By s.e. smith on 12 July, 2010
Maz Smyth was rolling along one day in her manual wheelchair, as one does, when her front wheel got caught in a pothole and snapped off. Understandably annoyed by this turn of events, she approached the Toowoomba Regional Council to ask them to fix the pothole and pay the costs associated with fixing her chair. [...]
Posted in accessibility, blaming, bodies | Tagged ableism, fat
By abby jean on 12 July, 2010
A few weeks ago, I read an absolutely marvelous post by Wheelchair Dancer, a letter to a TAB friend explaining why her approach to recovery and improvement was so different than theirs. It stemmed from an incident where the friend was “enthusiastic about how much better I seemed” and Wheelchair Dancer was unable to respond [...]
Posted in autonomy, identity, introspective | Tagged getting better
By Ouyang Dan on 12 July, 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 intersectionality, medical practice, military, recommended reading | Tagged Afghanistan, burned out on war, class, disability, family dynamics, Gulf War, Iraq war, military, parenting, public spaces, surgery, war injuries, warrior transition units
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