Comments on: Recommended Reading for November 16 http://disabledfeminists.com/2009/11/16/recommended-reading-for-november-16/ FWD (feminists with disabilities) for a way forward Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:29:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: kaninchenzero http://disabledfeminists.com/2009/11/16/recommended-reading-for-november-16/#comment-2644 kaninchenzero Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:53:48 +0000 http://disabledfeminists.com/?p=1250#comment-2644 "There's also a fear of ... maybe even the impression that maybe you're being unfair or discriminatory." This shouldn't be news for y'all, cupcake, but in case it is? If you aren't hiring people with disabilities because you're worried about being able to fire them because you <em>just know</em> they aren't going to work out, you are in fact being discriminatory. "Y'all" here being addressed to the participants in the survey in the third-linked article, not anyone actually, y'know. Present. “There’s also a fear of … maybe even the impression that maybe you’re being unfair or discriminatory.”

This shouldn’t be news for y’all, cupcake, but in case it is? If you aren’t hiring people with disabilities because you’re worried about being able to fire them because you just know they aren’t going to work out, you are in fact being discriminatory.

“Y’all” here being addressed to the participants in the survey in the third-linked article, not anyone actually, y’know. Present.

]]> By: ModernWizard http://disabledfeminists.com/2009/11/16/recommended-reading-for-november-16/#comment-2640 ModernWizard Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:08:52 +0000 http://disabledfeminists.com/?p=1250#comment-2640 Thanks for including the link to Harvi Carel's story. I found her article thought-provoking. Thanks for including the link to Harvi Carel’s story. I found her article thought-provoking.

]]> By: codeman38 http://disabledfeminists.com/2009/11/16/recommended-reading-for-november-16/#comment-2632 codeman38 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:41:20 +0000 http://disabledfeminists.com/?p=1250#comment-2632 Ah, OK. Didn't know that; thanks. Ah, OK. Didn’t know that; thanks.

]]> By: Anna http://disabledfeminists.com/2009/11/16/recommended-reading-for-november-16/#comment-2630 Anna Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:30:00 +0000 http://disabledfeminists.com/?p=1250#comment-2630 Recommended Reading is done about a week in advance. I'm going to do a separate post about it later today. Recommended Reading is done about a week in advance. I’m going to do a separate post about it later today.

]]> By: codeman38 http://disabledfeminists.com/2009/11/16/recommended-reading-for-november-16/#comment-2629 codeman38 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:24:41 +0000 http://disabledfeminists.com/?p=1250#comment-2629 ...Wait, you didn't include the Consumerist article about the _Up_ rental DVD? …Wait, you didn’t include the Consumerist article about the _Up_ rental DVD?

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