3 Weekly Disability Reads

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Most Sundays, I post links to three things about disability that I read, heard, or viewed over the previous week, with some notes of my own added.

March 7-14, 2021

1. Q&A with Ingrid Tischer
Alice Wong, Disability Visibility Project - March 6, 2021

A compelling personal account of the kinds of struggles disabled people face as they try to get quality medical care while avoiding or confronting medical ableism.

2. 'Comedy is a wall breaker' for letting people with disabilities be themselves
Connie Gurlielmo, C|NET - March 8, 2021

Shannon DeVido talks about how comedy can help us talk about disability, and about the continuing need for more disability representation in popular culture.

3. I Refer to Myself as Disabled, Because My Disability Is Central to Who I Am
Erica Mones, PopSugar - March 9, 2021

An important exploration of disability terminology, and how our word choices can both reflect and shape how we understand ourselves and our disabilities.