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Entries Tagged as ‘abolishing medical and charity models of thinking’
May 27, 2008
thoughts on alex barton and the way we organize
Recently, a young boy by the name of Alex Barton participated in an experiment on democracy.
Sounds harmless, right?
Way off. Wendy Portillo, Alex’s teacher, allowed his classmates to go around and tell him all the things they did not like about him. After the class told him he was “disgusting” and “annoying”, the teacher allowed them [...]
May 7, 2008
Here They Come!: the 37th edition of the Disability Blog Carnival
The words carnival and disability together brings many images to mind. Images of freakshows, disability being manipulated, and all kinds of hard times for disabled people are thought of. Here we are though, in 2008, reclaiming and recycling these words together to mean something new. This disability blog carnival, the 37th one of its kind, [...]
March 18, 2008
i believe this what is known as pissing on pity?
This is something I have been writing for school. It’s still in the works but I wanted to post after a conversation I had with two friends about March being the time when all the Jerry Lewis MDA-telethon lovers come out to play (and ask you to donate money for our wretched souls.)
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