Yesterday, a pastor friend sent me the link to a podcast from the Canadian Council of Churches (The fourth episode is the relevant one if you care to listen). The most recent episode deals with disability inclusion in Christian churches. They wanted my perspective on the treatment of disability. While I already shared some scaled … Continue reading When Churches Discuss Disability Without Disabled People
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But it Wasn’t Designed for You: How Ignoring Accessibility Becomes the Excuse for Perpetuating Inaccessibility
I am sick of seeing people responding to evidence of inaccessibility with "but it wasn't designed for you". This argument has been used to both try and shut down calls to make inaccessible things more accessible (which is what I'll be focusing on) and to limit access to accessible things that have been deemed unnecessary … Continue reading But it Wasn’t Designed for You: How Ignoring Accessibility Becomes the Excuse for Perpetuating Inaccessibility
Mentioning Disability is not an Invitation for Commentary or an Inquisition
I think one of the clearest examples that I experience regularly that disability is not an accepted experience is that I can't casually reference the experience of being disabled without being met with either pity or inappropriate questions. Sometimes it is both. For me disability is a huge part of how I experience the world. … Continue reading Mentioning Disability is not an Invitation for Commentary or an Inquisition
Thoughts on Disability and Brexit
I wanted to take some time to talk about the EU referendum in the context of disability. I'm not going to focus on any disability specific policies held by the EU (though I'm sure they exist and Baroness Campbell tried to get disabled people invested in the campaign to Remain). Instead, I am going … Continue reading Thoughts on Disability and Brexit
The Flaws in Literally Checking Your Privilege
A couple years ago Buzzfeed published a quiz called How Privileged are You? It contains 100 statements of which the quiz taker is supposed to mark each which applies to them. Each statement is meant to be a point of social and cultural privilege. I have noticed that the quiz is being shared again so … Continue reading The Flaws in Literally Checking Your Privilege
Consider Buying Me a Coffee to Support my Blogging, Advocacy and Studies
Nearly a year ago, I ran a crowdfunding campaign to try and support the costs of my PhD. It was a resounding failure. I am still not in the greatest of financial situations and have significantly more student debt now then I did then and the number is only going to get higher, so I … Continue reading Consider Buying Me a Coffee to Support my Blogging, Advocacy and Studies
Media Roundup of Me Before You Criticism
This is a collection of the criticism by the disabled community and allies of the book and film Me Before You. I have also included some mainstream media coverage of the criticism and protests. If I missed anything let me know in the comments or on Twitter. Disabled Community & Allies "Ableist, Stereotypical, and Offensive" … Continue reading Media Roundup of Me Before You Criticism
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