disabilities

June 20, 2025

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 – That which hides hope with scars

CROSSPOST FROM MY COMADERY. Part of a three part series: Disability (part 1), Right to Exist (part 2), and Accountability and Healing (part 3). It may come as a surprise for some players to call Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 a Disabled narrative, and yet that is essential to the core of the story. Several of Continue reading

Blogging, disability, Game Writing, History, Labor, Reviews, Writing

Analyzing Video Games, anti-capitalism, capitalism, Characters, collective care, Culture of care, Deconstruction, disabilities, disability, disability justice, disabled, games, healing, healing from abuse, History of Disability, inclusion, justice, mental health, PTSD, video games, writing
June 17, 2025

Accessibility Zine Completed and Ready for Download

The Accessibility Zine my friend and I worked on is completed! I asked friends and members of the National General Strike group (they have an Accessibility affinity group) to review for errors and readability so I could revise and correct. The Zine covers: It perhaps is more accurately called a booklet due to its length. Continue reading

activism, disability, History, Labor

access, accessibility, disabilities, disability, disability justice, disabled, disabled history, education, Infectious Disease mitigations, justice, Zine
April 15, 2025

Bird’s Disabled Manifesto

I write this truth so all may understand the reality of Disability. Disability is the one category, the one group, the one community that anyone can join at any time in their life for any reason. Disability is defined by people. People can be born disabled. People may become disabled due to an infinite set Continue reading

activism, Author, disability

accessibility, disabilities, disability, disability justice, disabled, Disabled Manifesto, inclusion, intersectional, justice, Manifesto, mental health
February 17, 2025

A History Lesson: Disabled Activists and our Right to Exist in Public

For a History Lesson and reminder of the role Disabled people have played in activism, I singled out a few instances, but there’s hundreds of thousands throughout America’s history. Many of the privileges and rights people have had are due partly to the fight of our disabled ancestors. Continue reading

activism, disability, Feminism, History, Race, transgender, Writing

activism, civil rights, disabilities, disability, disability justice, disabled, disabled history, human rights, insane asylums, intersectional feminism, justice, labor strikes, Race, section 504, strikes, ugly laws
November 9, 2024

How To Move Forward In Moments of Crisis

I do not feel well. But I can share this since some folks are confused and despairing about what can be done. NOTE: Choose which ones you wish to focus on. Do Not Think You Must Do All Of This as that will burn you out. This post is comprehensive, but it’s not meant as Continue reading

activism, disability, Feminism, Race

accessibility, action, community care, disabilities, disability, inclusion, justice, mask bloc, mental health, mutual aid, organizing
October 1, 2020

Accessible Spaces

For definitions on the terms used here and an example that breaks down ableism, see my Tackling Ableism post. NOTE: i think i am probably preaching to the choir here, but i’ve thought a lot about disability justice lately and how movements practice that. (Note: i’m in pain today so capitalization isn’t happening). This was Continue reading

Writing

access, accessibility, activism, disabilities, disability, disability justice, justice, mobility justice, social justice, space
June 2, 2012

Characters with Disabilities

It is rare to find any book that has a character with a disability. Usually if they do appear, the character spends the book finding a way to defeat the disability, to conquer it, and to become able-bodied again. There are quite a few disability tropes, and these tropes in general are bad. It’s rare Continue reading

Characters, Writing

Characters, disabilities, disability, fiction, inclusion, people