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1 link 14 May 2013

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:27:52 GMT

Posted by: sasha_feather

Think Progress: In "The Michael J. Fox Show" and "Ironside", NBC bets big on Characters with Physical Limitations

The network is remaking Ironside, a show about a detective who uses a wheelchair after he’s shot in the line of duty that ran on NBC for eight seasons between 1967 and 1975. And it’ll be airing The Michael J. Fox show, a sitcom featuring the titular comedian, who did seven years on NBC with Family Ties, which ran from 1982 to 1989, as a news anchor who returns to work despite the way his Parkinson’s Disease, from which Fox suffers in real life. In other words, NBC is putting two shows on air that feature characters with physical limitations, moving a kind of character who’s often relegated to supporting roles—and who’s often there to illustrate the goodness of or provide moral tests to fully able-bodied characters—to the center of the frame. And from the trailers, it looks like both Ironside and The Michael J. Fox show won’t shy away from discussing their characters’ physical limitations, and other people’s reactions to them, directly.

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1 link 6 May 2013

Tue, 07 May 2013 02:17:11 GMT

Posted by: sasha_feather

cantarina: (no subject) My discomfort with h/c as a genre can be summed up as...

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1 link 9 April 2013

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:06:14 GMT

Posted by: sasha_feather

Myke Cole: What PTSD Is (and isn't)

Excellent post. Text is white on black.

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1 Link 6 March 2013

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:16:53 GMT

Posted by: sasha_feather

Pain Relief Foundation: House MD: An analysis of chronic pain managed with opiate therapy in
entertainment television. By Jemma Theivendran
Imperial College Medical School London
November 2007

Please note that this is a PDF.

via metanews

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1 link 12 February 2013

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:51:07 GMT

Posted by: sasha_feather

wellingtongoose: Bipolar Sherlock: A more detailed analysis

A follow-up to the previous post with lots of information.

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1 link 4 February 2013

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:17:17 GMT

Posted by: sasha_feather

wellingtongoose: Bipolar Sherlock

Does Sherlock have a bipolar affective disorder? Is he a manic depressive? If so, how is he treated? How does it affect his life and his relationships?

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Sun, 13 Jan 2013 02:05:33 GMT

Posted by: chordatesrock

I have posted a survey inquiring about people's responses to depictions of disability. I'm interested in responses from both PWDs and CNDs.

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1 link 14 Dec 2012

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:59:53 GMT

Posted by: sasha_feather

Lesley Kinzel at xojane: An Incomplete Compendium of Potentially Offensive Language

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Self-care links 4 November 2012

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 18:00:20 GMT

Posted by: sasha_feather

littlebutfierce: Self Care: A buncha links, or something

Aimed at activists; these seem to be posted in response to an article called "An End to Self-Care". Useful and interesting.

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3 links 31 October 2012

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:53:05 GMT

Posted by: sasha_feather

mariness has several posts at Live Journal regarding lack of accessibility at World Fantasy Con:

Oct 30th: You have got to be kidding me

Oct 30th: No subject

Oct 31st: OK, Let's Talk BASIC ACCESSIBILITY

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1 Link 30 Oct 2012

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:31:59 GMT

Posted by: sasha_feather

janice_lester: meta: Give sexy actors sexy wheelchairs!

This is about wheels, (mostly) white (mostly) male characters, and how The Powers That Be on TV and film sets seem fated--whether by unpleasant design or mere privileged ignorance--to be forever Getting It Wrong. When they could be getting it oh, so right.

This post talks about media portrayals of characters who use wheelchairs. It is image heavy with some video; there aren't image descriptions for all of the images nor captions on the video.

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1 link 18 Sept 2012

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:17:08 GMT

Posted by: sasha_feather

tim: Alternatives to 'intelligent'

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2 links 11 Sept 2012

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:42:24 GMT

Posted by: sasha_feather

ChiCon.org: ChiCon Acknowledges Concerns of mobility-impaired members

File770: Chicon7 Apologizes for Access Issues

Comments are hit and miss so far--read them at your own risk.

eta: I got in an argument in comments about the phrase "death march" being used as an analogy. WHY. /o\

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1 link 6 Sept 2012

Fri, 07 Sep 2012 04:30:10 GMT

Posted by: sasha_feather

File 770: Access Issues at Chicon 7

Further discussion.

