Anita Cameron Discusses Race, Disability, Sexuality, and Being a Woman
Anita Cameron, a disabled, lesbian, woman of color shares her story and her experiences with overlapping, intersectional issues of discrimination.
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Life with a Disability is Seriously Expensive
Life with a disability is not about taking handouts. It is seriously expensive, and I break down the costs.
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When my PCA Started Abusing Me for Being LGBT
When my PCA found out I was a member of the LGBT community she started abusing me. This is quite common and rarely spoke about by the disability community.
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Some People with Disabilities ARE Prevented from Getting Married and Here’s Why
I answer concerns, criticisms, and misunderstandings about the marriage penalty affecting some people with disabilities.
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Disabled Geeks: Improve Representation of Disability in Wikis
Join filmmaker, Dominick Evans, and Alice Wong of the Disability Visibility Project in improving the Wikis of disabled characters in comics.
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Lack of Accessibility on Twitch Leaves People with Disabilities Out of E3
People who rely on closed captioning were unable to participate in the E3 press conferences this year, due to lack of accessibility on Twitch.
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When Parents Emotionally Blackmail their LGBT Children
It was 2003 when I had the last meaningful conversation with my mother. Our relationship was antagonistic since my birth. In her journal about my early development, she wrote about…
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My Disability Isn’t What “Disables” Me…
is not my actual disability that I find disabling. It is all the other things, around me, like the physical barriers and the monetary barriers, I face.
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My Wheelchair is not Limiting – It is My Freedom
I went into a wheelchair full time when I was 16 years old. I am 34 now, so I’ve been using a wheelchair for over half my life. I could…
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Comic Books Bring on the Crips
Comic creators are leading the way in creative fields by offering a more diverse playing field for characters with disabilities. When it comes to disability, they are creating characters that are powerful, but still have disabilities.