Friday music: Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood by Nina Simone

Link to a YouTube video here . The images in the video present a montage of photos about the American Civil Rights movement, set to Nina Sim...

Designer Babies and the Pro-Choice Movement

I'm suffering from Acute Blogging Malaise. So, I'll just post the link to this article and hope to say something relevant in comment...

One more photo

These group action pics give me happy chills. Image description: From observer rachelleb , this color photo is taken from several stories ab...

I think it's safe to say. . .

that folks in wheelchairs have the edge in creating successful sit-in protests . Not that it's all about sitting around, but we do bring...

Updated: ADAPT action in Chicago

"Individually, no one's more invisible than a person in a wheelchair. Collectively they're pretty spectacular." Source How...

Wagadu journal on disability

The summer volume of the Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies is a special issue on “Intersecting Gender and Disabilit...

Ad Council "Crutches" PSA

The Ad Council has a campaign called "Don't Almost Give" and a series of public service announcements that includes one called...

Friday music: Evelyn Glennie

Evelyn Glennie is a talented percussionist who is also profoundly deaf. As she explains , media attention that focuses on the state of her h...

"Stay in your house!" part 2

Image description: A young white woman with curly hair sits in a power wheelchair on a city sidewalk. She smiles over the orange placard she...

Another insult and apology

From the Washington Post . Jerry again, during yesterday's telethon : The 81-year-old showman -- prowling about the stage during the liv...

"Stay in your house!"

Or, you know, get out there and do your thing. . . . Image description: A beautiful color photo of a blue-skied day off the coast of Alaska....

Yes, the road to hell is paved, but that doesn't mean it's accessible

Good intentions are tricky. With philanthropy, you can get so invested in your own self-righteous helpfulness that you fail to see you aren&...

Anti-telethon blogging

Sigh. It's that time of year again. Miss Crip Chick and Kara Sheridan are leading the online protest against this tiresome Weekend of ...

Back

So, it was actually a lousy vacation. I've spent the bulk of my time with ugly digestive complaints or working through the various manag...