Defiant Lives is Essential Viewing, Though Flawed
The disability rights movement changed my life. I have been benefiting from legislation fought for by disabled activists who came before me since I was a young child. Like Mike…
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Disability Rights
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The Disablist Nature of Desiring Perfection in Gattaca
Society has always looked down on those who are different. It is not hard to imagine a world where we have tried to eradicate every type of difference. History actually…
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SPLIT Offers the Worst in Disability – Disabled Mimicry & Mental Health Stigma
I have watched many films that feature disability and disabled characters in some form or another, and what I have learned is that if the trailer is ableist, there is…
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Fighting Just to Exist as a Disabled Trans Person
So often disabled kids and LGBTQ kids are tormented, teased, and excluded. Some of them kill themselves. What would have happened if others were there for them?
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Police Brutality and Disability: When You Can’t Comply
Should the lives of those unable to comply with police commands be valued less? Having understanding for the fact compliance isn’t always possible or feasible.
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My Whole Life I’ve Been Told I Wasn’t Attractive, Smart, or Had a Life Worth Living
How we treat people when they are children can have a long term effect on their self-esteem, self-worth, self-confidence, and ability to love themselves. My whole life, whether it was…
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The Dehumanizing Nature of the Ashley Treatment
Disabled lives have value, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at how the media represents disability. We are portrayed as objects of pity, martyrs of inspiration, and not worthy…
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In 2014, President Obama Did Something for LGBT Disabled Americans
For the first time in American history, the president acknowledged that LGBT disabled people exist, and have unique needs and issues that need to be addressed.
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Recognizing Non-White Disabled Voices on This Historic Capitol Crawl Anniversary
On this day of disability history, let us recognize the many disabled people who are fighting for equality, and are often excluded because they are not white.
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Felicity Smoak…When TV Characters Uphold the Harmful Disability Narrative
The Arrow writer’s room desperately needs a wheelchair user to help them tell accurate stories about using a wheelchair…or I should say, it did need such a person. By now,…