So I will be starting my PhD in Critical Disability Studies this Autumn. In preparation for this I have been applying for housing. I learned my lesson about campus housing during my Masters. I need physical accommodations for housing. I like many other disabled people have been taught to shun accommodation wherever possible. I grew … Continue reading The Bureaucracy of Disability Accommodation in University
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Dear Strangers who Just Want to Learn About Disability, I am Not an Infobooth
TEDxSydney has been getting a lot of bad press from the disability community lately. This is because of their very poorly thought out #StellasChallenge campaign. The campaign sought to capitalize on the message and popularity of late disabled comedian Stella Young. The campaign has similarities to the doomed Starbucks campaign Race Together which sought to … Continue reading Dear Strangers who Just Want to Learn About Disability, I am Not an Infobooth
Inspiration Porn is Not Progress, It’s a New Kind of Oppression
We've all seen the images. Those pictures of disabled people succeeding. They tend to fall into two general categories. Disabled people particularly children doing everyday activities. This is often accompanied by quotes like "the only disability in life is a bad attitude" The other uses images of disabled people doing something noteworthy like reaching a … Continue reading Inspiration Porn is Not Progress, It’s a New Kind of Oppression
Can We Please Stop Calling Able-Bodied People TABs
Physical access for people with disabilities is crucially important for an inclusive society. We currently fall far short of being fully accessible. This is true pretty much everywhere, though some places are worse than others. It can be difficult to get people who do not face barriers to public access to take those barriers seriously … Continue reading Can We Please Stop Calling Able-Bodied People TABs
When is Language Ableist or Offensive
Comedian and disability rights activist Maysoon Zayid was recently featured in a Think Big video where she advocates for disabled people being given opportunities to be cast in film and television roles where the character is disabled. Currently the most common casting decision is to give those roles to nondisabled actors. The video is well … Continue reading When is Language Ableist or Offensive
When Supposedly Progressive Guides to Talking About Disability Get It Wrong
So I am very passionate about the language of disability. I really want it to progress to a place where people are not misrepresented or marginalized by the language used to describe them. So I get very frustrated when nondisabled people coopt the narrative and through well intentioned ignorance set the movement for inclusive language … Continue reading When Supposedly Progressive Guides to Talking About Disability Get It Wrong
The Issue of Harper Lee’s New Book and Armchair Activism
I have no definitive answers to the pervasive questions regarding whether Harper Lee truly wants her previously unpublished novel Go Set a Watchman published or if she in her old age has been coerced by the financial motivations of others. I do however wish to comment on some of the insinuations that seem to be … Continue reading The Issue of Harper Lee’s New Book and Armchair Activism
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