By Anna on 4 December, 2010
The video is subtitled. Transcription: Title Image: Reflections from MIUSA’s WILD2010 Wild Women with Disabilities Speak Out Global Fund for Women [Drumming] Narrator: In August, I had the privilege of representing the Global Fund for Women at the Women’s Institute on Leadership and Development, or WILD, a three-week program hosted by Mobility International USA. Women [...]
Posted in autonomy, disability activism, global | Tagged disability rights organizations, global fund for women, NGO, video, wild women with disabilities
By Chally on 19 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? little light at Questioning Transphobia: clamavi ad te. Please note that the post discusses suicide, abuse, and murder of trans [...]
Posted in accessibility, Accessible Tech, deaths, Education, global, recommended reading, social attitudes, technology, violence | Tagged australia, Islam, legislation, religion, school, trans, United Kingdom
By Annaham on 18 August, 2010
At the risk of understatement, exciting things are happening when it comes to robotics and artificial intelligence and the potential applicability of these fields in the lives of PWDs. [Description: A small, bright yellow robot with two eyes and a black nose stands in front of a white background. Outlined in orange and bright blue, [...]
Posted in global, happy posts, medical practice, technology | Tagged artificial intelligence, assistive technology, class, dance, keepon, media, news media, paro, technology
By Chally on 13 August, 2010
You know, if you’re into the Gregorian calendar (also, Friday 13th! Spooky!). Why hello there, gentle reader! This is my first Recommended Reading. This is very exciting for us all. While this should be a time of celebration, be cautioned: comments sections on mainstream media sites (and it’s all MSM articles in this edition of [...]
Posted in global, justice, recommended reading, television | Tagged canada, children, children with disabiltiies, disabled children, Ghana, Senegal, sports, transportation, United Kingdom, United States, voting, what the pancake
By Annaham on 10 August, 2010
Wheelchair Dancer at Feministe: On the Cover [trigger warning for discussion of violence] Regardless of how disability plays out in Aisha’s world, the vast majority of readers of TIME live in a culture that understands disability as tragedy. As shocking. As among the worst things that can happen to you (bar death). Mainstream American culture [...]
Posted in gender, global, intersectionality, justice, mental health, normality, othering, politics, race, recommended reading | Tagged bullying, disability is a feminist issue, education, gender, global, hoarding, intersectionality, journalism, media and pop culture, mental health, mental illness, news media, photography, privilege, race, violence against women, white privilege
By s.e. smith on 17 June, 2010
Starting in the 1990s, cancer rates in China began rising at an astounding rate. By 2007, cancer was accounting for one in five deaths in China. Similarly rapid increases in cancer rates are being seen in many other nations that are in the process of industrialising. Once considered a disease of the industrialised world, cancer [...]
Posted in class issues, events, global, justice, policy, politics, poverty | Tagged cancer, cancers, child labour, China, environmental issues, environmental policy, factory towns, human rights, industrial pollution, industrialisation, international trade, labour rights, occupational illnesses, pollution
By Anna on 1 June, 2010
This bulletin is intended for experts advocating for the rights of persons with disabilities, in particular within the Geneva-based human rights framework. It is prepared by the IDA Secretariat, which also provides support to the Group of States Friends of the CRPD.
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By abby jean on 27 May, 2010
I mean, where does the time go?! Second-harmonic generation microscopy image of a primary cultured Aplysia neuron stained with the membrane dye DHPESBP. The signal is modulated by membrane potential and was found to be capable of recording action potentials with 0.6 µm and 0.833 msec spatiotemporal resolution. The high-resolution and deep tissue imaging capability [...]
Posted in class issues, global, intersectionality, news, recommended reading, Uncategorized
By abby jean on 13 May, 2010
Photo via The Canary Report, who writes: “Heralding MCS Awareness Month, profile photos radiating the warmth and vibrancy of yellow are popping up throughout our community on Facebook and on our network. Yellow, for those of us with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, symbolizes the canary in the coal mine, with which we all identify. Our identity as [...]
Posted in activism, autonomy, global, intersectionality, justice, news, policy, politics, recommended reading
By Anna on 7 May, 2010
I’m pretty angry about that. Not offended, Ms Magazine, angry. You see, I’m really tired of “the disabled” being treated like we’re unthinking masses. I’m especially tired of the feminist movement – you know, one that allegedly wants equal rights for all people, including women with disabilities – doing this. It makes me angry because I’m a feminist as well as a woman as well as a person with a disability as well as someone who is not the pawn of anyone, thank you very much.
Posted in activism, anna rants, autonomy, disability activism, feminism, gender, global, history, i'm right here, identity, intersectionality, invisibility, justice, othering, representations, resistance, social attitudes
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