https://talesfromthecrip.org/2017/12/22/and-now-a-word-from-the-fuckability-tm-research-council-on-the-film-breathe/2024-04-16T21:43:23+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2023/05/14/theres-no-cure-for-gretchen-lowe-a-mothers-day-card-from-alice-2/2023-05-14T18:59:18+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2023/05/11/mr-ableism-proposes-to-dispose-of-miss-cripple-using-the-sarco-death-pod/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/pride-and-prejudice.pngMr. Ableism offers Miss Cripple his hand in using the Sarco Death PodMr Abled's proposal so enraged her that she could only reply, "You first, sir" when he presented her with a  Sarco Death Pod of betrothal.2025-02-27T18:41:19+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2023/04/29/crips-are-dying-to-save-you-money-with-easy-weeknight-euthanasia-policy/2023-04-29T23:15:04+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2018/06/03/theres-no-cure-for-gretchen-lowe-dignity-is-no-accidents/2023-04-26T01:50:27+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2023/04/25/i-want-them-to-want-me-because-i-will-need-them-to-need-me-but-if-thats-not-going-to-work-i-want-a-lawyer-2/2023-04-25T23:51:01+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2018/05/12/theres-no-cure-for-gretchen-lowe-a-mothers-day-card-from-alice/2023-04-25T22:57:07+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2018/05/20/a-crip-in-philanthropy-the-best-of-times-the-worst-of-times/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/funders.jpgfundershttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/crip-logo.jpgcrip logohttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/kids-spiderman-costume.jpgkids Spiderman costumeThis is clearly an awesome Spiderman costume but masks, outfits, and abilities don't have anything to do with dignity. Courtesy SuperHeroStuff,com https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cbj.jpgCBJ2023-04-25T22:56:50+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2018/08/19/letters-to-a-young-fundraiser-the-philanthropeon-wars-and-the-fall-of-telethonika/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/philanthropeon.jpgphilanthropeon2023-04-25T22:56:14+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2018/09/07/dr-nutone-reveals-his-secret-identity/2023-04-25T22:55:53+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2019/08/18/tryharder-magazine-the-disability-etiquette-issue-featuring-the-dowager-crippess-from-downwith-ableism/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/giphy-5.gifDowager Crippess"My dear, if punctuality is the courtesy of kings, then access is the etiquette of ableds."2023-04-25T22:55:04+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2019/11/02/and-now-a-word-from-the-fuckability-research-councils-behind-the-trailer-for-see/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/behind-the-trailer.jpgbehind the trailer2023-04-25T22:54:47+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2020/08/16/my-feduprant-i-adjusted-to-wearing-a-face-mask-by-wearing-a-face-mask/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/woman-wearing-mask-corrected-3.jpgwoman-wearing-mask corrected 3Photo credit: Christopher Egusa2023-04-25T22:54:33+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2020/10/04/this-ndeam-lets-consent-to-endthetelethon-and-dismantle-the-charity-model-again/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/pity.pngpityhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/half.pnghttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/kfc.pngkfcMDA, Jerry Lewis, KFC, and a bucket of reasons why disabled children shouldn't be used in cause marketing charity campaigns.2023-04-25T22:54:15+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2020/10/20/my-feduprant-the-top-5-reasons-girl-scouts-are-better-at-fundraising-than-the-muscular-dystrophy-associations-mda-telethon/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/meantwell-insta-e1643263757521.pnghttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/you-dont-belongs.pngyou-don't-belongshttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/meantwell.pngmeantwellhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20_marcomm_meetthecookies_graphics_lbblemonups.jpg20_MarComm_MeetTheCookies_Graphics_LBBLemonUpsIf these were MDA cookies, they'd say, "I'm half a person."2023-04-25T22:53:43+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2021/12/04/low-residency-relationship-expert-hunter-girley-brown-answers-your-questions-about-fear-and-loathing-in-the-boudoir-bs-in-the-key-of-masculine-reasonableness/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/gonzopolitan-21.jpggonzopolitan 