Blogging Against Disablism day will be on Friday, 1st May. This is the day where all around the world, disabled and non-disabled people will blog about their experiences, observations and thoughts about disability discrimination. In this way, we hope to raise awareness of inequality, promote equality and celebrate the progress we've made.How to take part.
1. Post 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. Everyone is welcome.
2. Spread the word by linking to this site, displaying our banner and/ or telling everyone about it. The entire success of Blogging Against Disablism Day depends entirely on bloggers telling other bloggers and readers in advance.
3. Write a post on the subject of disability discrimination, disablism or ableism and publish it on May 1st - or as close as you are able. Podcasts, videocasts and on-line art are also welcome. You can cover any subject, specific or general, personal, social or political. In the previous three BADD, folks have written 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 racism and sexism. Every year I have been asked, so it's worth saying; the discrimination experienced by people with mental ill health is disablism, so naturally such posts are welcome too.
You can see the archives for previous years here: 2006, 2007, 2008.
Blogging Against Disablism Day is not a carnival of previously published material. The point about doing this around one day is that it is a communal effort and all the posts connect to one another. You can of course use your own post to promote other things you've written as you wish.
4. Come back here to Diary of a Goldfish on the day to let everyone know that you've posted and to check out what other people have written. I shall post links to everyone's posts throughout the day, creating an archive. However, I do need you to comment and leave the URL of your post or else I shan't find your post and won't be able to link to it.
Accessibility
Naturally, Blogging Against Disablism Day invites contributions from people with all variety of impairments and none at all. You are welcome to contribute with podcasts, video-blogging or anything else that allows you to take part. And whilst May 1st is when this all takes place, nobody who happens to have a bad day that Friday is going to be left out of the archive.
If anyone has any questions about web accessibility, JackP has suggested checking out the Accessify Forum.
I am not an expert on web accessibility myself, so if there are any suggestions about how I can make this day more accessible, please e-mail me at diaryofagoldfish at googlemail.com
The Linguistic Amnesty
Whilst discussions about language and the way it can be used to oppress or empower us are more than welcome, please respect the language that people, particularly to describe themselves in their own contributions. We all have personal preferences, there are cultural variations and different political positions which affect the language we use. Meanwhile, non-disabled contributors can become nervous about using the most appropriate language to use, so please cut everyone as much slack as possible on the day.
At the same time, do not feel you have to use the same language that I do, even to talk about "disablism". If you prefer to blog against disability discrimination, ableism or blog for disability equality, then feel free to do so.
Last year I wrote a basic guide to the Language of Disability which I hope might explain some of the thinking behind the different language disabled people prefer to use about themselves.
Links & Banners
To link back to this post, simply copy and paste the following code:
These banners have seemed popular over the last couple of years and I can't think of anything better. If anyone fancies editing these images or coming up with something new, then please do so. You are free to use these as you like, so long as you use them in support of Blogging Against Disablism Day. If you already have the banner, you just need to change the URL that it links to from last year's BADD. Otherwise, you simply need to copy the contents of one of these boxes and paste it on your blog, in a post or on the sidebar as you like. The banners come in two colour combinations and two sizes. The sizes are a 206 pixels square or 150 x 200 pixels.
This is the black and white banner which reads "Blogging Against Disablism". Here's the code for the square one:And here's the code for the narrower one (which can be seen here):
This is the colourful banner which reads "Blogging Against Disablism". This is the code for the square one:And here's the code for the narrower one (which can be seen here):
Please leave a (comment including the URL of your blog) to let everyone know you are joining in and I shall add a link to you on the sidebar. Also, if you have any questions, please ask.
269 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 269 of 269Thanks again for co-ordinating BADD!
I have now posted:
http://jotamar.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/accessibility-choice-accommodation-and-equalit/
Post not yet written, but will appear under http://www.smiffysplace.com/against-disablism (What's there now is from previous years.) Yay! Year 4!
I did It! Here it is:http://starrlife.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/abled-vs-disabled/
Thanks so much for sponsoring this Goldfish!
I have now posted: http://saiminu.blogspot.com/2009/05/blinkered-life-blogging-against.html
I'm in!
Ok, job done :)
Something funny happened at the grocery store.
