September 2010
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By Sasha Feather on 30 September, 2010
“A diagnosis is just a tool to get you what you need,” said a good friend of mine, by way of his therapist. His statement particularly resonated for me because for a long time I’ve been a woman without a diagnosis. This article is about why I am finally OK with that. First of all, [...]
Posted in guest post, identity | Tagged acceptance, chronic pain, diagnosis, disability, guest post
By Ouyang Dan on 30 September, 2010
Gentle Readers! Sharon and Barnum over at After Gadget have it in mind to begin an Assistance Dog Blog Carnival. The majority of the information can be found at their blog: I love blog carnival and blogswarms. I try to participate in them as much as I’m able (which is a lot less often than [...]
Posted in signal boost | Tagged assistance dog, blog carnival
By Anna on 30 September, 2010
ETA: Several people have brought up concerns with this survey in the comments, including the AQ test that is at the end. You may want to check the concerns in the comments before deciding if you want to take the survey. I am an active autistic self-advocate and autism researcher (PhD student, educational psychology). I [...]
Posted in signal boost | Tagged survey
By Ouyang Dan on 30 September, 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 accessibility, intersectionality, recommended reading | Tagged disability activism, recommended reading
By Guest on 29 September, 2010
Lisa Harney is a single lesbian with ADHD, three cats, and a penchant for writing about social justice and transphobia. She blogs regularly at Questioning Transphobia. So one of the most frustrating experiences of coming to terms with my disability is realizing just how much ableism has impacted my life without my realization. I mean, I [...]
Posted in guest post, identity, introspective, invisibility | Tagged ableism, ADHD
By s.e. smith on 29 September, 2010
Back in July, the following letter/response ran in Dear Abby: Dear Abby: I am the parent of a child with special needs. To an outsider he looks different; adults and children stare at him when we’re out. My son is not aware of their impolite behavior, but I am — and it really irks me. [...]
Posted in 101, bad advice, Dear Imprudence, i'm right here | Tagged Abigail Van Buren, Dear Abby
By Anna on 29 September, 2010
Insomnia Anna says: “Yawn” Raising My Boychick: On The Ubiquitous Use of “Crazy” Now you’re just being melodramatic. Don’t you have bigger things to worry about? Sure. I have mental health disparity because of racism and other bigotries, and exorbitant prices of prescription drugs, and insurance that won’t cover the medicines that work for me, [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged dance, social attitudes, travel, washrooms
By Anna on 29 September, 2010
As always, these are jobs that I come across in my web-readings, they are not endorsed by anyone here in any way, and I cannot answer any questions about them. I only have two today: The first is in the UK, the second in Canada: Company Seeks Amputee Actors [UK] Trauma FX Ltd employs amputee [...]
Posted in job roundup | Tagged canada, United Kingdom
By Amadi on 28 September, 2010
When it comes accessibility, where it exists, it seems that it often begins and ends with some accommodation for wheelchair users. And it seems, at least in my experience, that this is especially so in the case of the travel industry. Several weeks ago, my air conditioning at home died and my house was hovering [...]
Posted in accessibility, guest post | Tagged hotels, othering, social attitudes, travel, traveling while disabled
By s.e. smith on 28 September, 2010
Joesphine King is an artist with bipolar disorder who produces startling and evocative self portraits. Josephine King remembers her first self-portrait and how it showed up out of nowhere. She was “really ill” with bipolar disorder, living alone in a flat in Amsterdam. “I was in psychosis. I was desperate, not at all well in [...]
Posted in art, creative work, identity | Tagged bipolar disorder, disabled painters, self-portraits
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