Showing posts with label Blog around. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blog around. Show all posts

Monday, May 11, 2009

Monday blog-about

Recommended readings:

The homeless in Philadelphia by Wheelie Catholic

Disability as a Complex Cultural Construction and Ableism and A Watershed Experience by Bad Cripple

Can You Tell This Child Is Autistic? by Biodiverse Resistance

Dove Ad revisited and Disability is Man-Made ... for Real Dove Women by Wheelchair Dancer

What if I'm not There? at Bums & Belly Buttons: The View From Here

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Blog a-bout

Recommended readings:

Disability: Almost There by Simi Linton at Disability Culture Watch.

Drunkenness and Demonic Possession Are Not Autism by Autism change.org.

Faith Hope Walker: Story of an anencephalic baby by Medical Futility.

Update on Kaylee Wallace and hospital for sick children by Not Dead Yet.

Open Floor - What is the opposite of disabled? by Three Rivers Fog.

April 19: Erastus Deaf Smith (1787-1837) by Penny Richards.

Why I hate the New York Times by William Peace at Bad Cripple.

Design/disability by Wheelchair Dancer.

Sunday, April 05, 2009

Monday blog-around

Tears by Dave Hingsburger over at Chewing the Fat.


Mik Danger at Coffee and Gender's post entitled Assessing New York.

Michael Berube's post entitled Special "special" edition.

Friday music: Mark E. Smith and The Fall by Kay over at the Gimp Parade.

Dora Raymaker's post over at the blog Change.org entitled "Disability Models, Tragedy, and Identity" by Dora Raymaker over at Change.org.

And this response entitled "Affirmation and Impairment" by the blogger over at Whose Planet is it Anyway?

Monday, March 30, 2009

Monday blog-a-round

Why we need the Community Choice Act by Wheelie Catholic.

William Peace's post entitled Community Choice Act and who is disabled

Special Olympics? Not 'Special' At All, an essay by Susan Senator, who is the mother of an autistic teen and the author of "The Autism Mom's Survival Guide: Creating a Balanced and Happy Life while Raising a Child with Autism," which is coming in April 2010. Susan Senator's blog is here.

Elesia Ashkenazy's post at Autism Change.org entitled "Blasting stereotypes in autistic females"

This post at Disability Studies, Temple University, which includes a link to an interview with R&B/soul singer and song writer Teddy Pendergrass.

This post entitled "Explaining Disability" by Emma over at Wheelchair Princess.

This post over at Disability Prejudice and Civil Rights Watch, entitled "Anna Nicole Smith: Finally Charges Brought Against Her Psychiatrist"

Monday, March 23, 2009

Monday blog-a-round

For today's blog-a-around, links to some of the posts responding to President Obama's quip on “The Tonight Show” on March 19 (video here) comparing his modest bowling skills to those of athletes who have disabilities.

Planet of the Blind: Special Olympics in the White House basement
Bad Cripple: Obama and the Special Olympics: an off-hand remark?
Big Noise: Dear Mr President
Wheelchair Catholic: The question
In bed with Frida Kahlo: Oh Please, Obama! - "special” olympics comment critique misses the mark!
Change.org: Special Olympics: For Who?
All4myGals: Obama's gaffe
Finding My Way: It was like the Special Olympics or something
Walking is Overrated: Obama makes crass Special Olympics joke during Jay Leno interview
Scothoser's Corner: Deriding the Special Olympics: a window in our society
Leaving Treadmarkz: President Obama bashes Special Olympics


See also journalist John Hockenberry's discussion of the incident on his radio show, The Takeaway

(thanks to Media dis&dat for some of these links)