Public's Attitudes (http://accessibility.net.nz/blog/publics-attitudes-blogging-against-disablism-day-2009/)
Here is my contribution. I wrote this in a state of grief so if it's a little incoherent, I apologise.
Here is my contribution...
http://anothernobody.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/blogging-against-disablism-invisible-disabilities/
Posted!
hoping to get another one up sometime too. So much i want to say but my brain does not seem to want to cooperate.
Planning to post. Will probably be one of the late writers. Will let you know when posts are published.
Jen.
My first BADD. Fulltiltwheelie.blogspot.com.
PS: Had trouble posting BADD banner. Any suggestions?
Full Tilt
I'm putting up a post on my Livejournal, hopefully will be up in my timezone tomorrow.
OK, yer tiz: http://www.smiffysplace.com/badd-headline-dress-as-a-disabled-person
Will do more if not overcome by my 'flu jab!
I'll be posting a story on my blog: http://streetharassment.wordpress.com. It's not May 1 yet where I am so I'll post it in the morning :) Thanks for doing this!
Hi everyone, I have a post up about my son and our school experience.
http://skylersdad.blogspot.com/
http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/who-has-to-pay-for-surgery-for-biid-badd.htmDone :)
Wrote Disablism blog article at:
http://www.blacktelephone.com/siobhan-the-soundbeam-and-disablism/
It should go in the Education section.
http://twitter.com/csunwebmaster
I intend to take part, but probably won't find the spoons to until Sunday.
Freshly published:
http://gd-zone.blogspot.com/2009/05/life-apart.html
I've posted here:
http://metalsunflower.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/opening-my-shortsighted-eyes/
thanks for doing this.
Rachel
mine's up! http://genocide.change.org/blog/view/blogging_against_disablism_denial_of_the_right_to_exist
I'm posting at http://jasonnolan.net (which gets reposted to LJ and VOX.
Will be posting something here, too. :) Good initiative! I'm glad a friend told me about it yesterday. http://greenie-breizh.livejournal.com
Here is my post for today!
http://pittrehab.blogspot.com/2009/05/4th-blogging-against-disablism-day.html
http://bweinheimerdisabilitesdiscrimination.blogspot.com/2009/05/blogging-against-disablism-day-will-be.html
My blog is Disabilities the invisible discrimination.
I am a parent of a child with disabilities and my comments are the pros and cons of funding special ed in public schools. Are there really any cons? I guess my blog post is the pros of funding special ed in public schools! :)
I'm late to comment, but I would like to participate.
http://bweinheimerdisabilitesdiscrimination.blogspot.com/2009/05/blogging-against-disablism-day-will-be.html
I am a parent of a child with disabilities. I have written a blog on the pros of special ed funding and how it made my daughters life so rich and complete
My post is up at The Illusion of Inclusion.
Deborah
I've posted today: http://jadelennox.dreamwidth.org/346894.html
I have posted!
http://autism.change.org/blog/view/just_because_im_quiet_doesnt_mean_i_dont_understand
-Dora
here is my post, about being the partner of a PWD.
http://sexualambiguities.blogspot.com/2009/05/blogging-against-disablism-day.html
I'd like to participate if it's not too late for me to sign up.
My post is at:
http://touchedbyanalien.blogspot.com/2009/05/blogging-against-disablism-2009.html
-Laura
Just published my first BADD post. Thanks for Ira Socal for bringing this BADD event to my attention.
http://vocalminority.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/blogging-against-disablism/
I'm up! Thanks for linking.
Here is my BADD post url: http://rantingharetek.blogspot.com
Thanks for doing this!
I've posted: http://techiebabe.livejournal.com/795260.html
I am late to the game, my head is still in April. But I've posted your link at my blog and think this is just a wonderful event. Thank you!
I'm in! fulltiltwheelie.blogspot.com/BADD 2009 reflections on language/
First timer and my first link to this seems to have been eaten by blogger???
My blog is at: http://kiriamaya.deninet.com/
I'm working on my post right now, and will comment on your other post when it's up. :)
Will be blogging on my Facebook and will post the link when finished. Thanks!
Hello!
