Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Blogging Against Disablism Day, May 1st, 2007

To read blogs against disablism, please go to the May 1st Post.

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Blogging Against Disablism Day, May 1st 2007Last year on 1st May, with the invaluable help of Lady Bracknell and with the support of many other bloggers, I hosted the first Blogging Against Disablism Day where almost a hundred and fifty people joined together to write about disability and rail against the discrimination that disabled people continue to face. Both disabled and non-disabled people wrote about all manner of subjects, from discrimination in education and employment, through health care, parenting, family life and relationships, as well as the interaction of disablism with other forms of prejudice.

It was a great success, and as early as March this year, folks began to ask about this year's Blogging Against Disablism Day. So here it comes.

I am not very good at rousing calls, so if anyone is in need of one, I shall refer you back to Lady Bracknell's magnificent One in Seven.


How to Participate in Blogging Against Disablism Day

1. Leave a comment below to say you intend to join in. I will then add you to the list of participants on the sidebar of this blog.

2. Spread the word by linking to this site, displaying our banner and/ or telling everyone about it.

3. On Tuesday, May 1st - or as near to as you are able - post something on the subject of Disabilism, Ableism or Disability Discrimination (see Language Amnesty). You can write on any subject, specific or general, personal, social or political, anything which states an objection to the differential treatment of disabled people.

4. Come back to Diary of a Goldfish to let everyone know you've posted and to check out what other people have written.

This year I am also going to ask folks to place their posts in a category (on the day, not in advance) where possible. Last year, Lady Bracknell and myself read every single post on the day and determined which category the link should go under so that the day was archived in a manageable way (as you can see here). That is simply not be doable this year, at least not within any useful timescale after the event.


HTML codes for links and banners

You can copy and paste the following in order to create a link to this post



or you can copy and paste one of the following onto a blog post or sidebar in order to display a banner which links to this post. I'm afraid the banners are my doing, a somewhat rush job and may be subject to some interpretation. If anybody wants to come up with their own design, you are more than welcome.

Blogging Against Disablism DayThis is the black and white banner which reads Blogging Against Disablism.





Blogging Against Disablism DayThis is the colourful banner which reads Blogging Against Disablism



Edit: You can also have narrower banners, didn't want to clutter this post up too much (ha!) so I put them here.



Accessibility


Everyone is welcome to join in with Blogging Against Disablism day, disabled and non-disabled, as long as you wish to blog against the discrimination that disabled people experience. Last year, I was rather surprised to have questions from people with mental health impairments who wondered whether their experience counted as disability. Of course it does! My one regret was that I initially turned down a person with Body Integrity Identity Disorder (a condition where a person feels the need or desire to acquire a physical impairment, most commonly an amputation or paralysis). As it was, despite my apprehensions, their contribution was entirely in the spirit of Blogging Against Disablism and so they were included in the final list.

If anybody has any access issues, please speak up. I am not an expert in this area. Alternative blogging formats, such a podcasts or video are more than welcome. If you cannot leave a comment on this blog for any reason, please e-mail me (this is temporary e-mail address and will only exist until Blogging Against Disablism is over this year).

Last year the issue was raised that holding this on one day meant that people who were not able to blog that day for various reasons might be left out. This year, I should take the opportunity to emphasise; if you want to do it before hand so that it's done, or if you are late with your post, I am not going to exclude you from the final list. Obviously, it would be good to have as many posts as possible on 1st May, that's the point, but so long as you do it thereabouts, that's fine.


Language Amnesty

The language we use around disability and discrimination varies widely, and talking about language is a very important part of understanding the way that disabled people are perceived by society. Language is a completely legitimate subject for discussion on Blogging Against Disablism day, but I do ask that we allow other people to use the language which they feel most comfortable with. Differences may include the way that disabled people are described; as disabled people, people with disabilities, the disabled, etc.; as well as the very word for the discrimination we experience.

Ableism or Ablism is the term more commonly used in the United States and thus more prevalent on the Internet as a whole. Then there's the simple and perhaps most easily understood term of Disability Discrimination. I am using Disablism because that makes sense to me in the context of my own disability politics; that is to say that I happen to think it is a better term. However, given the breadth and depth of the issues we are facing, I don't wish to argue this too strongly.

If you would prefer to use Ableism or Disability Discrimination, please do so. If there is an interest, I can even create extra banners for this purpose.


