By Anna on 15 September, 2010
Today’s Recommended Reading focuses on how to make event-sites more accessible to people with disabilities, and experiences people with disabilities have had with accessibility at events and in their communities.
Posted in accessibility, events, how to be accessible, make the world a better place, recommended reading, social attitudes
By Anna on 14 September, 2010
My weekly events this week are in the UK & the US. Again, we don’t endorse these events, and they are things I come across in my travels round the internet, so these are not the only events going on my any means! UK – US – Calls for Papers UK: SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT Tuesday September [...]
Posted in Event Roundups, events
By Anna on 14 September, 2010
Invitation to Respond to Government’s New Accessibility Standards from Citizens with Disabilities of Ontario (CWDO) The provincial government has now posted its proposed new accessibility standards. The new standards will cover accessible employment, transportation, and information and communications. You are invited to help CWDO prepare a response to these standards by the government’s deadline of [...]
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By Anna on 12 September, 2010
Add Your Voice to the Leeds Metropolitan University Accessible Tourism Survey This survey reviews the specific needs of travellers using a wheelchair or other mobility aids or those who simply experience some form of mobility limitation. The data collected will be used for the thesis I am preparing as part of the requirements for my [...]
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By Anna on 12 September, 2010
Consultation on guidance about definition of disability in Equality Act 2010 The Equality Act 2010 is a new piece of legislation that will replace the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). The Equality Act includes the legal definition of a disabled person who is protected from discrimination. This definition is slightly different from the definition used in [...]
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By Anna on 10 September, 2010
Being suicidal, especially if you have long-term thoughts about suicide and suicide ideation, can be a very isolating and lonely experience. Do you tell your friends and family? If you do, how will they react? What about your job? Will you be forcedly committed into psychiatric care? Will people assume that if you haven’t actually harmed yourself, you’re not really suicidal and just faking it for “attention”? If you’re happy and having a good time today, does that mean you’re not really suicidal at all? What exactly do you say, and who do you say it to?
Posted in events, introspective, invisibility, life changes, mental health, normality, othering, shaming, signal boost
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 Anna on 8 September, 2010
Today’s Recommended Reading is focusing on Service Animals!
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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 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 [...]
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