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Long Covid Advocacy 💙@LongCovidAdvoc · Nov 15, 2025

🧵 Rest in power, Alice Wong. @SFdirewolf. A trailblazer, a fierce advocate, and a relentless voice for disability…

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Alice Wong, a pioneering disability rights advocate and founder of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed away. She was celebrated for transforming how disability is understood—as identity and culture rather than tragedy—and for creating platforms that centered disabled voices and expertise in activism and community.

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    🧵 Rest in power, Alice Wong. @SFdirewolf. A trailblazer, a fierce advocate, and a relentless voice for disability rights. Her work changed the landscape for so many. /1

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    Alice didn’t just advocate - she created platforms. @DisVisibility became a lifeline, amplifying disabled voices, stories, and expertise in ways that were revolutionary. /2 disabilityvisibilityproject.com

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    She challenged the world to see disability not as tragedy, but as identity, culture, and power. She made space for joy, brilliance, and complexity in a world that often erases both. /3

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    Alice Wong taught us that accessibility is a right, not a favor; that disabled people are experts of our own lives; and that community is strength. /4

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    Her legacy is the voices she lifted, the systems she shook, and the hope she instilled. The disabled community are honoured to have her in our lineage. Rest in power, Alice. ✨ /5

  6. #6

    Thank you to those who raised concerns about rest in power. We respect its deep history in Black activism, acknowledge its origins in Filipino & Latino communities, & its development in queer and trans spaces. We apologise for any upset and will be ultra-mindful in the future. 💙