Right, is there anything I missed?

231 comments:

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seahorse said...

Consider me in. And the logo is great, by the way.

The Goldfish said...

Thank you and congratulations for being the first to sign up! :-)

BloggingMone said...

Great logo, looks very professional. Thank you very much for hosting the Blogging-Against-Disablism-Day once again.
I would like to participate and write a contribution.

Sally said...

Me too - thanks for organising this - has it really been a year ?!?

Anonymous said...

i like the logo too. Oh, and Sign me up!! I'll advertise it on my blog too. The more the merrier i think!

keth
xx

seahorse said...

yes, i don't know what came over me being at my computer at so early an hour. Must be this newfound zest for life coming from somewhere :-)

Katie said...

I'm in. Naturally.

Wheelchair Dancer said...

YES!

Please count me in.

WCD

Anonymous said...

I'm in and I'll post about this on my blog later. Thanks!

Lady Bracknell said...

Has Lady Bracknell's esteemed friend perhaps omitted to include a list of the categories under which contributors are asked to label their posts...?

Whilst regrettably not sufficiently fit to assist with the actual administration of this year's event, Lady Bracknell will most definitely be contributing a post to it.

Lady Bracknell said...

Lady Bracknell regrets to report that this year's banner is too wide for the sidebar of her blog :-(

The Goldfish said...

Thanks everyone so far.

I wasn't sure whether to give people the catergories now, as it isn't necessary to worry about it until reporting back here on the day - and what I would certainly wish to avoid doing is to make folks feel they had to fit neatly into one of those categories. I was kind of hoping folks would write whatever they liked and then pinpoint the category they felt it most closely fitted...

Apologies for the size of the danner. I shall make a smaller one especially for you! (The wording becomes obscured if it shrinks to your 150 pixel sidebar).

ben said...

but of course...i'll be there.

The Goldfish said...

I have now made some narrower banners for her Ladyship's sidebar (or anyone else's come to that). I have put them here

Penny L. Richards said...

I replied the the "More Banners" post by accident--but count Disability Studies, Temple U. in, and thanks for organizing this again this year.

Anonymous said...

Count me in, please. Have you got a category "Anger"?

Unknown said...

in, and glad you're allowing us to post late/early this time -- so this year I can make it!

Anonymous said...

I'll blog again this year.

Ruth said...

I'm in - like the logo!

Anonymous said...

sign me up. I've got the banner up in a separate post, because I am selectively braindead about how to put the banner into a Wordpress sidebar, but I'll keep the post up until after May 1

Anonymous said...

I am in.Any thing to help get the word out.

Anonymous said...

I'm in also. I'll start spreading the word as soon as I can.

catherine (fairchild) calhoun said...

Count me in.

Timbo said...

This is a brilliant idea. I missed last year's event but shall follow this year's avidly.

And consider me in. It may not be me doing the blogging though, but my other half. Exciting!

Anonymous said...

Bobby McGee from Wise Words From The Cynic is in, too.

http://www.purple-anger.org

is Blind Accessible, too, if you're blind. I have a text only version:

http://purple-anger.org/index.php/text_only_version

Kelly said...

I'm so excited to hear this is going to happen again! I've been thinking about my next Disabilism post since last May! We're in at Jenelle's Journey!

Anonymous said...

This is a terrific idea. Those who are currently "fully abled" should keep in mind that that is most likely a temporary condition, at best.
Peace, Liz

Never That Easy said...

I have no idea what I'm going to say, but I'm in -> Last year's posts were amazing!

Anonymous said...

Count me in, please.

Anonymous said...

Count me in! You're going on my blogroll and I will do some articles on my site for you!

Best Wishes,

Tom

Smiffy said...

I'll be there (oh no, that song's going to be stuck in my head now) and posting under http://www.smiffysplace.com/against-disablism

Love the new logo. (I never did work out what the old one was.)

Kay Olson said...

I'm in, of course!

Disgruntled Ladye said...

I wasn't blogging this time last year, so this will be my first BADD.
Count me in!

Funky Mango said...

Count me in too please :-)

http://www.margomilne.com/wordpress/

Philip. said...

Looking forward to the 1st May!

I'll be there :-)

Anonymous said...

Hi there

Please add me to your list of bloggers for BAD Day :-)

Cheers
Philip

Kelly Hills said...

Count me in! Academia as an Extreme Sport.

