By Annaham on 2 May, 2010
[Image via Tlönista in this comment thread at Flip Flopping Joy. Description: A shocked-looking cat perches on a chair, staring straight at the camera. Text reads: "Concerned cat is just looking out for your best interests when she says that your tone might be alienating well-intentioned potential allies who just need a little polite education."] [...]
Posted in 101, activism, blaming, bodies, disability activism, feminism, gender, i'm right here, identity, intersectionality, justice, othering, politics, race, shaming, social attitudes | Tagged ally, ally work, anti-racism, derailing, disability 101, education, exclusion, feminism, intentions, internet, intersectionality, marginalisation, myths and misconceptions, privilege, problematic attitudes, race, racism, social treatment, things people say, this all sounds awfully familiar, white privilege
By lauredhel on 2 May, 2010
More for Blogging Against Disablism Day. I just poked around the entry for “Ableism” on Wikipedia. On the Talk page, I found a box placing the Ableism article within WikiProject Sociology: “This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project’s importance scale.” Ableism of low importance within Sociology? Erm, ooookay. Let’s have a closer [...]
Posted in disability activism, i'm right here, intersectionality | Tagged ableism, badd, blogging against disablism day, disablism, importance, intersectionality, low-importance, oppression olympics, racism, sexism, sociology, wikipedia
By Anna on 30 April, 2010
I’m still learning about De’VIA, as my particular studies are in nineteenth century d/Deafness. What I like about what I’ve seen is looking at art that is not only explicitly political, but is explicitly about being Deaf. In Toronto, the current exhibit is paintings of Sign Language.
Posted in creative work, disability activism, identity, language | Tagged art, artwork, De'VIA, Deaf, identity, media and pop culture
By abby jean on 23 April, 2010
Accommodations can be difficult. Not only for an individual with a disability to identify what accommodation would be relevant or helpful for them, not only convincing whoever to implement the desired accommodation, and not only ensuring that the accommodation continues over time and doesn’t lead to resentment or punishment for the person with a disability. [...]
Posted in accessibility, disability activism, mental health, policy | Tagged accommodations, smoking
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 Annaham on 20 April, 2010
Scott Carney (Mother Jones magazine): Inside India’s Rent-a-Womb Business Despite the growth in services, surrogacy is not officially regulated in India. There are no binding legal standards for treatment of surrogates, nor has any state or national authority been empowered to police the industry. While clinics have a financial incentive to ensure the health of [...]
Posted in activism, bodies, disability activism, gender, global, justice, news, race, recommended reading, reproductive justice, violence | Tagged advertising, awareness, awareness campaigns, bodies, global, health, health care, India, media and pop culture, news, reproductive, reproductive rights, shaming
By abby jean on 13 April, 2010
Exciting news! On March 29th, Governor C.L. Otter signed a law removing ableist language from Idaho’s state code. From the Idaho Statesman: The new law replaces outdated language in 73 different laws – including those addressing health and welfare, education and corrections – with more accepted phrases such as “intellectually disabled.” Disability rights advocates said [...]
Posted in disability activism, justice, language, news, politics | Tagged Idaho
By abby jean on 1 April, 2010
When I talk to people in the United States about disability and the need for accommodations, I am usually met with a bit of bewilderment. “You mean there’s still more work to be done on accommodations? I thought all that had been taken care of.” These are people who are used to seeing wheelchair ramps [...]
Posted in accessibility, autonomy, class issues, disability activism, justice, politics, social attitudes, Uncategorized
By abby jean on 31 March, 2010
Here in California, today is an official State holiday to celebrate the life and work of Cesar Chavez. Chavez worked to promote and enforce the civil rights of farm workers and, with Dolores Huerta, was cofounder of the United Farm Workers of America, or UFW – still one of the United States’ two major union [...]
Posted in class issues, disability activism, intersectionality, justice, poverty, race, work
By abby jean on 29 March, 2010
Often when bloggers or activists push back against ableist language and stereotypes in the media, especially pop culture, someone will respond with an argument that there are more important disability issues to address and that the topic at hand is mostly irrelevant to disability rights as a whole. This has happened with each of the [...]
Posted in activism, disability activism, justice, language, make the world a better place, media and pop culture, mental health, normality, othering, social attitudes, Uncategorized, violence
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