Posts by Sacha
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Access: Disability Stakeholders, in reply to
lol
please do elaborate
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Access: Disability Stakeholders, in reply to
thank you. fair enough.
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Access: Cause, care, cure and celebration, in reply to
Should I have to be cured so that I don't make you uncomfortable? Isn't that your problem?
Well put.
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Access: Disability Stakeholders, in reply to
Cynicism is such a risk. :)
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Next post - who are disability stakeholders?
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Access: Disability Stakeholders, in reply to
I use the term 'disability sector' to mean all those who have an interest in disability issues, as opposed to those who haven't
So, like when I say 'disability movements'?
The more-motivated. -
Access: Defective, deficient, deviant…, in reply to
the disability sector generally
I've tried to shed some basic light on what we mean when we say that.
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Access: Words and Disability - The…, in reply to
It's actually extremely difficult to find words which are fully inclusive, not laboured and not offensive.
Impossible I'd say. We need to get on with it. But maybe I'm just impatient?
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Access: Words and Disability - The…, in reply to
Even then, hearing, with or without HA’s, is a wearisome daily struggle; listening requires great concentration and I'm usually knackered at the end of the day.
Yes. This is the everyday experience I've found other disabled people understand best (along with parents of young children). It's simply tiring to adjust to the world. Better-designed settings can reduce that. Starting our workday later, having some help with stuff, being in places that don't demand struggle..
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Access: Words and Disability - The…, in reply to
Words are only pointers
See how Foucault speaks to you on that. Signifiers are only the beginning. Power matters.
if everyone is afraid of using words ... fear of offense.
I'd say that assigming a narrow range of motivations like that is unlikely to help us forge alliances. What can we agree on?
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