The other day I went to a game night among friends. Among the games available was a recent edition of “Operation”. For those unfamiliar with the game, the basic premise of the game is that players have to remove small objects with tweezers from wells without touching the sides. Each object is supposed to represent [...]
Archive for the ‘Awareness’ Category
Bird Brained?!? Brief history and thoughts on treatments for mental illnesses
Thursday, February 7th, 2013Census statistics show that 18.7% of Americans have a disability
Thursday, August 30th, 2012The United States Census Bureau has released updated statistics on the population of people with disabilities in the U.S. According to the new figures, 56.7 million Americans (18.7% of the population) have some type of disability. Of this number, an estimated 38.3 million (12.6%) have a disability characterized as “severe.” The findings, which are contained [...]
Ableism and Language
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012What is ableism? Ableism is manifested in our society in a variety of ways. Thomas Hehir, a disability activist and scholar describes ableism as “the devaluation of disability that, resulting in societal attitudes that uncritically assert that it is better for a child to walk than roll, speak than sign, read print than read Braille, [...]
