Blogging Against Disablism Day: a week of writing, a month or so of reading ALL THE THINGS.

[capri0mni]

My entry for this year's Blogging Against Disablism Day is now polished and posted. And it's here: BADD 2016: What the "Social Model of Disability" Actually Means.

I'm rather pleased with it, if I may say so.

... Expect many links and recs. over the next few days as I read my way through the growing archive

Comments

[davidgillon]

Like it!

[capri0mni]

Thank you!! I was thinking our two pieces complimented each other well, but I didn't want to say so before my piece was actually up (I still had to finish and scan my illos.).

[davidgillon]

Yes, it's not as if I don't talk about the Social Model every chance I get ;)

There's at least a couple more work well with mine, 'I’m an academic in a wheelchair – why is it so difficult?' and Goldfish's own 'Legitimate Disability' piece.

[capri0mni]

Well, I was thinking specifically of the shame angle..

[davidgillon]

Took me a surprisingly long time to see what you meant - it was obvious as soon as I re-read your piece, but for some reason when I looked at mine I couldn't frame the negativity as shame. It is, you're right, but for some reason it's not a word my mind was using for it. Weird.

[capri0mni]

Now, I'm curious: what word was your mind using for it?

[davidgillon]

Discrimination, I think. I can be very literal at times.

[capri0mni]

*nod*

[jesse_the_k]

Way late, but your essay is still great!

This is one I can point to when I'm feeling academy-averse: you make your point so clearly. Thanks!

[capri0mni]

This is one I can point to

Thank you! That's my goal.

(And I'd thought I'd replied to your essay, and I had not -- it too, is excellent, and I plan to include it in my recs. list on my Tumblr page,* once I've read most of the BADD entries).

*I think of this spot as my kitchen table chat space, and my Tumblr as my soapbox (Even when I'm shouting: Look at this cool/pretty thing!). One is not better than the other, but both are important.