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New Book on Women and Chronic Illness
[This came through on an email list and I meant to post it ages ago - buuuut, you know.... It’s a bit pricey, $36 US, but looks worth it if the budget allows. According to the info on the website, it looks like it may also be available in other formats as well ( Read more... ) -
For Katie, Katie, Ashley, those who came before, those of us who are here now,
and those who will come after.
And for those who fight when I can’t.When you will not hear my pain ( Read more... ) -
OMG!
For vassilisa and all my other fellow Linux-ers, check this out!
ETA: Just poked around to find out what distro it runs on - Xandros, which is apparently built on Debian. Looks nifty: http://www.xandros.com/products/home/home_edition.html -
Writer's Block: Warning:
Is the human version of a cockroach - can and have survived under the most difficult conditions. If those who once had ultimate power and control over me couldn't break me, no one else has the ghost of a chance. The more difficult the situation, the more likely I am to survive it - just out of sheer bloody minded stubborness and spite. -
Indeed...
"Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive... but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience...
Their very kindness stings with intolerable insult...
To be 'cured' against one's will and cured of states ( Read more... ) -
How To Work With Personal Assistants/Home Helps - Internet Resources?
I’m looking for internet resources on how PWDs can best work with PAs/Home Helps to make sure they get the support they need in a respectful and dignified manner. I really want resources on how to manage the relationship itself rather than specifics on hiring/firing as these are different depending on where one lives, and the info on that aspect ( Read more... ) -
Speaking Out
I’m working on being less of a coward and starting to speak out more on controversial issues affecting PWDs. So I commented on this article, it’s just an edited down version of my earlier post on the subject, but it’s the first time I’ve commented about this sort of thing on a public forum that is read by a lot of ABs. -
Funny Things
Because I am still trying to avoid actual work (although, thank god, all of the things that don’t involve actually talking to people can be done any time of the day or night - so I am of course doing them at night), including the newsletter that should have been done two weeks ago, here are some fabulous and/or funny links I have come across ( Read more... )
