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Disability History: SAAM Edition

Apr 15, 2018

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in Activism, anti-violence, Blog Entries, history, sex and disability history

This piece on disability and sexual assault was published in 2010, long before hashtag movements and mainstream coverage. It’s 2018, and, honestly, I don’t feel as if we’ve made any sort of significant cultural shift. Each April, we observe Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Every year we learn about at least one more documentary, local or…

Weekend Reading: Sexuality and Disability History

Feb 25, 2018

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Robin

in Blog Entries, history, Resources, sex and disability history

Everybody’s getting in on the “let’s publish sex and disability articles” deal these days. Query Google (or your favourite search engine) for “sex and disability,” and your top results will almost always be from major online and print publications, and will date from the last four or five years. I’m not complaining about this. It’s…

Disabled People, harassment, and Public Spaces

Mar 2, 2017

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Robin

in ableism, Blog Entries, commentary, disability, personal experience, social commentary

(Originally published on another blog in 2014. My writing voice has changed a lot since then, but I still agree with everything I said here! I have a lot more to say on disability and harassment, and am reposting this older piece here to get the conversation started.) *** Every time I leave my house…

Please don’t leave disabled people’s realities out of reproductive justice history.

Feb 13, 2017

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Robin

in ableism, Blog Entries, commentary, disability, media critique, social commentary

(I first published this piece on another blog in April 2014 in response to an article on RH Reality Check – now called Rewire. It’s 2017 now. My writing voice is different. The way I analyze and critique issues is different. Reproductive justice organizations are now making more of an effort to include disability and…

Film Friday: IN The Eye Of The Beholder (The Diane De Vries Story)

Oct 9, 2015

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Robin

in Blog Entries, Films, intimate partner violence, Physical Disability, Relationships

diane De Vries was born without arms and legs. This fast-paced, hard-hitting and beautifully honest documentary takes us through Diane’s life, through the ways the fear of her devoutly religious grandmother and the physical neglect of her mother shaped her childhood, through the ways being physically different impacts her interactions with others as an adult…

Ready, Sexy, Able: August News and Views Round-Up

Aug 31, 2015

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Robin

in Blog Entries, Monthly Round-Up

August brought us a lot of personal narratives, powerful, funny, sad, and thoughtful. Topics include respectful personal care, dating, not-so-accessible sex toys, a moving day-in-the-life of a support worker for disabled folks who’ve experienced sexual violence, and so much more. Disability Rights A Bill of Rights as an Autonomous Disabled Person No One Wants to…

Film Friday: One Step Out Of Loneliness

Aug 28, 2015

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Robin

in Blog Entries, Communication, disability, Films, Intellectual Disability, Relationships

Then my behaviour therapist called, I asked him how to get a girl friend, he said he’d draw up a plan with a step by step process. … Did you know that there are 176 steps that you need to climb in order to get out of loneliness. That’s a lot. Loneliness can feel like…

Sexualities and People With Intellectual Disabilities

Jun 17, 2015

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Robin

in Intellectual Disability, sex positive, Sexual Health, sexuality, sexuality and disability

This was originally written and published in late August, 2014 after I attended Jessica Naslund’s workshop, Healthy Relationships and Sexuality: A Systemic Approach to Supporting People with Cognitive Disabilities, at The Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit. Workshop description: As practitioners and educators we are guiding individuals through their unique sexual journeys. People with cognitive disabilities have…

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