Mental Illness: Still Stigmatised! (I’m Shocked Too)
I happened to be browsing through The American Journal of Psychiatry the other day1 when I noticed an article discussing the persistence of stigmatised social attitudes about mental illness....
View ArticleDisabled? Don’t Plan On Driving to the 2012 London Olympics
This post has been edited with updated information. Here’s a completely bizarre policy move for you: Planners of the 2012 London Olympics announced today that a request to allow disabled ticket holders...
View ArticleHoward Hyde Inquiry Ignores Ableism As Cause of Death
Note: This post discusses police violence against people with mental health conditions. The results of the Hyde Inquiry were released on Wednesday. Some things about the Hyde Inquiry, since I don’t...
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Portly + Powerchair + Pedestrian = Panic
Ow. My head hurts. And this is why. Power chairs: older and fatter Americans are on the move – St. Petersburg Times: “A man on a moped crashed into a man in an electric wheelchair the other night in...
View ArticleFirst UK Survey in 13 Years Reveals Significant Barriers to Participation in...
A Life Opportunities Survey in the UK, conducted for the first time since 1997, surveyed 18,000 Britons and the findings on disability are striking. (As are the way the headlines about the survey are...
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New book: Living the Edges: A Disabled Women’s Reader
Here’s a book for your list, if you’re celebrating a gifty holiday soon – or just splurge on it for yourself! Living the Edges: A Disabled Women’s Reader, edited by Diane Driedger, was launched last...
View ArticleLove and Relationships: Pity’s Got Nothing To Do With It
One of the relationship tropes that irks me most when it comes to talking about partnerships where at least one person is disabled is the idea that the relationship only exists because of pity, often...
View ArticleWe Are Not Your Props
Last week, the Internet exploded over the case of Jody McIntyre, a wheelchair user who was pulled out of his chair during a demonstration in Britain in front of a shocked crowd. I saw the Tweets...
View ArticleTrailer for Gen Silent (Video with Transcript)
Transcription with description follows. GEN Silent Trailer 2.0 from Stu Maddux on Vimeo. Transcript: Images of Boston (I believe) during autumn and early winter. Lawrence, who is identified in...
View ArticleThe Largest Minority Round Table Discussion: Glee and Disability in Pop Culture
Last week s.e. smith and several other members of the disability community, including Alice Sheppard (a dancer with AXIS wheelchair dance company), TK Small (a lawyer and disability rights activist),...
View ArticleKeeping track
One of the more bizarre stereotypes (if one can call it that) about people with fibromyalgia is that we obsess over “every little ache and pain,” to the detriment of ourselves and much to the apparent...
View ArticleRecommended Reading for 19 November, 2010
Gentle reader, be cautioned: comments sections on mainstream media sites tend to not be safe and we here at FWD/Forward don’t necessarily endorse all the opinions in these pieces. Let’s jump right in,...
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What is Ableism? Five Things About Ableism You Should Know
Ableism is discrimination against people with disabilities, including the expression of hate for people with disabilities, denial of accessibility, rejection of disabled applicants for housing and...
View ArticleRecommended Reading for 3 December, 2010
Gentle reader, be cautioned: comments sections on mainstream media sites tend to not be safe and we here at FWD/Forward don’t necessarily endorse all the opinions in these pieces. Let’s jump right in,...
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