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by Sean - 1 May 2012
1 May is Blogging Against Disabilism Day. Today I’ll write about transabled folks who walk, despite needing to be paralysed, and how people with disabilities who object to that are effectively showing disabilism – or disability discrimination.
Objecting to Walking is Discrimination continues »
by Sean - 1 May 2011
Today’s post might anger some people. So be it. May 1, 2011 is Blogging Against Disablism Day. I’m going to talk about a form of disablism – or disability discrimination, that is not obvious at first sight. I’m going to talk about how so many transgendered people express virulent "opposition" to transabled people and how that is discrimination.
BADD – Discrimination, Transsexuals and BIID continues »
by Sean - 1 May 2009
I watched a recent Australian documentary about BIID. The documentary finished by asking if potential surgeries for BIID and related medical care should be paid for by tax payer money. This is a controversial issue, and one that is brought up on a semi-regular basis.
Who Has To Pay For Surgery For BIID? (BADD) continues »
by Sean - 1 May 2008
Blogging Against Disablism Day (BADD) is happening for the third year. And for the third year, I am participating. The first year was a bit bumpy, the second year wasn’t so. You can read past the past entries if you are interested :) This year, I wish to speak about the hierarchy found in the disability community, as it is a topic that has been toyed with on this blog recently.
BADD – How disability hierarchy hurts transabled people continues »
by Sophie - 1 May 2007
For a while I wasn’t sure I was going to be doing any post for Blogging Against Disablism Day. I didn’t really know what I should say. It wasn’t until I established in my mind what the term disability really meant to me that something sprang to mind. Sean will probably already go over this (if he hasn’t already), but I personally think an impairment is the actual physical/mental/emotional problem, and a disability is what arises from the social and physical constraints as a result of your impairment.
BADD – When does an impairment become a disability? continues »© transabled.org - 1994-2012 - All Rights Reserved.