By Anna on 27 December, 2010
Dale Mitchell, Ethos Executive Director. He looks to me like he’s a white man in his 40s.: We’ve heard about homemakers going in, taking out a bible and having the elder pray, and asking for forgiveness.
Lisa Krinsky. She’s a white woman in an office surrounded by files, and works for LGBT Aging Project,: And to be cured. It’s not too late for you to be cured of this. They go back in the closet. She might misstreat me or abuse me.
Posted in age, disability activism, gender, intersectionality, life changes, relationships, sexuality, social attitudes, Videos | Tagged aging, documentary, Gen Silent, LGBT, transcript
By Annaham on 10 September, 2010
[Warning for somewhat graphic discussion of medical procedures and adverse allergic reactions.] I have been dealing with weird, severe, and inexplicable allergic reactions since the age of 14. Most of these reactions have been to food items; my known food allergies include peanuts, various tree nuts, and (wait for it) green bell peppers. Of course, [...]
Posted in age, bodies, identity, invisibility, life changes, medical practice, normality | Tagged allergic reaction, allergies, anaphylaxis, immune system, medical practice
By s.e. smith on 31 August, 2010
A reader wrote in to ‘Since you asked…’ on Salon last month about her 90 year old mother; I’m going to summarise her letter, because it’s a bit long. The letter writer’s mother has some health conditions and is living independently with a little bit of assistance from the family, but has recently been diagnosed [...]
Posted in age, autonomy, Dear Imprudence | Tagged Cary Tennis, declining medical treatment, older adults, since you asked
By abby jean on 25 June, 2010
When I first saw this post on the ACLU’s blog about solitary confinement for juvenile girls in criminal detention, I was so horrified that I opened it in a tab and then couldn’t look at it again for several days. When I read through the entire post, I cried. I believe that when the United [...]
Posted in age, autonomy, justice, mental health, resistance
By Annaham on 7 June, 2010
Recently, I read this odd article, penned by Judith Warner, in the New York Times–one in a stream of many that detail how excessively awful the current generation of young people (read: young workers) is at putting its collective nose to the grindstone, sucking it up, and generally not acting like a bunch of brats, [...]
Posted in accessibility, age, autonomy, blaming, politics, social attitudes, work | Tagged ableism, chronic pain, disabled youth, education, erasing, higher education, invisibility, labor, mental illness, myths and misconceptions, paid work, personal, privilege, problematic attitudes, right to work, university, we're right here, work, workplace accommodations
By abby jean on 22 April, 2010
Here’s another horrific story of bullying, this coming out of Dickson, Oklahoma. Austin Avery was born prematurely and suffered developmental issues as a result. Last week, when the school called [his mother] Sharlene, she knew something was seriously wrong. “We had a call from the school to come pick him up cause he was hallucinating. [...]
Posted in age, disability activism, justice, news, policy, violence
By s.e. smith on 1 April, 2010
Reader note: I’ve started using my name, ’s.e. smith,’ rather than my pseudonym, ‘meloukhia,’ to identify myself on FWD. I apologise in advance if that causes any confusion! I’m sticking this notice on my posts for a few days to make sure that everyone sees it. “In Cancer Fight, Teens Don’t Fit In,” the headline [...]
Posted in age, bodies, media and pop culture, medical practice | Tagged cancer, disabled teens
By Guest on 3 February, 2010
We have the highest respect for the use of TAB and “temporarily
able-bodied.” Using it is a way for a disability activist (or anyone
discussing disability) to quickly and effectively bring all of her/his
listeners into one group: some of us are disabled now and many of us
will be sooner or later. It’s a phrase that builds community, that
reminds people that the needs of some are really the needs of
everyone. It’s akin to
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_design">“universal
design” as a phrase reminding us of what brings us together,
rather than what separates us.
Posted in age, bodies, guest post, language, social attitudes | Tagged ability, activism, aging, body image, body impolitic, disability, TAB, temporarily able-bodied
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