Meant to link this earlier... a wonderful post from cheshire_bitten on mental illness and the stigma around "crazies" having sex and sexualities. I reproduce it here in its entirety because it is just that important.

Mentally ill people are denied their sexuality. We are either predators (schizophrenia) or we are poor dears, to scared to be touched (depression, ( Read more... )

via Ms Crip Chick:

Q:
What do you get when you put
blackface,
sizeism
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A few days ago I linked to Kim calling someone out for using the word "retard" to describe someone whose ideas she didn't agree with:
I still can't ascertain exactly what Miss Andrea means by the following:

"Yes, I’m condeeeeescending - that’s what always happens when adults speak to retards. Patience ain’t my strong suit, and some idiot’s insistence ( Read more... )

I've been blogging a lot recently about disability issues, so I'm feeling a bit burnt out. I've had a look at the other folks blogging for BADD so far, and there's so much there that's just wonderful that I'm not sure how well my tired brain will do.

I've tried to keep up with blogging about violence against all sorts of people with disabilities, ( Read more... )

So these particular people are off the chart (I'm sure you all know who they are)... but still I think it needs to be shared:

http://wome nsspace.word press.com/2007/10/25/beauti ful-baby/#com ment-65342

(take out the spaces):

9 Sis

I view these stories of animals showing people how to be human in ( Read more... )