By Chally on 13 December, 2010
To quote Harry Potter. It’s difficult to separate out my life into the disability stuff and what life would be like without it. I don’t remember much of my life beforehand. Something I’ve been aware of for years is how distrustful ableism has made me. I’ve been primed to be constantly aware of other people’s [...]
Posted in accessibility, introspective, small stories | Tagged personal stories, social attitudes
By Ouyang Dan on 28 November, 2010
It’s odd how we sometimes take the habits of our children for granted. I have a particularly chatty child. I can’t imagine where she gets her penchant for being a non-concise story-teller. Really. I can’t. But when it is early in the morning and I haven’t had a chance to heave my second cup of [...]
Posted in intersectionality, parenting, small stories | Tagged parents with disabilities
By Chally on 24 November, 2010
Last night, for the first time in ages, I got a full night’s sleep! This hasn’t happened in months, so I am very pleased! This is just a little spark of joy for me: it’s hardly a pattern yet, and I’ve only been managing to sleep sensible hours a very little bit of late. And [...]
Posted in small stories | Tagged fatigue, sleep
By Annaham on 11 November, 2010
[Image description: image shows a small silver and blond Yorkshire Terrier with its two front legs up on a railing in an outdoor setting, its red leash off to the right side. It is photographed from a high angle.] I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while, and have never quite known how [...]
Posted in happy posts, small stories | Tagged happiness, personal, personal stories, pets
By Annaham on 24 July, 2010
To begin, rather pithily: I have had very mixed experiences with medical professionals throughout my life. Some have been fantastic. Some have been middle-of-the-road. And, as you might expect to hear from a person with a chronic pain condition, some have been absolutely awful. Recently, I had a fantastic experience in a consultation with the [...]
Posted in happy posts, medical practice, small stories, social attitudes | Tagged cerebral palsy, doctors, fibromyalgia, medical care, medications, pain management, personal stories, surgery
By Annaham on 2 July, 2010
I have dealt with disability, in various capacities, for my entire life — this started when I was born three months prematurely and was affected by cerebral palsy (left hemiplegia, if anyone really wants to know) as a result. I know what you might be thinking: You cannot possibly have CP, Annaham! CP is always [...]
Posted in bodies, i'm right here, identity, normality, othering, small stories | Tagged bodies, cerebral palsy, hemiplegia, movement, pride
By Annaham on 22 June, 2010
Recently, I was on the commuter train home. I happened to be reading Susan Schweik’s book Ugly Laws: Disability in Public for a research paper. Two middle-aged women sat down opposite me, and one inquired as to what book I was reading. Me: It’s a book about 20th-century ugly laws in the U.S. Woman #1: [...]
Posted in activism, bodies, books, history, politics, small stories, social attitudes | Tagged conceptions of disability, reading, social attitudes, things people say, ugly laws
By Anna on 27 May, 2010
I’ve written before that the history I do is explicitly political. It’s partly about a part of our past that is highly neglected, and partly about arguing, simply by doing it, that this history is important, that it has long-term consequences that we’re still feeling.
Posted in activism, anna history rants, disability activism, history, introspective, small stories, social attitudes
By Ouyang Dan on 4 May, 2010
May 1st was Blogging Against Disablism Day, and I have in my drafts at all three blogs to which I contribute regularly a post started where I had intended to write something for the day. I had my work writing caught up, so it was all I had left, really. Then something unexpected happened. I [...]
Posted in happy posts, small stories | Tagged blogging against disablism day, drugs are bad mmm'kay, this is my life
By amandaw on 1 May, 2010
(Cross-posted at three rivers fog. See more BADD 2010 at Goldfish’s blog.) I’m pretty open about my health issues. To be honest, I don’t know any other way to be. I know how to strategically hide my disabilities from strangers in passing interactions, but from the people with whom I interact on a daily basis? [...]
Posted in accessibility, invisibility, small stories, social attitudes, work | Tagged ableism, accessibility, assholes, badd, badd 2010, chronic illness, chronic pain, disability, disclosure, head asplode, health, migraines, myths and misconceptions, pain, pain management, pain triggers, passing, personal, problematic attitudes, social treatment, stories, things people say, welcome to my life, work
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