Blogging Against Disablism Day is now Under Way! Please click here to see this year's contributions.Blogging Against Disablism day will be on Sunday, 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, disablism or ableism. In this way, we hope to raise awareness of inequality, promote equality and celebrate the progress we've made.
This will be the fifth anniversary of our first Blogging Against Disablism Day in 2006 and this year promises to be a particularly good one. The disability blogosophere continues to grow from strength to strength and more people are motivated to speak out about disability issues than ever before.
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 and everybody's experience matters.
2. Spread the word by linking back to this post, 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, on your blogs, on forums, wherever you can get the word out.
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 May 1st 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 (slowly) throughout the day, creating an archive. However, I will 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, photography 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 Saturday is going to be left out of the archive.
If anyone has any questions about web accessibility,Ｉrecommend 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 use, 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. Sometimes people use language to describe themselves which you may find offensive or upsetting. 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.
In 2008 I wrote a very 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 am yet to 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 and mess with 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.
If you have any questions, please ask here or e-mail at diaryofagoldfish at googlemail.com
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 and everybody's experience matters.
2. Spread the word by linking back to this post, 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, on your blogs, on forums, wherever you can get the word out.
The abbreviated URL for this page is http://tinyurl.com/badd2011 and our twitter hashtag is #badd2011
3. Write a post on the subject of disability discrimination, disablism or ableism and publish it on Sunday May 1st - or as close as you are able. Podcasts, videocasts, art and photography are also welcome. You can cover any subject, specific or general, personal, social or political. In the previous five BADDs, 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 other "isms", the history of disability discrimination and much more. You can browse through the archives for previous years here: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.
3. Write a post on the subject of disability discrimination, disablism or ableism and publish it on Sunday May 1st - or as close as you are able. Podcasts, videocasts, art and photography are also welcome. You can cover any subject, specific or general, personal, social or political. In the previous five BADDs, 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 other "isms", the history of disability discrimination and much more. You can browse through the archives for previous years here: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.
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 as welcome as the rest.
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 May 1st 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 (slowly) throughout the day, creating an archive. However, I will 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, photography 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 Saturday is going to be left out of the archive.
If anyone has any questions about web accessibility,Ｉrecommend 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 use, 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. Sometimes people use language to describe themselves which you may find offensive or upsetting. 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.
In 2008 I wrote a very 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 am yet to 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 and mess with 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.
If you have any questions, please ask here or e-mail at diaryofagoldfish at googlemail.com
Very much looking forward to the day. I'll be there.
ReplyDeletehttp://singlelensreflections.blogspot.com
I'm in!
ReplyDeletehttp://funkymangosmusings.blogspot.com/
I'm in! Probably late as usual, but definitely in! Want us to put the word out on BoB etc? Hope you're doing ok Xx
ReplyDeleteI participated in 2009 (I think) with my low dose naltrexone blog. This year I plan to participate in Finnish with my disability/author blog, http://www.ilmestykset.net (I will provide an English translation or at least a summary).
ReplyDeleteI'm actually writing an essay for college at the moment on lot of disabled people in Ancient Greece, doing a lot of reading around (and having my eyes well and truly opened in the process). So yes, this will fit in very well with May 1st - will do something on my experiences of education as well. Count me in!!
ReplyDelete[lets try this again, linked to the right bloomin' profile this time...]
I'm in1 www.samedifference1.com
ReplyDeleteJust scheduled my contribution for midnight on May 1st!
ReplyDeleteWouldn't miss it for the world!
ReplyDeletehttp://starrlife.wordpress.com/
Thanks everyone,
ReplyDeleteBenenfitScroungingScum - yes please! BADD attracts a lot of diverse traffic, so it's worth using it to get the word out about benefits and public service cuts to folks who perhaps aren't so politicised.
I'll be there, wouldn't miss it for the world, even though that's the start of Finals Week for me and I'll be rolling/crutching around like a chicken with it's head cut off! Trying to remember if this is my fourth or fifth BADD......I think fourth.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.candidlycrippled.blogspot.com
I participated in 2008 and would like to do so again this year. http://specialchildren.about.com
ReplyDeleteMe.
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Count me in as well:
ReplyDeletehttp://crippleextraordinaire.blogspot.com
We'll be there! Got something real special planned too :) http://www.cripzthecomic.com
ReplyDeleteI'll be there! I'm already working on my post!
