disability
I have a mild physical disability (Klippel-Feil Syndrome) myself, but I’d like to think that even if I didn’t, I would care strongly about equality for disabled people. I’m a strong believer in the social model of disability, which holds that there is nothing “wrong” with disabled people ourselves; there is something wrong with the society that refuses to include us, or make accommodations for us.
Posts
- : ♿️ On Person-First Language: I saw an article and brief discussion today on the use of person-first (e.g. “people with disabilities”) vs …
- : 🚊 Car-Centric Ableism: I originally posted a version of this post as a comment on Mastodon (external link) but I thought I might as well …
Links
- : 🇦🇺 Link: “Cairns family facing deportation after son is diagnosed with autism”
- : 🇨🇦 Link: “Canada will soon allow medically assisted dying for mental illness. Has there been enough time to get it right?”
- : 🎮 Link: “Video Games Are for Everyone—And That Should Include Disabled People”
- : ♿️ Link: “Half of Australian managers have never hired a person with disability, survey shows”
- : 🧑🏻🦽 Link: “The high cost of living in a disabling world”
- : 🦠 Link: “Covid-19 Long-Haulers Are Fighting for Their Future”
- : 🇦🇺 Link: “The Australian-born children the government wants to deport because they have a disability”
- : 🇦🇺 Link: “Queensland's Public Trustee accused of profiting off people who lack capacity to manage own affairs”
- : 📰 Link: “Senator Jordon Steele-John shares his personal story of growing up disabled in Australia”
- : 🦠 Link: “Fury at ‘do not resuscitate’ notices given to Covid patients with learning disabilities”
Jessica Smith is a socialist and a feminist who loves animals, books, gaming, and cooking; she’s also interested in linguistics, history, technology and society.