September 2010
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By Anna on 9 September, 2010
People with disabilities, especially women, have all the same pressures currently non-disabled people do to look “good enough”, with added bonus of being either non-sexualised or hyper-sexualised, as well as having people infantize them to an incredible degree.
Posted in autonomy, bodies, gender, i'm right here, introspective, invisibility, life changes, media and pop culture, normality, othering, relationships, representations, sexuality, shaming
By s.e. smith on 9 September, 2010
The radio station I’ve been listening to for most of my life has a habit, when announcing community events, of indicating whether they are accessible. This generally refers specifically to wheelchair accessibility, although I have heard announcers address other things, like chemical sensitivity, depending on the announcer and the event. The point is, my whole [...]
Posted in 101, accessibility, i'm right here | Tagged accessibility notes, special treatment, universal access
By s.e. smith on 8 September, 2010
Last week, Hurricane Earl appeared to be bearing down on the Eastern Seaboard on the United States, and there were a number of stories about communities preparing for evacuation, or weathering out the storm. Watching the news unfold, I noted a pretty glaring absence in the coverage: Any discussion, at all, of people with disabilities. [...]
Posted in accessibility, class issues, policy, poverty, social attitudes | Tagged disaster planning
By Anna on 8 September, 2010
Today’s Recommended Reading is focusing on Service Animals!
Posted in recommended reading
By Anna on 8 September, 2010
As always, these events are things that I come across in my travels through the internet, and are not endorsed by us, nor can we answer any questions about them. Protests (UK) – US Conferences & Events – UK Events & Conferences Protests: Join us to protest at the Tory Party Conference – Birmingham, England, [...]
Posted in Event Roundups, events
By Ouyang Dan on 7 September, 2010
Gentle Readers! I love advice columns almost as much as s.e. smith, and I especially love ou’s deconstructions of them, so I get pretty stoked when ou passes them along for the rest of us to take a crack at them. This one comes to the the New York Times’ Social Q’s from a mother [...]
Posted in bad advice, Dear Imprudence, intersectionality, othering, parenting, relationships | Tagged ableism, burden, Dear Imprudence, disability, gawking, intersectionality, parenting, privacy, problematic attitudes, social treatment, staring
By Anna on 7 September, 2010
Call for Evidence! The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is conducting a public inquiry into disability-related harassment. The Inquiry includes bullying and hate crime and the harassment of disabled people, their families, friends or associates. We want to hear from anyone who has been bullied or harassed for disability related reasons, and from organisations [...]
Posted in signal boost
By Annaham on 7 September, 2010
Lisa Harney at Questioning Transphobia: QT and Posting and My Inability to be Consistent Oh, and a lot of neurotypicals learn about ADHD symptoms, and they think “I lose my keys sometimes? I lose my train of thought! I miss deadlines!” And you know, it’s true. Everyone does these things occasionally. But the difference is [...]
Posted in bodies, recommended reading | Tagged activism, ADHD, book review, chronic pain, disability rights activists, health insurance, media and pop culture, medical practice, medications, medicine, mental health, mental health concerns, pain medicine, paul longmore, reviews
By Anna on 7 September, 2010
Not being from the US, I had this idea in my head that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) must be awesome. I mean, come on! It’s been 20 years now! Ramps to every building, disability friendly policies, accessible washrooms in every hotel lobby! I get all starry-eyed just thinking about it.
People with disabilities who have actually been in the US are probably either rolling their eyes or giggling at my naivety.
Posted in accessibility, Accessible Tech, anna rants, blaming, disability activism, i'm right here, identity, invisibility, media and pop culture, news, normality, othering, policy, politics, representations, shaming, social attitudes, work
By s.e. smith on 6 September, 2010
Currently, health care in California’s prison system is under court supervision, in the aftermath of a lawsuit pointing out that conditions were so poor in California’s prisons that an average of one inmate per week was dying due to inadequate health care. Huge numbers of people in California’s prisons are disabled; just for example, people [...]
Posted in events, policy, politics | Tagged California, California budget, disabled inmates, health care in prisons, prison reform
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