ReplyDeleteHere where I'll be posting it (a new blog since last year)*:
platosnightmare-aesopsdream.blogspot.com
*Last year (and the year before) I posted at "Notes, Notings and common refrains"
I'll be participating with a post on disability and labour rights at this ain't livin'!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to read all the submissions! I'm in.
ReplyDeleteI'm in. http://pastthestorm.tumblr.com
ReplyDeleteme, me, meeeeeeeeeee. I want to participate
ReplyDeleteI'll be there!
ReplyDeletemy blog: Things Fall Apart
http://automaticdoor.tumblr.com
I’ll definitely try to write for the event itself, and will be signal-boosting for sure! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for organising this! ♥
Count me in! Thanks.
ReplyDeletehttp://wheeliecatholic.blogspot.com
I'm in ! Yay!
ReplyDeleterichardmagus*
ReplyDeleteWiltshire/uk*
I was disabled back in 1990*
following a brain heamorrhage*
I can use the computer*
thank god*
today I found,
same difference*
nice work*
for my own research*
I checked on!
Conservative policy on disability*
a very interesting statement by,
Mark Harper* appered!
must read. V
http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/02/11/113780/interview-mark-harper-conservative-disability-spokesperson.htm
MORE PROMISES*
now I know how student's feel*
I would like to participate!
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ReplyDeleteI'm in, for another year!
ReplyDeleteGlad to see there's a twitter hashtag this year :)
http://accessibility.net.nz
I will be happy to contribute :)
ReplyDeleteI'm in! And oh do i have a lot to write about this year.
ReplyDeletehttp://timetolisten.blogspot.com
I'm in. And i have a lot to say this year.
ReplyDeleteRadical Neurodivergence
Hoping to contribute again this year http://www.prettysimple.co.uk/blog
ReplyDeleteI'm in as well!
ReplyDeletei'm in!
ReplyDeletehttp://staticnonsense.wordpress.com/
I plan on participating again this year.
ReplyDeletehttp://sunnydreamer.net/
Sunnydreamer
"Everyone is welcome"...
ReplyDelete...except for deaf-blind people who can't see or hear the CAPTCHA. Please offer alternative methods of submitting links?
I will be back for BADD this year!
ReplyDeleteAh, never mind; just noticed your e-mail address at the end of the blog post. Still might be worth mentioning in the post that people who can't decipher the CAPTCHA can submit posts there instead, though-- there are a number of disabilities, not just deaf-blindness, that can cause difficulty with that.
ReplyDeletei'm in, what a great day this'll be!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm in and very much looking forward to the day. I'll be there.
ReplyDeletehttp://equalitytraining.blogspot.com/
Looking forward to this. I know I must speak for many people when I say your work on this is appreciated.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.peoplearentbroken.blogspot.com/
I'm planning on posting at After Gadget (http://aftergadget.wordpress.com)
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone so far - keep spreading the word!
ReplyDeleteCodeman38 - I will edit the post to make it clearer that I can be e-mailed. Captcha is not ideal for me either, but managing full moderation or having to go through and manually delete spam comments would be impossible for me.
Sign me up! I'm at incurable hippie blog.
ReplyDeleterichardmagus/uk*
ReplyDeletethis will bring cheer to the dismal new's! we are all* hearing,
check this out. V
www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/ucpbn-1-additions
sorry about the broken link*
ReplyDeletethis is the important bit*
L@@K here. V
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/ucpbn-1-additions.pdf
We'll play, probably closer to Monday the 2nd, but we're in for our sixth(!!)!)!) year...
ReplyDeletehttp://disstud.blogspot.com
I don't have a blog, but I'll tweet!
ReplyDeletenot sure if it worked first time. I don't have a blog, but will tweet and spread the word in other ways.
ReplyDeleteI will most definitely be doing this,
ReplyDeletehttp://crippiescorner.blogspot.com
Fantastic, so pleased to be blogging so I can take part - will be through my wordpress blog here http://clairewade.wordpress.com/ about my life and disability and I will also be blogging about business and disability here http://holidaysfromhome.co.uk/blog/
ReplyDeleteI'm in!
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Goldfish, long time no see, but please add me to the list this year.
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I'm in. (I'm a friend of Claire at Holidays from Home.)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/
Proud to participate for the third time at http://stjuniatheapostle.blogspot.com!
ReplyDeleteMy co-blogger will be writing a post, and we may also have a guest blogger.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.allourlives.org/
Starrlife sent me over. Have a Deaf son. I'm gonna try real hard to get a post done.
