Guy on subway, to me, suddenly and too loudly: Merry Christmas ( Read more... )

I don't know how I missed this.... but... shit, I'll just quote at you all:

http://disabledfeminists.com/2010/02/09/evelyn-evelyn-ableism-ableism/
I am conflicted, to put it mildly, about this latest project in which singer and pianist Amanda ( Read more... )

So I know Wikipedia can be edited by anyone and therefore stupid shit makes it through sometimes.

However, I'm at a loss as to how to even deal with this, here. I'd edit it myself but my mind is just... no longer working, I'm so angry.

Individuals with spastic diplegia are very tight and stiff and must work very hard to successfully resist and "push ( Read more... )

So Sports Illustrated has a little article about a double-amputee athlete and model. Aside from a little bit of the usual "PWD are automatically heroes" thing (though honestly, I *liked* this one and didn't mind the "omg COOL!" at *all* -- she *does* sound, well, pretty awesome)...

...nifty, right?

Not according to the usual suspects:

Dude nation’s ( Read more... )

via ballastexistenz, here:

Call for Immediate Action:

Below is a letter from a mother regarding an egregious example of mistreatment of her daughter, a member of our special needs community. Brigid, a girl with autism and a serious physical injury, will not be graduating with her class, and will lose out on a scholarship that she has earned to ( Read more... )

that people really do buy into the PWD are better off dead thing:

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