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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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13 April, 201723 February, 2017

Criminalising disability, and Black youth

A disabled young person seated at a table.
Posted in disability by s.e. smith

In conversations about the criminalisation of disability, we must acknowledge the racialisation of stigmatised impairments.

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15 March, 201724 January, 2017

We need more diverse disability stock photography

A wheelchair user with bright red hair at the top of a flight of steps.
Posted in disability, media by s.e. smith

Sometimes a big shift in representation can happen with a relatively small project, like increasing diversity in stock photography.

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2 March, 201711 January, 2017

Dragging Aktion T4 into the light

A brass plaque commemorating Elisabeth Schmidt, deported and murdered in the Nazi eugenics programme.
Posted in disability by s.e. smith

Aktion T4, the Nazi eugenics programme, was a dark, horrific part of World War Two history that’s still suppressed, and it shouldn’t be that way.

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16 February, 201716 February, 2017

On veganism and disability

Vegetables for sale at a market.
Posted in disability, Food by s.e. smith

The relationship between veganism and disability is more complicated than many vegans are willing to admit.

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2 February, 201721 December, 2016

I’m tired of hearing from nondisabled parents

A blind person holding up a braille publication as they read.
Posted in disability by s.e. smith

Nondisabled parents of disabled children have dominated the conversation long enough. It’s time for them to sit down.

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25 January, 201722 January, 2017

Pre-existing conditions are about to loom large in the lives of disabled people

People marching to protest the closure of a hospital.
Posted in disability, health by s.e. smith

Disabled people face a serious problem if Obamacare is repealed: Loss of health insurance courtesy pre-existing conditions.

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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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10 January, 201717 November, 2016

What are you doing to keep disabled people out of nursing homes?

A person wheeling down a crowded sidewalk.
Posted in disability, social justice by s.e. smith

Coming changes to social services may put disabled people in the position of having to enter nursing homes to get the care they need. This is not acceptable.

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