tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69037642024-03-07T21:08:22.865-05:00Disability Studies, Temple U.Cool stuff in the world of Disability Studies, Geography, and History. Based at Temple University in Philadelphia, with contributors from coast to coast. Check out our 'Notable Blogs' list below - your portal to the disability blog world.Mike Dornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373835106026166507noreply@blogger.comBlogger987125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-46677536204705703242023-05-01T13:47:00.026-04:002023-05-28T14:45:58.273-04:00Not BADD It's been a few years since May 1 was Blogging Against Disablism Day, but I still think of BADD when the calendar turns. This year, WikiProject Women in Red is having a virtual editathon on Women & Disability during May. (Yes, you can join in!) I figure I can make an appearance here and report what I'm doing for that editathon, which will mostly be writing new biographical articles, Penny L. Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-71324638730277884422018-08-20T16:18:00.000-04:002018-08-20T16:18:20.359-04:00RIP: Jean McWherter Flynn I know this blog is dormant, but this is where I need to say Rest in Peace, to blogger Jean McWherter Flynn, who died yesterday in an Ohio nursing home from an infection. She was posting on Facebook right up to the day before; I don't think she expected to leave quite so suddenly, but she seemed aware of (and justifiably angry about) her situation and its limits. Jean was one of my first "blog Penny L. Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-16595915192762639882016-05-01T20:31:00.001-04:002016-05-01T20:41:46.838-04:00BADD 2016: Nerys Johnson's "every atom of concentration"Okay, I'm here for BADD 2016, because how could I break our eleven-year streak of participation? I couldn't. I'm not so much of a blogger these days, but I'm willing to add my bit to the big event. For our past ten appearances in the series: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006.
(For the record, the 2007 and 2008 entries are two of my favorite blog
posts I've Penny L. Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-35711138767244526782016-02-23T15:37:00.000-05:002016-02-23T15:37:46.128-05:00CFP: Disability, Work and Representation: New Perspectives (DSQ Fall 2017)
Call for Papers
Disability, Work and Representation: New Perspectives
Special Issue: Disability Studies Quarterly (Fall 2017)
Editors: David Turner, Kirsti Bohata, Steven Thompson, Swansea University
In/ability to work plays a critical role in definitions of dis/ability, but the complexities of the relationship between people with disabilities and the world of work have only recently started Penny L. Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-28787162328840175902016-02-05T12:07:00.001-05:002016-02-05T12:20:40.728-05:00For StaceyStacey asked me to keep a lookout for historical people who had muscular dystrophy--and I said "sure!" because that's right up my alley. So I started poking around on Wikipedia, of course. Some stories that caught my attention this morning are below, in chronological order by date of birth. As usual, it isn't the most diverse list; there's definitely room for a wider array of stories on Penny L. Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-71892418720131963392016-01-23T20:18:00.003-05:002016-01-23T20:19:23.148-05:00CFP: Voices of Madness, Voices of Mental Ill-Health (15-16 September 2016)from Steven Taylor:
Voices of Madness, Voices of Mental ill-health
Centre for Health Histories, University of Huddersfield
15th- 16th Sept 2016
In the thirty years since Roy Porter called on historians to lower their gaze so that they might better understand patient-doctor roles in the past, historians have sought to place the voices of previously, silent, marginalised and disenfranchised Penny L. Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-68495714152891207342016-01-21T10:02:00.002-05:002016-01-21T10:03:51.804-05:00CFP: Disability and Deafness in Literature for Young People (Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies special issue)CFP: Disability and Deafness in Literature for Young People (Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies special issue)
Guest editors: Chloë Hughes and Elizabeth A. Wheeler
This special issue of the JLCDS aims to bring together an international and multidisciplinary base of readers and writers who explore disability in literature published for young people.
While disabilityPenny L. Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-66634619916757812762016-01-09T17:11:00.001-05:002016-01-09T17:11:58.164-05:00DHA Outstanding Book AwardFrom the DHA:
The Disability History Association promotes the relevance of disability to
broader historical enquiry and facilitates research, conference travel, and
publication for scholars engaged in any field of disability history.
