Link to part 1 (of 3) on YouTubeI quite liked this, because it showed the difficulties these families face but above all showed them as people just trying to live their lives, like anyone else. No attempts at comedy, which is good, since that's a stereotype that people with achondroplasia and other forms of dwarfism encounter often and find hard to ( Read more... )

I like this post from the Wellcome Trust's blog on WordPress. I'd like to tell the author that I like what she's written, and that I've posted the link to this comm on LiveJournal. But this week I'm using a slow Internet connection which doesn't cope well with WordPress. So if you use WP, perhaps you'd like to tell this author that argylesock (my ( Read more... )

Recently I've been asked to help make a Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan for my work in labs. That led me to find this which some people on this comm might not have seen - I know I hadn't ( Read more... )

This is a good series. I wonder how it seemed to any able-bodied people who watched it... it's not particularly designed to inform, I think. More to illustrate us crips to ourselves. At least that's how it feels to me atm. ( cut for spoilers )