The Invisible Backpack of Able-Bodied Privilege Checklist | B-tch on Wheels
There are a couple of these already online, but they are written by able-bodied people, and seem to miss some major points of privilege. I decided to write my own. 1. I can, if I wish, arrange to...
View ArticleDisability 101: What is Able-Bodied or Abled Privilege?
The term able-bodied/abled privilege refers to the numerous benefits--some hidden, many not--that many societies and cultures accord to able-bodied and/or abled people. Despite many folks' paying lip...
View ArticleThis Is Abled Privilege
Inspired by This is White Privilege, this Tumblr is (to borrow their words) a compilation album of Abled Privilege's Greatest Hits. Authored by two (and possibly more in the future!) people....
View ArticleThat Crazy Crippled Chick: Able Privilege Checklist
I stumbled across the Thin Privilege Checklist today and practically fell over in glee. It's perfect, absolutely perfect, and it's based on the White Privilege Checklist by Peggy McIntosh, which is...
View ArticleGradient Lair
I was afraid. My 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Worthy, told my parents that there was something wrong with my hearing, or that it was not as good as it "should" be. I don't remember exactly how it was...
View ArticleAble Privilege, Re-Conceptualizing Disability: Alan Larson at TEDxSFA
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View ArticleSquare 8: Checklist of Neurotypical Privilege: New Draft
Autistic people are not the only ones affected by neurotypical privilege. Neurodiversity is a broad concept, including the entire range of human experience. We recognize that people labeled with ADD,...
View Article101: Ableism and Fat Activism « Two Whole Cakes
When I see someone in a wheelchair, or using a cane, or with a body that is clearly functioning in and experiencing the world in very different ways than mine, my reaction may be one of confusion or...
View ArticleThe blind community's fight for a more accessible Web
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