Brine and Kath traveled from Land’s End, England, at the very southern tip of the UK, to John O’Groats, at the very northern tip of Scotland, the two settlements in Britain that are furthest apart, by hand-pedaled wheelchair and bike, arriving in John O’Groats on the summer solstice. A Voice For Neli [this site is by ...

I am staring up at the sky, and I can see the clouds rolling by. I am going the other way. We are giving a nod to one another as we go our way. The sounds above me are all muffled, of people going on with their lives. I put them out of ...

Second, if you post something for Helen Keller Mythbusting Day, please leave a link here in the comments. Comments are open on this post, which may lead to spam or other issues, but I will keep an eye on it while I’m awake.

This is our weekly Chatterday! open thread. Use this open thread to talk amongst yourselves: feel free to share a link, have a vent, or spread some joy. What have you been reading or watching lately (remembering spoiler warnings)? What are you proud of this week? What’s made your teeth itch? What’s going on in ...

People with disabilities/the disabled are not a collective group that all agree on anything. Asking what “the disabled” want or “the disabled” are doing is exactly like asking what “women” want and what “women” are doing. Women are individuals. Some of them are women with disabilities! We don’t all want the ...

Via a Facebook friend: ~~~Discussion and Writing Group for Women of Color Living with Disabilities ~~~ We are two women of color* living with disabling chronic illness. We want to connect with others women of color who are living with disabilities in the greater Seattle area to talk and write about our experiences. Being women and being people ...

Building on what Chally talked about in her post about doing fine, I wanted to discuss some of the disability aspects of my recent semi-absence. Sometimes I feel like thinking about, reading about, writing about, arguing about, disability issues can become overwhelming for me. I feel that there are so many problems – ableist policies ...

It’s really warm in Halifax. I wish I had a cool pool to slip in to…. Photo by dblackadder”, used under a Creative Commons License. How To Fight Ableism: Some Easy Steps On most of the vectors where I have privilege, if somebody could point me to real, concrete ways I could help with local, immediate effect ...

When people tell stories about families like mine – the dude in the wheelchair with omg!cancer, the crazy lady who hides under her desk so nothing can get her – they tend to tell three stories: “Bitter Cripple Who Needs To Be Schooled By Abled-Folks About How Their Life Isn’t Over Yet”, “Overcoming Adversity: A ...

I am having difficulties accepting we are halfway through June. Couple Exchange Vows in Central Park When two partners who receive SSI benefits get married, Medicaid reduces those benefits to 75 percent of the total that both individuals received prior to marrying. As a result, many couples with disabilities, like gay ...