Accessibility and Fashion: How ASOS is Bringing Inclusivity to Design
Scrolling through Twitter the other day, I was surprised to see this tweet about fashion inclusivity and accessibility – something that I, as a newcomer to the disability community, had never considered as something that would have an impact on someone’s life. The tweet is by Chloe Ball-Hopkins, a Paralympic athlete and wheelchair user, who […]
Disney Channel’s ‘Andi Mack’ Is One Of The Most Diverse Kids Shows To Date
Image Description: Main character, Andi Mack, displayed in the center of the photo, and she shows to have an excited smile. Behind are fun decorations displayed in a room. In the top right corner, there is the title of the show, ‘Andi Mack’ in blue letters. Many of us remember fondly the “Golden Age of […]
Your Guide to the Most Accessible Pens for School and Work is Here
Image Description: Picture of purple fountain pen. For many people with structural disabilities, hands are the first thing to go. Which is unfortunate, to say the least, as hands are normalized into every single aspect of able-bodied society. Many assistive technologies are inaccessible to the majority of the public, and even then, either insurance won’t […]
The Shape of Ableism: Why I Will Never Watch Another Guillermo del Toro Movie
Image description: still from The Shape of Water: Elisa and the creature face each other lovingly through the glass of his tank. I didn’t get to the The Shape of Water until well after it had been awarded the Oscar for best film. A few months late to the party, entering the cinema I was […]
Astral Connection: How Virtual Worlds Gave Me a Place to Belong Outside My Body
Image Description: An avatar in a virtual world shown mixing music, with ranbow shoulder length hair and black angel wings. “The intellectual may feel enslaved in matter. If only she could escape from the body. But the mind will not fly unless we embrace the body as a path to freedom.” – Joanna Frueh In […]
A Grandmother Seeking Asylum Was Separated From Her Disabled Grandson At The Border. It’s Been 10 months.
Image Description: Immigrants shown in a line, that are outside of a bus. A police officer is in the near background that seems to be approaching the immigrants. Ten months ago, Maria Vandelice de Bastos and her 16-year-old grandson arrived at the Santa Teresa Port of Entry in nearby New Mexico. The pair told federal agents […]
Kat Von D Coming Out As An Anti-Vaxxer Also Means Coming Out As Wildly Ableist – Here’s Why
Image Description: Kat Von D’s face in the middle of the photograph, and wears winged eyeliner and drawn stars on her cheek. Von D has her hand positioned slantly as she holds her eyeliner above the star on her cheek. Beauty entrepreneur Kat Von D took headlines this past week for posting an Instagram picture […]