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Sara Boo!terman 👻
@slooterman.bsky.social
Disability and aging reporter at The 19th. Opinions are my own. Send tips to: sluterman@19thnews.org
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I think my favorite interview was with Stephanie Woodward. You may remember pictures of her being pulled out of her pink wheelchair or with her hands zip tied behind her back in police custody. She recently had premature triplets. The work she did in 2017 directly impacts her life today.

Text reads: “I believe we’re on day 50 in the NICU, not something that would have been possible for our family without the Affordable Care Act. My husband and I both have preexisting conditions, and now our children, by being born, do too. I think the actions we took back in 2017 are directly impacting my life at this very moment, as I sit holding my baby,” Woodward said.”
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Even if not a lot of people read it, I really enjoyed reporting it out. A big part of why I switched careers to journalism was frustration with how disabled protesters were covered in 2017. I felt like most non-disabled journalists didn’t get it, and that I could do it better.

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Sara Boo!terman 👻
@slooterman.bsky.social
Disability and aging reporter at The 19th. Opinions are my own. Send tips to: sluterman@19thnews.org
5k followers1.1k following488 posts