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Alex Haagaard (they / them)
@alexhaagaard
Design research, anti-clinical medicine, critical disability shitposting. Opinions = my own.
Jul 28, 2018 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
As the Great Interminable Straw Debate of 2018 rages on, I've noticed one assumption has received very little pushback from either side:

the idea that accessibility and sustainability are mutually conflicting. This frames sustainability in a very narrow way - as though the ecological impact of a person's life can be measured by their reliance on single-use plastics.
Jul 7, 2018 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Instead of plastic straws, you know what I'd like to see banned?

Grass lawns.

They're a waste of water, & people burn fossil fuels to maintain them & douse them in pesticides & herbicides which harm bees and butterflies & make it hard for disabled people like me to breathe. If you want to help the environment, here are some ways you can do it without harming marginalised people:

Plant a vegetable garden and hand out the extra food you grow to those who need it.
Apr 27, 2018 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
I've had to make a ton of phone calls today, which has me feeling exhausted, ill and grumpy as fuck, so (for the millionth time), I'm in the mood to talk about medication access in Canada (specifically Ontario). I take 40mg cetirizine each morning to control my MCAD symptoms. After speaking with my immunologist yesterday I am going to be taking that dose at night and adding loratidine in the mornings.
Nov 13, 2017 • 67 tweets • 11 min read
So, I saw a thread earlier that made me kind of uncomfortable in that it felt to me as though it was perpetuating some misconceptions about neurological sleep disorders. The thread dealt with personal experiences of medical neglect, & I don't want to invalidate that. But I also struggle with stuff like this because sleep medicine is so poorly understood - by patients, laypeople, general practitioners, and medical specialists.
Oct 30, 2017 • 91 tweets • 8 min read
I'd also like to talk about my experience of immigrating-while-disabled bc this is a really important topic that there's little info about. In late 2014 I was offered a 12-month research contract in the UK. I accepted eagerly bc it was a great position & an adventure.