By Anna on 31 December, 2010
That’s right. And we’re tired of preaching to the converted. I mean, we’re all sitting here, all of us here are sitting in the room talking about these things that we talk to each other about all day every day. It would have been nice to have someone like Ryan Murphy sharing practices that those people, like the Breaking Bad people, sharing their best practices with those who could learn something. But, it didn’t happen.
Posted in disability activism, how to be accessible, identity, invisibility, justice, media and pop culture, mental health, movies, normality, othering, politics, race, representations, social attitudes, television
By Guest on 2 December, 2010
Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg is a wife, mother, writer, editor, artist, photographer, and leader of the Vermont Chapter of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN). She blogs at Journeys with Autism, and her latest book, The Uncharted Path: My Journey with Late-Diagnosed Autism, was published in July of 2010. I do not suffer from autism. I suffer [...]
Posted in guest post, identity, introspective, othering | Tagged autism, guest post, identity, myths and misconceptions, neuroatypical, neurodiversity, personal, self-identification, self-perception
By Anna on 19 November, 2010
1. Ableism has a dictionary definition; 2. Ableism can be deliberate; 3. Ableism has an academic definition; 4. Ableism can be accidental – this doesn’t make it okay; 5. Ableism kills.
Posted in 101, Ableist Word Profile, deaths, disability activism, identity, normality, othering, policy, politics, relationships, representations, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, definitions
By s.e. smith on 11 November, 2010
Depending on where in the world you are, your nation may be celebrating Veterans Day, Armistice Day, or Remembrance Day today (or yesterday, for those living IN THE FUTURE); I happen to be in the United States at the moment, where we are observing Veterans Day. There’s a thing I notice, in narratives about veterans. [...]
Posted in identity, invisibility, military | Tagged military service, United States, Veterans Administration, women veterans
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 abby jean on 11 October, 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? Dorianisms - A Different Kind of Coming Out Today is (Inter)national Coming Out Day. It happens on October 11th every year, [...]
Posted in identity, media and pop culture, movies, recommended reading, Uncategorized
By Sasha Feather on 30 September, 2010
“A diagnosis is just a tool to get you what you need,” said a good friend of mine, by way of his therapist. His statement particularly resonated for me because for a long time I’ve been a woman without a diagnosis. This article is about why I am finally OK with that. First of all, [...]
Posted in guest post, identity | Tagged acceptance, chronic pain, diagnosis, disability, guest post
By Guest on 29 September, 2010
Lisa Harney is a single lesbian with ADHD, three cats, and a penchant for writing about social justice and transphobia. She blogs regularly at Questioning Transphobia. So one of the most frustrating experiences of coming to terms with my disability is realizing just how much ableism has impacted my life without my realization. I mean, I [...]
Posted in guest post, identity, introspective, invisibility | Tagged ableism, ADHD
By s.e. smith on 28 September, 2010
Joesphine King is an artist with bipolar disorder who produces startling and evocative self portraits. Josephine King remembers her first self-portrait and how it showed up out of nowhere. She was “really ill” with bipolar disorder, living alone in a flat in Amsterdam. “I was in psychosis. I was desperate, not at all well in [...]
Posted in art, creative work, identity | Tagged bipolar disorder, disabled painters, self-portraits
By Guest on 27 September, 2010
This is a guest post from Thetroubleis, a knitting, writing, dog training, queer uppity negress who enjoys writing about race, madness, disability, adoption and the intersections of the aforementioned subjects. She is a big geek who spends good deal of time raging against fandom and canon underrepresented of marginalized people and squeeing about new episodes. [...]
Posted in feminism, gender, guest post, i'm right here, identity, introspective, normality, othering, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, feminism, neuroatypical, neurobigotry, normalcy, public spaces, social treatment
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