By Staff on 31 December, 2010
Welcome to FWD retrospective week! We’ve taking a look back at some of our favourite posts on a variety of themes over the next week. Anna: Bitch: I Promise You Haven’t Heard This One Before (or, the one where Anna completely loses it and goes hard-core bitter, oh my gosh) Once, not all that long [...]
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By Staff on 30 December, 2010
Welcome to FWD retrospective week! We’ve taking a look back at some of our favourite posts on a variety of themes over the next week. Kaz: Disability and Asexuality Talking about the intersection of asexuality and disability is pretty difficult, because “asexuality” gets another meaning in disability rights discourse: it’s used to refer to the various [...]
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By Staff on 29 December, 2010
Welcome to FWD retrospective week! We’ve taking a look back at some of our favourite posts on a variety of themes over the next week. s.e. smith: Florida Court Ruling: Community-based Services, Not Institutionalisation Forced institutionalisation is not the only denial of rights and autonomy to people with disabilities that people think of as a [...]
Posted in policy, recommended reading
By Staff on 28 December, 2010
Welcome to FWD retrospective week! We’ve taking a look back at some of our favourite posts on a variety of themes over the next week. s.e. smith: Accessibility Policies Done Right: The Legion of Honor in San Francisco I think that this policy really speaks to the amount of activism which the disability community has [...]
Posted in accessibility, recommended reading
By Staff on 27 December, 2010
Welcome to FWD retrospective week! We’ve taking a look back at some of our favourite posts on a variety of themes over the next week. s.e. smith: Hipster Ableism Hipster -ism is a type of humour which people use because they mistakenly identify it as edgy and transgressive. The idea is that it’s funny because [...]
Posted in media and pop culture, recommended reading
By Staff on 26 December, 2010
Welcome to FWD retrospective week! We’ve taking a look back at some of our favourite posts on a variety of themes over the next week. Annaham: Film Review: HBO’s “Kevorkian” The entire film is framed by Kevorkian’s ill-fated 2008 bid for a congressional seat representing the state of Michigan – his platform, as the film [...]
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By Staff on 25 December, 2010
Welcome to FWD retrospective week! We’ve taking a look back at some of our favourite posts on a variety of themes over the next week. Anna: Lucky for us, there’s money to be thrown One of the many, many things that bothers me about disability & accessibility is how many of the problems can be [...]
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By Chally on 24 December, 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? The Broken of Britain: The GP’s Story by Dr Jest So there you have it. Neither Pete nor Dud would [...]
Posted in bad advice, bodies, gender, medical practice, recommended reading, work | Tagged australia, bodies, disabled sports, fat, India, medical practice, paid work, sports, travel, traveling while disabled, United Kingdom, United States, work
By Anna on 23 December, 2010
Exciting Laptop update: I dropped it off at the repair place today. I will likely not get it back till after the holiday. Picture my face of woe. Woe. Lucky I can at least borrow Don’s laptop to check email and play Farmville. Right now I’m at my library, which closes at the horribly-early hour [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged carnival, Deaf, disability blog carnival, netflix, ramps, wheelchair ramp
By Anna on 22 December, 2010
Hi All! My laptop is broken, woe, and thus I am more scattered than even the last month might lead you to believe. (Repair will take a few days, I haven’t lost anything important, and it won’t even cost much to fix, so don’t fret!) Hand to Mouth: Lilliput touchscreen monitor review: a pleasant surprise [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged accessible tech, activism, autism, childbirth, fucking meds, medication, protest, rants, tech review, UK, uk uncuts
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