By Annaham on 18 December, 2009
A cautionary tale, of sorts: Back when I was a young, naive college freshman, I decided to attend one of those campus service/organization ‘fests (meant to introduce many other naive young things to the services available to them at university)–mostly because it was right in my dorm’s common room. Oh, and they were going to [...]
Posted in biography, bodies, i'm right here, identity, introspective, normality, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, acceptance, cerebral palsy, CP, problematic attitudes, social inclusion, social treatment
By lauredhel on 18 December, 2009
This is our weekly Chatterday! open thread. Use this open thread to talk amongst yourselves: feel free to share a link, have a vent, or spread some joy. What have you been reading or watching lately (remembering spoiler warnings)? What are you proud of this week? What’s made your teeth itch? What’s going on in [...]
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By s.e. smith on 18 December, 2009
This post contains spoilers through the Glee midseason finale, “Sectionals.” It also got really long, so I am breaking it up into multiple parts so that it will not be an impenetrable Wall of Text. This is part one of four! Now that the midseason finale is officially over, we think it’s an appropriate time [...]
Posted in media and pop culture, television | Tagged glee, television
By lauredhel on 18 December, 2009
* Boston.com’s The Big Picture, 2009 in Photos: Photo shows Wadee Daoud, a five-year-old Palestinian boy with a visual impairment, at the Helen Keller Center for blind and visually impaired children in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, September 10, 2009. Wadee is reacting to light after a teacher opened window blinds. He is [...]
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