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17 May, 201726 March, 2017

Connecting the dots: Trump and disability

A wheelchair user holding up a sign: DISABILITY RIGHTS ARE CIVIL RIGHTS
Posted in disability by s.e. smith

Why isn’t anyone listening to the disability community when it warns about the future abuses of the Trump Administration?

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1 May, 201713 March, 2017

Blogging Against Disablism: Racialised disability employment numbers

A Black woman speaking at an event.
Posted in disability by s.e. smith

Why are disabled people of colour, especially Black people, so much more likely to be unemployed?

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14 March, 201724 January, 2017

Why are you using -isms to criticise people for engaging in -isms?

A row of bright red barrels.
Posted in social justice by s.e. smith

If the only way you can criticise someone is through the use of -isms, check yourself. How does your rhetoric enforce injustice?

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17 January, 201729 November, 2016

Disabled people are scared of Trump but leaving the country isn’t the answer

An arrow directing the viewer in the direction of the accessible toilets.
Posted in disability, social justice by s.e. smith

Telling disabled people to ‘just leave the country’ is not an appropriate response to their fears about the Trump Administration.

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28 December, 201628 December, 2016

Before you ‘help’ disabled people, check yourself

A stack of tangerines. The one at the bottom has been decorated in sharpie with a distressed face and the word HELP.
Posted in disability by s.e. smith

People often think they’re doing a great service by helping disabled people who appear to be in distress, but they should ask first — and never touch without content.

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20 December, 20161 November, 2016

Don’t lie to disabled children

A disabled child riding a horse.
Posted in disability by s.e. smith

Lying to children about the nature of their disabilities and illnesses is insulting, infantalising, and harmful. Children deserve to play a role in their medical decisions.

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30 November, 201623 September, 2016

Will security cameras make special ed classrooms safer?

A security camera jutting from the facade of a brick building.
Posted in disability by s.e. smith

Texas has a security camera law for special education classrooms with the goal of preventing abuse — will it work?

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28 October, 201626 August, 2016

On ignorance and the belief that disability is worse than death

A wheelchair user with bright red hair.
Posted in disability by s.e. smith

The notion that disability is worse than death is perpetuated by the lack of information about disability in the mainstream.

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12 September, 201628 June, 2016

Stop leaving disability out of your utopia

A parking space designated for disabled people.
Posted in disability by s.e. smith

Visions of utopia never include disabled people. The people who create and consume those visions should probably ask why that is.

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13 August, 201631 May, 2016

Why treat disability as a failure on television?

Surgeons performing a kidney transplant.
Posted in disability, pop culture by s.e. smith

In medical dramas, disability is always represented as a failed outcome. What if we changed that framing?

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