by Katie | Apr 4, 2016 | Disability
Image Alt-Text: This image is a comment screen-captured from Medium.com. It reads: Right here, a perfect illustration of the difference between accessibility (always already accessible for ALL) and accommodation (“We have to go out of our way JUST FOR YOU.”). The...
by Katie | Aug 26, 2015 | Disability, Social Justice
Image Alt-Text: A photograph of the author’s feet in gold flip-flops. A while ago, I wrote a slightly rant-y, slightly tongue-in-cheek piece for HuffPo on fitness trackers and mental health (“Counting Steps and Staying Sane in the Suburbs“). The gist...
by Katie | Apr 17, 2015 | Disability, Law
Image Alt-Text: Photograph of a golden jellyfish swimming on a bright blue background. Image via Laura Collins Britton, lcbritton.com. Did you know that being a person with psychiatrical disabilities (PPD) is annoying? OH WAIT. Let me rephrase. Did you know that the...
by Katie | Feb 23, 2015 | Disability, Social Justice
Image Alt-Text: Close-up photograph of a wasp on a blue flower. Image via Laura Collins Britton, lcbritton.com. I didn’t watch the Oscars for a variety of reasons. First, there was the complete White-Out of the awards nominations, which is just gross, especially...
by Katie | Jul 29, 2011 | Disability, Social Justice
Image Alt-Text: A stylized, enlarged image of nerve cells. Judith Warner’s recent op-ed in the New York Times pointed to a new way of thinking about the Bachmann-Migraine debate.* (*I would first like to say that the way this debate became a debate in the first...
