• On Friday, cops at Occupy Raleigh arrested eight people when a woman in a wheelchair refused to move. The next day, police allowed people to occupy the same area, possibly indicating that their dedication to the cause is making the mayor think twice about pulling a Jean Quan.
• A disabled Londoner explains why she’s protesting on the other side of the pond. The government there is set to cut 20% of the budget for disability living allowances, mobility payments for people in residential care, and unemployment benefits.
• Lawyer TK Small explains why, economically, disabled people should be supporting the Occupiers.
• #Occupy at Home has “information for those supporting the #Occupy movement from home (due to illness, disability, or any other reason).”
• Another clue to why disabled people are pissed: “People with disabilities are doing worse now than they were at the height of the unemployment crisis brought on by the Great Recession.”
• Here’s a video shot during a great teach-in by the Sylvia Rivera Law Project at Occupy Wall Street (I was there!), where activists describe how we can (and why we must) include disabled trans, gender non-conforming, and intersex people in the movement:

 

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