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We've used the story of her life as a kind of shorthand for the disabled experience, as if there were just one. But we are here and we are many.

El pesimista y el secreto de las estrellas PÉSIMAS NOTICIAS salieron de la última reunión del comité clínico que asesora a la Xunta. La peor de todas es que a partir de este sábado un 65% de los gallegos estará en nivel máximo o alto de restricciones ya que, como señaló Julio García Comesaña, “a situación epidemiolóxica continúa a empeorar”. Un golpe duro debido a que son los negocios relacionados con la restauración y el ocio los que van a sufrir nuevas limitaciones que acaban repercutiendo tanto en el consumo como en el empleo, lo que es una muy mala noticia cuando emp...

0 6 minutes read Keller (in dark dress) received in Japan after World War II. Photo: American Foundation for the Blind. Walk into any book store, and you are sure to find at least one children’s book about Helen Keller — but you will have trouble finding any that mention she was a socialist. You would be lucky to find one that calls her an activist, or talks about her adult life at all. Even some books for adults only talk about Keller as a disability rights activist, stripping her lifelong work of its true revolutionary politics.  July 26 is the anniversary of the Americans with Di...

The very concept is a ludicrous fantasy. You were sired, because two people had sex. You were most likely born in a hospital, attended to by doctors. You were fed, clothed and protected from certain death, not only by your parents, but by society in general, while you were completely useless and defenseless. You lived in a house built by someone else. You were protected from diseases because of vaccines developed by scientists. Diseases you did have, were cured by doctors. You were taught reading, writing, maths and science in school. When you start a business, for example a landscaping compa...

día internacional de las personas con sordoceguera como homenaje al natalicio de  Hellen Keller, quien fuera la  primera persona sordociega que se graduó en la universidad, superando las barreras que se le presentaron. Demostrando las capacidades que pueden desplegar las personas con estos obstáculos en su desarrollo, llegando a ser autora de diversos ensayos, activista política y oradora estadounidense.   sordoceguera se define como una  pérdida parcial o total en las capacidades perceptivas relativas a la visión y la audición, que dificulta la comunicación, el acceso a la info...