Who Am I To Stop It

Category: Community News

  • Shit academics say about access is not inspiring (but the film is)!

    Listen to this post: Remember to be generous with people who don’t get what you want them to get. With people who try to give you a compliment, but it feels insulting. With people who try to cheer you up when you just want to be heard. With people who try to encourage you about…

  • Black women in film

    Listen to this post: I want to share a film blog with some very specific goals I like. ReelSistas.com is “dedicated to bridging the gap between the women of color who want to see themselves, their mothers, their sisters, their daughters and their friends reflected on the screen and the women who are working to make…

  • PWD

    Listen to this post: “PWD” is shorthand for “person with a disability.” I saw it a lot when I was studying to become a speech therapist. Abbreviations do make for easier reading. I thought that was a cute term until I became a PWD. Then, it felt objectifying to be an acronym written about in…

  • Boycott Autism Speaks

    Listen to this post: I’m wading into very political waters, but that’s something I haven’t been shy about on this blog thus far. There’s a very large campaign happening right now to challenge businesses to stop partnering with an organization called Autism Speaks. I want to share about this campaign with my readers. As with…

  • Disability Art and Culture Project’s Sex, Love and Disability III fundraiser and local arts

    Listen to this post: Getting started with planning early! It’s been quite a while since I wrote about the Disability Art and Culture Project, so here we go! 2014 is going to bring us to the 6th Disability Pride Arts and Culture Festival and the 3rd Sex, Love and Disability Fundraiser event. (The festival is…