By s.e. smith on 4 August, 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 recommended reading | Tagged autism, benefits, disability activism, fraud, immigration, immigration detainees, justice system, neurobigotry, police brutality, pop culture, questionable science, shameless self promotion
By s.e. smith on 29 July, 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 recommended reading | Tagged accessible media, ADA, autism, autistic students, blind, bodies, collaborative notetaking, cripface, Deaf, disabled actors, disabled students, disabled youth, education, filmmaking, hearing loss, representations
By s.e. smith on 16 July, 2010
Yes, you read that title right. Back in January, Evelyn Towry, an autistic third grader living in Idaho, just wanted to wear her cow hoodie1 and go to a birthday party and eat cake with her fellow students. Her teacher decided, for reasons that remain nebulous, that Evelyn wouldn’t be allowed to go until she [...]
Posted in blaming, events | Tagged ableism, autism, Evelyn Towry, lawsuits
By s.e. smith on 9 June, 2010
Content warning: This post contains discussions about abuse of people with disabilities, including physical assault and the use of restraints. Last week, a major civil rights lawsuit was settled in Pennsylvania when seven families agreed to accept five million United States Dollars to resolve a case they filed against a teacher and her superiors, arguing [...]
Posted in autonomy, bodies, justice, policy, politics, poverty | Tagged abuse, autism, autistic children, education, restraint
By Annaham on 25 May, 2010
Dorian at Dorianisms: “Men Who Get It” The danger lies in beginning to assume that you are some kind of Ultimate Authority, and in particular, that you can teach people about their own experiences. That you know better than marginalized people what is happening in their lives, with their marginalization. That you are the Ultimate [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged autism, chronic fatigue syndrome, comics, feminism, food, food police, gender, livejournal
By s.e. smith on 14 May, 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 recommended reading | Tagged autism, disabled actors, disabled veterans, institutionalisation, mental health, mental illness, music, neurodiversity, pop culture, rape, sexual assault, veterans
By s.e. smith on 27 April, 2010
A scene in which the title character (who speaks in the third person) is explaining the way his brain works to another character: ”Cognitive disorder’ is not an accurate description of what happens inside Marcelo’s head. ‘Excessive attempt at cognitive order’ is closer to what actually takes place.’ ‘Yeah? I like excessive order myself. Is [...]
Posted in normality, Quotations, representations, social attitudes | Tagged autism, autism spectrum, books
By kaninchenzero on 21 April, 2010
Y’all may know I’m mentally ill. I have mentioned a time or eighteen. It’s a thing I do, talking about my experiences with mental illness and mental health care, trying to provide an anecdote to do with the data. What I talk about somewhat less is having cognitive variations and learning disabilities. Which I do. [...]
Posted in introspective | Tagged autism, communication, disability, exclusion, identity, mental illness, personal, problematic attitudes
By Anna on 2 December, 2009
Recommended Reading for Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged accessibility, asperger syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy, disability awareness days, humour, media and pop culture, perceptions, social treatment, tourism
By Anna on 26 November, 2009
Recommended Reading for November 26, 2009
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged abuse, accessibility, autism, blind, captchas, closed captioning, games, gaming, volunteering, youtube
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