The next Ashley X

Her name is Katie Thorpe . Other bloggers have been covering this latest story. Penny has the link collection here . Let her know if you got...

More Profit, Less Nursing

A recent NYT article on nursing homes illustrates how for-profit institutions can be dangerous for inmates of those homes: The typical nur...

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...

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...

On Ruben Navarro

If you read just one thing this week about disability in America, read this . I briefly mentioned Navarro's case here but the above lin...

Doctor murders disabled man to harvest organs

This story comes out of central California : San Luis Obispo County prosecutors have charged a transplant surgeon with prescribing excessive...

Oklahoma opens its first accessible prison

In a report out of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Angel Riggs writes : Department of Corrections officials this week began moving several of the s...

Parents sadistically abuse disabled toddler

From Book Girl at Falling Off My Pedestal , I hear about this UK couple and their unbelievable campaign of violence against a child: She wa...

On being a good girl

Posted to the latest Disability Carnival at DisStudies, Temple U, Dave Hingsburger of Chewing the Fat writes about "The Good Girl...

I am tired

Because fear and hatred of disabled people hides in people's hearts in the same way as sexism, transphobia and racism: Ashley is not a ...

Once more for 2006

Inclusion Daily Express lists the top disability rights news stories in the U.S. for 2006. Less obvious stories about disability rights tha...

Death of 14-year-old only tip of the iceberg of abuse

From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution , "A Hidden Shame: Death and Danger in Georgia's Mental Hospitals" : Alone in the darkne...

Still thinking on Ashley

I'm crossposting this comment of mine from a discussion I'm participating in elsewhere: One thing I find so frustrating about the wi...

Ashley Treatment discussion at Pandagon

I regularly enjoy reading the feminist posts and discussions at Pandagon, but the recent coverage there of the story of Ashley X and the me...

Finding the language, making the connection

I've written in the past about being a disabled person before disability studies provided a real forum for discussing social issues abo...

Tasered, trampled and beaten for being disabled

These are three recent stories, one from Pontiac Michigan, one from Gaza, and one from St. Paul, Minnesota: "Arrested for epilespy...

International Day of Disabled 2006

December 3 -- today -- is the International Day for Disabled Persons as declared by the United Nations some years ago. At the very least, th...

Going Native: Thanksgiving Day

During grad school I read Oglala Sioux Russell Means' autobiography Where White Men Fear to Tread as part of a three-student special co...

Going Native: Native women, their rights and violence

A mini-slumgullion of links today on the topic of Native American women's rights and domestic violence: TiyospayeNow: Fire Thunder Impea...