Who Am I To Stop It

Tag: disability justice

  • Social model of disability for brain injury

    Listen to this post:  I’ve read a lot about the social model of disability. In a nutshell, it’s an idea that disabilities are not weaknesses or faults caused by a person’s impairment. You might have an impairment, sure. The disability comes from the ways society is not built and run to have you participate in…

  • Film for education and advocacy

    Listen to this post:  Not long ago, my brain injury made a decision for me: go on medical leave from my job as a speech therapist because I was too impaired to work. Um, awkward. Didn’t I just finish this degree where I learned how to help people with brain injury get back to their…

  • More behind the scene sneak peeks

    Listen to this post:  I’ve started posting lots of photos from our film shoots on Facebook at www.facebook.com/WhoAmIToStopIt. Even if you don’t have a Facebook account, you can visit that page anytime to see even more pictures, read posts, and have a look at other disability arts and disability justice topics that I share on…

  • National Museum of Health and Medicine TBI arts exhibit sparks some controversy, but maybe just for me

    Listen to this post:  I’ll start saying I have not heard one lick of controversy about artist and TBI survivor Eliette Markhbein or about her arts exhibit at the National Museum of Health and Medicine called “WHACK’ed … and then everything was different.” Her art is really pretty, and her unique process is very intriguing.…