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By Ouyang Dan on 6 September, 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 accessibility, disability activism, intersectionality, make the world a better place, recommended reading, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, accessibility, disability, intersectionality, Jerry Lewis, myths and misconceptions, problematic attitudes, recommended reading, social treatment
By abby jean on 5 August, 2010
(Note: this originally appeared in a modified form on my tumblr.) Vulnerability indexing is a new trend in homelessness services. It started in LA and NYC but is now being used a bunch of cities and localities of all sizes around the country. Instead of traditional outreach services, these projects use a “vulnerability index” survey [...]
Posted in accessibility, activism, blaming, intersectionality, invisibility, justice, make the world a better place, mental health, policy, politics, poverty, social attitudes | Tagged homelessness, housing first, vulnerability indexes
By s.e. smith on 2 August, 2010
In June, I wrote an action item asking readers to support The Twenty First Century Video and Telecommunications Accessibility Act. I’m pleased to report that the House version of the bill, HR 3101, just passed, thanks to a lot of work by disability advocates (and a few FWD readers)! Now, it’s the Senate’s turn. The [...]
Posted in accessibility, activism, make the world a better place, media and pop culture | Tagged action item, captions, HR 3101, Internet captions
By Ouyang Dan on 27 July, 2010
Passed along to me via email is this downloadable and printable survey, Action for Access. You go to the website, and follow the instructions for download. The survey can be taken to locations on the map, then matched up (to my understanding) with the online version, to rate local businesses and establishments in the UK [...]
Posted in accessibility, activism, disability activism, make the world a better place, social attitudes, technology | Tagged accessibility, Action for Access, activism, barriers to access, disability
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 Anna on 2 June, 2010
I’m very happy for the no-longer-in-power Liberals that they were certain situations like the Barlagnes would never happen in Totally-Awesome-To-People-With-Disabilities Canada, but since we live in this Canada, I think their optimism was misguided. As has been amply demonstrated by reality.
Posted in activism, disability activism, identity, justice, make the world a better place, policy, politics, signal boost
By abby jean on 3 May, 2010
(This was originally posted as a BADD contribution at my tumblr.) I spend a lot of time blogging about and against ableism, about being a person with a mental illness, about the way policies and cultural attitudes and assumptions act to disadvantage people with disabilities. But for some reason, I was having a lot of [...]
Posted in activism, intersectionality, justice, make the world a better place, politics, poverty, resistance, social attitudes
By s.e. smith on 1 May, 2010
It’s Blogging Against Disablism Day 2010, and I would highly recommend checking in at Diary of a Goldfish to see other posts on the theme! A question that I get from a lot of nondisabled folks as they are starting to explore ableism and interacting with people with disabilities is ‘I really can’t stand it [...]
Posted in 101, make the world a better place, small stories | Tagged badd, badd 2010, blogging against disablism
By abby jean on 29 March, 2010
Often when bloggers or activists push back against ableist language and stereotypes in the media, especially pop culture, someone will respond with an argument that there are more important disability issues to address and that the topic at hand is mostly irrelevant to disability rights as a whole. This has happened with each of the [...]
Posted in activism, disability activism, justice, language, make the world a better place, media and pop culture, mental health, normality, othering, social attitudes, Uncategorized, violence
By Chally on 11 February, 2010
Hey, is anyone here from NSW? If you are… a) Wondering what on earth that is, it is New South Wales, a state in eastern Australia. b) Aware of what I am talking about but are not from NSW, hello there! c) From NSW, greetings fellow New South Welsh creature! We’re pretty great, aren’t we? [...]
Posted in make the world a better place | Tagged australia, education
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