I blogged about Disablism and Medicare here:
http://healthcare.change.org/blog/view/medicare_and_disablism
um, yeah, i'm a bit new to all this, but put up my post last night (and have corrected it per your instructions this afternoon - sorry 'bout that). i hope it's ok now.
anyway, it's here:
http://kiwistargazer.blogspot.com/2009/05/against-disablism.html
thanx for starting this initiative.
Today I posted a critique of a recent article about Autism culture in Salon.
Just finished my post for BADD, I'm a bit late, because my apartment got flooded. (No joke!)
It's also the first time I'm participating.
My blog:
http://gonzogalore.blogspot.com/
My post is here:
http://gonzogalore.blogspot.com/2009/05/blogging-against-supremacist-attitudes.html
I've posted. sigmabond.blogspot.com
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I have posted
http://touchedbyanalien.blogspot.com/2009/05/blogging-against-disablism-2009.html
-Laura
Just posted:
http://simuljustis.blogspot.com/2009/05/blogging-against-disableism-day-2009.html
Probably fits best into Individual Journeys, or Interacting with Other Oppressions.
Would this count as a BADD post? I'm not sure, because I have such mixed thoughts/views/ideas on disability/disablism. But my post is here at http://yetanothergodblogaboutbabies.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/trust-or-lack-thereof/ anyway. It's just a personal journey, I think...
Once again, I'm a day late:
http://hmprescott.wordpress.com/2009/05/02/blogging-against-disabilism-one-day-late/
A. My BADD post URL is:
http://aspitude.blogspot.com/2009/05/blogging-against-disablism-day-2009.html
The title is: Blogging Against Disablism Day 2009
B. Suggested category:
Disablism in Literature, Culture and the Media
C. My blog site is titled:
Aspitude!
Here's mineL http://trinityva.livejournal.com/1023191.html
Hi, it's late, but I have a post up here.
My blog: Autist's Corner
http://autistscorner.blogspot.com
How quickly a year goes by. I wonder what has changed? Looking forward to reading some positive energy posts.
Cheers
Done. Only a small contribution I'm afraid. I shall be back later [probably over the weekend if some time allows] to read other people's.
Thanks so much for organizing this once again.
Cheers
I just found this sign, I know it is too late but I like the disablism sign.
My blog is about MS Multiple Sclerosis
Kim
Hello I just added you to my blog
http://kelliespsychoward.blogspot.com/
Thank you for all that you are doing to bring awareness.
Kellie
I am also agree with Its really like to know about this thanks for sharing...
Really this blog will contains the message for the BADD to work very well like a normal man. You don't find any difference between the other human beings. Thanks for your posting about the disabling people. After reading this, the tears are coming out of my eyes.
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hallo from victor
Hi I just found your site and I have a disability. I would love to do this next year, I am going to put on of the blogging against disablism on my blog. I think this is just a brilliant idea.
http://whowhatwhenwhereandwhy.blogspot.com
Thankyou for awareness!
In behalf of my disabled son include me! I can not make a physical appearance, but I will certainly be there in spirit. Thanks so much for sharing this information.
Hi
Its now 2010 ....
Is there going to be a Blogging Against Disablism Day 2010?
If so ... Is too early to start requesting information ? Because I'm in if its happening!
George
www.disabilitydirect.org
I feel sad that I just stumbled across this now that May 1st is nearly over. I write about my experiences with my disability, bipolar disorder, and am looking for any like minded blogging individuals out there. http://jonathonmoxon.blogspot.com
I've done a post about fictional heroes with diabilities here:
http://hoydenabouttown.com/20100502.7487/belated-badd-fictional-heroes-with-disabilities/
I would like to participate in the next BADD. Is it still happening this May. My blog is at: bit.ly/lateefsview.
Thank you for this post. for more than 3 years this post has helped me blogging against disablism, and I shared it with a lot of my friends. Thank you!
As someone with Autistic Spectrum Issues that grew up in the Suburbs and the public schools, that the Situation for Ableism/Disableism for any one with learning disabilities (called "Educationally Handicapped" at the time) was a given, if not considered a "Right" for the so called "Normal" kids. Any one wath a learning disability was "Retarded."
This is the first time I have heard this term, and it should be up there wath Racism & Sexism, Etc.
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