By kaninchenzero on 21 April, 2010
Y’all may know I’m mentally ill. I have mentioned a time or eighteen. It’s a thing I do, talking about my experiences with mental illness and mental health care, trying to provide an anecdote to do with the data. What I talk about somewhat less is having cognitive variations and learning disabilities. Which I do. [...]
Posted in introspective | Tagged autism, communication, disability, exclusion, identity, mental illness, personal, problematic attitudes
By s.e. smith on 21 April, 2010
Warning: Offsite links are not safe spaces. Articles and comments in the links may contain ableist, sexist, and other -ist language and ideas of varying intensity. Opinions expressed in the articles may not reflect the opinions held by the compiler of the post and links are provided as topics of interest and exploration only. I [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged Abbie Dorn, ageism, eugenics, first nations, Haiti, native communities, sexual assault, sterilization
By s.e. smith on 21 April, 2010
Here in the United States, headlines have been blaring over the last few weeks about the 29 coal miners killed in West Virginia at the Upper Big Branch Mine. Even the President was outraged, and the public attention may result in a push to reform the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) to give it [...]
Posted in class issues, justice, politics, work | Tagged black lung, mining, occupational health, union
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