Reality Check Woman said...

Count me in!

Reality Check Woman @
Crip Chronicles

Anonymous said...

I'll be there with bells on.

Attila the Mom said...

Yaaayyy! I can't wait!

Special Needs Mama Prof said...

Count me in. What a fabulous project.

Book Girl said...

I'm in - if energy and coherence permit. ;-)

Unknown said...

Please count me in!

Anonymous said...

I'd like to join. Wanted to last year, but got busy.

jennifergg said...

I'm on it! Count me in!

LuAn said...

I'm in. (Be afraid).

Re the category list: I suggest you publish it now so folks can see what you are thinking and ask/suggest if they think the list needs tweaking.

Anonymous said...

I'm a bit slow when it comes to this blogging lark. Obviously not been doing it long enough. So I added the graphic but forgot to mention that, yes, I will be talking part. Or even taking part. Right.

Anonymous said...

Yes, I'd like to join in too. By May 1st do you mean English time? Should I therefore blog on May 2nd as I am in Australia?

L-plates said...

I want to do this too

Jacq said...

Please add me to your list of contributors.

I blog about ADHD and Learning Disabilities, as well as general disability issues.

Anonymous said...

WARNING: I'm going to get long-winded (again). Skip to the end for the gist, if you don't have time and/or patience for all the rest.

I had to really think about whether I would do this or not. Not only am I ridiculously overextended for someone who doesn't even have a job to go to every day, but I have a hang-up about "blog against" days, kind of the way I had a hang-up about Yom Kippur when I was a practicing Jew. Why just one day a year, I wondered back when I was a Jewish child? Why not atone right when you realize you've F'ed up and strive every day to be a better person? Similarly, aren't all my posts blogging against disablism by their very nature? Well, aren't they? Besides, who cares what I'm against; doesn't what I'm for really matter more in the long run? And again, doesn't what I'm for really count as being against disablism fundamentally?

And then there's the whole question of whether I myself am disablist since I have a hard time even seeing myself as disabled to begin with and may not really know what any of this means.

Then it occurred to me that perhaps I should put all this -- and all the other stuff that's started boiling around in my head since I read this -- in a Blogging Against Disablism Day post. So please count me in (at Moving Right Along), if you'll have me. If you're going with some sort of scheme of categories, perhaps my best spot would be under "confusion and ignorance."

On the other hand, maybe I'll be able to think of something less tortured, more specific, and more interesting to say by May 1. It could happen.

The Goldfish said...

Sara, he he. I tried to compose a reply but ended up with shifting religious analogies from Judaism to Catholicism and it all got a bit messy.

In any case, hope you can join us and whilst I hate to blatantly recommend my own writing, can I blatantly recommend what I wrote for last year's Blogging Against Disablism Day.

The Goldfish said...

Anissa, really it's not that strict, so post on May 1st when it is May 1st wherever you are. :-)

Anonymous said...

Thank you for the blatant recommendation! :) Yes, it did help clarify my thinking. In many ways, I go through a lot of the same stuff; but for me it's more that I worry about taking away from people who really need help, or that I fear over-dramatizing a personal situation which is really proving not to be all that dramatic, just incredibly annoying. But then I think about a certain Commissioner in Missouri and am dead certain I know what disablism is. And then I wonder how much of that I feel like fighting on a personal level, and then I worry how much of that could be perceived as some kind of cultural appropriation since I don't really feel all that disabled, but then I argue with myself that it's about having a complete, inclusive society that embraces diverse humanity, which is everybody's business.

But I need to stop talking about this here and put it into notes for May 1, don't I? Sorry.

I will just say that my oncologist is fond of telling me I am not the first person to travel down the road I'm on. I always find this comforting because it means I don't have to invent everything from scratch as I go. And then I feel guilty for feeling comforted because other people have suffered, and probably a lot more than I have because somewhere along the line at least one of them did have to invent everything from scratch as s/he went.

(sigh)

The point is, nothing new under the sun, and I agree that whatever banner we fly over the conversation, it really is best we talk about these things. Thanks for your thoughts, and thanks for organizing the event.

Jacqui said...

I would like to sign up too.

Kathryn said...

Hi. This is GREAT. I am in too. I think this is so important to raise awareness. Thank you for organizing this!

Kathryn

jennifergg said...

