By Annaham on 30 November, 2010
Jessica Pauline Ogilvie for the Los Angeles Times: Stuttering: Working to free the words An estimated 3 million American adults have a stutter that didn’t resolve in childhood, according to the nonprofit Stuttering Foundation of America. As kids, many dealt with the giggles of classmates and confusion of teachers; as adults, they often deal with [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged blog carnival, communication, disability blog carnival, disability is a feminist issue, disability pride, disability rights, employment, epilepsy, feminism, gender, parking, parking permit, pride, speech, trans, transportation
By abby jean on 29 November, 2010
Readers are warned that we do not control the spaces that are linked and articles and especially comments may be offensive or triggering. Use caution! These links are provided for information only and our linking them does not imply an endorsement of their viewpoint or arguments. AllAfrica: Nigeria: 2011 Elections – A Case for Persons With [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged India, parking, schools, voting
By s.e. smith on 27 August, 2010
This week’s livechat with Prudence featured a question that seems to crop up endlessly, like, pretty much whenever a person with a disabled parking placard pulls up to a parking space and gets out of ou car: Q. Parking Lot Etiquette: I live in an apartment that overlooks the building’s handicapped parking spots. I have [...]
Posted in 101, Dear Imprudence | Tagged Dear Prudence, disabled parking, Emily Yoffe, parking, policing
By lauredhel on 23 February, 2010
The Daily Fail has a little maths problem. OK, they have a little everything problem, but in this particular case, well, you be the judge: Revealed: Why all those disabled bays stay empty Hundreds of thousands of prime parking spaces in shopping centres are unused because of a legal obligation to provide four times as [...]
Posted in accessibility | Tagged accessibility, accessible parking, daily fail, daily mail, disabled parking, parking, parking permit, parking spaces, pesky crips
By lauredhel on 11 October, 2009
[This post was originally posted at Hoyden About Town on May 4, 2007.] This is my first personal post about being sick. A “coming-out”, to some of my online friends. And a whole lot of elaboration, for those who know I’m sick, but don’t know the details. It’s taken me ages to write, and I [...]
Posted in accessibility | Tagged accessibility, cfids, cfs, cfs/me, chronic fatigue syndrome, coming out, disclosure, invisible disabilities, invisible disability, me, medical care, misdiagnosis, narrative, parking, parking permit, passing, spoon theory, spoons, university
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