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illusionaltzu

Blogging Against Disablism Day

May 01, 2009 22:42

Apparently today is blogging against disablism day, but unfortunately I have so much to do that this is literally the first time I've had a chance to sit down at my computer, let alone ponder what I would write about if I had time to give the subject the attention deserves. I'll trust others to do that because in the interests of my rapidly- ( Read more... )

autism, my darling daughter

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karjack May 2 2009, 07:10:41 UTC

Thank you for sharing this.

It is disheartening to see how eager mainstream America seems to be to throw the disabled under the financial bus as these hard times hit. I've always felt that the true measure of a civilization's greatness is reflected in how they treat their most vulnerable people.

illusionaltzu May 5 2009, 13:17:26 UTC

Oh, absolutely. And between our disgusting prison system and our treatment of the disabled, it's a pretty sad story right now. Hopefully things will improve while Obama is in office.

michiru42 May 2 2009, 07:11:19 UTC

Your maturity continues to amaze and inspire me. You're really something. :)

illusionaltzu May 5 2009, 13:18:37 UTC

Awww thank you.
I hope things have been going well for you. We've landed in St. Cloud and are now working to pull a life together here. It's... interesting. :)

colubra May 2 2009, 07:49:38 UTC

I'm so sorry for you and Rob and the kidlet.

...what is 'disablism'? I don't think I've read the term before.

autumnfalling May 2 2009, 18:17:19 UTC

Race-based discrimination is racism, and age-based discrimination is ageism. Disablism is discrimination based on abled/disabled status. It's a bit more subtle due to the fact that it's easy to look someone who is obviously disabled and say "They're broken in some way", though the point Tzu makes is that nearly all of us end up disabled at some point in our lives, and eventually it's not a temporary condition like a borken leg (when we're old).

autumnfalling May 2 2009, 18:18:00 UTC

*broken

whatifoundthere May 2 2009, 08:11:57 UTC

Thanks for posting this. I've been coming to some of the same realizations since I started volunteering at the brain injury clinic. Last week I was talking about the gig at knitting, and one of my friends told a story about an acquaintance of hers who was brain-injured in a car accident. "She wasn't wearing her seat belt," my friend said with a roll of her eyes.

I agree that it's stupid not to wear a seat belt, but a) doing something stupid doesn't mean you "deserve" a fate like this, and, more importantly, b) most of the people whose files I read didn't do anything stupid. They were standing on a street corner and got hit by a drunk driver, or they were beat up by a partner they trusted, or they fell and hit their head... or... or... or ( ... )

fussylogic May 2 2009, 13:44:04 UTC

Appropriate: I really appreciate how open and honestly you've written about what's been going on in your life and with your daughter. I work with so many kids with these challenges but _without_ the supportive and loving presence of smart, caring, motivated parents -- and so it softens something angry in me to hear people struggling hard to appreciate the good things, to foster love, to make meaning out of chaos.

Inappropriate: At first I read the title of your post and was like: "Blog against Diabolism Day?" WTF? Seriously! Leave the Diabolists alone!