April 29, 2010
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Each year, the blog Diary of a Goldfish gets a few bloggers closer to one-upping International Workers’ Day in terms of participants. Its head blogger Deborah calls on all her blogtopia kindred to write about something disability-related on May 1 … Continue reading
April 27, 2010
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The Orange County gated community where I grew up was almost exclusively filled with upper middle class white Christians. So what’s my problem with a proposed subdivision in Tallahassee, FL exclusively for people with developmental disabilities? There’s the obvious: what … Continue reading
April 19, 2010
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InfoMania is an occasionally funny weekly media rehash show (akin to E!’s The Soup or VH1′s recently cancelled Best Week Ever) that runs on Al Gore’s Current TV network. It used to make me laugh alone, by myself, with nobody … Continue reading
April 19, 2010
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Last summer, we reached the six-month mark in our cannabis experiment. We’d been using medical marijuana to help quell our autistic son’s gut pain and anxiety, and we were seeing some huge changes in his behavior and, presumably, his happiness Continue reading
April 17, 2010
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Athlete/Actress/Model/Megahottie Ladycrip Aimee Mullins blows Stephen Colbert’s mind talking about her 12 pairs of legs. Continue reading
April 16, 2010
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As someone who was laid off from his job in December and has been waiting five months to get unemployment benefits, I know the pain of being in limbo. But according to the Government Accountability Office (and this article), disabled … Continue reading
April 16, 2010
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My radical boyfriend’s politics have been elbowing their way into my thought stream lately. I’m on the verge of veganism; I recently went to my first rally in five years (to protest the UC budget cuts); and I’m on page … Continue reading
April 14, 2010
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Via the always radical Buzzfeed
April 13, 2010
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Pretty sure Gaga wouldn’t approve of this dude’s wardrobe/boring set design, but his passion for the music is evident (and entertaining). Continue reading
April 12, 2010
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Are you blind or visually impaired, but still wanna get your rocks off with sexy (ummm are robot heads considered sexy? they are? ok then) images? Then check out Lisa Murphy’s book Tactile Mind, Continue reading
