By Annaham on 21 December, 2010
James S. Fell for the Los Angeles Times: Holistic nutrition is weak on science, strong on selling supplements You may not know the term, but you’ve surely heard its claims. Among other things, holistic nutritionists (or HNs, as they call themselves) may teach that fluoride and pesticides are lethal, that most diseases and detrimental behaviors [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged age, alternative medicine, alzheimer's, bad science, chronic pain, disabled youth, employment, just world theory, mental illness, migraines, personal stories, questionable science, science, social attitudes, unemployment, work
By Anna on 20 December, 2010
Oh, happy day. They were testing the fire alarms in my building. For two hours. Yes, they work. I have no idea how Don slept through them. Also, this is going to be a bit of a massive edition of Recommended Reading because I have open many many tabs and want to close them. Bipolar [...]
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By Chally on 17 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? United States: Tampa’s ‘Sensitive Santa’ allows children with autism to get photographs, too by Shelley Rossetter at the St Petersburg [...]
Posted in accessibility, justice, recommended reading | Tagged australia, autism, Deaf, holidays, Indonesia, Ireland, justice system, Sierra Leone, United States
By Anna on 16 December, 2010
Talulah Mankiller at Life Under a Rock: Just the Facts, Ma’am (via Kiri) (post mentions domestic violence but doesn’t describe) Even when I was very sick and had no idea what was wrong, I always had two versions of reality in my head: what I logically knew was actually probably going on, and what I [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged abuse, australia, crazy, deaf-blind, depression, kentish sign language, kiri brings the awesome, mental health condition, neglect, Sign Language, violence
By Anna on 15 December, 2010
Jody McIntyre: Student Protests, Part Three From the corner of my eye, I spotted one of the policemen from the earlier incident. He recognised me immediately. Officer KF936 came charging towards me. Tipping the wheelchair to the side, he pushed me onto the concrete, before grabbing my arms and dragging me across the road. The [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged abuse, Disability Living Allowance, DLA, institutions, irish sign language, jody mcintyre, mexico, police abuse, UK, uk protests
By Annaham on 14 December, 2010
K__ at Feminists with FSD: Notes on MTV’s True Life: I Can’t Have Sex Actual, proper terminology was used throughout the show. Chronic pelvic pain conditions were named, but some conditions that overlap were not mentioned at all (interstitial cystitis, for example, was not explored in this episode. This is a shame – interstitial cystitis [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged alternative medicine, asperger syndrome, autism, bipolar disorder, breast cancer, cancer, cancer treatment, chronic pain, death, female sexual disfunction, fraud, media and pop culture, pain, personal stories, reality tv, sexuality, television, the secret, tv, vulvodynia
By Anna on 13 December, 2010
You are Here: Safety Haiku: Automatic Captions This is the reason why you should not send me breathless, excited emails about the wonders of automated speech-to-text. You see the “CC” button and you think you and I will both enjoy the same media. This is what I actually get. (On the other hand, in a [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged abuse of people with disabilities, auto-captions, birth stories, Deaf, Disability Living Allowance, DLA, everything in the UK is going to hell, hard of hearing, history, history of lobotomy, howard dully, lobotomies, marfan syndrome, mocking autocaptions because they're terrible, subtitles, UK
By Chally on 10 December, 2010
Well, if it isn’t Friday again. I suppose it is for you, readers of the future, but I am writing this from Tuesday, in the past! Such is the power of the blog’s scheduling function. Gentle reader, be cautioned: comments sections on mainstream media sites tend to not be safe and we here at FWD/Forward [...]
Posted in accessibility, creative work, medical practice, recommended reading, work | Tagged accessible transport, blind, blindness, Deaf, government, medical care, personal stories, theatre, transportation
By Anna on 9 December, 2010
I hate this time of year because I live in the Northern Hemisphere and it’s dark really early. At least we’ve been avoiding the snow-dumps I hear are all over central Canada, but it’s only a matter of time. Civil Rights Now!: Civil Rights Now! speech at Dec10 CLAS Forum on UN Convention on the [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged abuse, autism, British Columbia, canada, civil rights now!, DLA, heating costs, UK
By Anna on 8 December, 2010
My hearing has finally recovered! Now I know why I was sleeping so much – I couldn’t hear all the construction starting up at 7 a.m. *sigh* Arbitrary Constant: DLA reform consultation: Great Expectations, Word Apprehensions The coalition government today published its consultation on the reform of Disability Living Allowance (DLA). The headline is that [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged ASL video, cognitive disabilities, Deaf, DLA, hearing, include me, inclusion, It Gets Better, ORAD, UK
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