By Guest on 14 December, 2010
Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg is a wife, mother, writer, editor, artist, photographer, and leader of the Vermont Chapter of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN). She blogs at Journeys with Autism, and her latest book, The Uncharted Path: My Journey with Late-Diagnosed Autism, was published in July of 2010. Her last guest post for FWD was “I [...]
Posted in guest post | Tagged autism, autistic, dominant narratives, guest post, Jewish, myths and misconceptions, religion, stereotypes, stereotyping
By Guest on 2 December, 2010
Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg is a wife, mother, writer, editor, artist, photographer, and leader of the Vermont Chapter of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN). She blogs at Journeys with Autism, and her latest book, The Uncharted Path: My Journey with Late-Diagnosed Autism, was published in July of 2010. I do not suffer from autism. I suffer [...]
Posted in guest post, identity, introspective, othering | Tagged autism, guest post, identity, myths and misconceptions, neuroatypical, neurodiversity, personal, self-identification, self-perception
By Annaham on 8 November, 2010
One of the more bizarre stereotypes (if one can call it that) about people with fibromyalgia is that we obsess over “every little ache and pain,” to the detriment of ourselves and much to the apparent annoyance of the “normal” people around us. Here’s the thing: If I were to obsess over my pain in [...]
Posted in 101, blaming, normality, othering, social attitudes | Tagged abled privilege, chronic illness, chronic pain conditions, disabled people are scary, fibromyalgia, myths and misconceptions, normal is only one option, pain management, positive thinking, rethinking social norms, social attitudes, this all sounds awfully familiar
By Ouyang Dan on 1 October, 2010
Overarching Moderatrix Trigger Warning for Strong Language. And by “Strong Language” I mean that I swear a lot. I pretty much knew that my life was going to get fucked up when my doctor had a Permanent Change of Station (PCS). I knew this, because according to the laws of karma to which I tend [...]
Posted in accessibility, i'm right here, intersectionality, military, oyd rants, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, accessibility, barriers to access, chronic pain conditions, disability, drugs are bad mmm'kay, for your own good, health care is an accessibility issue, intersectionality, military, myths and misconceptions, pain management, personal, problematic attitudes, social treatment
By Annaham on 19 September, 2010
In my last post, I talked about the painful physical process of the near-fatal allergic reactions that I’ve been having since the age of 14. In this post, I want to address the aspect of these “attacks” that is, in some ways, crappier than the actual attacks: peoples’ reactions. Often when I mention that I [...]
Posted in bodies, i'm right here, identity, introspective, normality, othering, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, ablesplaining, allergies, anaphylaxis, communication, disability, disabled teens, disclosure, growth, myths and misconceptions, personal, personal stories, problematic attitudes, social attitudes, things people say, this is not helpful, unexpected obstacles, we are not to be believed, why is this hard
By Ouyang Dan on 6 September, 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 accessibility, disability activism, intersectionality, make the world a better place, recommended reading, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, accessibility, disability, intersectionality, Jerry Lewis, myths and misconceptions, problematic attitudes, recommended reading, social treatment
By Ouyang Dan on 31 August, 2010
Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth series, recommended to me by The Guy, my partner of several years now, whom I thought loved me, seemed innocuous enough. I thought it a simple fantasy series woven with a love story (“woven” here should read more like a nice cudgel to the head), which I was looking for. [...]
Posted in books, disability activism, intersectionality, oyd rants, representations | Tagged ableism, Adie, Ayn Rand Lite, blind characters, books, disability, intersectionality, media and pop culture, myths and misconceptions, Objectivsm, OYD Book Reviews, pop culture, problematic attitudes, Sword of Truth series, Terry Goodkind
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
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 18 August, 2010
Not many of you would know this but I had my first experience with acupuncture the other day. I went to see a physical medicine doctor about a TENS unit because my current dose of my narcotic pain medication for breakthrough migraine and body pain is no longer sufficiently covering the amount of breakthrough pain [...]
Posted in accessibility, intersectionality, military | Tagged accessibility, acupuncture, chronic pain, chronic pain conditions, disability, drugs are bad mmm'kay, health care is an accessibility issue, intersectionality, medical care, military, myths and misconceptions, pain management, problematic attitudes
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