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Disabling Ableism One Post At A Time

Additional Readings

A list of excellent readings on Ablism, Being Disabled, The History of Eugenics, and Covid-Related Disability Issues.

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Defining Ablism

Disabilities and Covid

Eugenics: A History

On Being Disabled

Intersectionality

Defining Ablism

Jones, Sarah. (2017, Sep 28). Arresting Disabled Bodies. The New Republic.

Perry, David M. [@Lollardfish]. (2021, Mar 20). Alright one last point: You cannot insult people based on perceptions of lack of intelligence without being ableist. It is not possible [Twitter Thread]. Twitter.com.

Abrahams, Daniel. (2017). Why Designing for Accessibility Helps Everyone. Access Innovation Media.

B, Sandra. (2019, Jun 8). How Helping People With Disabilities Helps Everyone. Medium.com.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020, Sep 15). Disability and Health Inclusion Strategies: Universal Design. Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Mones, Erica. (2020, Aug 26). Pushing Back Against Internalized Ableism: The Only Way Out Is Through. Rooted in Rights.

Worthington, Danika. (2017, Jul 6). Meet the Disabled Activists from Denver who Changed a Nation. The Denver Post.

Nović, Sara. (2021, Apr 5). The Harmful Ableist Language You Unknowingly Use. Equality Matters.

Pulrang, Andrew. (2020, Oct 25). Words Matter, and It’s Time to Explore the Meaning of ‘Ableism’. Forbes.com.

Emily, Molly. (Jan 24, 2020). Why Attendance Policies Hurt Disabled and Chronically Ill Students. The Mighty.

Klabusich, Katie. (Jun 1, 2016). Your Rants Against 'Big Pharma' Are Probably Ableist. Medium: The Establishment.

Simmons University. (Sep. 15, 2021). Anti-Oppression: Anti-Ableism. Simmons University Library.

Ablism

Disabilities and Covid

Appleman, Laura I. (2021). Hiding In Plain Sight: Public Health, Eugenics, and COVID-19. Harvard Public Health Review [HPHR.org].

Fox, Jacqueline. (2021, Jul 23). The Current COVID-19 Surge, Eugenics, and Health-based Discrimination. Harvard Law School.

Garcia, Eric. (2022, Jan 5). Biden and CDC’s Covid-19 Variant Guidelines Have Disabled People Feeling Left for Dead. MSNBC.com.

Pulrang, Andrew. (2021, Dec 28). What Does ‘Living with Covid-19’ Mean for Disabled and Chronically Ill People?. Forbes.com.

Granite and Sunlight. (2020, Mar 20). Covid 19 and Post-Viral Disability. Wordpress.com/Granite and Sunlight.

NIHCM Foundation. (Oct 14, 2021). Disability, health Equity and COVID-19. NIHCM Foundation.com. https://nihcm.org/publications/disability-health-equity

Covid

Eugenics and Disability: Some History

DeLong, Brad. (2009, Nov 14). Michael Bérubé on Peter Singer and Jamie Bérubé. Brad Delong’s Egregious Moderation [Blog].

Johnson, Harriet McBryde. (2003, Feb 16). Unspeakable Conversations. The New York Times Magazine.

Grenon, I., & Merrick, J. (2014). Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Eugenics. Frontiers in public health, 2, 201.

Eugenics

On Being Disabled

Council for Disability Awareness. (2021, Sep 30). Chances of Disability; Me, Disabled? Council For Disability Awareness.

Garland-Thomson, Rosemarie. (2016, Aug 19). Becoming Disabled. The New York Times.

Letters to the Editor. (2016, Aug 27). Living With Disability. The New York Times.

No Banana, Joanna [@JoannaNoBanana]. (2022, Mar 11). Hi Fellow chronically ill and/or disabled friends, What’s something that you wish others understood about you? [Twitter Thread]. Twitter.com.

Nussbaum, Martha C. (2001, Jan 11). Disabled Lives: Who Cares?. The New York Review of Books.

Miserandino, Christine. (2022). The Spoon Theory. But You Don’t Look Sick.

Being Dis.

Disability and Intersectionality

Disabled in Higher Ed [@DisInHigherEd]. (2020, Oct 11). Let's talk about disability, mental health & minority stress! While we know that Mental Health Disabilities are a topic that needs to be talked about more [Twitter Thread]. Twitter.com.

Nolan, Syreeta [@nolan_syreeta]. (2021, Oct 31). A6: This is the last question of #DEHEM21 😭 #DEHEMChat, I hope you don’t mind another thread. I mentioned last night that Blackness + Disability = Forbidden Intersection [Twitter Thread]. Twitter.com.

Full Spectrum Child Care. (2020, Sep 10). When Identities Collide: The Significance of Intersectionality Within the Disability Community. Full Spectrum Child Care, LLC.

DnA [Blog]. (2019, Apr 12). Identity Beyond Disability. Medium.

Crenshaw, K. (1991). Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color. Stanford Law Review, 43(6), 1241.

Weedston, Lindsey. (May 9, 2016). The Ableist, Racist, Classist Underpinnings of 'Laziness'. Medium: The Establishment.

Imani. (Feb. 6, 2020). White Fragility Makes Calls for True Disability Inclusion Ring Hollow. Shuttleworth.

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