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#Accommodations

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KellyAnn Romanych (she/her)

Join the Housing Rights Center, the LA County Office of Immigrant Affairs, & the Community Investment for Families Dept on September 25th for a free, informative workshop on tenants' rights under #California’s fair housing laws.

We’ll cover key protections, including:
-#Disability #accommodations
-Source of income protections for voucher holders
-#Immigration-based protections under AB 291 (Immigrant Tenant Protection Act)
-recognize & report #housing #discrimination

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ZoomWelcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Housing Rights Workshop - Los Angeles County Service Providers. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.Join the Housing Rights Center, the LA County Office of Immigrant Affairs, and the Community Investment for Families Department on September 25th for a free, informative workshop on tenants' rights under California’s fair housing laws. Open to service providers, CBOs, educators, promotoras, advocates, and community members. We’ll cover key protections, including: -Disability accommodations -Source of income protections for voucher holders -Immigration-based protections under AB 291 (Immigrant Tenant Protection Act) -How to recognize and report housing discrimination -How to get connected to Los Angeles County resources
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Aaron

@chirpbirb Where you're most likely to see this sort of reasoning: The HR representative assigned to you to manage your workplace accommodations. I have never dealt with so much ableism in my life as when I made a formal accommodations request with a signed letter from my doctor. The most infuriating thing about it was, they're not accommodations that cost any extra effort or money. They just don't want to give their employees anything nice or helpful unless they legally *have* to, and then it will be done begrudgingly and with the narrowest possible interpretation of the doctor's words.

#ableism
#disability
#DisabilityRights
#accommodations
#HR

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olena

Every time I read about disability #accommodations from universities and workplaces for #autistic, #ADHD, #dyslexic etc folks, which are only given to students/workers with proven diagnosis/doctor’s note about needing those accommodations - I just don’t understand: if all those things - lecture transcripts, accessible fonts, written/audio instructions etc - already exist, and others - like more flexibility with time cost next to nothing to provide - why people should prove bureaucratically their right for it? Why can’t it be the standard? Why can’t it be provided to anyone who simply requests? Like, what to they gain for not giving it to everyone asking?

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Jessica Tegner 👩🏻‍🦰

"I came for the language, but I stayed for the community." ... I wish I could say. ⁉️
PyCon DE & PyData 2025

I wish I could have attended PyCon DE & PyData 2025, but was unable to due to unfortunate factors. Let me explain.

My name is Jessica, and I'm a maintainer of python libraries used by millions. I've used python for over 10 years, and have recently started joining the community where ever I'm able to.
I'm also fully blind.

Back In January/February I applied for financial aid to attend, and at the end of February my application was gracefully accepted.
Come the very start of March, when my acceptance had been confirmed, I wrote to the main PyCon DE & PyData help desk, explaining my situation, that I'm fully blind, and asking if any accommodations were possible and could be made.

A few days later I got a reply, that my request had been forwarded to the correct team, and that THEY would get back to me.

Waiting, is not fun, especially when you also have to book flights and accommodations for being there, especially if you don't know if it's all going to be for nothing.
A "Sorry, we are unable to provide accommodations" is totally okay, but that was not the answer I got.

I heard nothing.

Having heard nothing at end of March, I reached out again, to the help desk, asking for a followup at the start of April.
A whole week later, a little over a week away from the conference at this point, I get a response from the main desk again, letting me know that they've followed up directly with the on-site team, and someone will be in contact with me shortly to coordinate the best possible support for me.

Yet again - silence.
No email, no call, no dm... Nothing.

So I ended up not being able to attend. Not being able to join the community that I have come to love and cherish so much. And it's especially hard, because it's the closest PyCon to where I leave.

And let me be clear. I would totally have accepted a no, a sorry we can't do that. But hearing nothing at all, even after multiple followups, is not acceptable, regardless of if they were able to provide accommodations or not.

Personal opinion?
I feel like the community, in some way, has failed. For all the talk about accessibility, inclusion and diversity, it only feels like that mattered in this case if you were able to make things accessible yourself, if you were able to include yourself.

"I came for the language, but couldn't join the community" 💔

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#pycon#PyConDE#pydata
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Alo Japan

alojapan.com/1240040/your-guid Your Guide to Budget Travel #accommodations #CherryBlossom #Japan #JapanAirlines #JapanTrips #trips Japan is a land of ancient temples, bustling cities, and natural beauty, and should be a bucket-list destination for many. Before the pandemic, Japan saw 30 million visitors every year, with those numbers expected to have peaked over 2024’s travel rush. At the moment, the yen is down, seeing almost three-month lows against the US …

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Alo Japan

alojapan.com/1235274/the-best- The Best Travel Deals for Travel Tuesday #accommodations #AirlinesAndAirplanes #BlackFridayAndCyberMonday(Shopping) #BudgetTravel #Cruises #HotelsAndTravelLodgings #JapanTrips #tours #TravelAndVacations #trips As a sales season, Black Friday long ago turned the weekend corner to extend to Cyber Monday. And it’s still growing as Travel Tuesday gains traction. In a recent report, the consultancy McKinsey & Company found that bookings for hotels…

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alojapan.com/1229983/your-guid Your Guide to Budget Travel #accommodations #CherryBlossom #Japan #JapanAirlines #JapanTrips #trips Japan is a land of ancient temples, bustling cities, and natural beauty, and should be a bucket-list destination for many. Before the pandemic, Japan saw 30 million visitors every year, with those numbers expected to have peaked over 2024’s travel rush. At the moment, the yen is down, seeing almost three-month lows against the US …

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