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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 06:31 PM Original message |
Is DU ableist? |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. Where is the braille DU, damn it. . . . n/t |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Hmm....I wonder if this site is compatible with braille readers. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 07:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. I'd guess it's not too bad |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. I see it as some are here to advance that kind of feelings only |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. I know what you mean |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. I don't see people on DU 'denigrating, devaluing, oppressing' disabled |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Any form of oppression or discrimination is not only the obvious. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. Ableism, or unfortunate reality? |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Uh...I have an anxiety disorder and might get into politics. |
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B o d i (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Illiterates are disproportionately represented here on DU? Who'da thunk it? |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 06:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Well, eitehr it was I work constructively with what was given... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 06:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. um, there are undoubtedly people with psychiatric disabilities |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-05-09 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. No. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
13. No. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 07:39 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. only if obnoxiousness is considered a disability. nt |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. No. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. yes, per your standards. nt |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. No. By Simple Facts Of Reality. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 11:46 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. sure. nt |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
14. DU is a black lesbian single-mother who is in the military and was raped there. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
17. people on du suffer from most of the bigotries of the general population |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
22. I really don't think that DU as a whole is ableist. I do think there is a lack of understanding |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-06-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. yes, there is no hatred toward those w. disabilities just a lot of non-understanding |
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