By Ouyang Dan on 11 August, 2010
Courtesy of amandaw I bring you this stellar article that once again rubs in my face how brilliantly miserable the VA is scratching the surface of realizing what is wrong with they way they even see women veterans. If you read along carefully you can even see the lightly sugar-coated condescension artfully woven in TIME [...]
Posted in accessibility, disability activism, intersectionality, invisibility, justice, medical practice, military, oyd rants, policy, violence | Tagged abuse, Department of Veterans' Affairs, disability, disabled veterans, Eric K. Shinseki, exclusion, health care, health care is an accessibility issue, intersectionality, Military Sexual Trauma, myths and misconceptions, problematic attitudes, PTSD, social treatment, the dogdamned VA, things people say
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
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