Vacation
I am abroad, wrangling two kids while my wife works, then working myself. No posts until December 1. Much to say about traveling with family then.
Month: November 2015
Inclusion Pays Off in Vermont / MN Series On Disability and Work
The Star Tribune has a great five-part series about disability and work, focused on Minnesota, but looking more broadly – Failing the Disabled. Here’s one I like, because it’s a positive outcome. With her zest and ambition, Wollum personifies the remarkable strategy that has made Vermont a leader in the civil rights movement for adults …
Autism Rates now 1 in 45 – Still no Autism Epidemic
Quick post today as I am in transit. Anti-vaxxers and pro-cure folks in the Autism community are making much of the claim that Autism rates are now 1 in 45. As always – there is no autism epidemic. The great Emily Willingham has more: For the 2011-2013 survey, parents answered a series of three questions. …
Complicity – #ComplicitNoMore
Last Wednesday, a group of African-American students staged a public protest against racism on our campus. You can see video and read about it here. They chanted, “Silence no more,” vowing to call out the racism that they saw. As of yesterday, faculty response coalesced around the phrase “Complicit no more.” There will be an …
Getting Refugee Crises Wrong – An American Tradition
The Twitter account @HistOpinion (Curated by historian Peter Schulman), has been posting historical poll data about the refugee crisis of the 1930s. Some examples: US Apr ’39: If in Congress, would you support a bill to open US to larger number of European refugees? By Religion. pic.twitter.com/pWsqyRXZoW — Historical Opinion (@HistOpinion) November 17, 2015 US Dec …
My Campus, Like Your Campus, Is Probably Racist
UPDATE: Dominican Star article on the protests. Administration has been speaking out in solidarity with the students and we’ll see what happens. Meeting today at 8:30 of Faculty to discuss actions. Last week African-American students at Dominican University protested racism on campus. Here are two videos. The first is a short protest in the cafeteria. …
Sunday Roundup: Blogging, Politics, Media and Disability
I wrote two pieces about presidential debates: Politicians are Ignoring Americans with Disabilities (Al Jazeera America, 11/10/15) – this is a big one for me, and a theme to which I expect to return a lot. Yesterday, for example: Reminder: My @ajam piece: disability’s invisibility in presidential election. #DemDebate https://t.co/rgHqJVsyM3 https://t.co/CHDtv4AnfA — David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) …
A Walk With My Son
My son and I went for a walk in our little suburb. It’s a beautiful day. These are un-retouched photos. There’s a little comment at the end about parenting and disability. We threw sticks in the water from a bridge. (Image: Boy in minion sweatshirt throwing something off a bridge). Then we hiked down to …
Former First Lady of Virginia: Disabled people can enter through the basement.
Roxane Gilmore, former first lady of Virginia, believes that disabled people should enter the governor’s mansion through the basement, for “aesthetic” reasons. A plan to build a wheelchair ramp at the Virginia Executive Mansion is turning into a tussle between old and new Richmond, with Gov. Terry McAuliffe saying the alteration will create a more …
Cult of Compliance – Linwood Lambert’s death
There is new video of the death of Linwood Lambert. If police want to have TASERs, which they do and they should, then the people who abuse them have to be held accountable. When three Virginia police officers put Linwood Lambert in a squad car around 5 a.m. on May 4, 2013, they said they …