By lauredhel on 16 December, 2009
I’m probably the last person on the block to find out there’s a better way to delete hundreds of old comment subscriptions in livejournal. I’ve been going to the Subscription Tracking page and deleting each one by hand – which then forces a reload of the page, sending Firefox to using 100% of one of [...]
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By lauredhel on 16 December, 2009
* Boston.com The Big Picture’s 2009 in Photos [click through for much larger image]: caption: An empty wheelchair belonging to quadriplegic Patrick Ivison, 15, sits idle on the beach while Ivison, his mother, and friends prepare for another surf ride at the Cardiff State Beach in San Diego, California on October 6th, 2009. The photo [...]
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By lauredhel on 15 December, 2009
Happy Bodies: Dementors [note: some of the videos at link are not transcribed] Can we please stop talking about non-neuro-typical people as though there is something wrong with them? They may be different, but they are not deficient and attitudes like those expressed in the Autism Speaks video just serve to promote the idea that [...]
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By lauredhel on 15 December, 2009
Something I’ve noticed a lot since starting to drive a scooter is how TERRIFIED people are. Really. On the sidewalks, I zoom along at six kilometres an hour if I’m unaccompanied and there’s no one around. That feels really zoomy to me, having not locomoted that fast bipedally for quite some time. But when I’m [...]
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By lauredhel on 14 December, 2009
Wheelie Catholic: Imagine no one has to imagine One of the other questions I’ve been asked is “What’s it like to be a quadriplegic?” usually followed by “I can’t imagine!” My answer to that is no, you probably can’t imagine, although you may try , with the misguided help of maudlin movies about disability, on [...]
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By lauredhel on 11 December, 2009
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 [...]
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By lauredhel on 11 December, 2009
Note that a number of blog links, media reports, and the comments therein may contain questionable language and/or clear descriptions of abuse. A comment on Meloukhia’s post on Glee’s “Hairography” episode: Coming from a hard-of-hearing family, I was excited to see the deaf choir perform! I thought about going to find my little sister, who [...]
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By lauredhel on 10 December, 2009
Note that a number of blog links, media reports, and the comments therein may contain questionable language and/or clear description of abuse. Upstart Magazine: Social media – a barrier or tool for inclusion? Alex Varley, CEO of Media Access Australia, a not-for-profit devoted to promoting access to media for people with disabilities, says: ‘Social media [...]
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By lauredhel on 4 December, 2009
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 [...]
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By lauredhel on 3 December, 2009
[Jetstar is a discount airline in Australia.] Further to incidents where Jetstar expected Kurt Fearnley to cool his heels, completely dependent, in a non-self-propellable aisle chair for 90 minutes between checkin and boarding (“Let us drive the wheelchair! It’s safer!), and another incident where Trevor Carroll, being pushed in a chair by airline staff (after [...]
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