ReplyDeleteThere will be something on http://transabled.org :)
ReplyDeleteI'm in.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.workingatperfect.com/
I will also be joining in this year.
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I'm in!
ReplyDeletehttp://memotoselfblogger.blogspot.com/
I'd like to have a go too.
ReplyDeletehttp://fatheffalump.wordpress.com
Sign me up! As someone with an invisible illness, living in ounty that doesn't believe in such things, it's a real comfort to know that this is out there.
ReplyDeletewww.icecreamornoodles.blogspot.com
Hi Goldfish.
ReplyDeleteIt's been a while but I hope you are as well as possible.
I missed BADD 2010 due to ill health but, despite the fact that I'm keeping a low profile at the moment, I'll be contributing this year.
As ever, many thanks for organising such an important event.
Cheers!
Gary Miller
Bugger!
ReplyDeleteMe again...I forgot to include my site URL!
AWTS (Accessible Web & Training Solutions).
Gary Miller
AWTS
I can't believe this is number 6, but I am definitely in. (I am trying to corral my thoughts as we speak!)
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I'll be writing something for Where's the Benefit, at the minimum I'll echo that on my personal blog: http://dwgism.livejournal.com/ but I may write an entirely separate entry there.
ReplyDeleteHello, I'll be in!! I'm going to post a public post at http://emsyblog.wordpress.com/ :)
ReplyDeleteI'm in. Been writing about discrimination for a while, so may be pushed for something new to say - we'll see.
ReplyDeletehttp://ronsrants.wordpress.com/
I'm in. http://kristen-alittlesomethingforme.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteI only just realized this, but I'll do my best to write something tomorrow!
ReplyDeletehttp://multifaceted-abnormal.net/blog
First time I will have taken part, but I intend to e there this time. http://www.crimsoncrip.com
ReplyDeleteI have a blog that promotes disability access and awareness in London - I will do my best to post something tomorrow and dedicate it to the day.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.accesslondon.blogspot.com
Education On the Plate wishes there weren't still the need for this event, but since it is still necessary I will participate.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to be posting *something* on my autism blog, "Normal is Overrated":
ReplyDeletehttp://aut.zone38.net/
I hope to do something - http://thetrickistokeepreading.blogspot.com/. My first BADD
ReplyDeleteThis may or may not be a little early, but it is 12.30AM where I live, so – here’s my post, More Deserving of Annihilation (http://wp.me/p1rIuc-2j).
ReplyDeleteWe will post!
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Count me in
ReplyDeletehttp://saiminu.blogspot.com is my site, exact URL of the blogpost (to be written) to follow tomorrow.
I'll try to post something, although it will probably be late:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.questioningtransphobia.com
I just realised this is tomorrow! Now thinking about what I can do for it. I'll signal-boost if I don't get it together to write anything more substantive, at susanreads.dreamwidth.org
ReplyDeleteWell, May 1 in New Zealand, ahead of everyone else :D
ReplyDeleteHere's my BADD post - http://accessibility.net.nz/blog/the-ultimate-disability-discrimination/
I'll try to post a little something, I love blogging against disablism day and I feel more than ever how much It is important.
ReplyDeletehappy to see that there are already so many people who want to participate (including some people whom writing I know and appreciate very much like S.E.Smith, Neurodivergent K. and Codeman38 and some other...)
I'll try to do something in english and french, but it will more be an account of my current feelings than a well thought and documented text.
I will blog and will post to facebook and twitter too
ReplyDeleteI'll have a bash at writing something :-)
ReplyDeletehttp://beowulf1976.tumblr.com/
It will be my first year but I will join you and I am sure to come up with something.
ReplyDeletehttp://carersfeelings.blogspot.com/
All Our Lives has two posts for Blogging Against Disablism-up a little early though:
ReplyDeleteAdoption, Special Needs, & Choice--By Meghan
http://allourlives.org/node/114
Reproductive Violence and Injustice Against Disabled Adults--By Marysia
http://allourlives.org/node/113
As promised, I wrote a little something. Controversial, as usual :)
ReplyDeletehttp://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/discrimination-transsexuals-and-biid.htm
My post is up over at Wheelie catholic
ReplyDeletehttp://wheeliecatholic.blogspot.com/2011/04/being-youer-than-you-badd-2011.html
thanks so much Goldfish!
