Radiant Living Blog
In this survey that anyone with a disability can take, people share their biggest dating fears. Many of these concerns keep people with disabilities feeling too intimidated to date and pursue relationships.
Here are some of the things they say:
- I fear I’ll be rejected.
- I don’t have...
Looking at the issue of ongoing ableism in our culture as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, where does sexual ableism work into the discussion?
Sexual ableism is a system of beliefs that discriminate against people with disabilities in dating, intimacy, and...
This is hard to admit and I even feel shame about it, but for many years I, yes, me, cerebral palsy, disability advocate, distanced myself from talking about ableism.
Okay, I would do more than that. I would do that inner eye roll thing when someone brought it up. I really hate admitting this...
What the …?
Seriously?
And you’re from what part of the Dark Ages?
So yes, this topic draws out my sarcastic side. But really, these statements are STILL being said.
This week Jessica Kramer, guest blogger and disabilities studies student, is back with her final post before...
“Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
The beginning of ableism.
A little explanation
You’re probably wondering where the heck I’m going with this? So I have to share, I’m not one to comfortably speak about faith or anything religious,...
Were you a little infuriated by last week’s post about the Let’s Cure CP Facebook page or about the pleas for prayer to heal CP – or any disability?
Jessica Kramer, Disability Studies graduate student, wrote a wonderful reflection on how the world continues to want to...
