disability
Eli Clare's Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness and Liberation
Exile and Pride (Classics Edition): Disability, Queerness, and Liberation
(South End Press,
2009;
$19.99)
I often feel that describing the pieces that I write in response to books as “reviews” is a bit inaccurate because I only occasionally relate to the books in question in the ways that a review is, traditionally, supposed to. What I write tend to be more reactions or reflections or responses, or just meanderings. Nonetheless, I inevitably end up deciding just to sit with that unease -- to accept that the label “review” doesn’t always quite fit the way it is normatively intended and to trouble and loosen it by taking it on anyway. In the case of this book, I’m afraid that what I write will be more of a moderately reflective fanboy “squee” than a proper review.
Canadian Association for Supported Employment Conference
Jun 5 2012 - 12:00am
Location
Delta Winnipeg Hotel
Winnipeg, MB
Canada
49° 53' 59.1144" N, 97° 8' 14.9784" W
See map: Google Maps
Winnipeg will be host to the annual national CASE (Canadian Association for Supported Employment) conference this coming June. It is expected that over 250 delegates will attend the conference at the Delta Winnipeg Hotel to discuss strategies and successes of supporting persons with disabilities to work. The conference will bring together service providers, advocates and educators to share tools, resources and innovative practices in supported employment. CASE is a national network of service providers and citizens who are concerned about the full participation of persons with disabilities in the Canadian labour force.
Contact name:
Tracy Williams CASE Vice President and Conference Co-Chair
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Love Cake: Poetry and resistance
Love Cake
(TSAR,
2011;
$17.95)
The first time I heard Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha's poetry was in a song on Lal's 2008 album Deportation. The track, "Your Body Could Start a War," is about airport security post 9/11. It starts with an eerie warped bass which crashes into a loud and steady beat, followed by an urgent piano to the climax of Piepzna-Samarasinha's vocals: "my lover's tits are explosive -- hips are illegal -- my lip gloss it a bomb and so is my hijab -- we are terrorists for crossing these lines on a map no one but them can see."
Institutionalization
Myths about people with developmental, physical and intellectual disabilities being incapable of living independently have been around since industrialization. During per-industrial periods, many people with disabilities worked on farms by modifying how they took on certain chores, to adapt them to better suit their abilities. As work itself became standardized, disabled bodies began to be more medicalized. They were seen as unproductive, as they didn't fit the uniform mold of labour emerging. Because of this, many people with disabilities were taken away from their families and communities and placed in institutions.
Historical abuses
International Day of Persons with Disabilities: Idling: A transit story
Dec 1 2011 - 12:00pm
Dec 1 2011 - 2:30pm
Location
Room G, Student Centre
55 Gould Street Ryerson University
Toronto, ON Canada
43° 39' 28.7604" N, 79° 22' 42.5604" W
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A documentary chronicling the lack of accessible transportation in London, Ontario and across the province. Follow Jeff on his mission to bring about the change the disabled population desperately needs by driving his wheelchair over 650km from his home in London, Ontario to the nation's capital in Ottawa.
Followed by a Q & A with Jeff Preston
This event is free
Accessibility Information: ASL Interpretation, Attendant Care, Communication Assistance, Vegan Snacks, Child friendly space
If we require additional accommodations for your participation please contact RyeACCESS at access@rsuonline.ca or 416-979-5000 ext 4504
RyeACCESS, Centre for Independent Living, DHPS, The Access Centre, Springtide Resources
Contact name:
RyeACCESS
Contact email:
Injured workers demonstration
Dec 9 2011 - 11:00am
Dec 9 2011 - 12:30pm
Location
Ministry of Labour
400 University Avenue
Toronto, ON Canada
Phone:
416-461-2411
Fax:
416-461-7138
43° 39' 12.2796" N, 79° 23' 17.646" W
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Injured workers are facing an attack framed as austerity measures from the worker's compensation board and the Ministry of Labour in Ontario. Disability should not mean poverty. Disability should not mean stigmatization or victimization. Please come show your support and solidarity. For more information please see www.injuredworkersonline.org
Contact name:
Bryan Cook
Contact email: