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A response to National Disability Awareness Month
Listen to this post: Click on the title to read an amazing article I found online today, called “National Disability Awareness Month: The Best Compliment Is No Compliment at All.” She tells about how offensive it is when people talk to her disabled 70-year old husband like he is a child ignore him and talk…
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Inviting the community
Listen to this post: I would love to invite folks to contribute to this blog. Let’s make this a community conversation. If you are an artist with a brain injury, or you know one, share your stories here. Feel free to post a comment anytime. Even better! Send me with your photos, your original artwork,…
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Integration
Listen to this post: I’ve heard the word “integration” a million times and used it a million times. I talked with someone today who used it a lot in our meeting. Today, I felt like I was hearing it and understanding it for the first time. Maybe I just learned what it means. This documentary…
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Personal stories, not education
Listen to this post: Cynthia, my filmmaker, was talking with some fans of documentary film. When she told one this new project will be focused on artists with brain injuries, here was the response she got: “Oh! So it’s going to be an educational film?” Well… not really. She explained it’ll be a documentary with…
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Disability stereotypes
Listen to this post: In an earlier post I wrote about what it means to tell someone else’s story. Here’s a little follow-up. Check out this site: http://www.accessuvic.ca/student-accessibility-issues8.html. This link goes to their list of top ten stereotypes of disabled people. It even gives examples for each type of stereotype. Wow! I got a kick…