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Disabled People As A Test of Character: The Guinness Commercial

  • By Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg
  • September 4, 2013
  • 37

Okay, so. Guinness has a rather, shall we say, problematic new ad that features a bunch of guys in wheelchairs playing basketball. And when I say problematic, I mean that it makes me want to mutter expletives under my breath.…

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Categories Ableism Not inspirational Social model of disability

Smoochie Paraplegic Cat: When Disability Tropes Take on a Life of Their Own

  • By Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg
  • September 4, 2013
  • 5

On Love Meow: A Blog for Ultimate Cat Lovers, there is an article with the following title: Smoochie Paraplegic Cat Doesn’t Let Her Disability Define Her I kid you not. That’s a real headline. And it’s not on a parody…

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Categories Ableism Medical model of disability Not inspirational

Updated Post: Just How Far We Are From Equality: The San Diego Museum of Man’s Access/ABILITY Exhibit

  • By Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg
  • June 28, 2013
  • 1

I’ve updated this post after receiving an email and a comment from Grant Barrett, the Marketing Manager at the San Diego Museum of Man. Apparently, the disability exhibit is on the first floor and is fully accessible; moreover, the city…

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Categories Ableism Medical model of disability Not inspirational

Just Don’t Call Me Inspirational

  • By Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg
  • October 18, 2012
  • 7

For the first 50 years of my life, I was singularly uninspiring. As a child, I ate Lucky Charms for breakfast (the green, yellow, and pink marshmallows, of course, not the cereal or the milk), and while in school, I…

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DSS Custody of a Juvenile in a Delinquency Case: When and Why It Cannot Be Combined with Secure Custody or YDC Commitment

  • By Jacquelyn Greene
  • September 23, 2025
  • 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe most recent Court of Appeals delinquency-related decision, In the Matter of D.H.,…

Case Summaries: N.C. Court of Appeals (Sept. 17, 2025)

  • By Joseph L. Hyde
  • September 22, 2025
  • 0

News Roundup

  • By Daniel Spiegel
  • September 19, 2025
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Recent Legislative Changes Affecting Judicial Authority and Administration

  • By Shea Denning
  • September 17, 2025
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Case Summaries: Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (Aug. 2025)

  • By Phil Dixon
  • September 16, 2025
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