. You can locate the contact info for your members of Congress here: www.congress.gov/members/find...

Live Updates: Trump Announces ‘Major Combat Operations’ in Iran

The US and Israel are bombing Iran. This is in violation of national and international law.

Via a video posted to Truth Social, Trump said to the people of Iran, "Bombs will be dropping everywhere."

I'm thinking of all those in danger and afraid tonight.

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

Dozens of U.S. strikes on Iran. Dunno what to say now other than my thoughts are with the Iranian civilians under fire. What a nightmare.

Donate to Standing with Nurul Amin’s Family in Buffalo, organized by Fatimah Shah Alam GOAL : As much as we can raise. Objective: To raise funds to supp… Fatimah Shah Alam needs your support for Standing with Nurul Amin’s Family in Buffalo

There is now a GoFundMe to support Nurul Amin Shah Alam's family. www.gofundme.com/f/standing-w...

Donate to Support A Community Leader's Recovery, organized by Catherine Schetina Hi, my name is Catherine Schetina, and I’m organizing this fundraiser on beha… Catherine Schetina needs your support for Support A Community Leader's Recovery

Eva Woods is a tireless community leader in Los Angeles who has, for years, spearheaded care for our neighbors in MacArthur Park. She was recently assaulted and needs help to pay for extensive medical bills. If you can support, friends have organized a GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/support-a-...

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Casey Doherty Podcast Episode · Friends with wheels · February 20 · 23m

And via Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Casey Doherty

Had a great conversation with Laszlo Jajczay on the Friends with Wheels podcast about lived experience → disability policy, my work at @americanprogress.bsky.social, disability justice, my mentors, and why language & policy translation really matter.

Check it out!

open.spotify.com/episode/2YGN...

This!!!!!

Two tuxedo cats looking up at the camera - the fluffier one has her mouth open because she is meowing

The girls say hi to their friend Mia🫶

Crips for eSims for Gaza Crips for eSims for Gaza is a collaboration between Jane Shi, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Alice Wong.

chuffed.org/project/crip... this is my regular reminder that we are still here and working to stay out of the red. Celebrate and honor Ramadan by considering spreading the word and donating to us. Let Gaza communications ring freely. You can't stop the signal.

Somebody a couple of years ago said COVID is the climate change of the body, complete with denialism and acceleration of existing issues and I have not stopped thinking about it. (And both are of course connected). I cannot find the tweet for the life of me.