Yes, please! I'll be blogging at http://jennifergrafgroneberg.wordpress.com, a blog called Pinwheels. Thanks for the opportunity to join together!

Anonymous said...

Count me in for "Blog Against Disablism Day"! You can find me at http://ablewriter.com/disabilities_rights_news/

Anonymous said...

Count me in :-) (now I just have to remember lol)

Lisa - Mum to Mitch,Harry and Jack said...

Please count me in,

Lisa
mum to Mitch & Harry
ex 24.6 weekers
now 2 3/4 years old

Angela said...

We're in too!

Anonymous said...

Jan's Group Home Support is in! My article topic will be about group home residents being seen as "takers" in society and how group home staff can assist in changing that stereotype and prejudice.

Anonymous said...

Please count me in.

Jodi said...

I will be joining in.

Anonymous said...

Please count me in. I'll blog about something relevant at www.doitmyselfblog.com.

Anonymous said...

Count me in, too.

Anonymous said...

I plan to write something for this.

abfh said...

I'll write a post too. Good idea having everyone categorize their own posts.

R said...

I'm in! I'll probably be late, mind...

Anonymous said...

Only too glad to lend my voice to the cause again.

Anonymous said...

I'm in again also! And we might be in the middle of the Irish General Election also! Whoopee!! (Sense the irony!!!)

www.mamanpoulet.com

Anonymous said...

Please count me in!

Anonymous said...

I'm in! Thanks for doing this again!

Dr. H said...

Assuming Im not giving birth, ill be contributing. Oh I can comment for britain!!

cheers and KBO!!!

Anonymous said...

I would like to blog about having mental health problems as a result of being visually impaired if that is appropriate. I will probably mention employment, education and social issues. Many people believe that you can either see or you are blind and do not realise that you can be incurably partially sighted.

Unknown said...

I'm sorry if you get this twice, but count me in :) (Computers seem to be against me today.

Unknown said...

I will more than likely be blogging over at my wordpress site:
http://rainflowermoon.wordpress.com/
Sorry I didn't specify earlier, but I've had one of those days. Cheers!

All 4 My Gals said...

I would love to participate as well. Thanks for educating and advocating!

Puglet said...

Count me in. Most definitley

Anonymous said...

Can I still participate? You probably dont'know me but I would love to contribute.

The Goldfish said...

Astrid - that's fine, everyone's welcome. :-)

Sycophantique - that sounds great, but I don't know where your blog is so I can't put you on the list at the moment.

Peach said...

hello - bit late to the party but not too late I think - am in - not sure what to write - but will have a go!

SarahXXX

Shannon @ Gabi's World said...
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Shannon @ Gabi's World said...

I want to join in, too! We are at Gabi's World - http://www.gabis-world.blogspot.com

the fruitfemme said...

Fabulous!

http://fruitfemme.blogspot.com/

mysamiam said...

Yes, please count me in!

http://www.mysamiam.blogspot.com

Jenny Bear said...

count me in!

www.jennysdays.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

Doh! As I'm not really up on blogging I thought that I'd just be able to leave a post and that I didn't actually have to have a blog of my own! I don't have a web page of my own. No matter though. How long does it take to set up a blog and where can I get it hosted? If I can get one set up for May 1st then I will. It could be my first post lol.

Nowheymama said...

I would like to join in and write about how my daughter's food allergies are being addressed by our school district. Does that qualify?

Gone Fishing said...

Well I decided not to contribute, then Beep beep set me off considering all the adventures which we have had keeping mobile over the years and I guess I got carried away and maybe there is some examples of how discrimination causes a few apparent problems.

So count me in, if you like

http://dysfictionalramblings.blogspot.com/

Rocky

Anonymous said...

i'm in! i'll be blogging at http://www.thismom.com

Anonymous said...

Hello, we're in, probably a couple of authors.
http://transabled.org

The Goldfish said...

Sychophantique - it's really easy to set up a blog with Blogger, if you click here. There are other clients too, but I think blogger is probably the most user-friendly starting place.

No Whey Mama - if you think your post is appropriate, then you are more than welcome. I should imagine it probably will be.

Connie said...

Hi! We're behind on our blogging but Steve assures me he'll have something to contribute on the Planet of the Blind...Thanks for this opportunity!

www.planet-of-the-blind.com

paulocanning said...

Hi count me in!

paulcanning.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

Hi my blog cryptick is on

http://www.turnaround.cdis.co.uk/weblog/index.html

count me in.

