By amandaw on 20 October, 2009
Access is an all-consuming endeavor in a disabled person’s life. I love that the disability community learned to frame it that way: it emphasizes that the problem is not the person, their body or their condition; the problem is society’s indifference. Many accessibility solutions are structural; they require collective action — constructing spaces such that [...]
Posted in accessibility, blaming | Tagged accessibility, advice, barriers to access, disability, exclusion, fibromyalgia, illness, invisibility, invisible disabilities, invisible disability, isolation, me, participation, passing, personal, privilege, social inclusion, social treatment, structural vs. individual
By amandaw on 15 October, 2009
(Originally posted November 2008 at three rivers fog.) I had always meant to expand upon this topic, but never found the right words for it, succinct and meaningful. But, well, that’s not exactly my style either. My job situation is still shitty, and I’m currently part-timing at a retail pharmacy as a cashier. (Sample day: [...]
Posted in accessibility, Uncategorized | Tagged ableism, accessibility, barriers to access, chronic illness, disability, health care, illness, invisibility, invisible disability, justice, me, medical care, participation, personal, privilege, problematic attitudes, spoons, stories
By Anna on 13 October, 2009
Recommended Reading for October 13th.
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged accessibility, ADA, ashley X, autism, breast cancer, cancer, health care, health care is an accessibility issue, intersectionality, mental health concerns, mental illness, movies, pop culture, reproductive health
By lauredhel on 11 October, 2009
[This post was originally posted at Hoyden About Town on May 4, 2007.] This is my first personal post about being sick. A “coming-out”, to some of my online friends. And a whole lot of elaboration, for those who know I’m sick, but don’t know the details. It’s taken me ages to write, and I [...]
Posted in accessibility | Tagged accessibility, cfids, cfs, cfs/me, chronic fatigue syndrome, coming out, disclosure, invisible disabilities, invisible disability, me, medical care, misdiagnosis, narrative, parking, parking permit, passing, spoon theory, spoons, university
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