By Guest on 24 December, 2010
Eliot Renard is a genderqueer, feminist, socialist Chicagoan who enjoys making math and science accessible and fun for students through various online tutoring programs. Ze also has a health blog, personal blog and tumblr, because compartmentalizing is fun. This is the second post of a short series; part one, “Rocky Beginnings,” can be read here. [...]
Posted in guest post | Tagged chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain, chronic pain conditions, depression, family, family dynamics, fibromyalgia, guest post, personal, personal stories, social attitudes
By Guest on 16 December, 2010
Eliot Renard is a genderqueer, feminist, socialist Chicagoan who enjoys making math and science accessible and fun for students through various online tutoring programs. Ze also has a health blog, personal blog and tumblr, because compartmentalizing is fun. I began experiencing the symptoms of what I now know to be depression, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue [...]
Posted in guest post | Tagged childhood illness, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain conditions, depression, family, family dynamics, fibromyalgia, guest post, mental health, personal, social attitudes
By s.e. smith on 10 October, 2010
A recent Ask Amy column featured a letter from a college student with a common problem; parents who want to exert a high level of control. Here in the US, school’s been in session for a little over a month now, and the winter is coming on, and I suspect that the number of students [...]
Posted in Dear Imprudence | Tagged Amy Dickinson, Ask Amy, depression, disabled students, education, family dynamics
By s.e. smith on 3 October, 2010
In a recent Carolyn Hax column, a reader wrote in with the following: Dear Carolyn: A friend of mine is getting married to a woman who has multiple sclerosis. His family is very upset by this fact (along with a few other issues they have with his bride-to-be). Should something like having a chronic illness [...]
Posted in 101, Dear Imprudence, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, Carolyn Hax, family dynamics, interfering busybodies, love and relationships, multiple sclerosis, weddings
By Ouyang Dan on 12 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 intersectionality, medical practice, military, recommended reading | Tagged Afghanistan, burned out on war, class, disability, family dynamics, Gulf War, Iraq war, military, parenting, public spaces, surgery, war injuries, warrior transition units
By Anna on 5 April, 2010
But children are very aware of the pressure to be normal. And when people like Jenny McCarthy and her ilk push “cures” for disability out there, not only are parents asked why they aren’t administering these cures, children are, either directly or indirectly, asked why they aren’t cured, too.
Posted in bodies, normality, social attitudes | Tagged family, family dynamics
By Anna on 13 November, 2009
What she does for Don is a huge deal in terms of his personal hygiene. All those little things that allow him to be “acceptable” to our neighbours take energy, such as having clean hair and a neatly trimmed beard. Before homecare, Don would often go weeks, if not months, without a proper shave, and look very scruffy and unkempt. But it would be a decision for him – does he shave today, or does he make a meal? There wasn’t enough energy or concentration to do both.
Posted in bodies, feminism, shaming, social attitudes | Tagged caregiving, family, family dynamics, feminism, health care is an accessibility issue, homecare, power, power dynamics, rethinking social norms, second shift, social assistance
By Anna on 11 November, 2009
Recommended Reading for November 11, 2009
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged family, family dynamics, veterans
By Anna on 30 October, 2009
Recommended Reading for October 30, 2009
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged abuse, asperger syndrome, autism, canada, family, family dynamics, media and pop culture, mental health, mental illness, murder, poverty, sex, sexuality, social assistance
By Guest on 28 October, 2009
What I have learned is that ridding oneself of disableism, is a process that is not easy but so very necessary. Each time I am reduced by the assumption of another, it causes me to examine the ways in which my language or behaviour support this. It took time to understand that though I am disabled, I still exist with privilege in certain areas. I can hear, I can see, I can get up and walk if I have to, I have all of my limbs, and people do not dismiss what I am saying because they deem me non-sensical due to being neurologically atypical. As long as they are not referring to my specific disability, many are quite comfortable displaying their disabliesm, as though it does not effect me.
Posted in guest post | Tagged ableism, barriers to access, class, disableism, family, family dynamics, language, self-acceptance
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