Autistic stories might culminate in angry blog posts.
M. Remi Yergeau
Well, well, well. Thanks.*
*Sarcastic comment. Have to clarify because I’m known for being misinterpreted.
I don’t think we did go blind, I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see.
Jose Saramago
Are people not allowed to use the word blind simply because most people see blindness as bad? I hope that’s not the reason. How can so many people fall for that when we know we can’t let the majority define things? I choose to believe that a good percentage of blind individuals don’t want everyone using the word “blind” (unless speaking about a specific lack of vision). Otherwise…I’m confused.
There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you.
Zora Neale Hurston
Haven’t seen that quote in a while.
Having a disability is conventionally regarded as a personal tragedy which the individual must overcome, or as a medical problem to which the individual must become adjusted.
Martha Russell
Ugh. Hate both. Bad conventual wisdom. Love and appreciate Martha Russell.
In contrast, we take the view that disability is a socially created category derived from labor relatlions, a product of the exploitative economic structure of capitalist society: one which creates (and then oppresses) the so-called disabled body as one of the conditions that allow the capitalist class to accumulate wealth. Seen in this light, disability is an aspect of the central contradiction of capitalism,
Matha Russell
Well, well, well. Obvious why the masses aren’t in love with this.
These are the quotes I’ve wanted to make note of the last 24 hours.