Anonymous said...

Count me in

Anonymous said...

Hi! I'd love to participate! My blog is over on LJ. It's www.chantphantom.livejournal.com and I'll be posting some articles there somewhere around Tuesday. This is a great idea!

Anonymous said...

Phew! I'm glad that worked! Only problem was, I gave you the url for my blog wrong. Woops! So here it is correctly. http://chantphantom.livejournal.com

bealjk said...

Yay me again! http://etana.livejournal.com
I'm excited!

anon said...

I'll be blogging for http://anikakaplan.blogspot.com/

I'll be writing about diaper discrimination. Seriously...my daughter has cp and has been turned down from preschools because she's still in diapers at age three.

suburbanhen said...

that's like, tomorrow.
ok
over at http://suburbanhen.blogspot.com/

Gaijin Mama said...

I'd be happy to join. My blog is Gaijin Mama at http://gaijinmama.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful idea! Count our site in:
http://caughtya.org

Zephyr said...

Count me in, too!

DaddiCade said...

Raising my hand.

Anonymous said...

Count me in too.

http://rachelcreative.wordpress.com

Anonymous said...

I am so in.

Lovely and Amazing
http://www.wonderbabe.blogspot.com/

Nowheymama said...

Thank you so much! I look forward to participating.

Maddy said...

Love to help out, but I'm not sure that my linky dinky skills are up to the task......I'll print it out and see if it makes more sense when I read it on paper!
Cheers

The Jedi Family of Blogs said...

Thanks for this great opportunity (& to Kev for sending the link out to the Autism Hubbers). -Lisa/Jedi at Life in the New Republic
http://lisa-jedi.blogspot.com/

Jenny Bear said...

I have posted my tuppence worth

hugs

Jenny bear

Susan Senator said...

I'll do it! I missed this somehow last year.

Jenny Bear said...

my url is

www.jennysdays.blogspoy.com

Jenny Bear said...

sorrrrry,,

www.jennysdays.blogspot.com

Larry Arnold PhD FRSA said...

Ok here is my link, standing up for Neurodiversity in the Mother of all Parliaments wearing the Mother of all hats.

http://laurentius-rex.blogspot.com/2007/04/no-minisiter-or-parliamentary.html

Maybe it ain't the first of May yet but what the heck, today is as good a day as any.

Thida said...

Please count me in.

Anonymous said...

I'll participate at blog.reidelizabeth.ca and eagerly read the other posts. This will give me a chance to spend some time thinking how to bring my work and family selves together. Thinking time is often too short, isn't it?

Nika said...

Count me in, please.

someone halfway said...

Hi there, am the slowest to put my hand up as always, but please count me in.

Dave Hingsburger said...

Dave Hingsburger here and I'm in.

Anonymous said...

Count me in!
andrea

Penelope said...

I'm in!

Sean McManus said...

Just discovered this. Great idea. I'm particularly interested in promoting accessible website design, so I'll blog about that as close to 1 May as I can manage. My site is at www.sean.co.uk.

Anonymous said...

Will contribute! Employment/volunteerism/Disabed view of the Disabled

Heidi said...

We are in. Brilliant idea, I have passed it on to others.

Joeymom said...

I'm in! Me too, me too! Thank you for organizing this!

Unknown said...

Count me in!

The Goldfish said...

Thank everyone, this is brilliant!

There are a few people who have left a comment but whom I don't have a URL for and can't find one through blog profiles. I can't add Daddicade, Angelica or Mar to the list yet as I don't have anywhere to link to.

Also, if anyone notices I have missed anyone or otherwise made any mistake, do please let me know.

Thanks again. :-)

Anonymous said...

Rushing in at the last minute-please count me in too!

Anonymous said...

PS I *love* this banner-do you mind if I keep it posted on my sidebar after may 1?

Anonymous said...

Here's Diddums rushing anxiously to keep up with the crowd! I'll be blogging on May 1st, so please add my blog to your list:

Aw Diddums
http://www.blogigo.co.uk/diddums

Trinity said...

I'm in

Unknown said...

A friend of mine pointed me in this direction. She has one kind of disability; my son has a completely different kind. I'll be happy to comment. I'll have it on my "regular" blog, though (different than the one connected to this blog ID) at windsornot.livejournal.com. Or maybe I'll just write something at both this blog (windsornot.blogspot.com) as well as the other in some way. The more the message is out, the better, right?

