UPDATE: Dave Hingsburger discusses the “disabled people are defenseless” stereotype in his post DPN
Posts Tagged ‘intellectual disability’
Defenseless?
Posted in blogging, disabilities, movies, words that annoy me, tagged cognitive disability, down syndrome, intellectual disability, power on August 10, 2008| 7 Comments »
Why Tropic Thunder isn’t Funny
Posted in disabilities, movies, tagged ben stiller, cognitive disability, intellectual disability, jack black, power, robert downey jr, satire, tropic thunder on August 6, 2008| 4 Comments »
Hard Parts
Posted in disabilities, mistakes i've made, words that annoy me, tagged autism spectrum, cognitive disability, intellectual disability, motor impairment, power, wheelchair use on April 3, 2008| 6 Comments »
[Image Description: A faceless person with brown hair parted cleanly down the middle. The back of the office chair she’s sitting in is visible, and behind her you can see a white wall and a wooden door flung open with a plastic bag on the doorknob. In the lower left corner, you can see some pink shoes.]
A friend once told me that my disability was “semi-visible.” At the time, I thought I knew what she meant. Now I realize I don’t.
Me, in brief:
Twittering:
- Fashion trending��your eyes should choose rbyiq,com https://t.co/mcrKtu7ng9 4 years ago
- OMG I got mentioned in the @GameCritics proto-podcast! I feel so loved! 10 years ago
- Posted: #Transcript of @AutismWomen's interview w/ Valerie Paradiz: http://bit.ly/fV60M1 10 years ago