The Disability History Association is excited to announce its 5th AnnualOutstanding Publication Award. The award alternates between books and
peer-reviewed Penny L. Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-51815096748771344292015-12-06T00:03:00.001-05:002015-12-06T00:04:22.367-05:00Wheelchair Costumes in the Cardboard Art ShowOver the past few years, I've made my son some cardboard costumes for his Quickie2 wheelchair. There are some advantages to using old boxes for this purpose--lightweight, cheap, easy to find, and easy to cut and spraypaint and puncture and duct-tape. They're pretty much flat, so he doesn't feel enclosed, and they can fit in the back of our minivan. If he bends or tears any parts, it'sPenny L. Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-87390749720561698882015-11-15T10:59:00.001-05:002015-11-15T11:00:32.251-05:00Christine la Barraque (c1878-1961), and more new disability content on WikipediaHey! A new post at DSTU.
As I've mentioned, in recent years I've been putting some energy into Wikipedia. I like writing new entries there, because it feels like that's going to reach a much bigger audience than a journal article or a paywalled reference. And, as part of WikiProject Disability, some of my entries are about disability topics (of course). Since last BADD in May, I've startedPenny L. Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-80022206644542097332015-05-01T14:29:00.000-04:002016-02-04T16:17:38.059-05:00BADD 2015: Wikipedia Against Disablism, Part 2Ahem. Hello? Hello?
Okay, I'm here for BADD 2015, because how could I break our ten-year streak of participation? I couldn't. I'm not so much of a blogger these days, but I'm willing to add my bit to the big event. For our past nine appearances in the series:
2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006.
(For the record, the 2007 and 2008 entries are two of my Penny L. Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-13421762101605850872015-04-19T12:38:00.001-04:002015-04-19T16:12:59.870-04:00Disability at AAG [Assn. of American Geographers] April 21 - 25, 2015
This is the AAG Disability Specialty Group featured session, right before the business meeting at the AAG Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois (April 21-25, 2015). Mike
1177 Questioning geography’s ‘healthy subject’ I: Geography and Mental Health(Sponsored by Disability Specialty Group, Cultural Geography Specialty Group, Geographic Perspectives on Women Specialty Group )
Friday, April 24Mike Dornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00373835106026166507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-84570334851964118582014-08-20T10:47:00.001-04:002014-08-20T10:47:43.770-04:00Enrico Toti (1882-1916)
Statue of Enrico Toti in Rome; much-larger-than-life muscular male nude, holding a crutch, with his left leg ending mid-thigh. In a park setting, with blue skies. Base is inscribed with his name and other text in Italian.
With all the WWI centenary coverage, we were moved to come across this statue at the Villa Borghese gardens, on a recent family vacation in Rome. Enrico Penny L. Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-44335936580368572302014-04-30T23:50:00.002-04:002014-04-30T23:51:29.246-04:00BADD 2014: Wikipedia Against Disablism
Manke Nelis (1919-1983), a Dutch singer and musician whose right leg was amputated after a motorcycle accident in the 1950s; in this image, he is an older man on a sports field, singing into a microphone, with his arms raised. His sweatshirt reads "Nelis Goes to Hollywood." Image from Wikimedia Commons (of course).
(Blowing dust from the mike)
Tap tap tap.... hello? testing... hello?Penny L. Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-78497591180957506052013-12-05T18:32:00.000-05:002013-12-05T18:32:03.489-05:00Nelson Mandela on "the long walk to equality""We cannot claim to have reached anywhere near to where a society should be in
terms of practical equality of the disabled. We continue to try. We
realise that legislation and regulations are not sufficient or the end
of the long walk to equality and non-discrimination. Education, raising
of awareness, conscientisation, eradication of stigmatisation: these are
key elements in achieving Penny L. Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-69727071958899470892013-09-15T00:08:00.000-04:002014-01-18T00:43:48.614-05:00RIP: Anita Blair (1916-2010) and Betty G. Miller (1934-2012)Two obituaries came to my attention this morning. Both women died more than a year ago, but I'm just seeing these now. If I write about them here, I won't forget to follow up with getting Wikipedia entries going about them, when the time allows.
