Tag: disability stigma

  • Disabled people love bikes, not barriers

    Listen to this post:  Why bikes on a blog about disability art? Part of bringing out the stories of people’s lived experience of disability is to look at disability in daily life, what we do, where we go, how we do it. So, bikes. Not just any bikes. Handcycles. I am too late to invite…

  • 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…

  • Guest Blogger: William L. Alton on Stigma

    Listen to this post read by William L. Alton; introduction by Cheryl:  Just as I put the finishing touches on the PSA, “Your Daily Dosage of Inspiration,” my dear friend, Bill Alton, was being put through the ringer because of his disabilities. The PSA is a satire about how some people expect disabled folks to…