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 Anna on 4 January, 2010
Today is World Braille Day!
Were I a more organized person, I would now present you with a scrupulously researched history of Braille, deep insights into the so-called “War of the Dots”, and a wonderful interlude on the use of raised text in the Halifax School for the Blind.
Posted in history | Tagged blind, braille, history
By Anna on 11 December, 2009
It seems difficult for nondisabled people to write about disability without reflexively imagining what disabled people are missing or how difficult their lives must be. Rod Michalko, a sociologist who is blind, writes that sighted people typically conceive of “blindness in terms of ‘lack’-lack of sight. But this conception does not really help us understand [...]
Posted in Quotations | Tagged blind, Deaf, quote
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
By Anna on 23 November, 2009
Recommended Reading for Monday, November 23, 2009
Posted in recommended reading, Uncategorized | Tagged blind, braille, dyslexia, etiquette, financials, how to, print disabilities, relationships, service animals
By Anna on 5 November, 2009
Crip Drag is when a character has a disability, but the actor playing that character doesn’t have whatever disability they are portraying. Recent examples that come to mind are Kevin McHale, who plays Artie on Glee, any wheelchair-using villain you see in Doctor Who, and whoever got the role of Eleanor Perry in the Stargate: Universe episode “Sabotage”.
Posted in media and pop culture, social attitudes, Uncategorized | Tagged blind, broadway, crip drag, Deaf, helen keller, marlee Matlin, media and pop culture
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