Hey, able-bodied folks. Why the heck are you not overcoming adversity and becoming an Olympic-caliber athlete? It’s so easy, right? If you just “realize most of your limitations in life are self-imposed”, you, too can do anything!

This is our weekly Chatterday! open thread. Use this open thread to talk amongst yourselves: feel free to share a link, have a vent, or spread some joy. What have you been reading or watching lately (remembering spoiler warnings)? What are you proud of this week? What’s made your teeth itch? What’s going on in ...

Warning: Offsite links are not safe spaces. Articles and comments in the links may contain ableist, sexist, and other -ist language of varying intensity. * Bev at Asperger Square 8: How the Grinch Tried to Steal Autistic Self-Advocacy Each autistic person deserved life a lot… But the Grinch, who lived outside of Reason, Thought NOT! The Grinch hated autism, every ...

Question Time is a series in which we open up the floor to you, commenters. We invite you to share as you feel comfortable. Or, the obvious one, given that this is a blog run by disabled feminists! And, reflecting that duality of identity, the question is also twofold: How have you experienced the intersection of gender ...

Warning: Offsite links are not safe spaces. Articles and comments in the links may contain ableist, sexist, and other -ist language of varying intensity. * Arachne Jericho at Tor.com: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Fiction, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 A survey of the tropes, stereotypes and more realistic portrayals of PTSD on ...

Ten years ago I joined a club. You don’t have to say anything about it. It is something I have (mostly) come to terms with. I only bring it up to give a little context. I have a father out there in Meat World somewhere. I differentiate for a reason, and no, I Don’t Want to Talk ...

Warning: Offsite links are not safe spaces. Articles and comments in the links may contain ableist, sexist, and other -ist language of varying intensity. * Janine at StroppyBlog: Legal Step Forward on Disability Rights The delicious irony in this particular case, the employer concerned was a firm of solicitors, who appeared to think they should not ...

Contains spoilers for A Darkling Plain, so be warned! I’ve just finished up Philip Reeve’s Hungry Cities books. They’re really good, and I’d recommend them to any young adults reading, or anyone else who is into YA. Mortal Engines, Predator’s Gold, Infernal Devices and A Darkling Plain are full of complex female characters in a well-realised ...

from Shopwiki: The top part of the image is the search result box, showing an electric wheelchair priced at $2900. The bottom part of the image is the “Related Items” tab, which shows a choice of inexpensive dining-room chairs. (If you scroll down on the original page, you will also find stools and benches.) From IRC: Oh, ...

The general public’s understanding of service dogs or in some cases that there is anything beyond guides is very low. It makes sense that more people know of guide dogs, as they are did start the first service dog schools and hold their dogs to a very high standard. I must say that the constant ...