By s.e. smith on 10 October, 2009
Read a Czech translation of this post, prepared by Vera! Welcome to Ableist Word Profile, a (probably intermittent) series in which staffers will profile various ableist words, talk about how they are used, and talk about how to stop using them. Ableism is not feminism, so it’s important to talk about how to eradicate ableist [...]
Posted in 101, Ableist Word Profile, language | Tagged ableism, cretin, Czech translation, word use
By s.e. smith on 10 October, 2009
I happened to be standing in line at Big National Chain Bank the other day when all sorts of things started going awry for the tellers. First, one had her computer crash. Then, the other had what seemed to be some sort of problem with a cashier’s check which involved a lot of furtive muttering [...]
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By Ouyang Dan on 10 October, 2009
Moderatrix note: This post is the love child of my coming to terms with a need and actual want of pills. When discussions arise of disability, especially, it seems, of invisible disabilities, someone will almost always jump in and start harping about Big Pharma and how they have certainly invented our illness or disorder just [...]
Posted in autonomy, shaming | Tagged chronic pain conditions, drugs are bad mmm'kay, fibro, pain management
By lauredhel on 10 October, 2009
Message to TABs (Temporarily ABled[1] folk): Spoon Theory? It’s not yours. It doesn’t describe the sleepy feeling you get at the end of a long day, nor the feeling you get when your kid wakes up for the third time in a night, nor the feeling you get because you went for a bike ride [...]
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