By s.e. smith on 20 December, 2010
One of the relationship tropes that irks me most when it comes to talking about partnerships where at least one person is disabled is the idea that the relationship only exists because of pity, often paired with the idea that disabled people will take any relationship they can get out of fear that they will [...]
Posted in i'm right here, othering, relationships, social attitudes
By Chally on 1 December, 2010
Also see: An open letter to abled people who use disabled parking spaces by Annaham, which this is jumping off from. Since I drafted this, s.e. also wrote Dear Imprudence: Who Appointed You the Parking Police?! Dear abled people who like to glare at people who use disabled parking spaces, Hi there. It’s great that [...]
Posted in 101, accessibility, i'm right here, invisibility, othering, shaming | Tagged ableism, accessibility, accessible parking, problematic attitudes, what the pancake
By Ouyang Dan on 12 November, 2010
I received a message on Facebook today (my personal account, not FWD/Forward’s account, which is not currently being updated because *ahem* Facebook seems to refuse to fix their blog importing tool and I can’t keep up with manually posting it every day…but I plan to try… /Facebookrant). It was one of those “fun meme” invitations, [...]
Posted in i'm right here, intersectionality, life changes, military, oyd rants | Tagged Veterans' Day
By Ouyang Dan on 1 October, 2010
Overarching Moderatrix Trigger Warning for Strong Language. And by “Strong Language” I mean that I swear a lot. I pretty much knew that my life was going to get fucked up when my doctor had a Permanent Change of Station (PCS). I knew this, because according to the laws of karma to which I tend [...]
Posted in accessibility, i'm right here, intersectionality, military, oyd rants, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, accessibility, barriers to access, chronic pain conditions, disability, drugs are bad mmm'kay, for your own good, health care is an accessibility issue, intersectionality, military, myths and misconceptions, pain management, personal, problematic attitudes, social treatment
By s.e. smith on 29 September, 2010
Back in July, the following letter/response ran in Dear Abby: Dear Abby: I am the parent of a child with special needs. To an outsider he looks different; adults and children stare at him when we’re out. My son is not aware of their impolite behavior, but I am — and it really irks me. [...]
Posted in 101, bad advice, Dear Imprudence, i'm right here | Tagged Abigail Van Buren, Dear Abby
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
By Anna on 21 September, 2010
I spent most of my weekend pretty much glued to Twitter following ADAPT’s latest action in Washington, DC and wondering where the media was, especially after a huge group of wheelchair users blockaded one of the White House gates and 16 people were arrested. I actually thought that the White House security arresting a group of people with disabilities would surely be the sort of thing that the media would pick up on.
Foolish me!
Posted in activism, autonomy, disability activism, events, i'm right here, invisibility, justice, make the world a better place, news, policy, politics, resistance, social attitudes
By Annaham on 19 September, 2010
In my last post, I talked about the painful physical process of the near-fatal allergic reactions that I’ve been having since the age of 14. In this post, I want to address the aspect of these “attacks” that is, in some ways, crappier than the actual attacks: peoples’ reactions. Often when I mention that I [...]
Posted in bodies, i'm right here, identity, introspective, normality, othering, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, ablesplaining, allergies, anaphylaxis, communication, disability, disabled teens, disclosure, growth, myths and misconceptions, personal, personal stories, problematic attitudes, social attitudes, things people say, this is not helpful, unexpected obstacles, we are not to be believed, why is this hard
By s.e. smith on 17 September, 2010
In Germany, the toymaker Paraplush has evidently just released a line of psychiatry-themed plush toys. Each comes ‘packaged with a personalized medical history and treatment plan.’ They’re tied in with an online game made by the same company (warning, Flash, autoplay). Like, for example, Kroko the crocodile: Kroko here ‘needs your help!’ His ‘patient profile‘ [...]
Posted in 101, i'm right here, identity, mental health | Tagged psychiatrisation
By s.e. smith on 16 September, 2010
I was browsing the New York Times Magazine online this morning when I saw a story in the sidebar, ‘When Autistic Children Become Adults,’ from the Motherlode blog. Hmmm, I thought. This might be interesting. The article opens with a discussion of the rise in autism diagnoses over the last half of the 20th century, [...]
Posted in autonomy, i'm right here | Tagged autism
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