By s.e. smith on 8 December, 2010
This post has been edited with updated information. Here’s a completely bizarre policy move for you: Planners of the 2012 London Olympics announced today that a request to allow disabled ticket holders to use the games lanes set aside for athletes and dignitaries will be turned down. 100 miles (161 kilometers, if you must) of [...]
Posted in accessibility, events, social attitudes | Tagged driving, exclusion, London, Olympics, placard panic, sports
By Ouyang Dan on 30 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 ableism, abuse, accessibility, barriers to access, disability, exclusion, gaming, intersectionality, media and pop culture, myths and misconceptions, privilege, problematic attitudes, service animals, social treatment, things people say
By Ouyang Dan on 26 August, 2010
Some of you may know that most of us here are FWD/Forward lurk around at other places doing other things when we are not toiling on the backend here at the humble blog. I happen to spend a bit of my time writing under my actual name over at Change.org’s Women’s Rights blog as the [...]
Posted in military, oyd rants, reproductive justice, signal boost | Tagged ableism, barriers to access, disability, exclusion, health care, health care is an accessibility issue, high risk insurance pools, intersectionality, military, military abortion ban, military women, privilege, women in uniform
By Ouyang Dan on 26 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 i'm right here, identity, intersectionality, military, normality, othering, race, recommended reading, shaming | Tagged ableism, chronic illness, disability, exclusion, health care, intersectionality, male breast cancer, medical care, mental health, military, myths and misconceptions, social treatment, things people say
By Ouyang Dan on 11 August, 2010
Courtesy of amandaw I bring you this stellar article that once again rubs in my face how brilliantly miserable the VA is scratching the surface of realizing what is wrong with they way they even see women veterans. If you read along carefully you can even see the lightly sugar-coated condescension artfully woven in TIME [...]
Posted in accessibility, disability activism, intersectionality, invisibility, justice, medical practice, military, oyd rants, policy, violence | Tagged abuse, Department of Veterans' Affairs, disability, disabled veterans, Eric K. Shinseki, exclusion, health care, health care is an accessibility issue, intersectionality, Military Sexual Trauma, myths and misconceptions, problematic attitudes, PTSD, social treatment, the dogdamned VA, things people say
By s.e. smith on 21 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 asl, chronic disease, Deaf, exclusion, HIV/AIDS, jury service, medical practice, mental illness, patient care, race, racism, self-advocacy
By kaninchenzero on 23 June, 2010
My [biggest] fandom is White Wolf’s Exalted. I’ve complained about it before and I’ll complain about it again. I build characters because it’s fun and I often spend a lot of time working at it trying to make a person rather than a collection of attributes. Right now I’m working on a character who I [...]
Posted in accessibility, creative work, i'm right here, intersectionality, language, othering, representations, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, exclusion, media and pop culture, problematic attitudes, social treatment
By Annaham on 2 May, 2010
[Image via Tlönista in this comment thread at Flip Flopping Joy. Description: A shocked-looking cat perches on a chair, staring straight at the camera. Text reads: "Concerned cat is just looking out for your best interests when she says that your tone might be alienating well-intentioned potential allies who just need a little polite education."] [...]
Posted in 101, activism, blaming, bodies, disability activism, feminism, gender, i'm right here, identity, intersectionality, justice, othering, politics, race, shaming, social attitudes | Tagged ally, ally work, anti-racism, derailing, disability 101, education, exclusion, feminism, intentions, internet, intersectionality, marginalisation, myths and misconceptions, privilege, problematic attitudes, race, racism, social treatment, things people say, this all sounds awfully familiar, white privilege
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 Annaham on 7 April, 2010
Note: This is kind of an old post, but I think it’s still useful. I’m sure that many of you have heard variations on the following: “You’re just too angry. Your anger alienates people/potential allies and might make them afraid to associate with you! They won’t want to be on your side because of your [...]
Posted in activism, feminism, identity, introspective, invisibility, justice, mental health, othering, politics, resistance, social attitudes | Tagged anger, disability, exclusion, personal, privilege, problematic attitudes, social justice, social treatment, things people say
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