#thisisableism

[bloggingagainstdisablismday]

Feel like contributing?

We are looking for people to join in with Blogging Against Disablism Day on Monday 1st May 2017.  It’s not just blog posts - In the past we’ve had everything from photo essays, academic pieces, poems, stories, artwork...  For more information, see http://tinyurl.com/BADD2017

But even if you don’t want to create something for the day, we need you to spread the word because the more people who join in, the better it will all be.  So please, do us a favour and RT, Share, Reblog and generally raise a noise about #BADD2017.  Thanks!

[bloggingagainstdisablismday]

Busy preparing

We of the goldfish household are busy preparing our #BADD2017 posts.  Will you be joining in?  For more information, see http://tinyurl.com/badd2017

Need inspiration?  At that URL you’ll find an archive of hundreds of contributions.  And each year brings new perspectives and experiences.

Blogging Against Disablism Day has always been important, but with the extreme changes in modern politics, it’s perhaps even more necessary to sit back and take stock of our lives.  Hope to see you all there.

[andreashettle]

Welcome to Blogging Against Disablism Day 2016! This is the day where all around the world, disabled and non-disabled people blog about their experiences, observations and thoughts about disability discrimination (known as disablism or ableism).  In this way, the people organizing this annual May 1st event hope to raise awareness of inequality, promote equality and celebrate the progress we've made.  

Visit the link (click the title) to read what others have written about ableism.  People are still writing and posting blog posts for the event, so if you’re reading this on May 1st (or even if you’re not seeing this until May 2nd) there will be more posts added to the list as the day goes on.  Writing your own contribution?  Visit the link and leave a comment there, or else tag @bloggingagainstdisablismday, to let the organizers know so they can link to you and drive some traffic in your direction.  Follow @bloggingagainstdisablismday in Tumblr, or go to Twitter and follow @ BADDtweets there to learn about new BADD2016 posts as they are added to the list.  Use the #BADD2016 hashtag.

@thisisableism

@thisisabledprivilege

[andreashettle]

#AbleismExists

There’s a new hashtag in Twitter that apparently started very recently (April 17 or 18, 2016) for people with disabilities to vent about their experiences with disability-based prejudice, discrimination, or exclusion.  Check it out, the hash tag is #AbleismExists

For those of you new to Twitter:  How do you find it? Go to Twitter.com (you may need a Twitter account to view anything there). There should be a search box at the top of the screen where you can type in

#AbleismExists

Usually the default results from a search will show you “top” tweets, meaning tweets that a lot of people have “liked” or re-tweeted (similar to “liking” or “reblogging” in Tumblr). Glancing through the top tweets can give you a sense of the most popular tweets in the conversation within the past week or so.  But if you want to see all recent tweets regardless of how popular they are, click on “Live” at the top navigation bar.

Other hashtags of interest:  #Ableism, and #ThisIsAbleism.

[switchingtogeico]

thisisableism reblogged your post:silversarcasm: Chronically ill people face...

No. Chronically ill people hear that. We hear it all the time. I personally have that said to me one way or another at...

you're right and i feel really blecky sometimes i just speak without thinking first and then end up being a huge idiot my bad

[yourfaveisproblematic]

You probably already know this, but cripple is a big slur against people with disabilities. So if celebrities are using that word it's problematic and you could add that to your lists. Though I'm not up to date up on pop culture so I'm not sure if any non disabled celebrities are using that word. I apologize if this is repetitive.

Gotcha, will keep this in mind!

-Ry

[kfcdoubledown]

Oh well, at the end of the day we're both retarded in that argument- thisisableism is consoling themself by shamelessly accepting "you totes won the argument" praise from other SJ blogs (despite having ignored a good portion of it, it seems), and I'm using my tears to masturbate over losing a round of Killing Floor.

[agentdaisymaximoff]

 freebooter4ever replied to your post: So after having a fairly decent evening last...  :( HUGS

*hugs back*

thisisableism replied to your post: So after having a fairly decent evening last... I’m sorry.

Thank you. I'm just frustrated.