Tag: disability
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We Rebuild What You Destroy: A Celebration of The Linda Lindas and Punk DIY Ethos
We were really angry, and we decided to write a song about it. The Linda Lindas Talk About “Racist, Sexist Boy” We love The Linda Lindas. We’ve been following their work since “Racist, Sexist Boy” hit big online. We include their music, lyrics, and interviews all over our website to help us tell our story…
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Changelog: “Accommodation” Implies a Sort of Permission
We updated our “Accommodation” glossary page with a selection from “The Future of Design Is Designing for Disability” by s.e. smith. “Accommodation” implies a sort of permission, something granted to another person. It suggests that there’s something abnormal about a disabled person that requires extra effort. In the case of the ADA, people fighting accessibility…
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Interdependence, Access Intimacy, and Crip Technoscience: Disabled people do really cool things with language if people would pay attention.
Crip languaging incorporates practices of access intimacy, adaptions of technology, and relationality. To sum up, disabled people do really cool things with language if people would pay attention. View of Unsettling Languages, Unruly Bodyminds: A Crip Linguistics Manifesto We updated “Crip Linguistics”, “Written Communication Is the Great Social Equalizer”, “Interdependence”, and “Access Intimacy” with selections…
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Changelog: The Cult of Compliance 33 Years After the ADA
We updated “The Cult of Compliance and the Policing of the Norm” with a selection from “33 Years and Still So Much Work Must be Done: A Reflection on the ADA at 33 | by Jordyn Jensen, Jamelia Morgan, and Nicholas Lawson | CRDJ | Medium”. Disabled people, particularly people of color with disabilities, are…
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Stimpunks Podcast Episode 3: On Jordan Neely and Support Systems
In this episode, Inna reflects on what happens when a neurodivergent person’s support system goes away and society fails them. Transcript Our Loved Ones are Jordan Neely So, I’m sitting here by the lake, and it’s so peaceful and beautiful. The water is really clear and I could see the fish and the turtles, and…
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Stimpunks Podcast Episode 1: The Logistics of Inclusion
cofounder Inna is the motive force behind our efforts to gain inclusion into our systems and institutions. In this episode, she talks about the logistics of inclusion, including: Transcript Respecting Privacy It’s five 30 in the morning, no, I’m sorry, five 18 in the morning, and I am the only one in the house awake,…
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Changelog: Updated and New on Stimpunks.org for Calendar Week 1, January 2023
We continuously update our site with the latest research and community writing. This week: 2 new blog posts. 6 updated pages. 17 updated glossary entries. 9 new glossary entries. New blog posts Updated Pages Updated glossary entries New glossary entries
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What the Mods Mean for Disability Representation in Star Wars
This video essay from Questing Refuge on disability representation and radical visibility in Star Wars is excellent and appreciated. In this video, I hope to highlight why aesthetic choices like we see with The Mods can make a lot of sense by exploring groups in real life that choose to stand out. how The Mods…
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Reframe Disability and Difference with Stimpunks
Reframe these states of being that have been labelled deficiencies or pathologies as human differences. Normal Sucks: Author Jonathan Mooney on How Schools Fail Kids with Learning Differences Not having the vocabulary to describe yourself and your loved ones is a tragedy. Our story of reframing disability and difference starts on our front page and…
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Additions to Our Philosophy on Disability Justice, Dignity, Anti-racism, and Moral Obligation
We added quotes on disability justice, dignity, anti-racism, and moral obligation to our Mission and Philosophy page. Disability justice (and disability itself) has the potential to fundamentally transform everything we think about quality of life, purpose, work, relationships, belonging. Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the 21st Century It is in the dignity of the…
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September at Stimpunks: Our Blogging, Our Reading, Our Giving
September was busy at Stimpunks. We made progress on setting up the foundation and the philanthropic LLC. We got a new logo. We helped launch Josephmooon’s website and their rock album about autistic life. And we did the usual blogging, reading, and giving. Our Blogging Inclusive Meetings, Classes, and Presentations with Access Notes, Bodymind Affirmations,…
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Defining Ableism
Excerpted below are quotes from community writing and scholarly studies on the definition, history, and forms of ableism. Content notes: ableism, racism, sexism, white supremacy, slavery, ABA, cure, defectiveness, eugenics, scientific racism, torture, murder, police violence, state violence, suicide, institutionalization, imprisonment Ableism A system that places value on people’s bodies and minds based on societally…