Club 166 said...

Great idea.

Count me in!

J said...

I'm kind of new to all of this, but I'm in if you'll have me.

Anonymous said...

I intend to join blogging against disablism. However, I am doing it in a slightly different way. I am going to do a post highlighting individuals who have triumphed despite disability and discrimination. I am going to tell a little of my own story and those of three or four corageous individuals I followed online. I believe achieving (no matter how small the achievement) despite naysayers is the best way to counteract disablism.

Unknown said...

I'm in!

Jan F. Pavis said...

My post took a different turn and it's about how group home staff can do their part to change prejudice against the disabled when in the community. The Fight Against Prejudice

Mary said...

I'm in as well! http://momnos.blogspot.com

Daisy said...

Count me in!
Daisy
Compost Happens
http://compostermom.blogspot.com

b. cheng said...

though its late, I'm in!

Modern Lei Feng
http://huoleifeng.blogspot.com

Elizabeth McClung said...

I will definately posting on disablism on May first, I can think of no better way to continue a day dedicated to the struggle "for the people" - plus I get to get super pissed off and legitimize it! Wheelchairs and disability in Canada at: http://elizabethmcclung.blogspot.com/

Jodi Devine said...

I would love to participate - Jodi

Pedagogical Pedaler said...

I'd love to join in. My livejournal address is write_naked.livejournal.com. This is an awesome idea!

Dr. Laura Marie Grimes said...

I'm in, thanks.

Never That Easy said...

Hi! I'm still not on the list, so I wanted to just restate that I'm in . (http://www.neverthateasy.blogspot.com) Thanks!

Maddy said...

Hi de ho there!
Did the linky do dah business, so count me in. [please]
Cheers dears

Anonymous said...

Hi, I'm new to this blogging lark, but I'd like to join in.

Thanks

mike said...

An eleventh hour contribution from me - or rather from a guest writer who doesn't have a blog of his own.

Anonymous said...

Hi there!
I'm aware it's probably already may 1st somewhere in the world, but please count me in!
www.awaketodream.net

Anonymous said...

Buzzed.
http://www.webstandards.org/2007/04/30/blogging-against-disablism-day/

RHM Interactive said...
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Anonymous said...

what a good idea. i am in.

Niksmom said...

Count me in...
http://maternal-instincts.blogspot.com

Jannalou said...

You can count me in, too.

I'm over at http://comautworld.blogspot.com.

Anonymous said...

Count me in for Blogging Against Disabilism Day - Monastic Musings

Unknown said...

Hi!!! I tried to sign up the other day, but I guess it didn't go through. I am going to Blog today, so I hope I'm not too late! Thanks,
Amy
Saint Nobody

http://saint-nobody.blogspot.com

Gwen M. Myers said...

I want to add my blog and 2 cents' worth to your orchestra of voices.

Gwen M. Myers said...

Ooooooooopppppsssssss!!!!
I forgot the link to my blog!!!
*I feel shame*

http://magicway.wordpress.com/

Namaste,
GwenGuin

kristina said...

Here is my post on the "Dis of Disabiity."

http://www.autismvox.com/on-the-dis-of-disability/

Thanks for pulling this together!

Anonymous said...

I've got mine done. And even on time for once!

the link:
http://twinklelittlestar.typepad.com/letter/2007/05/blogging_agains.html

the subject:
Being a disabled parent. Parenting defensively.

Anonymous said...

Blogs away!

My contribution is up:
http://rachelcreative.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/blogging-against-disabilism-doodle/

Title: Blogging Against Disabilism (Doodle)

Subject: A drawing with an explanation (about perception of disability)

Category suggestions:
General Thoughts on Disablism
or
Art Against Disablism

Anonymous said...

Hello and congratulations on organising this accessibility awareness campaign. I am glad to join in:

http://dimodi.com/?open=118&lang=en
(in English)

http://dimodi.com/?open=118&lang=bg
(in Bulgarian)

Best regards,
Dimo
Sofia, Bulgaria

kristen spina said...

Count me in. The post is up today, May 1st.

Kolley Kibber said...

A fine and inventive idea. As a Mental Health worker, I'm happy to add my little bit.
http//ishouldbworking.blogspot.com

Kolley Kibber said...

I've posted!

ISBW

Anonymous said...

