By Chally on 24 December, 2010
Gentle reader, be cautioned: comments sections on mainstream media sites tend to not be safe and we here at FWD/Forward don’t necessarily endorse all the opinions in these pieces. Let’s jump right in, shall we? The Broken of Britain: The GP’s Story by Dr Jest So there you have it. Neither Pete nor Dud would [...]
Posted in bad advice, bodies, gender, medical practice, recommended reading, work | Tagged australia, bodies, disabled sports, fat, India, medical practice, paid work, sports, travel, traveling while disabled, United Kingdom, United States, work
By Anna on 26 November, 2010
Again, these are physical barriers that prevent people with disabilities from accessing health services. They’re not deliberate, but they have long-term consequences that are easy to forget.
Posted in accessibility, bodies | Tagged health care, health care is an accessibility issue
By Chally on 25 November, 2010
Gentle reader, be cautioned: comments sections on mainstream media sites tend to not be safe and we here at FWD/Forward don’t necessarily endorse all the opinions in these pieces. Let’s jump right in, shall we? disability is a feminist issue by Wheelchair Dancer: This conversation is an icon in the difficult relations of disability and [...]
Posted in accessibility, bodies, gender, recommended reading | Tagged Census, college, fat, higher education, India, United States, university
By Annaham on 18 November, 2010
Do you ever have one of those days where you just want to shake a fist in the universe’s general direction? A few weeks ago, I had the fairly weird experience of two different people trying to make the fact that I use a cane a topic of conversation (?) on the same day. Usually, [...]
Posted in bodies, normality | Tagged assistive devices, cane, chronic pain, daily life, life, personal stories
By Chally on 12 November, 2010
Gentle reader, be cautioned: comments sections on mainstream media sites tend to not be safe and we here at FWD/Forward don’t necessarily endorse all the opinions in these pieces. Let’s jump right in, shall we? Sydney Morning Herald: Why I’m not in the queue for the disabled loo by Liz Ellis. There was a debate [...]
Posted in accessibility, autonomy, bodies, justice, mental health, othering, recommended reading | Tagged advocacy, australia, don't dis my ability, invisible disabilities, invisible disability, mental health courts, self-advocacy, toilets, United States
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 Annaham on 21 October, 2010
As I’ve mentioned previously, I have fairly mild cerebral palsy that mostly affects the left side of my body, and my left leg and foot in particular. I’ve had sort of a strange relationship with my left side, and the foot attached. Because my left leg is a few inches shorter than my right one, [...]
Posted in bodies, identity, normality | Tagged cerebral palsy, mental health, movement, normality, personal, personal stories
By Annaham on 14 October, 2010
I am one of those people who often cannot ask for help. At times, I am so afraid of seeming weak, or whiny, or overly-sensitive, or dependent on other people that I tend to either ignore my own needs until I start flailing around at the last minute in order to not get overwhelmed, or [...]
Posted in bodies, feminism, gender, social attitudes | Tagged daily life, disability is a feminist issue, effortless perfection, fibromyalgia, gender, help, medical care, perfectionism, personal, personal stories, rethinking social norms, social attitudes, stereotypes, unexpected obstacles
By s.e. smith on 12 October, 2010
There’s a common idea I encounter among nondisabled people when it comes to discussing accessibility and making spaces accessible to all users. That idea is that as long as there’s a ramp, a space is accessible. That accessibility is solely about ramps, and nothing else, so once you’ve got a ramp in place, you’re covered. [...]
Posted in 101, accessibility, bodies, how to be accessible | Tagged accommodations
By s.e. smith on 11 October, 2010
Health at every size is a concept embraced by some fat and size acceptance activists. For those not familiar with it, it was developed popularised (see comments) by Linda Bacon, and simply put, it suggests that there’s a wide variation of bodies and that people should focus on what makes their bodies healthy, rather than [...]
Posted in bodies, intersectionality | Tagged fat, fat acceptance, HAES, health at every size
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