This list of September media reports about people with disabilities murdered or dying under strange circumstances is presented without commentary, but that doesn’t mean that there’s nothing people may want to discuss about it in comments. I do not believe for a moment that this list is complete. It is sorted alphabetically by ...

Another fast & furious recommended reading today, folks! Yay for busy schedules all around, right? I am glad I try to keep up with the news, though, because I learned that legislation passed in the US that will enforce captioning and descriptive audio! I don’t actually have a t.v., but the last ...

While some of the jokes and routines are funnier than others (my sense of humour is a lot dryer than this sort of thing does), the whole point of them is to talk about being Actually Crazy, to humanize what Actually Crazy looks like, sounds like, and behaves like. And it is, remarkably, not ...

The ECHO questionnaire has been carefully designed by a team of psychologists from the University of Bedfordshire with input from Network for Surviving Stalking. We want to find out about your experience of harassment – via the internet or your mobile phone – We also want you to tell us how this experience has ...

Today’s Recommended Reading is very fast because my laptop battery is about to die. Trigger Warnings & Comments are not always great & not all opinions are endorsed by us. Normally I clip a bit from each article, but today is going to be quick links. Sorry! Wordweaverlynn: A Public Service Announcement Re: “So if you’re ...

As always, we don’t vet these jobs, and can’t tell you anything about them. US: Facebook is hiring: User Experience – Accessibility (HTML/CSS/JavaScript). You’ll need a FB account to apply for this job. Are you interested in building products used by hundreds of millions of people? Do you have direct experience working with assistive technology (ie screen ...

Every now and again I come across a book that I enjoy enough to read repeatedly. I have several of these on our bookshelves at home. The Harry Potter Series is an annual read for me in my YA set. The Kushiel’s Legacy series is another, in my Not YA set. There are, though, few ...

Please note that spots are filling up quickly for the Liberated Learning Youth Initiative starting this fall. The Youth Initiative provides students with disabilities access to a new Speech Recognition transcription system. During the project, students will be given special user accounts where they will be able to upload recorded lectures and receive ...

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 to ...

US Conference: The Association on Higher Education And Disability is pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for its 34th Annual Conference, “AHEAD 2011: Sustainable Access through Partnership.” The conference will be held July 11-16, 2011 at the Washington Convention Center in Seattle, Washington, USA The Call for Proposals Submission Deadline is October 25, 2010 The 2011 conference theme, ...