Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement (A Norton Short)
This way of understanding and supporting autistic people is sorely lacking. It treats the person as a problem to be solved and to be fixed rather than an individual to be understood. It fails to show respect for the individual and ignores that person’s perspective and experience. It ignores the fact that their neurological differences mean autistic
... See moreBarry M. Prizant • Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism
S: random internet denizens were somehow producing more insightful commentary on pretty much every matter than highly credentialed experts and capital-heavy institutions. My question to you is: how is this possible?
E: One of the main things, is that these curated, establishment discourses promoted by the algorithms and sustained by mains... See more
Eugyppius • Visions of A New World: My Interview With Eugyppius
Struggling with disability justice means asking at every point: Who has access and who does not? When do I allow myself to be valid and when do I not?
Alice Wong • Resistance and Hope: Essays by Disabled People
There seems to be less discussion or interest in funding technologies that are supposed to make life easier if you are experiencing disability. Say, new ways or spaces to build community if you’re isolated or elderly, or somehow make the world and your life more accessible than it otherwise would be if you’re disabled.
Tamara : It gets back to that ... See more
Tamara : It gets back to that ... See more