By s.e. smith on 24 December, 2010
Last week, the Internet exploded over the case of Jody McIntyre, a wheelchair user who was pulled out of his chair during a demonstration in Britain in front of a shocked crowd. I saw the Tweets rolling out live as the incident happened, with people demanding to know why the event wasn’t being covered on [...]
Posted in activism, social attitudes, violence | Tagged Britain, jody mcintyre, protesting
By Anna on 14 December, 2010
Interviewer: There’s a suggestion that you were rolling towards the police in your wheelchair. Is that true?
JM: I think justifying a police officer pulling a disabled person out of a wheelchair and dragging them across a concrete road is quite ridiculous and I’m surprised that you’ve just tried to do so.
Interview: So that’s not true, you were not wheeling yourself towards the police.
JM: Well I can’t physically use my wheelchair myself. My brother was pushing me. I think it’s quite obvious from the footage that I was 100% not a threat to anyone.
Posted in activism, blaming, media and pop culture, news, resistance, Videos, violence | Tagged budget cuts, cuts, jody mcintyre, police violence, transcript, tuition increase, UK
By Ouyang Dan on 25 October, 2010
I have a little bit of a problem with people being handed down a mandate that insists they behave in a certain way or adhere to a certain set of guidelines for which they are not provided the means to do so. Usually, these rules or mandates are set by people whose lives the rules [...]
Posted in activism, blaming, bodies, disability activism, intersectionality, invisibility, medical practice, oyd rants, social attitudes | Tagged abled privilege, ableism, accessibility, barriers to access, blaming, cancer treatment, chronic illness, disability, health care is an accessibility issue, intersectionality, medical care, radiation, Representative Edward Markey, social treatment, thyroid cancer
By Ouyang Dan on 23 October, 2010
Chally pointed out to me the other day that I was coming up on 100 posts. If scheduling goes right, this should be it. I wasn’t sure what to do with it. I noticed, but I wasn’t sure if I should mention it. She has a knack for making people feel proud of things, no [...]
Posted in activism, happy posts, introspective, Thank yous | Tagged Thank yous
By Anna on 14 October, 2010
Finding housing is one of the main challenges facing people with disabilities and their families. Don and I spent months looking for an apartment building in Halifax that didn’t have “just a tiny flight of stairs”. I’ve talked to people with service animals who have repeatedly struggled with being refused housing for having a “pet”, even though such refusal is illegal. Mia Mingus, Crip Chick and their supporters have been documenting their attempts to find accessible affording housing.
Posted in accessibility, activism, disability activism, make the world a better place, politics | Tagged accessible and affordable housing for Canadians, adequate, An Act to ensure secure, Bill C-304, canada, housing, Red Tents
By abby jean on 12 October, 2010
It’s true. I am a policy wonk. I am endlessly interested in it. I read about it, think about it, talk about it and … write about it. (As in, what I’m doing right now.) And I do all of this because I think it’s immensely important. Crucially important. Vitally important. Public policy is how [...]
Posted in activism, make the world a better place, policy, Uncategorized | Tagged abby talks policy, wonk time
By Anna on 5 October, 2010
While some of the jokes and routines are funnier than others (my sense of humour is a lot dryer than this sort of thing does), the whole point of them is to talk about being Actually Crazy, to humanize what Actually Crazy looks like, sounds like, and behaves like. And it is, remarkably, not like in the movies.
Posted in activism, events, mental health, representations, social attitudes | Tagged canada, college, comedy, humor, humour, SMH, stand up for mental health, suicide
By abby jean on 4 October, 2010
As I mentioned recently, I’ve just gone back to school. I was enrolling for classes over the summer and kept coming back to a course called “Mental Health Policy.” Here’s the description: ‘Examination of evolution of social policy and services for mentally ill, with emphasis on political, economic, ideological, and sociological factors that affect views [...]
Posted in accessibility, activism, Education, introspective, mental health
By s.e. smith on 2 October, 2010
A (hopefully!) large group of disabled people will be protesting against the proposed benefits cuts outside the Tory Party conference tomorrow, Sunday 3rd October 2010. For details of where, times, etc, please see Disabled People Protest. If, like me, you’re unable to go due to a lack of money and/or a lack of spoons then theUnited Front [...]
Posted in activism, policy, signal boost | Tagged England, online protest, protest
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