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Critique of PBS’s “Best Kept Secret” autism documentary
Listen to this post: In September, 2013, PBS released “Best Kept Secret.” You can check out info around the film at www.pbs.org/pov/bestkeptsecret. The film is now streamable on some paid sites. But I’m not writing this to recommend the film. Because I actually don’t recommend it. PBS’s brief synopsis: “In ‘Best Kept Secret,’ Janet Mino, who has taught a…
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Blogging Against Disableism Day: BADD
Listen to this post: Today is annual Blogging Against Disableism Day! I’m not a fan of awareness days and awareness months because there’s something so passive sounding about awareness. There. I’m aware. Now what? But this particular day has a call to action: to blog. So here I am, blogging. I’ve written about ableism and disableism…
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Behind the scenes sneak peek 4
Listen to this post: It’s been quite a long time since I posted photos here from our film shoots. Here are a few from the last several months. You can always check out more pictures on the film’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/WhoAmIToStopIt even if you don’t have a Facebook account! Dani’s graduation from Olympia High School,…
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The Art of Brain Injury: A new call-in show on Brain Injury Radio Network
Listen to this post: I’m excited to announce that the Brain Injury Radio Network (BIRN) has signed me on to run a once-monthly call-in streaming radio show! When I first started “Stories from the brainreels,” I kind of thought it might be a call-in show the way BIRN does. But 1:00 pm on a Friday…
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TOOST Radio (The Out of Step Tool)
Listen to this post: I wrote about the fabulous site www.OutofStep.com back in November on this blog. They’re going strong and finding more and more folks with disabilities to post goods, services, and campaigns for everyone to browse. We’re showing quite well how labels and experiences like “disability” have nothing to do with “inability.” Good…