By Ouyang Dan on 29 August, 2010
Astrid, of Astrid’s Journal, has agreed after much consideration to host the September edition of the Disability Blog Carnival, and we at FWD/Forward are enthusiastic to support that decision! Astrid has chosen the theme “Identity”: Think of it as broadly as you want. Posts relating to transforming identities, are of course especially welcome, as they [...]
Posted in disability activism, Event Roundups, identity, intersectionality, signal boost | Tagged blog carnival, disability blog carnival, identity, intersectionality
By Ouyang Dan on 26 August, 2010
Warning: Offsite links are not safe spaces. Articles and comments in the links may contain ableist, sexist, and other -ist language and ideas of varying intensity. Opinions expressed in the articles may not reflect the opinions held by the compiler of the post and links are provided as topics of interest and exploration only. I [...]
Posted in i'm right here, identity, intersectionality, military, normality, othering, race, recommended reading, shaming | Tagged ableism, chronic illness, disability, exclusion, health care, intersectionality, male breast cancer, medical care, mental health, military, myths and misconceptions, social treatment, things people say
By Annaham on 26 August, 2010
Dear abled/non-disabled people without disabled parking placards who use disabled parking spaces anyway, I don’t care if you want to use the space “because it’s so convenient.” I don’t care if you only “need” to use the space “just for a minute.” I especially don’t care if you back up your illegal use of said [...]
Posted in 101, accessibility, class issues, i'm right here, identity, invisibility, policy, politics | Tagged ableism, accessibility, accessible parking, conceptions of disability, disabilityfail, disabled parking, fail, it's about you, legislation, parking permit, problematic attitudes, TAB, things people say, transit, transportation, wtf
By s.e. smith on 16 August, 2010
Something that I see coming up a lot in discussions about language is the argument that, by asking people to refrain from using words that refer to disability as pejoratives because they reinforce the idea that disability is categorically bad, people engaging in discussions about language are saying that disability is a bed of roses [...]
Posted in autonomy, bodies, identity, language
By Annaham on 7 August, 2010
My beginning is like this: I was born a full three months before my expected arrival. I apparently couldn’t wait the whole nine months to come into the world. This early arrival was rife with complications, however: a brain hemorrhage, one collapsed lung (I still have under-armpit scars from the surgery), and, the kicker — [...]
Posted in blaming, bodies, identity | Tagged cerebral palsy, fibromyalgia, just world theory, personal, personal stories
By Guest on 30 July, 2010
Jesse the K hopes you can take a disabled feminist to tea this month. I’d hoped to have a delicious thinky post about the difference 20 years of the Americans with Disabilities Act has made for the world, the nation, the state, and me. Meditating on those topics proved so depressing I didn’t even leave [...]
Posted in accessibility, activism, guest post, identity, introspective, life changes | Tagged ableism, advocacy, assistive technology, human rights, impairment, legalities, memoir, wheelchair
By Anna on 28 July, 2010
It is too often argued by representatives from governments and the obligated sectors that they “would like to do the things we wand and need, but these changes will simply cost too much.” We have countered that the real barriers are not cost, but a lack of political will and a question of priorities.
Posted in activism, autonomy, disability activism, identity, policy, politics, resistance
By abby jean on 14 July, 2010
I was recently reminded of the importance of noticing, appreciating, and celebrating “good disability moments” – those times when someone responds to me or treats me in a non-ableist way. This is more than the lack of discrimination or oppression, this is someone treating me as I want to be treated. Although these moments aren’t [...]
Posted in happy posts, identity, introspective, make the world a better place | Tagged good things
By abby jean on 12 July, 2010
A few weeks ago, I read an absolutely marvelous post by Wheelchair Dancer, a letter to a TAB friend explaining why her approach to recovery and improvement was so different than theirs. It stemmed from an incident where the friend was “enthusiastic about how much better I seemed” and Wheelchair Dancer was unable to respond [...]
Posted in autonomy, identity, introspective | Tagged getting better
By s.e. smith on 6 July, 2010
Ableist Word Profile is an ongoing FWD/Forward series in which we explore ableism and the way it manifests in language usage. Here’s what this series is about: Examining word origins, the way in which ableism is unconsciously reinforced, the power that language has. Here’s what this series is not about: Telling people which words they [...]
Posted in 101, Ableist Word Profile, identity, language | Tagged ableism, disability euphemisms, special, special needs
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