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I’m BADD! (blogging against disabilism day)

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged BADD, blogging against disableism, blogging against disableism day, calling all readers, disability, life, living with disabilities on April 29, 2009| Leave a Comment »

Folks, one of the contributions many of us make towards changing the world one piece at a time is Blogging Against Disabilism Day.

You are welcome to participate if you are interested in writing a post on May 1 about disability discrimination, disablism or ableism. Whether you are non-disabled, a person with a disability, someone with a cane, crutch, or chair, disAbled, crip, gimp, differently abled or any way you want to describe it, you are welcome.

Please join me! Let your friends and anyone who reads your journal know that people with disabilities are people first!

Blogging Against Disablism Day

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Things you probably need to know:
PWD - person with a disability/with disabilities
AB - 'able-bodied' person (not an ideal description, but it's a useful enough one)
EDS - Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
Ehlers Danlos Syndrome: An autosomal dominant connective tissue disorder. As it means the body creates flawed connective tissue, it has the potential to affect every part of the body. In me, it affects my joints, my skin, my ligaments, and my internal organs (particularly the GI and uro-genital systems).
Ableism: discrimination in favor of the able-bodied. This is a deeply ingrained, mostly unconscious preference. It affects our language, building design, social preferences, hiring and promotions, and romantic pursuits, just to name a few things. It is hard to fight because, to borrow a quote, 'no one is against the disabled'.
The fact that in some cases of ableism, people do not consciously choose to discriminate against persons with disabilities does not make it any less discrimination.
In many other cases - including refusal to hire, assault and harassment, ending relationships, etc - the discrimination is very intentional! Some people believe we are less capable and/or less worthy as human beings.
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Posts Tagged ‘blogging against disableism day’

I’m BADD! (blogging against disabilism day)

Support Hudson and Kali!

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