By Annaham on 19 October, 2010
Corina Becker at No Stereotypes Here: Real Communication Shutdown I was recently asked by a person on Twitter to participate, and I responded that there wasn’t much of a point, since I am Autistic, and do not require to learn about difficulties that I myself face in communicating. kaz at Kaz’s Scribblings (DW): trials and [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged asthma, autism, awareness, communication, education, internet, language, learning, marginalisation, medications, mental health, personal, privilege, race, trans, transgender
By Annaham on 12 October, 2010
Darshak Sangavi at Slate: Should you crowdsource your medical problems? To be sure, many patients with complex or poorly understood medical problems like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis congregate in large virtual communities such as PatientsLikeMe, where they share details of their medical treatments and symptoms with each other—and occasionally even launch their own unregulated and informal [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged accessibility, communication, DLA, female sexual disfunction, gender, government benefits, information and communication technology, internet, Internet use, medical practice, technology
By Annaham on 1 June, 2010
fiction_theory (LJ): The internet IS real life The problem with impeaching someone’s anti-racism based on attendance at a specific march or even public rallies and protests in general is that it assumes that a) attending such events is a more real, valid, and important means of expressing anti-racism than any other means, specifically online and [...]
Posted in bodies, identity, intersectionality, news, politics, recommended reading, social attitudes, technology | Tagged accessibility, activism, anti-racism, barriers to access, chronic pain, communication, community, critique, fandom, fibromyalgia, internet, Internet use, intersectionality, invisible disability, media critique, mental health, race, reading, science, sleep, social networking, trichotillomania
By s.e. smith on 21 May, 2010
Remember that study about Internet use and depression that we discussed recently? Well, as it turns out, there’s another study out (yay science!) that says basically the exact opposite: information technology, including access to the Internet, has been linked with happiness. Does this mean that science is hopelessly contradictory and we should just ignore the results [...]
Posted in mental health | Tagged accessibility, information technology, internet, Internet use, studies
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 Annaham on 17 March, 2010
Here at FWD, it is not unusual for us to get quite a few comments in mod that question, take issue with, or outright berate our fairly rigorous comments policy and iterations thereof in varying degrees. Many of these comments are some variation of “But what about my right to express my opinion?” or “But…free [...]
Posted in activism, class issues, disability activism, global, i'm right here, intersectionality, justice, language, meta, normality, othering, social attitudes | Tagged activism, blog, bloggers, blogging, comments, comments policy, communication, derailing, first amendment, free speech, global, internet, Internet use, it's about you, language, law, myths and misconceptions, privilege, privilege-check, problematic attitudes, representation, rights, USA
By Anna on 19 October, 2009
Recommended Reading for October 19, 2009
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged disability 101, DLA, health care, health care is an accessibility issue, health care reform, internet, intersectionality, mental health, mental health concerns, mental illness, resources
By Annaham on 17 October, 2009
This amazing post and its follow-up by Anna at Trouble in China (she is also a contributor here, as you may have noticed) got me thinking. [In the interest of full disclosure, my Shakesville post is in there as an example of the problematic nature of inclusiveness.] Whenever I mention my personal blog in, say, [...]
Posted in accessibility, activism, bodies, feminism, introspective, normality | Tagged barriers to access, chronic pain conditions, communication, disclosure, internet, participation, privilege
Yeah, what *about* your free speech “rights”?
By Annaham on 17 March, 2010
Here at FWD, it is not unusual for us to get quite a few comments in mod that question, take issue with, or outright berate our fairly rigorous comments policy and iterations thereof in varying degrees. Many of these comments are some variation of “But what about my right to express my opinion?” or “But…free [...]
Posted in activism, class issues, disability activism, global, i'm right here, intersectionality, justice, language, meta, normality, othering, social attitudes | Tagged activism, blog, bloggers, blogging, comments, comments policy, communication, derailing, first amendment, free speech, global, internet, Internet use, it's about you, language, law, myths and misconceptions, privilege, privilege-check, problematic attitudes, representation, rights, USA