I have posted Disability rights and Australian websites confusion. Count me in.

Unknown said...

Count me in. I love the logo.
Mother Laura put me on to this.

Anonymous said...

I just heard at the 11th hour about this effort. I'll do a blog entry ASAP to meet the 5/1 deadline. Thanks for doing this! What a great idea.

Sneakers said...

Thank you for raising awareness. I will post today - and use one of your lovely logos.

Sneakers said...

My post is up: http://sneakypony.blogspot.com/

Unknown said...

Blogging this evening, May 1st.

David McDonald said...

Though I'm a bit on the late side, I'm in (if possible)

Heidirific said...

I blogged for the day. Great idea!

paulocanning said...

Howdy, thanks for providing the opportunity and the prod!

Just posted: 'Against disabilism - Ensuring accessibility'.

I'm a public service web worker and I've had a bit of a rant about ensuring accessibility.

Would love your views!

best

Anonymous said...

We here at www.worksafely.com
would like to be included in your campaign to blog against disablism. We have posted our entry at the following URL.
http://www.worksafely.com/blogs/safetynews/archive/2007/05/01/safe-enough-for-disabled-workers-means-safer-for-all.aspx

If it is not too late, would you please add us to the blogroll on the left side of your site.

Thank you kindly,

Cooper Lang
www.worksafely.com

Anonymous said...

Sorry, I forgot to specify a section where this link would be appropriate.

I believe it would be most suitable for the employment section.
(see above comment)

Thank you kindly,

Cooper Lang
www.worksafely.com

Anonymous said...

I know it's a bit late, but it's still May 1st. I'd like to do this too please!

Anonymous said...

I have a knitting blog, though my day job is working with the web for state agency here in the U.S.

http://yarnmaven.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/05/in_my_job_as_a.html

Kelly said...

Yes, I will participate by getting something on even at this late time of day!

Anonymous said...

Late in the day but I've made apost on my blog http://andallthatstash.alltangledup.com/

Elizabeth McClung said...

I've made a post on my blog - I was at the hospital getting tests so late in posting - sorry. Titled: Blogging against Disablism: those lazy, decieving disabled..why won't they die?

Over at: http://elizabethmcclung.blogspot.com/

neil said...
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neil said...

Are you letting in food bloggers? If you are I'll make sure you get well fed. My post is titled The real reason is... It's at http://tankeduptaco.blogspot.com/2007/04/real-reason-is.html

Anonymous said...

It's Liz from I Speak of Dreams.

Here's my post, it's on education in the United States, and how teachers are systematically unprepared to teach persons with Specific Learning Disability--Reading (or dyslexia, if you prefer).

Anonymous said...

I just posted too. It's still May 1 in my part of the world. Thanks again for doing this.

Unknown said...

http://emmasage.blogspot.com/2007/05/blogging-against-disablism-day-may-1st.html

Joining in....and saying 'Thank you' I've been busy reading all night......

Kelly Hills said...

the good, the BADD, the invisible - Academia as an Extreme Sport doing a bit of a narrative on invisible disability and chronic pain.

Rachel's Tavern said...

Here's mine
http://www.rachelstavern.com/?p=521

Jay said...

Only 23:19 here.
My post is at http://simuljustis.blogspot.com/
-Jay

lost clown said...

I'm up here.

It's personal and about stigma

cotton said...

At http://ALTERabilities.com we say, "DISabled", phooey! I'm not DISabled. I'm DIFabled - I'm ALTERabled - - - Geez, Let's focus on what IS working, not on what AIN'T."

More at:
http://alterabilities.com/disabled-phooey

Love,
Clay Cotton

Zephyr said...

My post is up before the deadline! Well, before midnight MY time, anyway.

Anonymous said...

Wasn't 1st of May already taken by a century or so?

Nika said...

I posted- just few verses of mine, but I encourage to read.

Nancy Jensen said...

I have a post up. A few hours late my time but it's still May 1st in Hawaii. lol! I posted about a positive experience, which can be quite rare, so I hope others read it and enjoy.

Nancy Jensen said...

I almost forgot to add... you need to go to the "Are We Having Fun Yet?" blog to read the post. Have a great day!

Joeymom said...

I posted. :)

Anonymous said...

I guess I forgot to let everyone know - I posted too, in the late hours of May 1!
Sex, Disability, and Disableism:
http://awaketodream.net/?p=405

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