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Blogging Against Disablism Day: update

Posted by Crippled Monkey
24 Apr 06, 3:47 PM

Last week on Ouch's weblog, Lady Bracknellrevealed the exciting plans in the disability blogosphere (as all the cool kids now call it) for a Blogging Against Disablism Day on Monday 1 May.

Well, with a week to go until the big day, Crippled Monkey spoke this morning to The Goldfish (AKA Ouch messageboard reguilar DH Kelly), the brains behind the idea, to get an update on how it's all going. She told me that there are now an amazing 68 blogs signed up to be involved (a figure that's continuing to grow) - and that they hail from all points of the globe. The UK and the USA are obviously well-represented, but there are also several sites from Australia on the list, plus others from Sweden and Germany. Oh, and it's not just blogging either, as tabulas.com is promising a podcast for the event. Meanwhile, the organisers of Blog Against Racism and Blog Against Sexism have also given Blogging Against Disablism Day a mention.

What's promised for the day itself? Well, lots and lots (and lots) of posts from all across blogland about disablism, of course! And after the event, DH Kelly hopes to provide an overview on her blog of what people have been writing about. In the meantime, though, as a rallying cry she highly recommends checking out a post entitled One in Seven by, um, a blogger whose name may seem a little familar to Ouch readers ...

You've still got a whole week to sign up for Blogging Against Disablism Day, so get yourself over to Diary of a Goldfish and find out how to get involved.

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Comments

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At 05:45 PM on 24 Apr 2006, Chris Page wrote:

Count me in! There's far too much idle use of Disablist terminology on the internet, and that is just where Disablism starts.

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At 11:30 AM on 25 Apr 2006, Shelley wrote:

You talk about disablism as if it's as bad as racism or sexism or something. It is so clearly not.

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At 08:56 PM on 25 Apr 2006, Christine wrote:

Shelley: in some people's experience, it obviously is.

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At 06:46 PM on 01 May 2006, Stephen wrote:

Please explain why disablism is "clearly not" as bad as racism or sexism.

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