By Annaham on 31 August, 2010
Pamela Paul for the New York Times: Can Preschoolers be Depressed? In the winter of 2009, when Kiran was 5, his parents were told that he had preschool depression, sometimes referred to as “early-onset depression.” He was entered into a research study at the Early Emotional Development Program at Washington University Medical School in St. [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged children with disabilities, depression, disabled parents, gender, media and pop culture, medical care, medicine, mental health concerns, parents with disabilities, representations, sex, sexuality
By amandaw on 28 February, 2010
You’ve heard the term “choice feminism” right? Usually used derisively by a person who is arguing: Just because a woman makes a choice does not make it a feminist choice, we have to be able to examine issues on a systemic rather than individual level, some choices that individual feels are good for them are [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ability, ableism, abuse, choice feminism, class, cultural lens, culture, defaulting, disability, diversity, erasing, essential concepts, family, feminism, fuck that, head asplode, i thought you were supposed to be my ally, invisibility, justice, normal is only one option, power, privilege, privilege-check, problematic attitudes, race, roles, self-determination, sex, sexuality, shaming, social construction, social justice
By Anna on 15 February, 2010
WARNING: This post is likely NSFW, and talks about sex. If you do not want to know anything about my sex life, you don’t want to read it. I was recently interviewed for an article about sex & disability.
Posted in sexuality, social attitudes | Tagged sex, sexuality
By Guest on 13 November, 2009
Many girls experience horror and anger when they find out what bracing is going to mean for their lives, and that it won’t even fix them, it will just probably keep them from getting any worse.
Posted in bodies, guest post, identity, intersectionality, life changes, social attitudes | Tagged intersectionality, scoliosis, sex, sexuality, social treatment, treatment
By Guest on 6 November, 2009
The stereotypes in question actually consist of a wide variety of things tossed together, some of which are in line with asexuality but many of which seem to have little to do with asexuality or in fact to be entirely opposed to it (I am interested to see how the stereotype of the disabled woman not saying no because she feels lucky anyone wants her is supposed to relate to asexuality, for instance). What they have in common, however, seems to be: denying disabled people their sexual agency and the right to make decisions or have knowledge about their own bodies and sexualities. The stereotypes about disabled people’s sexualities seem quite in line with the common tendency to consider us childlike, helpless and needing to be protected for our own good.
Posted in bodies, guest post, intersectionality, sexuality, social attitudes | Tagged asexuality, autism, intersectionality, sex, sexuality
By Anna on 30 October, 2009
Recommended Reading for October 30, 2009
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged abuse, asperger syndrome, autism, canada, family, family dynamics, media and pop culture, mental health, mental illness, murder, poverty, sex, sexuality, social assistance
By Anna on 29 October, 2009
Recommended Reading for October 29, 2009
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged ableism, ally, ally work, Bones, irritations, media and pop culture, parenting, pop culture, sex, sexuality, work
By Chally on 25 October, 2009
Of course! That is, some of us do, but there’s nothing about disability that means we don’t ever have sex. As with any other group in society, some of us are sexual and some of us are asexual. Some of us are celibate, some of us are in steady sexual relationships, some of us like [...]
Posted in 101, bodies, sexuality | Tagged myths, sex
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