Quicklink: you just need to ask nicely for disability accommodations
Guess how many competent and positive responses sie received to “just asking nicely”. Go on.
Border Gimps: Living on the Border
Over the last many years I have struggled with physical limitations. I and a few friends like me, have come to call ourselves “Border Gimps”, especially since society not only loves to have a name for things, but also to help sort through the current “P.C. phrase of the month”. Now I know there are as many thoughts on that sort of thing as there are people to think them, but here is how I and mine define it.
We Will Not Go Quietly: call for submissions
Survivors Mel Hughes and Kate Ravenscroft are creating a zine by survivors of sexual assault for survivors of sexual assault: We Will Not Go Quietly.
They’re looking for a huge range of submissions, preferably by 31 July 2011. For more information, see their website We Will Not Go Quietly.
Advice please: dealing with NSW Dept of Education re a student with disabilities
How the fuck can I help this rather lovely young person get the best out of hir education when the existing systems seem to be letting hir down?
Blogging Against Disablism Day 2011
A fantastic collection of posts has already been published and collated for BADD 2011 over at Diary Of A Goldfish, and there will definitely be more to come.
It’s not too late to write one yourself, if you were thinking of it and haven’t managed it yet. May 1st is a suggestion, everybody understands about clashing priorities and perhaps your spoons allocation.
Signal boost: Call for Submissions — AP Our Way zine
Arwyn over at Raising Boychick wants you to share your experiences if you are living with disabilities and pursuing attachment parenting:
Quicklink: Disasters prove value of sign language interpreters
Natural disasters in Queensland and New Zealand have highlighted the value of sign language interpreters.
Polling place accessibility and the NSW state election
I get the impression that the NSW election sees a slight improvement over the Federal election in polling place accessibility information. How does your electorate look? How many fully wheelchair accessible polling places, how many assisted access, and how close are they to you? What information is missing from the descriptions?
Seminaring
I am spending most of this week in a room like this, so the last thing I want to do when I get home is spend *more* time on the ‘puter. Which makes posting tricksie.
So, in no particular order:
Life at 1, 3, 5: disability
The Life at 1, 3 and 5 treatment of disability could have been worse with either a more tragic air or the Fighting Fat episode’s constant refrain of “risk” but that this is still a particularly problematic area for the show to be keeping its tight focus on the particular impact on the abled child when talking about family members with disabilities.
Gratuitous Colin Firth blogging
Congratulations to the lovely and talented Mr Firth on his Best Actor BAFTA. Do go and see The King’s Speech if you haven’t already.
Femmostroppo Reader February 3, 2011
Items of interest come across recently in my feed-reader. I deliberately didn’t link to lots of coverage of Australian natural disasters or the Egyptian uprisings, because there’s just so much to sort through. What else did I miss? Leave your own interesting links in comments.
Quickhit: irresponsible
The coroner investigating the death of Maia Comas “has been unable to determine whether or not her death was accidental” but has indicated that Maia’s parents were greatly irresponsible.
FWD appreciation thread
FWD (feminists with disabilities) for a way forward has just put up a farewell post. What were your favourite FWD posts? And which ongoing disability blogs do you particularly recommend?
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