By Noah Berlatsky — 2014
The supercrip narrative, disability rights groups say, mostly serves to make mainstream audiences feel awesome and inspired, while ignoring the actual difficulties faced by and prejudices directed at the vast majority of disabled people.
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This brief film introduces Neil Ligon, Lisa Carnes and Molly Welch to Atlanta's Abilities Conference, where challenges to dating, relationships and intimacy within the disabilities community will be explored.
“If I didn’t fight, who would?” Judy Heumann was only 5 years old when she was first denied her right to attend school. Paralyzed from polio and raised by her Holocaust-surviving parents in New York City, Judy had a drive for equality that was instilled early in life.
When you look at me what do you see? Join Olivia as she explains her journey of having chronic illnesses. Olivia contextualizes her experience through spoon theory.
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The classic guide to a powerful technique that can increase your mindfulness and lead to personal transformation. The focusing technique consists of six easy-to-master steps that identify and change the way thoughts and emotions are held within the body.
This book is about hope and a call to action to make the world the kind of place we want to live in.
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Do you ever wonder what is happening inside your brain when you feel anxious, panicked, and worried? In Rewire Your Anxious Brain, psychologist Catherine Pittman and author Elizabeth Karle offer a unique, evidence-based solution to overcoming anxiety based in cutting-edge neuroscience and research.