Blogging Against Disablism Day

I am replacing the May 1st post with this one as this space has already got so many links to it and will the place folks are most likely to come back to.

Thank you very much to everyone for your contributions and comments on Blogging Against Disablism Day.

Some people to thank in particular. Lady Bracknell has been an absolute rock through this, she advised me about revisions to my original idea, helped spread the word to BBC Ouch, wrote the inspiring One In Seven and took on half the work in the last few days, reading and catergorising blogs.

Both BBC Ouch and Ragged Edge have given us loads of support and exposure. Several bloggers helped spread the word through the blogosphere, on forums and through other contacts.

Writing on a set subject on a specified day isn't always easy for people with restrictive impairments and/ or work schedules so I realise that many people had to juggle things around or push themselves especially hard to contribute. So thanks very much to them.

I also realised that having this event on a single day meant that some people, such as Bookgirl were not able to contribute as they would have liked. That is certainly something which must be thought about in the future.

Lady Bracknell and I intended to do a summing-up exercise, where we discussed the various subjects raised. However, given the vast quantity and high quality of posts, it would take us an amount of time and energy which we simply don't have in order to do justice to such a task.

It would also be immensely difficult to talk about highlights. A number of bloggers have reflected on their own favourite posts. I gave a short list to Crippled Monkey which I hoped emphasised the wide variety of topics covered. However, there were so many excellent posts, some funny or fascinating, others inspiring and some deeply moving, each powerful for very different reasons. It doesn't seem fair, as hosts of the event, to discuss favourites at the risk of missing anyone out.

Everybody who participated will have made a difference. In fact, could it be a coincidence that it was on May 1st that Blogger installed Audio Verification alongside the Word Verification on the commenting facility? Well, you never know.

However, instead of a lengthy write-up, we have attempted to roughly catergorise the posts and used permanent links so that folks can refer back to this in the future.

It was quite a task to categorise everybody. Obviously, some people touched on more than one subject, so these categories are approximate. I shall almost certainly do some shuffling around as I read over some of these posts a second time, so do bear with me if it doesn't make perfect sense just yet.

However if anybody spots an obvious mistake or an omission, don't hestitate to speak up.

Thanks very much to everyone.

Blogging Against Disablism Day 2006
List of Participating Blogs

Employment Aw Diddums Crip Chronicles Everyone Else Has a Blog A Lot of Stuff And Nonsense From Electech Living w/MS & Muttin/Jeff Marcelle P's Writing Blog Processing In Parts Timmargh Slightly Angry Man Zeteo Ton Ergaton Access Issues (outside employment) My Amusement Park All That Comes With It Blogging Mone Do Your Worst Flooded Lizard Kingdom Is This What You Meant? Lisy Babe's Blog Perpetual Beginner Persephone's Box Star Watcher's Spot Definition and Analysis of Disablism Billie's Diary Capitalism Bad, Tree Pretty The Perorations of Lady Bracknell Rachel's Tavern Ragged Edge Smiffy's Place A Wandering Mind The Language of Disablism Abnormal Diversity Cheaper than Therapy Cheaper than Therapy (another one) Cynical Chatter from The Underworld Incurable Hippie's Musings and Rants Pagey's Place Quaker Agitator Disablism Interacting with Other 'Isms' Alice In Blunderland Disability Studies, Temple U Immitation of Life Jay Sennett Jaywalks The Long Term Care Blog A Letter To My Children The Summer of a Dormouse Vegankid Wheelchair Dancer Disablism in Literature and Culture Alas, a Blog James Medhurt's Blog Meanderings of a Politically Incorrect Crip The Memory Hole Experiences Through Family and Friends Ahistoricality Brooklynite Do You Speak English? Happy Feminist Midwestern Transport War Zone and The Sanctuary Miscellaneous Personal Experiences Croneway Gum Chewing Freak Housing OT Info Pimp Peace, Love and Fun with Klingon Painsticks Listen Most Attentively One Can Dream The Rettdevil's Rants Woman in Comfy Shoes

Parenting Issues 11D Bad Mama Dream Mom Emma & Co It's A Wonderful Life Michael Bérubé's "Web" "Log" Sara Skates Education Autism Vox Head First In The Deep End Ill-Informed Ramblings of A Cripple Missing JT Snow (cross-posted at Jenelle's Journey) Kosketa Minua, Älä Käsilläsi Marmite Boy on Toast Rhonda's Ruminations Saving Grace The Word Cage Disablism within Healthcare Systems The Gimp Parade The Life and Times of Emma The Mote In The Light Nickie's Nook Abortion and Euthanasia Edge-centric Feminism Without Clothes Impairment-Specific Prejudice Angry For A Reason Ballastexistenz Ballastexistenz (another one) The Bipolar View Blac(k)ademic Camera Obscura Colin's Journal Creek Running North (cross-posted at Bitch PhD) Emergiblog Fate is Chance, Destiny is Choice Fiber Fool Sly Civilian Personal Eye View Smiffy's Place Smiffy's Place (another one) Space Cat Rocket Ship What's that you said? Whose Planet is it Anyway? Transabled and I had a misunderstanding which we resolved here General Thoughts on Disablism Angel Moon Art Ballastexistenz Becky's Journal Billie's Diary Brighton Regency Labour Supporter Comprehension Dawns Definition - A Feminist Weblog Domystic Falling Off My Pedestal Feathers of Hope Feministe Gimpy Mumpy The Gorge Immitation of Life Louise Norlie is a Real Person Maman Poulet The Patient Is In Robot Heart's Blog Simul Justis Et Pecator Personal Eye View Snooopy Stothers My Sweet Perdition Non-English Language Blogs Behindertenparkplatz (German) Evstricktnichtnur (German) Wheelchair Boy (Taiwanese) Quotes Against Disablism The Life and Times of Emma Art Against Disablism Geezer with a Meezer Poetry Against Disablism Just Between Strangers Personal Journeys Did I Miss Something? Disability Law Donorcycle Diary of a Goldfish Fangworld Sally's Life She Who Has Pissed In Your Wheaties Love and Sex Ballots, Balls and Bikes The Web Pen Blog The Nasty Girls