April 8th, 2010

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Words, Language, Context

My point isn’t that people with disabilities need to use different words or that currently non-disabled people need to use different words. It’s that words come with context.

Recommended Reading for April 8, 2010

Description: A white person’s right arm in a (self-described) terminator-esque arm brace. It has thick black straps supporting the upper arm, a huge dial on the elbow, and more thick straps on the lower arm Daily Access Irritations: The Moan Meme I thought I’d rant a little about the access irritations I encountered today. Today [...]

Quickhit: Kelly Vincent elected to Upper House in South Australia!

The results have been declared! Image: A smiling Kelly Vincent, Dignity for Disability candidate, with a blue flower in her hair and holding a bouquet of pink roses, sits next to former leader of the Australian Democrats Natasha Stott-Despoja. South Australia State Parliament gets first disabled politician* Labor and Liberal won 4 seats each with [...]

Relocating while disabled

At present I’m trying to move homes, and is it ever a trying experience. There’s the disappointment on finding out a place that was looking promising is inaccessible. There’s the need to determine whether it’s going to be viable for me to walk to the nearest bus stop (or to the next one, much further [...]