Cerebral Palsy Matters: Archive

neckontheline:

As a disabled photographer looking into disability related issues, I have found it increasingly difficult to find any solid basis to my work, in terms of concept or reference. We are surrounded by concepts of ‘The Male Gaze’ and ‘The Female Gaze’ which adhere to specific gender issues, often race…

Dec 28, 20112 notes

girl-in-a-wheelchair:

fuckthedisabled:

Be sure to include words such as ‘inspiring’, ‘courageous’, or ‘tragic’ throughout the passage. When lacking a sufficient adjective to describe the individual, simply deposit any one of these words or equivalent synonyms. In your text, be sure to…

Dec 28, 201176 notes

flutter-sassy:

Seriously if I see another show use the plot twist, but now they can walk/talk/see again. Without explaining why except that it’s a miracle plot twist I will be extremely disappointed.

Not only is that an old and extremely contrived plot twist, it’s boring.

It’s so much more…

Dec 27, 20114 notes

Yeah… we should just stay in our room looking forward to a slow death… ah the fuck with that.

I want

the movie theatres to add subtitles/closed captions
all those online movies to have subtitles/closes captions

what else…

where to go from here?

fuckedthedisabled:

The commentary isn’t what’s fucking ignorant, did you miss the part where it would cost $15,000 more per taxi just to implement this “accessible” feature? We don’t need to specially cater everything for a select group of people at the expense of the rest of the…

Dec 27, 20115 notes

“Never, ever, compare my pain and illness to those of others. My illness is mine, and mine alone. I’m completely entitled to feel everything–emotions, symptoms, and otherwise–that results from living with my illness. (I’m entitled to feel everything, that is, except shame.)” —

10 Things I’ve learned from Living with a Chronic Illness.

- Rheumatoid Arthritis Guy

(via helloallyg)

Dec 23, 201155 notes

Dec 23, 20112 notes

#disability #dating

While some people might think of accessible sex toys as “special devices” or sex toys for disabled people, it really just means sex toys that will work for you.

If you’re interested in trying a sex toy but you aren’t sure where to start, you may find the…

Dec 23, 201164 notes

omg, I can't say how much it means to me that you have this tumblr running! In all my life I've never met ANYONE with exactly what I have and all of you on here do! :) it's an amazing feeling, thanks so much.

Thank you for the message! I’m glad you like my tumblr ^.^

Dec 23, 20111 note

Bullying Of A Different Kind

bandbacktogether:

Bullying is a pervasive problem that knows no social, racial, or economic boundaries and takes many forms.

It is just as likely to occur on the job as on the playground.

Today, we invite you to share your story: let’s kick bullying to the curb.

I’ve had to deal with people on the street laughing at me as I go past. I’m told I shouldn’t react to that. I’ve had people driving past me slow down and shout abuse out the window to me.

And the response I’ve had is “yeah, it happens.”

I’ve thanked a careworker for a suggestion, but said it wouldn’t work for me because of my wheelchair. And then had to deal with her complaint that she’d “never met a more argumentative bossy, ungrateful little madam” as a result.

I’ve had complete strangers stop me in the supermarket to ask why my legs were in plaster. And then when I joked “it’s a fashion statement,” I had to deal with their looks of disapproval for daring to joke about something like that.

I’ve ignored people asking rude questions and wheeled away. And then been told I have an attitude problem.

I’ve been described as “the girl in the wheelchair” more times than I can count. And then when I say “I am so much more than that,” they never understand. Yet if I described someone as the “fat bloke,” it would be totally unacceptable

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Dec 22, 20119 notes

Dec 22, 201112 notes

#cerebral palsy #orthopedic

Having a disabled body/disability makes more sense than being disabled if I wanted to emphasize on my physical condition that resulted from a medical mistake. I mean, aren’t we, the human species, disabled in some ways? Then why aren’t normal people disabled? There are many things they cannot do… but lucky for them they can hide their inability to perform certain tasks.

And of course we’re differently abled… and have different talents. When I first came across the terms I thought it sounded more positive than disabled, but that’s before I understood disabled as a social identity. I was proud of myself to have coming up with DifferAbility even though it’s already existed.

It was good while it was new. Then I rejected it for being the obvious.

I don’t think I’m making much sense right now…

flutter-sassy:

I don’t feel like it’s better than Disabled really.

Disabled makes sense to me:

I might be unable to do some things that the average person is able to do because of my condition.

Of course it will cause people to assume some things but that’s the thing ask someone who has a disability what…

Dec 20, 20118 notes

Sex tip

Some women with CP can experience vaginal spasms which tighten the vaginal muscles and make penetration either painful or impossible. One way to try and overcome the spasm is by bring the woman to orgasm clitorally, which should relax the spasm. Insertion should never be forced if the muscles are in any level of spasm.

Source: the dinah project from fuckedthedisabled

Vaginal spasms! That may be a possible explanation for my difficulties… problem is I lose interest after the clitoral orgasm. But that’s masturbation.

Dec 16, 20114 notes

#cerebral palsy

Imperfection is what pleases the heart :D

justjess84:

Since last week, I’ve been ableist shit but today it just got worse. Now there’s all this doubt and imperfection looming in my head. I wrote my previous post as a personal retort to my mom’s objection to me going to Florida. “Who’s gonna help with your dressing, your bathing she said?” My friend…

Dec 12, 201115 notes

“These days an increasingly forceful disability rights movement is arguing that abortion on the grounds of fetal abnormality is morally and legally objectionable in discriminating against disabled people and in manifesting and encouraging disrespect, hostility and contempt for disabled people” —Raanan Gillon - Is there a ‘new ethics of abortion’?

Dec 10, 20117 notes

#disability #abortion #ethics

Just a new follower saying hello! Also to say that I'm a fellow CP person from Ontario? Anyway, pretty excited about your blog, it seems really neat!

Thank you :D

Capital of Canada! lol

Dec 6, 20111 note

Dec 5, 20119 notes

A dollar! tssss… btw we’re not “the disabled”.

youarenotyou:

My instructor, who has made some… questionable remarks about the disabled before (like suggesting that involuntary institutionalization was a good thing), shared this little anecdote with the class today:

“I went to a movie and on my way in I saw a homeless man on the sidewalk and I recognized…

Dec 2, 201115 notes

Premier touts anti-bully legislation to students

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty spoke to high school students at Glebe Collegiate Institute in Ottawa on Thursday about bullying and his new Accepting Schools Act 2011 legislation.

“We want to make sure that all our schools are warm, secure, safe, inviting and accepting of all our students, regardless of their ethnicity, of their faith, of their place of origin, of their culture or traditions or gender or sexual orientation,” McGuinty told Grade 10 and 11 students.

If passed, the legislation would require all school boards in Ontario to create policies for bullying prevention — including tougher consequences for bullies — and to support students who want to promote understanding and acceptance.

Joe Lofaro, Metro Ottawa

While “disability” is included in the ASA 2011 legislation, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty failed to mention it. We’re in the background, again!

Children/students with disabilities matter!!

Dec 2, 20113 notes

#Dalton McGuinty #bullying #disability #ontario #politics #Accepting Schools Act 2011

My name is Ben Jackson I live in PA. My life story is I was born with CP and nerve damage to my left side. Although i have cp I wrestled for 6years and have gotten tons of awards so many that my high school gave me my own award "Ben Jackson Courage Award". Now i'm a freshmen in at a 2year, my goal is to go to Penn State and wrestle. My goals are big because hard work defines who I am and I refuse to settle for anything less.

To quote Batman - “It’s not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me” ^_^

Dec 2, 20111 note

Cerebral Palsy Matters

December 2011

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