Blogging Against Disablism Day 2017

Welcome to Blogging Against Disablism Day 2017!
May 1st 2017

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.

It is now May 2nd, but if you have a post and have not yet done so please leave a comment below to let us know about your contributions - anything in the next few days will be fine. We'll be putting together an archive of all our posts which you can check out here, as well as tweeting about them @BADDtweets and linking to them on our Facebook page and Tumblr.

Blogging Against Disablism Day has taken place every May 1st since 2006. You can see our archives here: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. Although not everyone will be able to blog on the day, it is not a carnival of old posts, but posts (or videos or whatever else) published on or around May 1st.


Blogging Against Disablism Day 2017

Employment (Disability discrimination in the workplace, recruitment issues and unemployment).  So Much Stranger, So Much Darker, So Much Madder, So Much Better - Autistic in the Workplace: Ableism and Interviews The Caffeinated Autistic - Ableism in the workplace this ain't livin' - Racialised disability employment numbers To see me through - Disabled Workers Belong in Unions Too Working Families - Parents of Disabled Children in the Workplace Yes, That Too - Jobs for autistic strengths and "autistic strengths"  Education (Attitudes and practical issues effecting disabled people and the discussion of disability in education, from preschool to university and workplace training.) A CRPSy Life - What are you going to do when you finish? The Autistic Ambivert - Ableism with Disability Services 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.) Accessible Insights Blog - Sight, Light, and Language Blinkie Frustrations - What if your communication style was always pathologized? Journey Mouse - Becoming A Girl Who CAN Say "No" Roserodent:  A very ordinary night out That Crazy Crippled Chick - Stop Lying To Me About Accessibility A Writer In A Wheelchair - Not five minutes but five weeks  yetanotherlefty - What Non-Disabled People Get Wrong About Accessibility Definition and Analysis of Disablism/ Ableism Autistic Academic - Disability and “Can’t” Notes, Notings, and Common Refrains - Ableism: The overlooked bigotry at the root of social injustice The Language of Disablism(Posts about the language which surrounds disability and the way that it may empower or disempower us.) Disablism Interacting with Other 'Isms' (Posts about the way in which various discriminations intersect; the way that the prejudice experienced as a disabled person may be compounded by race, gender identity, age, sexuality etc..) So Much Stranger, So Much Darker, So Much Madder, So Much Better - Sexism and Ableism in the Medical Field The F Word - Imaginary families and the Social Care crisis Disablism in Literature, Culture and the Media Diary of Mr Goldfish - Zombicide Survivors with Impairments - 1 Inspiration Diary of Mr Goldfish - Zombicide Survivors with Impairments - 2 Creation Diary of Mr Goldfish - Zombicide Survivors with Impairments - 3 The Team Politics Crippled, Queer, Anglo-European Ranter - Disablies are dying in the UK pseudoliving - Rights? I Want Liberation So Much Stranger, So Much Darker, So Much Madder, So Much Better - Internalized Ableism in a Capitalist Society History Relationships, Love and Sex Art, Poetry and Fiction against Disablism Kink Praxis - On Jonah’s Book, and Centering My Disabled Perspective Same Difference - A Rewrite Of Adele’s Hello Impairment-Specific Prejudice Diary of a Goldfish - Six ways disablism makes it harder to live with chronic pain Disability Thoughts - Dispelling ADHD Misconceptions So Much Stranger, So Much Darker, So Much Madder, So Much Better - Informal ABA: Compliance Training Led by Peers Personal Journeys Posts about learning experiences and realisations authors have had about the nature of disability discrimination and the impact on their lives. Black Telephone - Pas de visite! Blogging Astrid - My Diagnostic Rollercoaster Ride Life Through The Disability Lens - Able Bodied People You Are Not Entitled To Know Details Of Our Disabilities Most Usually Unusual - In Defense Of The Able-Bodied The One Handed Activist - Dear Science Un-Boxed Brain - The Complexities of I can’t Bullying, Harassment and Hate Crime So Much Stranger, So Much Darker, So Much Madder, So Much Better - Dehumanization of the Disabled: An Exploration of Fear Disability, Life and Death Paginated Thoughts - Against eugenics, and for a future that includes autistic and disabled people Disablism in Healthcare and Healthcare Issues Ballastexistenz - When psychiatric services suck donkey balls (compared to other disability services) damn the muse - The people we see but don’t see Indigo Jo Blogs - On dignity The eternal pursuit of love and laughter - An open letter to my doctors on #BADD2017 Nightengale - Not Finished Disability in Institutions