The Disability Blog Carnival #61, Telling About Disability

Thanks to Penny at the Disability Studies blog for agreeing to have me for this edition of the Disability Blog Carnival.

Telling About Disability

As a writer who helps others write about their experiences with mental illness I've thought long and hard about what it means to tell about disability. Because there are many facets (many ways to tell, many different things to tell, and the difference between visible and invisible disabilities among others) to telling disability these posts represent a multiplicity of interpretations of the theme.

Documenting Ugly Behavior

An important part of telling about disability is documenting what we as people with disabilities encounter in the world we live in, including the downright ugly.

The Frustration of Incremental Progress by Abby Jean at FWD/Forward.

It by Eva at The Deal with Disability.

Documenting Leaps Forward and Being Visible

Telling how we're achieving matters too. In this post a parent reflects on a disabled child beginning a path toward independent living. The second post is on the importance of people with disabilities being visible (making themselves visible) in the anti-domestic violence movement.

World Transforming Jamie News by Michael Bérubé at American Airspace.

The Disability Clothesline a piece on facing domestic violence as experienced by people with disabilities by Robyn at Low Visionary.

Telling about Disability History

This quote posted at FWD/Forward is the best justification I've ever seen for doing disability history. The second post is history about what it was like to be a dwarf or little person in Georgian London.

Quotation: Why We Do Disability History by Anna at FWD/Forward.

'If little things with little ones agree': Being a Dwarf in 18thC London by Lucy at Georgian London.

Coming Out

People with invisible disabilities, including myself, navigate the burden and privilege of whether and when to disclose a disability.

How to Break the Mental Health Taboo by Nicole at More is Better.

Telling about Disability to Intimate Partners

This is a wonderful piece about the importance of communicating with a potential intimate partner about disability (and other) needs.

Sex on the Brain by Cheryl at Finding My Way: Journey of an Uppity Intellectual Activist Crip.

Thanks for reading, and be sure to visit the Disability Studies blog where Penny will be setting up January's carnival.