In todays episode of considering public spaces...

Half the space of a busy bus stop is an advertising space.

How does this decision impact on the space and the people who use it?

#accessibility #disability #socialmodel #Sligo

Aaaand Im done! last assignment in for first year of my course! I am way too exhausted and brain fried to really appreciate the accomplishment of getting this far, just so glad to get it in and hopefully I get enough marks to progress to year 2!

#DisabilityStudies #Disability #SocialModel

In recent decades and years, there's a paradigm shift in autism science moving from the medical deficit model / classification as neurodevelopmental disorder / medical model of disability to the neurodiversity model, aligned with the social model of disability. (See e.g. Pellicano & den Houting 2022, Annual Research Review: Shifting from 'normal science' to neurodiversity in autism science)

Now, strangely, at the same time there are signs that in Finland there are forces which attempt to make a shift from the neurodevelopmental medical deficit model of neurodivergency to a disease model, as if neurotypes were not permanent but something that comes and goes.

Is this peculiar phenomenon of reframing divergent neurotypes - or, in medical deficit model parlance, diagnoses like ASD, ADHD, Tourettes - as "neuropsychiatric symptoms" specific to Finland, or does it happen elsewhere too?

Jugding from English search engine hits, "neuropsychiatric symptoms" has a different meaning altogether, mostly used in connection to Alzheimer's disease.

Shared is one example from an academy project, but this has become common also with the government and other sectors, perhaps before academy.

ping @ReimanSaara

#autism #autists #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #socialmodel #diseasemodel #medicalmodel

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7081897442907967488-W-N7

A thought experiment for the "social model" of disability. The video begins with the question: "Imagine a town full of ... all wheelchair users. ... When they built the town ... the community decided it was pointless to have ceilings 10 feet high and doors 7 feet high." https://youtu.be/9s3NZaLhcc4?si=HRrP0Fnz6riW9WEQ #accessibility #SocialModel #a11y #UniversalDesign

youtu.be/VjFcXqpMP6o .

Last night I appear on Banterflix to discuss how feature length films can affect disabled people and how understanding is needed.

It aired on Northern Visions nvtv Belfast and is now available to watch on YouTube.

I will be posting a captioned version of my segment in the coming days.

#MyWayAccess #Disabled #DisabledLife #SocialModel #Belfast #BanterFlix #Disability

What do we need to consider about Ableism and AI? Today's post eplores a video on the topic by Microsoft https://www.bbeb.com/post/102ioy8/ableism-and-ai #AI #InclusiveAI #MedicalModel #SocialModel #DisabilityInclusion

https://www.bbeb.com/post/102ioy8/ableism-and-ai

Care cuts threaten Disabled people’s right to independent living | openDemocracy
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/disabled-rights-social-care-independent-living-budget-cuts-campaign/

#Disabled
#Disabilities
#IndependentLiving
#Debt
#Unison
#LegalMinimumOfCare
#Ableism
#AbleistPolicies
#MedicalModel
#Austerity
#BureauOfInvestigativeJournalism
#SocialCare
#HomecareAssociation
#ChargingForHomecare
#Homecare
#ILF
#BristolCityCouncil
#FairAndAffordableCarePolicy
#InclusionBarnet
#SocialModel
#DisabledPeoplesManifesto

We need to stop dodging the question of disability. It's okay to be disabled and Autistic, trying to keep the two concept separate is in itself a form of ableism.

https://emergentdivergence.com/2023/07/03/is-autism-a-disability/

@actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #disability #disabled #disabilitytheory #medicalmodel #socialmodel #medicalmodelofdisability #socialmodelofdisability #ableism

@indianewswatch

Great article, thanks.

"Being intersex is not an inherent disability, Chakravarthy says. “It is a biological variation that society has turned into a social disability, by discriminating against us and denying us education and jobs."

#Intersectional #IntersectionalFeminism #Disability #SocialModel #SocialModelOfDisability

This week I had the privilege of reading the book At The Gates: Disability, Justice and the Churches by @naomilawsonjacobs and @emjric.

Through personal stories and delving into the Old and New Testaments, this book has opened my eyes to ways that disabled Christians have been excluded from the body of Christ, and sometimes even hurt by well (or not-so-well) meaning fellow believers.

Bookwyrm review: https://bookrastinating.com/user/dankeck/review/100747/s/poignantly-honest-look-at-disability-and-the-christian-church

#Disability #DisabilityJustice #SocialModel #Christian #Church #Jesus

#Champions: "It may not be a slam dunk, but it scores more than enough lay-ups to get on the board."

Full review at FilmInk: https://www.filmink.com.au/reviews/champions/ #film #movies #filmreview #moviereview #sports #basketball #comedy #bobbyfarrelly #woodyharrelson #kaitlinolson #mattcook #erniehudson #cheechmarin #madisontevlin #joshuafelder #keviniannucci #disability #socialmodel #neurodiversity

Dear #MrBeast, thank you for your philanthropy. For your next video, please pay 1000 websites to make their pages actually work with a keyboard. #a11y #CharityModel #SocialModel

Does anyone know a resource for journalists to report on disability - that isn't terrible or use people-first language?

AND does anyone know a resource for journalists to report on class and classism? I can't find anything at all on that

#journalism #class #classism #disability #SocialModel