By abby jean on 17 November, 2010
I came across this on tumblr and rolled my eyes so hard they just about fell out of my head. I feel like I should get bingo just for looking at it: The text reads “Even though autism can cripple communication, Paul managed to overcome his disability and save a teens Life. Seeing a 17 [...]
Posted in For Cereal?, language, media and pop culture
By s.e. smith on 21 July, 2010
As soon as I saw the headline ‘Local overcomes disabilities‘ pop up, I knew this article would be worthy of a ‘Today In Journalism’ feature at FWD, because, folks, this article has it all. I’m not going to blame Judy Sheridan, the author, for the title, because most journalists don’t write their own headlines1; the [...]
Posted in For Cereal?, language, media and pop culture | Tagged ableism, disability tropes
By s.e. smith on 11 July, 2010
Content note: This post discusses ableist humour that involves psychiatrisation and belittling of ADHD. There’s an oh-so-witty joke that has been making the rounds lately. It keeps popping up again and again, even at sites that I would expect to pass on this type of ‘humour.’ Amazingly, no one’s emailed a tip on it to [...]
Posted in For Cereal? | Tagged ableism, hipster ableism, online communities, social networking
By s.e. smith on 3 July, 2010
Content warning: This post includes a discussion of an article that frames disability in extremely patronising, offensive, and infantalising objectifying (note) terms. There will be selections from said article quoted for the purpose of criticism and discussion. I’ve been noticing an uptick in really, really bad articles about disability lately. I was puzzling last night [...]
Posted in For Cereal?, media and pop culture, othering, social attitudes | Tagged bad journalism, depictions of disability, disability in the media, disability tropes
By abby jean on 17 June, 2010
Building on what Chally talked about in her post about doing fine, I wanted to discuss some of the disability aspects of my recent semi-absence. Sometimes I feel like thinking about, reading about, writing about, arguing about, disability issues can become overwhelming for me. I feel that there are so many problems – ableist policies [...]
Posted in activism, disability activism, domestic violence, For Cereal?, identity, intersectionality, introspective, invisibility, mental health | Tagged argh, grr
By abby jean on 22 May, 2010
I love looking at pictures of cute animals on the internet. Cats, dogs, monkeys, dolphins, turtles, otters – whatever. And I find that skimming through a few LOLcat macros during the workday can do wonders to perk up my mood or give me a smile before diving back into work. Which is part of why [...]
Posted in activism, For Cereal?, language, media and pop culture, mental health, representations
By Ouyang Dan on 27 March, 2010
I was perusing the internets doing some research for work when I came across this lovely list from Time. Seems some orthopedic surgeon is now the ultimate authority on all things medical…in every iteration thereof. Doesn’t matter what specialty or what your history. Dr. Scott Haig is now the expert, so stop what you are [...]
Posted in For Cereal?, language, medical practice, oyd rants, shaming, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, chronic pain conditions, disability, drugs are bad mmm'kay, health care, medical care, myths and misconceptions, pain management, problematic attitudes, social treatment, things people say
By Ouyang Dan on 18 March, 2010
OK, so I saw this one in my paper edition because I get it the night before (and technically a day late, since I am in the future!), but you can find it online too. In the 16 March edition of Stars and Stripes writer Jeff Schogol wrote an article containing letters from people who [...]
Posted in activism, class issues, disability activism, For Cereal?, military, shaming, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, abuse, mental illness, military, news media, problematic attitudes, social treatment, Stars and Stripes Newspaper
By s.e. smith on 3 February, 2010
A periodic feature in which we highlight some of the more ableist posts and comments in the blogosphere – the things that made us throw up our hands and ask “FOR CEREAL???” Today’s edition of “FOR CEREAL???” comes to us courtesy of the lovely folks at Yahoo, who published this handy guide from, I kid [...]
Posted in For Cereal?, language, mental health, social attitudes | Tagged bad advice, ORLY, stigma
By abby jean on 26 January, 2010
A periodic feature in which we highlight some of the more ableist posts and comments in the blogosphere – the things that made us throw up our hands and ask “FOR CEREAL???” I’m late on this one, but that doesn’t make me any less upset. Cute Overload is one of the best and most regular [...]
Posted in blaming, For Cereal?, language, media and pop culture, mental health, race, social attitudes
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