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1 Link 3 Sept 2012

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 18:22:24 GMT

Posted by: sasha_feather

World Con and Accessibility (or lack thereof)

I would appreciate feedback from people who attended and/are involved with world con, thanks!

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1 Link 2 Sept 2012

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 03:17:09 GMT

Posted by: sasha_feather

mariness: Hugos Post

As I type, the Hugo and related Awards are being awarded, on a stage in a Chicago hotel. To reach the stage, you have to climb three steps.

No ramp.

Same as last year.

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1 Link 31 August 2012

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 16:26:52 GMT

Posted by: sasha_feather

Sarah Fazeli at xojane: I'm a Bit Holier than Thou when it Comes to the R Word

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Signal boost: dark_agenda

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:19:30 GMT

Posted by: sasha_feather

dark_agenda: Promotion Fest: Dis/ability

Celebrating characters of color with disabilities for the kaleidoscope challenge! A list of suggested characters is provided in the post.

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Diary of a Goldfish: 10 Things Fiction Writers Need to Remember About Disability (1-5)

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 13:43:24 GMT

Posted by: teafeather

http://blobolobolob.blogspot.com/2012/07/10-things-fiction-writers-need-to.html

Part one of an overview of how to write about disability in a more realistic way.

Summary:
1. Disabled characters can be at the centre of stories which aren't all about disability.
2. Disability can be part of the plot of great stories.
3. People with long-term impairments or chronic illness are not fascinated by their own condition or their own symptoms.
4. Disabled people are not all young, white, straight, affluent men.
5. Disabled people go bad for a reason.

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1 link 8 July 2012

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 06:53:08 GMT

Posted by: sasha_feather

lightgetsin: Do I Do it For You? Service Kink and Disability

I want to say as a first principle that almost every fic focusing on disability I’ve ever read can be understood as having some relation to service kink, whether that’s rolling around in the kink straight on (consciously or not), or subverting its usual presentation, or coming at it orthogonally from left field, or pointedly not engaging with it. Personally, I theorize this is because having a disability entails negotiating boundaries of rejecting and accepting service on a daily basis. I wanted to write about some of the ways I see this play out in intimate relationships, in fic and otherwise, because it can be a hugely complicated, thorny, sexy, unsexy, unpleasant, romantic, intimidating thing.

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1 Link to Twitter. 22 April 2012

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:49:24 GMT

Posted by: sasha_feather

Jessica Coen, the Editor of "Jezebel", tweeted this:

https://twitter.com/#!/jessicacoen/status/190529717286338563

The word "ableist" is crazy and lame. MT @TheNatFantastic: @jezebel insisting on being ableist. AGAIN. http://bit.ly/Iqnpn0

She was responding to a criticism of "Crazy" in this Jezebel headline:

Meet the anti-abortion movement's pretty, new, super-crazy face.

I'm not sure if she is being ironic or dismissive or what.

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1 Link

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:30:52 GMT

Posted by: sasha_feather

This was posted back in September of 2011:

s. e. smith, writing at XO Jane: Everybody loves "Glee" (Except the Disability Community and People with Asperger's

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1 Link 19 March 2012

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:13:01 GMT

Posted by: sasha_feather

SF and mystery author Nicola Griffith: Lame is so Gay: A Rant (from July 2011)

Words matter. Like icebergs, nine-tenths of their heft lies out of sight. Insults like gay and lame can kill. If you're not gay or lame, you might not see the grinding damage that's occurring below the waterline to those who are.

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1 link 18 march 2012

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 17:10:31 GMT

Posted by: sasha_feather

LiveJournal has instituted a new "spoiler tag" that runs on Java Script. Read about it below.

eruthros: Oh jeez, LJ

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