Just saw this on FB
http://claimingcrip.blogspot.com/2015/09/why-im-not-inspired-by-that-viral.htmlI agree with the author that posting pics of disabled ppl on social media, without the disabled person's permission, is a...
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Cooling
Thanks to shehasathree I'm reading about Arctic Heat cooling vests. Heat-intolerant people, eg many disabled people, don't find hot weather 'gorgeous' or 'lovely' - we find it horrible. I use wet...
View ArticleLeft v Right Hands
I wrote this last week:Yesterday, last trip to see Albert, at North Shore Hospital, hand specialist and although my broken left has healed enough for me to be discharged, something extraordinary...
View ArticleHemiplegia Awareness Week 2015
Hi all! I just wanted to let you all know that this week is Hemiplegia Awareness Week. Hemiplegia, a type of cerebral palsy, is a condition which affects one side of the brain, usually as a result of...
View ArticleWebsite promotes bullying as being good for autistic kids
A website called "Autism Daily Newscast" has printed a piece by an ABA therapist about the supposed "perks" of being bullied for autistic kids. Here is the article, but I've used "Do not link" because...
View ArticleNew bisexuality book
The new British Bisexual book being crowdfunded has a good chapter on disability.(I co-curated the non-monogamies chapter and am reading the draft)Purple Prose
View ArticleThe Theory of Everything
Have you watched The Theory of Everything yet? It took me a while to watch this biopic about the great physicist Stephen Hawking because he's a role model for me. You probably know that Prof Hawking...
View ArticleChessington’s Extremely Restricted World of Adventure (especially if you’re...
Penelope Friday wrote this and gave me permission to post the link here. If you know Penelope's identity, please don't say on this comm who she is. (Unless you are Penelope.)Chessington is within a...
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Hi; sammason asked me to post my review of this book here. It deals with dementia, love, and caregiving. Iris and Her Friends: A Memoir of Memory and Desire, by John Bayley. W.W. Norton & Co; 2000...
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Autistic Women and Autistic Writers
After an academic friend told how her parents didn't tell her about her diagnosis of Asperger's, I like this article about autistic females. Grateful to our own shehasathree for linking to the article....
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TWO DAYS TO ACT on this: You’ve been asked to have your say on the NHS
Somebody in friendly_crips (identify yourself if you want to) points out that here in England, the National Health Service (NHS) is coming up for review but our opinions don't seem very welcome. We...
View ArticleDisabled access to conventions
Disabled fans and creators are kept out of too many sci fi conventionsSeveral well known people, including prominent members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy writers of America, are now making a...
View Article[UK] Fit for work tests can be damaging
Work capability assessments linked to mental health relapses.An article that just confirmed how I felt. I felt extremely humiliated and despairing after my assessment, I was suicidally depressed for...
View Article[UK] unlawful discrimination
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/nov/26/iain-duncan-smith-unlawfully-dicriminated-against-the-disabled-rules-judge?CMP=fb_guFinally this government and their poster boy are starting to be held...
View ArticleOrgan donation in Wales
Those in Britain, or interested in our countries, may know that the law about organ donation in Wales is changing. The opt-in system will become an opt-out system on 1st December this year. That is, if...
View ArticleIs "disability" a bad word?
Recently, I've noticed that many people have stopped using the word "disability" and are inventing what I consider to be silly and cutesy euphemisms to use instead. The latest one is "diversability."...
View ArticleDisability doesn't 'happen for a reason'
Do you like this blog post? I do. Too many people tell us crips that our disabilities lead to positive change. That we should be glad. No thanks! We can make positive changes if we choose to do that,...
View ArticleCrips at Christmas
Please will somebody, or somebodies, host a virtual party on this comm for Christmas? Last year's Crips at Christmas was a great success. This year I'll be here but not hosting.
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Blogging Against Disablism Day
Our recent discussion here about 'diversability' reminds me of Blogging Against Disablism Day (BADD). That's on May 1st each year, so if you want to write about 'diversability' for BADD 2016 I hope...
View ArticleA Question for the Community about being 'invisibly disabled'
I came across this article on an American newspaper website:http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-associations-20151220-story.html?ref=yfpIt's entitled:"Association directors refuse to...
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