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NatalyaD

@NatalyaD@disabled.social

I am a deaf and disabled cis bi woman living in the UK. I am interested in disability rights practice and law, assistive technology, cats (always cats) and I am fuelled by lots of tea.

My profile picture is a red lizard for no reason other than I like it.

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futurebird , to random
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If serving food here is the right way to address allergies:

  1. Be Honest: If you don't know you don't know. Be honest about ingredients.
  2. Ideally provide a list of all of the ingredients. (It would be nice if it was in alphabetical order if it is long.) If you can't do this see number 1.
  3. Treat questions about ingredients with patience. No one enjoys asking, we are not just being annoying.
  4. Do not act like some allergies are real and important while others don't exist.
NatalyaD ,
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@futurebird I've run very grassroots community events where we had a mix of "feel free to bring your own" "bring&share" (with ingredient lists requested) and provided bought food where kept the food packaging with ingredients was kept WITH each item (till it was empty) and I had a loose vegetarian/vegan/meat&fish separation.

We had signs and announcements asking people NOT to cross-contaminate food. Some folk still couldn't risk that but bought their own.

Natasha_Jay , to random
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UK: Devon's first transgender mayor appointed

'At the age of 73 years old, Rachel Clarke is proud to call herself the first transgender mayor in the westcountry and only the second in the UK'

'I knew from the age of three something wasn't right. I was stuck in a man's body but how could I explain that to anyone? Like a lot of men of my generation, I did the whole thing of getting married and had four daughters and now have eight grandchildren'

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/devons-first-transgender-mayor-appointed-9320970

NatalyaD ,
@NatalyaD@disabled.social avatar

@Natasha_Jay I liked that they did not deasname her, which is rarer than it should be.

ElleGray , to random
@ElleGray@mstdn.social avatar

If I was a university prof and a student's parent contacted me demanding that I change their grade I would get my mom to write back to them & tell them to leave me alone

NatalyaD ,
@NatalyaD@disabled.social avatar

@ElleGray Sadly as a university employee we do have to deal with a small percentage of parents who do not understand that their child is 18+ and now an adult. It doesn't surprise me that employers get it now. It is often the students who are desperately lacking adulting-skills and it's clear why (usually mummy hasn't let them develop any and jumps in all guns blazing first).

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