Tag: disability

Aboriginal Race Disability Life Journey
05/08/2023

Two with mobility condition of paraplegia. One got much more due to his “disadvantaged” ‘Aboriginal’ socially constructed race heritage

The two men in the photos in this blog are Kevin Coombs and Bruno Secondo Moretti. Both were born in Australia in 1941. Both obtained the physical mobility impairment of paraplegia before adulthood. Both came from non-English cultural heritage. Bruno’s parents had immigrated from Italy and English was a second spoken language by Bruno. Bruno Moretti deserved to be recognised in a way that he […]

Disability Rights and Attitudes Life Journey
23/07/2023

Some think renaming ‘disabled parking’ or ‘disabled toilets’ to include ‘accessible’ fixes everything…

Disability’ is something imposed on top of a person’s impairments by the way they are unnecessarily isolated and excluded from full participation in society. Disability’ arouses pity and pity peddling. ‘Disability’ arouses hero inspiration for doing normal stuff. ‘Disability’ arouses invasive inquisitiveness. ‘Disability’ suggests tragedy. ‘Disability’ stands for dispossession and misery.  ‘Disability’ confirms one-dimensional. ‘Disability’ purports need fixing. ‘Disability’ is a plot device. ‘Disability’ is […]

Disability Rights and Attitudes Life Journey
17/07/2023

No one but self is responsible for how another person feels or reacts to spoken or written words

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me!” Once upon a time, people were taught to be tolerant and not get upset about what another person may say regardless of how audacious or foolhardy the words used were. And yes it is very natural to be fearful of a simpleton walking alone down the street having conversations with themselves, especially […]

Disability Rights and Attitudes Life Journey
16/07/2023

Social model of disability is archaic and flawed

The barriers damaged humans encounter in their daily life include inaccessible education systems, inaccessible work settings, deficient impairment benefits, discriminatory health and social support services, hard to access transport, unfit for purpose accommodation, public buildings, and amenities. The degrading of some types of body damage in people occurs through innocent ignorance, comic relief, and negative images in the media – films, television and newspapers. There […]

Disability Rights and Attitudes Life Journey
13/07/2023

Gregarious family life and powerful love intimacy is real in the life of people with broken bodies

Charismatic , charming, and humorous, Robin Francis Cavendish is another well publicised story of a man who was not ‘disabled’ by life or society in spite of his massively damaged body. The 2017 film Breathe, directed by his son, is based on the true story of Robin’s life. But does the film tell the full story… of a quadriplegics normal life? Robin refused to be […]