I get tired of how many people seem to think "accessibility" means "making special allowances for broken special people," rather than "making it available to more people."
This this this!! I mean, in the end of the day it doesn't matter whether I can't participate in something because of a diagnosed disability (or a *non*diagnosed disability), or whether Sarah McFiccer can't because she's completely overloaded with work, or whether Rachel Writerson can't because her muse just doesn't work that way - what matters is that there are people who'd like to participate in something but can't in the format it's given. And this ties in so well with things I have been reading about the medical vs. social models and how the second means you should stop getting away from seeing disability as *individual*, about "this person cannot do X because of Y", but as "some people who want to do Y have barriers others don't".
Also, re: booking from mid-October to end of December... yyeeah that's another consideration for me. I have wanted to do NaNo for *ages*, because I think it would really help me in terms of not thinking for so long about what I'm writing and being able to just sit down and bash out fic (I mean, I haven't written anything since *May*, this state of affairs is ridiculous) but honestly, November? End of term? NOT A GOOD TIME. And it just now occurs to me that the official NaNo response to this - "everyone can find time if they try!" is really fucking ableist. Among other things.
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Date: 2009-10-26 09:59 am (UTC)This this this!! I mean, in the end of the day it doesn't matter whether I can't participate in something because of a diagnosed disability (or a *non*diagnosed disability), or whether Sarah McFiccer can't because she's completely overloaded with work, or whether Rachel Writerson can't because her muse just doesn't work that way - what matters is that there are people who'd like to participate in something but can't in the format it's given. And this ties in so well with things I have been reading about the medical vs. social models and how the second means you should stop getting away from seeing disability as *individual*, about "this person cannot do X because of Y", but as "some people who want to do Y have barriers others don't".
Also, re: booking from mid-October to end of December... yyeeah that's another consideration for me. I have wanted to do NaNo for *ages*, because I think it would really help me in terms of not thinking for so long about what I'm writing and being able to just sit down and bash out fic (I mean, I haven't written anything since *May*, this state of affairs is ridiculous) but honestly, November? End of term? NOT A GOOD TIME. And it just now occurs to me that the official NaNo response to this - "everyone can find time if they try!" is really fucking ableist. Among other things.