Gregory Mansfield
@GHMansfield
Disabled Lawyer. Disability Rights and Disability Justice. Gregoryhmansfield at gmail.
Man at bus stop seeing me, a wheelchair user: “I don’t have time to wait for a wheelchair to get on.” Wheelchair users know about waiting.The resistance to us riding buses kept them inaccessible for years. Your wait is minimal. Our wait for access persists.
A compassionate society does not suggest death as an answ... | by @Tanni_GT observer.co.uk/news/opinion-a…
My favourite thing about this country is that 'you can't take money from millionaires, they might leave' is considered a more valid and compelling argument than 'you can't take money from disabled people, they might die'.
‘Big Beautiful Cuts’: Protestors blast Malliotakis over healthcare ‘Poison Pill’ • Brooklyn Paper brooklynpaper.com/big-beautiful-…
We are #NotDeadYet! Today as Parliament debated our futures, life and death, we were in the Square. Loud and proud of our histories and stories as #DisabledPeople, allies and carers. #KillTheBill and ask your MP to vote NO on Friday 20th June! #AssistUsToLive
It is coercive for disabled people to be asked over and over again: “Do you want a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) Order?” Nondisabled people are asked once. Disabled people are asked repeatedly. It is devaluation. It is ableism.
I can’t believe that disabled people have to reiterate that bodily autonomy means wanting to live too.
Whatever your personal beliefs on Assisted Dying, we should all be able to agree on 2 fundamentals: No means no. If a patient doesn’t want it, end of discussion. It should never be offered in lieu of care or social supports. If it is, it’s not compassion. It’s eugenics 🧵
Medical assistance in dying is not a medical treatment. It is the infliction of death.
Deleting or canceling disabled people, about 25% of the population, is vile ableism. Disabled people are humanity. Disabled people have value. Disabled people do matter.
Surveys, other federal data products tracking people w disabilities have been deleted or canceled too. State Dept is removing all references to people with disabilities from dept's annual human rights report. Again if these facts aren't documented, easier to pretend they don't…
Surveys, other federal data products tracking people w disabilities have been deleted or canceled too. State Dept is removing all references to people with disabilities from dept's annual human rights report. Again if these facts aren't documented, easier to pretend they don't…
The fact that disabled people face challenges does not mean that disabled people are a burden.
Scared and confused, Aseel and Afaf live in a crowded displacement tent, lacking all forms of support, even food. Source: Al Jazeera share.google/?link=https://…
The point is not that we are all going to die. The point is that no one should die because their health benefits have been terminated.
Ableist language is not harmless. It is a lack of empathy, the attribution of inferiority and an expression of cruelty.
Source: C/N: Ableist language share.google/HssTvwfv9HbsD9…
He Died Without Getting Mental Health Care He Sought. A New Lawsuit Says His Insurer’s Ghost Network Is to Blame. - ProPublica apple.news/ANgY5HGbsSr-VE…
Trump has a decades-long history of promoting eugenicist ideas. @metraux_julia gives us a complete timeline of the president’s thoughts on “good genes,” IQ, and which disabled people should “just die.”motherjones.com/politics/2025/…
Columbus man with cerebral palsy fears losing housing, services with Medicaid cuts abc6onyourside.com/news/local/col…