A disability support scheme (provisionally) gets out the chequebook
In contrast to the general rancour in politics this week, the release of the Productivity Commission’s draft report on a National Disability Insurance Scheme was welcomed by just about everybody. Even the Opposition Organ joined the chorus, which encompassed both [...]
Labor’s bite sized policies on mental health and disability
Let’s face it. Everyone’s more interested in discussing leaks and polls than policy in this campaign. Why is this? In part, it’s because of the political theatre of the horse race and the personality contest, and in part because of [...]
TED; Aimee Mullins and her twelve pairs of legs
I’d been meaning to blog on this for such a long time. I sort of put it off, because… well, for all sorts of reasons. But I’ve been reminded of Aimee Mullins’ talk by the recent (and well deserved … [...]
Melody Gardot: music and disability
I’ve just discovered a new artist – Melody Gardot, an American jazz singer. For anyone interested in music and disability, her story is really interesting.
Cherry Darling
The representation of people with disabilities in cinema has long been a bone of contention with both cultural critics and people with disabilities. [There's a nifty bibliography with many links here.] Too much of the time, disabilities are portrayed within [...]
Reprise: What's it like to have one leg?
I don’t blog on disability issues very much, but I noticed at tigtog’s place a link to a blog that’s new to me – The Gimp Parade, and also via that link, I became aware of one of the very [...]
Dear NSW Liberals and your media mates: judge not lest ye be judged!
Let me begin this post with a sad, potentially very sad, story which turned out to have a happy ending.
"Laughing at the disabled"
Update: I’ve written a post on the latest development in this affair, the suspension of Hookham and MacLennan for six months without pay, which I think is a completely over the top reaction, and says something very dodgy about QUT. [...]
Concern trolls
The vileness of the American conservative noise machine is unbelievable. Even more unbelievable is the fact that the mainstream media constantly picks up on right wing talking points (saves journos and hosts from having to think for themselves). The latest [...]
Casuistry Challenge IX
This is partly a riff from my previous post about Pamela Bone’s absurd attack on “Western feminists” for alleged blindness to the concerns and rights of women in the developing world (well, actually, she only mentioned women in Islamic countries, [...]
Barry Humphries, voice of his generation
Much of Barry Humphries & Friends – Back With A Vengeance! has the feel of a greatest-hits concert. Dame Edna can still effortlessly embarrass audience members, and Humphries’ grasp of his old home town is remarkable for a man who [...]
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