I first mentioned Anita Lee Blair (pictured at left, a white woman dressed in a dark suit, in a portrait with her guide dog Fawn) at this blog a few Penny L. Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-20648852591971992642013-07-11T13:58:00.000-04:002013-07-11T13:58:07.096-04:00"Luckily or Unluckily"Just ran across this tidbit in the transcript of a 1997 oral history interview with Masatoshi Koshiba (b. 1926), a Japanese physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 2002:
Koshiba: ...Because my father was an army officer, I was
told to enter the military school during the war. Luckily or unluckily,
one month before the entrance examination I got polio, which made my
right arm numb. It's Penny L. Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-2274742209896313842013-06-28T14:24:00.003-04:002013-06-28T14:24:44.280-04:00Wow, really?So you're hosting an exhibit on disability and accessibility at your museum. Cool! It's within a day's drive of my house, so can my family come see it? Oh. Okay, never mind.(Thanks to Rachel Cohen-Rattenberg for the heads up.)Penny L. Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-15296829634643477402013-06-25T22:05:00.000-04:002013-06-25T22:14:43.586-04:00EveryBody: An Artifact History of Disability in AmericaCheck out the latest virtual exhibit on disability history, from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History! From the press release:
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has just launched EveryBody: An Artifact History of Disability in America to explore themes and events related to the history of people with disabilities inPenny L. Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-64478584660181864352013-06-05T12:54:00.000-04:002013-06-05T12:54:13.770-04:00Guest post: "Krip-Hop Nation’s Seed Growing Roots in Africa," by Leroy F. Moore Jr.[Note: Leroy F. Moore Jr. of Berkeley, California, USA, is a Black disabled poet, activist, journalist, and founder of Krip-Hop Nation, an international collective of musicians with disabilities. He offered to write up an note about his activities for Disability Studies Temple U., and I said "yes, please!" Enjoy. --PLR]
Zululand Gospel Choir performing in a studio
Since I was 10 Penny L. Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-70191576426783071942013-05-17T15:48:00.001-04:002013-05-17T15:48:28.962-04:00David Moylan (LOC)David Moylan (LOC) Originally uploaded by The Library of Congress"THE ARMLESS JUDGETen years ago David Moylan was a railroad switchman working in a Cleveland yard. A switch engine running in the dark without a headlight ran him down and cut off both his arms. That would have settled the fate of most men. And it did settled Moylan's fate--but not in the usual way. He firmly declined to pass Penny L. Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-36190898259486752032013-04-30T15:10:00.000-04:002016-03-21T10:50:38.331-04:00BADD 2013: Bad History Doesn't Help
It's that time of year again--for the eighth May in a row, it's Blogging Against Disablism Day, hosted by the ever-excellent Goldfish. How many things last eight years online, with hundreds of quality contributions, from bloggers all over the world? This has.
We've contributed to BADD every year--sometimes with a long essay, sometimes with a calendar, sometimes with a paragraph, Penny L. Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-78305857221569646032013-04-15T09:59:00.002-04:002013-04-15T09:59:56.913-04:00In its Eighth Year: BADD 2013
Join us and many, many other disability bloggers for BADD 2013, hosted once again by the excellent Goldfish. This will be our eighth year in the swarm, meaning we've never yet missed a chance to join in. Our previous contributions:
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012Penny L. Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-42716908340371976762013-03-04T12:20:00.000-05:002013-03-04T12:21:05.073-05:00"The Price of Coal" (23 March, Swansea)
From: http://www.dis-ind-soc.org.uk/en/events.htm?id=1Roadshow: The Price of Coal
Sat 23rd March 2013
National Waterfront Museum, Swansea
Disability history roadshow at the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea, 23rd March 2013 (10am–4pm).
Click here for the day's programme (PDF)
Click here for the flyer (PDF)
Did you or a member of your
family work in the coal industry in south Penny L. Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6903764.post-68416786470150820842013-01-12T11:50:00.000-05:002013-01-12T11:50:36.546-05:00Jo Walton, "Among Others"
I stopped and turned around. I could feel my cheeks burning. The bus station was full of people. "Nobody would pretend to be a cripple! Nobody would use a stick they didn't need! You should be ashamed of yourself for thinking that I would. If I could walk without it I'd break it in half across your back and run off singing. You have no right to talk to me like that,Penny L. Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00102296070193780691noreply@blogger.com4