Category Archives: Disabled Rights & Issues

Sickness, injury, disability or pregnancy

Posted on October 28, 2006 by Maia

The New Zealand government has announced some changes to its benefit system, and while I haven’t gone through the details yet I wanted to use it as an opportunity to discuss issues around work and disability. In New Zealand the … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Disabled Rights & Issues, Economics and the like | 8 Comments

That's all folks!

Posted on September 30, 2006 by Kay Olson

My month of Alas blogging seems to have expired already. Many thanks to Amp for the invitation, and to everyone else for welcoming me and engaging in conversation with me. It wasn’t all pretty, but they were all discussions I … Continue reading →

Posted in Disabled Rights & Issues, Site and Admin Stuff | 5 Comments

Saturday Slumgullion #13

Posted on September 30, 2006 by Kay Olson

I love doing these slumgullions, but with the first Disability Blog Carnival coming up at Disability Studies, Temple U. I may focus here more on non-blog slumgullionish stuff. Or maybe there will be so much disability blogging I can gather … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Disabled Rights & Issues, Link farms, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 6 Comments

Jury duty

Posted on September 29, 2006 by Kay Olson

I’ve been called up for jury duty at the county court level. This is the second time in three years that this supposedly random process has chosen me, though my parents have never in their lives been called to serve. … Continue reading →

Posted in Disabled Rights & Issues, Supreme Court Issues | 8 Comments

Disability Blog Carnival begins

Posted on September 26, 2006 by Kay Olson

Penny Richards at Disability Studies, Temple, U., has decided it’s time for the Disability Blog Carnival to begin. She’s been posting monthly crip blog roundups, and the last one was both amazing and impressively long. And remember Goldfish’s Blog Against … Continue reading →

Posted in Disabled Rights & Issues | 5 Comments

Feminine products denied to disabled women in nursing homes and other institutions; Forced medication to minimize menstruation

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Kay Olson

From a notice on a disability listserv: I am forwarding this on behalf of Feminist Response in Disability Activism (FRIDA), a newly established feminist disability rights organization based in Chicago, founded by a collective of highly skilled and committed disability … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Disabled Rights & Issues | 12 Comments

"Is your life hard or super-hard?"

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Kay Olson

My aunt and uncle visited from Wyoming today and I showed them the drawings and pictures their daughter’s third-grade students sent me last Spring. There are two series of letters since I replied once and then they all wrote back, … Continue reading →

Posted in Disabled Rights & Issues | 14 Comments

Famous crips and disability rights

Posted on September 24, 2006 by Kay Olson

Looking back at the disability press and its coverage of the FDR Memorial and Chris Reeve’s post-injury politics, there’s clearly a different perspective of these famous disabled men than the mainstream media presents. The topic of stereotypical representation of disability … Continue reading →

Posted in Disabled Rights & Issues, Media criticism, Popular (and unpopular) culture | 6 Comments

Saturday Slumgullion #12

Posted on September 23, 2006 by Kay Olson

“Pimp my gimp.” Recent Doonesbury strips showing B.D.’s efforts to decorate his prosthetic leg are the latest in good crip giggles. Sage of Persephone’s Box has an announcement about blog color choices and the her ability to read what is … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Disabled Rights & Issues, Environmental issues, Link farms, Media criticism | 6 Comments

Andrea Dworkin on disability

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Kay Olson

I don’t know what the feminist reaction to this post will be, but it won’t get out of my head, so I had to write it out. I’m interested to hear. I’m not a big personal fan of Andrea Dworkin’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Disabled Rights & Issues | 159 Comments