By Chally on 25 November, 2010
Gentle reader, be cautioned: comments sections on mainstream media sites tend to not be safe and we here at FWD/Forward don’t necessarily endorse all the opinions in these pieces. Let’s jump right in, shall we? disability is a feminist issue by Wheelchair Dancer: This conversation is an icon in the difficult relations of disability and [...]
Posted in accessibility, bodies, gender, recommended reading | Tagged Census, college, fat, higher education, India, United States, university
By Anna on 17 November, 2010
Your friendly neighbourhood Anna is out of town at the moment. Please enjoy this recommended reading post from the future. Lindsay at Autist’s Corner: Doubly Deviant: On Being Queer and Autistic EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This is a very long, rambly autobiographical post about being bisexual and being autistic: it compares my experiences coming to terms with [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged asperger syndrome, autism, blind, book review, CFP, disabled students, high functioning, higher education, labels, personal assistance services, queer, students
By Guest on 28 October, 2010
Diane Shipley is a freelance writer obsessed with feminism, US TV, memoirs and pizza. She writes about those things and more at her blog, the imaginatively-named Diane Shipley Blogs (http://blog.dianeshipley.com) and is almost always on Twitter (username: @dianeshipley). You’re intelligent, personable, and get good grades. It might look like higher education is a given. But [...]
Posted in Education, guest post | Tagged accessibility, barriers to access, education, guest post, higher education, personal stories, university
By Chally on 8 October, 2010
Gentle reader, be cautioned: comments sections on mainstream media sites tend to not be safe and we here at FWD/Forward don’t necessarily endorse all the opinions in these pieces. Let’s jump right in, shall we? Anna linked to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s coverage of this story earlier in the week, now here is Cara’s analysis [...]
Posted in accessibility, Education, gender, normality, recommended reading, work | Tagged accommodations, australia, disability services, employment, higher education, in the workplace, New Zealand, post-secondary education, United States, workplace accommodations
By Chally on 28 September, 2010
I hope all is well in your world on this fine Tuesday! Gentle reader, be cautioned: comments sections on mainstream media sites tend to not be safe and we here at FWD/Forward don’t necessarily endorse all the opinions in these pieces. Let’s jump right in, shall we? Canada: Disabled-services flip-flop at Winnipeg Free Press: The [...]
Posted in accessibility, movies | Tagged australia, canada, Deaf, education, higher education, India, Sign, support services, transportation, United States, university, web accessibility
By Annaham on 7 June, 2010
Recently, I read this odd article, penned by Judith Warner, in the New York Times–one in a stream of many that detail how excessively awful the current generation of young people (read: young workers) is at putting its collective nose to the grindstone, sucking it up, and generally not acting like a bunch of brats, [...]
Posted in accessibility, age, autonomy, blaming, politics, social attitudes, work | Tagged ableism, chronic pain, disabled youth, education, erasing, higher education, invisibility, labor, mental illness, myths and misconceptions, paid work, personal, privilege, problematic attitudes, right to work, university, we're right here, work, workplace accommodations
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