The Damaging History of Being Called “Inspiring”
Disabled people have long been called objects of inspiration. We need to change the dialogue to show that while some people can be inspiring, it is not because they get out of bed each day.
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Why You Shouldn’t Touch Disabled People (or Anyone) Without Permission
I recently saw an article from a few years ago re-emerge in my Facebook feed. I instantly knew I was not going to like the article, which I apparently (luckily) missed when it was first published. The article was written on a website called Rolling Without Limits, and the site…
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My Experience with #AccessEquality at The Neon in Dayton, OH
It is the first day of celebrating access equality, and one of the ways to do that is through sharing our stories facing access barriers. By using the Facebook page located here https://www.facebook.com/AccessEquality, and using the Twitter hashtag #AccessEquality, I hope to create a narrative that makes people understand the…