At change.org: You have to wonder why an organization dedicated to getting students to read would decide to make censorship such an important part of their work. […] But that’s what Scholastic Books is doing by banning a book from… Read More ›
Miscellaneous
Linkblurt: We Are Immobilised
Linkblurt: College student’s wheelchair stolen from campus A disabled college student is having trouble getting around campus, after someone stole his motorized wheelchair. […] Horus had locked it up and left it charging overnight. When he returned to campus, it… Read More ›
We are abandoned
news.com.au: “Wheelchair-bound man left halfway up Mount Snowdon” [via whooz_queen] A wheelchair-bound man suffered mild exposure after being abandoned halfway up a mountain by a group of charity climbers who gave up carrying him. The 31-year-old man was left sitting… Read More ›
Accessibility bouquet, and how about shade for “accessible” parking?
And an accessibility bouquet goes… to a staff member at a Telstra shop today. They offered wordlessly to serve me on-scooter or on-chair, without making a fuss. When the staff member started to explain the plans in spoken-word, I asked… Read More ›
Telegram to TABs, on Spoon Theory
[Cross-posted to FWD (feminists with disabilities) for a way forward) Message to TABs (Temporarily ABled folk): Spoon Theory? It’s not yours. It doesn’t describe the sleepy feeling you get at the end of a long day, nor the feeling you… Read More ›
SUCCESS! On Disabled Parking “Harmonisation” Activism
Read the background here: “CALL TO ACTIVISM – Many people with disabilities to be excluded from accessible parking under proposed scheme” I’m pleased to report that I have a piece of paper signed by Bill Shorten in my hot little… Read More ›
Inaccessible toilets in large venues? AFDO is looking for your input.
From Leah Hobson of the AFDO [Australian Federation of Disability Organisations] : AFDO needs your help. We’re keen to give Bill Shorten [Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services] examples of large venues which don’t do accessible toilets very well…. Read More ›
On swallowing shit
I’ve been thinking and thinking and thinking about Melissa’s post “The Terrible Bargain We Have Regretfully Struck“, turning it over in my mind. The subsequent spinoff threads are mostly about relationships and fatness and such, so I’m going to place… Read More ›
Quickhit: QLD petition for decriminalisation of abortion
If you’re on a Queensland electoral roll, or you know people who are, take action!
Christian Rossiter’s right-to-die “win” is a complete fail. And I’m looking at you, and you and you.
Please read the note at the end of this post before commenting. This is NOT a thread for euthanasia-law debate. I’ve been trying and trying for many days to write about the Christian Rossiter “right to die” case, and I… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 