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On Centring Caregivers in Disability Discourse

By Chally on 12 August, 2010

It’s really off-putting when a group of disabled people are trying to have a conversation and a caregiver butts in with “you’re wrong. I know, because I care for someone with such and such a disability”. This makes me squirm. Even worse are those disability organisations or charities that have only parents and caregivers on [...]

Posted in disability activism, politics, social attitudes | Tagged care, caregiving, carers, parenting, privilege, problematic attitudes, rethinking social norms, social attitudes, social treatment

Recommended Reading for November 12

By Anna on 12 November, 2009

Recommended Reading for November 12, 2009

Posted in recommended reading | Tagged blog carnival, braille, caregiving, carers, carnival, language, media and pop culture, mental health, mental illness, pop culture, privacy, private practice, stamps, stigma, voting

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