Every time that a new ad featuring a person with a disability comes out, I get ready to cringe. So when I learned that Duracell had released a video ad featuring Derrick Coleman, a fullback for the Seattle Seahawks and…
Read MoreOkay, 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.…
Read More[The graphic is a Bingo card with 25 squares. Title: How Not to Have a Conversation about Disability Top row: You’re not sufficiently disabled to speak to this issue.Everything is about disability to you people.Disability is NOT a civil rights…
Read More[The graphic is a Bingo card with 25 squares. Title: How Not to Have a Conversation about Racism Top row: You can never know what is really in another person’s mind.You’re always playing the race card.You’re just prejudiced against white…
Read More[The graphic is a Bingo card with 25 squares. Title: How to Leave Disability Rights Out of Your Political Analysis Top row:To be fully inclusive, feminists need to start dealing with race, class, and LGBT rights.They attacked the man in…
Read MoreImagine that you were simply living your life and someone attempted to exclude you from a public park. Or took your child away from you. Or urged you to sign a Do Not Resuscitate Order. Or told you to use…
Read More© 2013 by Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg
Read More© 2013 by Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg
Read More© 2013 by Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg
Read MoreAutism awareness. Just when you think it couldn’t get any more annoying, it does. And it’s only April 2nd. Apparently, the folks at Autism Speaks, in their infinite wisdom about all things autism, decided it would be an excellent idea…
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