Disability Futures

This article is aimed at youth with disabilities who will be attending the My Future, My Vote Summit organized by Yo! Disabled and Proud and the California Foundation for Independent Living Centers on May 25, 2016, Sacramento, CA. Alice Wong, Gregg Beratan, and Andrew Pulrang will be giving a presentation about #CripTheVote and a portion of our talk will focus on usage of social media.

Other folks who are curious about Twitter and disability advocacy may be interested as well.

Introduction

#CripTheVote is an online campaign that uses Twitter to have conversations about voting and disability issues. We also have blog posts and a Facebook group where we publish information about our upcoming events and news.

Social media is term that’s used a lot–you might hear about Facebook, YouTube, Snapchat, Instagram as examples. Broadly speaking, social media are websites or apps that allow users to post information (text, photos, audio) and share it to the public or within a specific network of friends/colleagues.

This article will give a describe the pros and cons of using a social media platform such as Twitter and how to get started for first-time users.