Blogging Against Disablism Day 2016

Welcome to Blogging Against Disablism Day 2016!

This is the day where all around the world, disabled and non-disabled people blog about their experiences, observations and thoughts about disability discrimination (known as disablism or ableism).  In this way, we hope to raise awareness of inequality, promote equality and celebrate the progress we've made.

Please leave a comment below to let us know about your contributions. We'll be putting together an archive of all our contributions which you can check out here, as well as tweeting about them @BADDtweets and linking to them on our Facebook page and Tumblr.

It's now 2nd May in the UK and we're going to sleep, but please continue letting us know about your posts - we'll put them in the archive later on in the morning. Thank you for a fabulous day!

Blogging Against Disablism Day 2016

Employment (Disability discrimination in the workplace, recruitment issues and unemployment).  Friendly crips and their friends: This wheelchair user has a voice Law Geek's Blog:  A BADD day Education (Attitudes and practical issues effecting disabled people and the discussion of disability in education, from preschool to university and workplace training.) The Ladylike Punk:  On Pain (of course) and the Personal Robin's Blog:  I’m an academic in a wheelchair – why is it so difficult? Rolling with the Punches:  #BADD2016 Earning your degree differently should be ok Traveling Show:  BADD in Georgia Turtle Is A Verb:  Kids notice things Other Access Issues (Posts about any kind of access issue in the built environment, shops, services and various organisations. By "access issues" I mean anything which enables or disenables a person from doing what everyone else is able to do.) Asha Bardon:  The Simplest Things The Caffeinated Autistic:  Sometimes it’s subtle... Crippled, Queer, Anglo-European Ranter:  Art for All Flat Out:  On ‘Giving Up’ Inside the Little Plastic Castle:  Battling Normate Space Invaders  Life in Deep Water:  Memories of Disablism Low Visionary:  Disableism, the book famine and the Marrakesh Treaty  natalyad:  Keyboard navigability as power not just accessibility  Speedchange:  All the little things... Definition and Analysis of Disablism/ Ableism Diary of a Goldfish: Legitimate Disability From the Edge of the Map:  What the "Social Model of Disability" Actually Means   Never that Easy:  #Ableismexists, so we BADD again Philip Patston:  A mash-up about Blogging Against Disablism Day The Language of Disablism(Posts about the language which surrounds disability and the way that it may empower or disempower us.) The notes which do not fit:  Shifting Away from Ableist Language Un-Boxed Brain:  Spectrum Nope Disablism Interacting with Other 'Isms' (Posts about the way in which various discriminations interact; the way that the prejudice experienced as a disabled person may be compounded by race, gender, age, sexuality etc..) Ballastexistenz:  There is ableism somewhere at the heart of your oppression, no matter what your oppression might be Disablism in Literature, Culture and the Media Diary of Mr Goldfish:  Prejudice and Representation Most Usually Unusual:  Ableism in Social Media SilverSarcasm:  Agency, Mental Illness and Bucky Barnes The Wordsmith's Forge:  My Characters with Disabilities History Disability Studies, Temple U.:  Nerys Johnson's "every atom of concentration" Relationships, Love and Sex The eternal pursuit of love and laughter: Disablism and Dating. Or “How society took me from a 7 to a 4” Kink Praxis:  Centering Disabled Characters in My Erotica Sport Other Art, Poetry and Fiction against Disablism Crippled, Queer, Anglo-European Ranter:  And now - the Gallery... Disability Intersections:  Nervous Systems - Part 6 Same Difference:  Disablism - The Enemy Of Disability The Wordsmith's Forge:  Poem: "Void of Course"

General Thoughts on Disablism Dannilion.com:  What I Want To See Hollymath:  Just in time for Blogging Against Disablism Day 2016 Nightengale of Samarkand:  What if no one came? People Aren't Broken:  Learn to Laugh  Parenting Issues(whether disabled parents or the parents of a disabled child.) Impairment-Specific Prejudice Francesca M. Marinaro:  “But You Don’t Look Blind” - a Reflection on Blogging Against Disablism Day 2016 More Than Disorganised:  Blogging Against Disablism Day 2016  Personal Journeys Posts about learning experiences and realisations authors have had about the nature of disability discrimination and the impact on their lives. The Affliction Fiction:  Blogging Against Disablism Day 2016  Autistic Academic:  Okay, But So Do I Ballastexistenz:  When Orange Speaks Louder Than Words A Writer In A Wheelchair:  It’s Not Disablism (But Really It Is)  Disablism and Politics (For example, the political currency of disability, anti-discrimination legislation, etc.) Cripscorner:  Blogging Against Disablism Day Liberal Democrat Voice:  Blogging Against Disablism Day This ain't living:  The economics of disability Bullying, Harassment and Hate Crime RoseRodent:  My Neighbour Cut My Lawn Disability, Life and Death The F-Word:  We need to avoid disablism when we talk about abortion Healthcare Issues DeeScribes:  Otherwise Healthy AccessLess:  Blogging Against Disablism Day Disability in Institutions Indigo Jo Blogs:  Break the silence The Science of Disability Ballastexistenz:  Don’t ever assume autism researchers know what they’re doing