I am in this is my first time contributing
ReplyDeletehttp://lifeofnldcp.blogspot.com/
life and times of a teenager with disablities
the Category I want it to go under is personal journeys
ReplyDeleteI wasn't sure I'd be able to do it this year because I'm in the middle of moving, but it turns out I can squeeze something in.
ReplyDeletehttp://fatfu.wordpress.com
I am going to join in tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteI would like my post to be in Personal Journeys.
ReplyDeleteMy URL for this post, called The Bell, is available at
http://epilepsy-paula.blogspot.com/.
Hope you enjoy this one!
Paula Apodaca
Our post is up at http://whereslulu.com/2011/05/01/ten-disabled-people-with-regular-tv-roles-right-now/
ReplyDeleteMy contribution to BADD2011 Disablism is no longer random its systemic: http://t.co/Q0yxvUV #BADD2011
ReplyDeleteMy post is up: BADD 2011 post - a wee rant
ReplyDeleteMy post (Being Vincible, from the viewpoint of a non-disabled person) is here: http://loveandzombies.co.uk/2011/05/being-vincible/
ReplyDeleteI will be writing a blog entry for BADD. I should finish today, or tomorrow at the latest. (http:/www.passion-4-life.org)
ReplyDeleteI'm writing my post now and will uploaded asap.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.musingsfromtheden.wordpress.com
Please check out my Blogging Against Disablism letter to the Press.
ReplyDeletehttp://geoffholt.com/2011/05/blogging-against-disablism-day-1st-may-2011/
Geoff Holt MBE
www.geoffholt.com
My blog is enlighten.me.uk, and this is my contribution:
ReplyDeleteReopening Old Wounds http://wp.me/pLzqY-2t
I would like to join in, only just found out about this today though I am afraid.
ReplyDeleteHere is my blog:
http://www.medespiteme.blogspot.com/
I will link a post when I can. Thank you.
Hiya! I will be participating, hopefully later today if able. My blog is http://boopetta.wordpress.com
ReplyDeleteI'll say my piece. Catch up wioth yous later.
ReplyDeletei would like to join in if i still can :/
ReplyDeletehttp://mizmoose.livejournal.com/229464.html
A few ideas from me www.warped woman.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy....
My post is at http://www.onlinetherapyinstituteblog.com/?p=1179
ReplyDeleteThis is a great effort!
I'm late, but I do want to participate.
ReplyDeleteI'll have a post up as soon as I can.
Whoops. Just found out about this! Working on a blog post as we speak!
ReplyDeletehttp://abnormallypsychotic.wordpress.com
I have just completed my article. The link to my site is http://www.passion-4-life.org, and the subject heading would be "General Thoughts on Disablism"
ReplyDeleteYou can read my own entry here: http://accessibleinsights.info/blog/ entitled, "It's On Aisle Five."
ReplyDeleteMy contribution is here:
ReplyDeletehttp://vixenstrangelymakesuncommonsense.blogspot.com/2011/05/disablism-its-really-about-any-of-us.html
It's about how disablism can be silent and even effect otherwise privileged people, from observing my own dad. The body is what is it and can do what it does--and reality is what anyone makes of it.
Hi again, here is my post for BADD 2011.
ReplyDeleteHere is my post:
ReplyDeletehttp://iwontweargrey.blogspot.com/
Disability and Jury Duty: http://elf.dreamwidth.org/413746.html
ReplyDeleteI think it fits best in "Other Access Issues."
Thank you for hosting this day!
ReplyDeleteThis is for the General Thought on Disablism section.
http://ucpgg.org/lateefs-view-of-the-bay/2011/05/01/apathy-could-be-the-root-of-most-disablism/
If two BADD posts are allowed, here is another Invalids no more, but are we still invalid?: http://t.co/5yLsir8
ReplyDeletePlease put it in Disablism
Impairment and disabilism: a world of difference.
ReplyDeletehttp://thelanguagerespect.blogspot.com/2011/05/art-of-respectful-language.html
#BADD
Not sure if you are still taking entries (completely understand if you aren't) but I posted this today and would love it to be considered.
ReplyDeleteIt's called Independence and is on my LJ : http://nightengalesknd.livejournal.com/79346.html
Thank you for this campaign. I did not know about it, but I will add a blog post in my blog Letters of Courage, where I share more about my experience with RSD/CPRS. www.lettersofcourage.com.
ReplyDeleteThanks!