By Ouyang Dan on 19 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 abuse, Afghanistan, Anishinaabekwe, caregiver abuse, disability, domestic violence, fibromyalgia, healing, intersectionality, invisible disabilities, military, PTSD, recommended reading
By Ouyang Dan on 12 June, 2010
[Trigger Warning for descriptions of violent thoughts of self harm] Oh, by now, faithful readers, you know where we are about to go. We are about to go on a little journey into my mind, the scary place that it is, where I open the floor to discussion about the ways that, once again! Stars [...]
Posted in intersectionality, language, media and pop culture, mental health, military, news, othering, oyd rants | Tagged ableism, i am not your metaphor, intersectionality, invisible disabilities, language, media and pop culture, mental health, mental illness, military, things people say, word use, words mean things
By Ouyang Dan on 8 June, 2010
Gentle readers! I come to you today with a delighted feeling that I do not believe is caused by the half life if a painkiller! Today I read an article in my paper version of Stars and Stripes that had to do with the intersection of disability and veterans and I was not instantly thrown [...]
Posted in intersectionality, justice, medical practice, military, oyd rants | Tagged chronic illness, disability, health care is an accessibility issue, intersectionality, invisible disabilities, justice, medical care, mental health, mental illness, military, myths and misconceptions, the dogdamned VA
By Ouyang Dan on 27 May, 2010
I know that I am not 18 any more. One of my doctors kindly pointed that out to me recently. What I mean is that I can no longer demand of my body what I once did. And I know this, as I embrace the things that come with years gone by. Aging is a [...]
Posted in bodies, introspective, life changes, military | Tagged chronic illness, chronic pain conditions, disability, drugs are bad mmm'kay, fibromyalgia, health care, invisible disabilities, military, personal, self-acceptance, when does it stop?
By Annaham on 18 May, 2010
Pharaoh Katt at Something More Than Sides: I Dreamed That I Was Normal I dreamed the world made sense, That people never tried To delve into my psyche and redefine my mind. Gauntlet at Tumblr: Janet Street-Porter shares her thoughts on depression… I think maybe what we are seeing here, is women who have a [...]
Posted in autonomy, bodies, class issues, creative work, gender, identity, invisibility, politics, recommended reading, shaming, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, children, children with disabiltiies, government benefits, identity, invisible disabilities, mental health, mental illness, myths and misconceptions, problematic attitudes, social treatment, things people say, work
By Ouyang Dan on 16 April, 2010
I won’t apologize for her actions and I’m not sorry for what happened to you. It’s not in our contract to assist passengers with their luggage and we reserve the right to refuse assistance to anyone. If that’s what you need, then perhaps in the future, you should make other travel arrangements. Well, to say [...]
Posted in accessibility, feminism, justice, oyd rants, policy | Tagged ableism, abuse, accessibility, barriers to access, chronic pain conditions, disability, drugs are bad mmm'kay, invisible disabilities, justice, problematic attitudes, racism, social treatment
By Ouyang Dan on 29 December, 2009
Moderatrix’ Incredibly Verbose Note: The linked article in Stars & Stripes held a couple of problems for me. One: It gave an impression that pharmaceutical therapy is somehow not a reasonable treatment for people dealing with mental health or anxiety disorders. This should not be taken as the opinion of myself, nor any member of [...]
Posted in creative work, intersectionality, mental health, military | Tagged disability, health care, intersectionality, invisible disabilities, mental health, military, poetry therapy, veterans
By Anna on 25 November, 2009
Recommended Reading for November 25, 2009
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged bbc, chronic illness, chronic pain, chronic pain conditions, comedy, health care is an accessibility issue, health conditions, invisible disabilities, mental health, mental health concerns, mental illness, social assistance, social policy
By Chally on 7 November, 2009
This post was originally published at Zero at the Bone in August 2009. In it I ask the abled folk among us to think beyond the (very important!) need for systemic inclusion of disabled people, to what they can do as individuals. I’m going to talk about accessibility. I want you to have a think. [...]
Posted in accessibility, social attitudes | Tagged accessibility, ally work, barriers to access, invisible disabilities, it's about you, open your mind
By Anna on 6 November, 2009
Missing in Causation Talk: Actual Austistics: Today I listened in a bit to the IACC conference call on “risks and prevention.” I ended up not listening to the entire thing, partly because I’m quite busy, and partly because the conference call format just does not work very well for me in terms of processing information [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged abuse, accessibility, autism, crime, exclusion, invisible disabilities, social inclusion, wheelchair users
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