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Disability RC hears how criminal justice system fails people with disabilities Content warning: Descriptions of abuse 'Melanie at that stage was dressed in a safety smock. She had a big lump on her forehead. There was blood on her forehead, which seemed like fresh blood. There was dried blood down the front of her smock. And her room was bare. There was sort of sofa without a back or ottoman that was long, perhaps a little bit longer than this table, maybe a little more narrow, that was covered in a brown vinyl. 'The thing that stood out to me the most about that room is that Melanie had graf...

Offensive in its depiction of autism – and painfully misguided in essentially every respect – Music is a vanity project that begs to be turned down. And here’s an entire thread breaking down all the problems with the film from an autistic perspective (I should also note that some of the critic reviews from Rotten Tomatoes are also from autistic critics): I’m watching Sia’s movie, in order to write a detailed & chronological review (so that nobody else watches it out of curiosity). But for now, I just want the public to see a few things that speak for themselves, starting with this...

ABC Everyday Ableism is the favouring of able neurotypical people and exclusion and devaluation of disabled and neurodivergent bodies, Ellen Fraser-Barbour writes. ( Share Print text only As a disabled person, there are days I don't want to leave the house. I wish I could say I don't care what society thinks or assumes about me and my body. But the truth is, when my body is judged, ostracised, othered — I do care. Some days I have to really push myself. It could be a question from a stranger: "What happened?" Taken aback by my body. Or the daily comments. "If I were you I don't think I'd wa...

Expanding access to medical assistance in dying (MAID) to those not terminally ill puts vulnerable people at risk of feeling pressured into MAID, and doctors at risk of being forced to facilitate it.

Minced Garlic is good, actually. By Jessica MasonJan 25th, 2021, 4:01 pm Of all the things I expected to see getting called out and celebrated on Twitter yesterday, minced garlic in a jar was not one of them. But a since-deleted viral tweet started a conversation on packaged and/or cheaper food that brought up ableism, classism, and what it really means to be a “good cook.” The kerfuffle started, as many of these things do, with a tweet that seemed designed to offend some people and give others a boost of self-righteous smugness. The author (who has now locked their account following th...