moritherapy/disabilities

From the page: This wife of a person with chronic pain "not only raises a crucial question about the caregiver's responsibility, but she does so with great awareness, openness, and articulateness. And she is asking for support and advice. So please, if this piece speaks to you, help her out by sharing your experiences and ideas. (btw - she gave me permission to repost her comments here)"

National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week

A moving story about a strong South African woman who has overcome domestic violence and is living with a disability.

A win-win! For $50 you can help a a quadriplegic person with a big medical bill, and you get a 1:40 chance to win a 12-session coaching package!

A book (blook?) by my blogger friend Nickie. From the description:

"Thrilling, frightening, amusing, deep, fearful, joyful and peaceful. All describe Nickie's Nook: Sharing the Journey. Through the use of essays, journal entries, papers and other reflections, Nickie's Nook explores the life of a young college student. Nickie uses writing to understand her journey as a person who is blind, person with chronic pain due to Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, a Guide Dog user and a member of humanity. In this book, she shares some of the best steps of her blogging journey."

From the page: "Iris: A Gaming Network is a discussion board that seeks to subvert the status quo in gaming in attempt to find ways to rid the gaming industry of itâ€s strong racist/homophobic/sexist/ableist biases with a particular focus on feminist concerns. In my travels there, I noticed this discussion. It offers some alternatives to ableist or otherwise bigoted language, with some interesting discussion on regional variation following. Iâ€ve appended the list of alternative slurs for your reference.

For more on Ableist language, check out this recent post from Feminist Philosophers. In both places, the discussion around language seems to get people quite excited."