I've been on a couple of international podcasts recently. After chatting with Dominick Evans, Kyle Khachadurian and Emily Ladau online for years, it was lovely to hear their voices over Skype. Dominick, Kyle and Emily are passionate and accomplished disability activists. I wish … [Read more...]
Giggling on the Just A Spoonful podcast
You know when you have a crush on someone and somehow you magic your life so your worlds collide and you do something together? Well that hadn't happened to me until I was asked to be on the Just a Spoonful podcast with Kaitlyn Plyley earlier in the year. I … [Read more...]
One year since Cripping The Mighty
It's a year since #CrippingtheMighty happened. In short, The Mighty, a disability-focused site, publishes content that is damaging to people with disability. A number of disabled writers and activists spoke up on social media, and created a lot of content about the … [Read more...]
Robyn Lambird and Madeline Stuart – Aussie models with disabilities rocking the fashion world.
It's an exciting week for disability-inclusive fashion - from chainstore to runway. Two young Australian women featuring in the Target catalogue and in New York Fashion Week. This week, Target features a young woman with a disability in its catalogue. Robyn Lambird, who … [Read more...]
Language really does matter when reporting about people living with Ichthyosis. Harper’s real story.
This article from Stock News USA came up in my google alerts yesterday morning. You can read the full text here. "Suffering from horrible harlequin Ichthyosis.""When she was born, she looked like an alien. It was very traumatic""Her bizarre condition."Those three excerpts is … [Read more...]
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