2https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/gonzopolitan1.jpggonzopolitan2023-04-25T22:53:27+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2014/11/16/from-recipes-for-inclusive-education-chapter-6-braises-and-roasts/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/devos-hearing-620x412.jpegdevos-hearing-620x412Goody DeVos, beloved of GOD as evidenced by her billions, testifying before Congress. Photo courtefy of Salon.2023-03-23T01:20:46+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2017/07/09/this-crip-stays-in-the-picture-a-past-plaintiff-on-opposing-h-r-620-californias-ada-notification-act/2023-03-22T06:20:43+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2023/01/31/useless-eaters-dont-get-stuck-between-life-and-death-with-the-dysoon-void-3000-vacuum-but-is-it-better-than-the-sarco-death-pod/2023-02-01T03:38:25+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2023/01/27/mortha-stewart-is-serving-up-romance-in-philip-nitschkes-sarco-death-pod/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/mortha-sig.pngmortha sighttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/image004-1-e1674335608523.pngSarco Valentinehttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/image004-e1674335365248.pngSarco Valentinehttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/screenshot-2022-01-17-at-21-43-08-martha-stewart-living-magazine-craftroom-google-search-e1674260909218.pngCrafty Marthahttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/mortha-cover-sarco4.pngMortha cover sarco(4)https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/mortha-cover-sarco3.pngMortha cover sarco(3)2023-01-31T22:30:06+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2015/12/05/pride-and-prejudice-part-two-of-why-i-oppose-assisted-suicide-legislation/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/mr-darcy.jpgmr. darcy2022-11-22T21:12:14+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2015/06/12/my-speech-to-the-graduates-or-what-i-wish-id-known-as-a-5-year-old-crip/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/cropped-doc20141002151156.jpgcropped-doc20141002151156.jpgIngrid Tischer on the day of her kindergarten graduation in Greece, New York, circa 1969. She is wearing a rainbow vest and skirt sown by her mom. Note the clutching of the diploma and school-bestowed book-bag, and anxious expression -- all indicate a future in literary fiction writing and nonprofit fundraising.2022-10-22T17:02:17+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2021/10/30/and-now-a-brief-word-from-josephine-the-scar-that-runs-all-the-way-down-my-back/2021-10-31T04:49:50+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/about/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ken-stein-protest.jpgKen-Stein-protestPhoto: Ted Friedman, courtesy of Berkeleysidehttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ingrid-and-ken-1-corrected.jpgIngrid and KenPhoto credit: Chris Egusahttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/oakland.jpgoakland"What does democracy look like?" "This is what democracy looks like!" Photo Caption: (adapted from Ken Stein's): With Ken and Ann Cupolo Freeman on our way to the Oakland 80,000-plus strong Women's March rally on January 21, 2017. Because we had gotten to 17th and Broadway before the tens of thousands of marchers, we were able to jump right in at the front. Photo by Sarah Dunham.https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/vday.jpgvdayNope, not Valentine's Day this year but a recycled Valentine's Day blog post deserves a recycled photo, in this me snapped by my very ow personal Cupid, Mr. Ken Stein, after he talked the accordion player into playing "Lady of Spain."https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sky.jpgskyIngrid Tischer, making her brief appearance in the Heavy Snacks constellation. Discovered by Norse nightskyologist Uff Kors Eisseeiht.https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/fiennes.jpgfienneshttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/not-m.jpgnot mhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/fdr.jpgfdrhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/m.jpgmhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/my-host.jpgMy Host2021-09-20T04:31:33+00:00weekly0.6https://talesfromthecrip.org/2021/09/14/we-cant-hold-our-breath-until-philips-respironics-takes-real-action-on-its-recalled-equipment/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/suckyou_twitter-1.jpgSuckYou_twitter (1)This is a graphic illustration by Haley Brown with a bright cobalt blue background. There are black lungs filled with dark gray puffy clouds. In the left lung is a yellow canary bird with a red eye in a mid-flight attack pose. In the right lung there is a red circle. Around the lungs there is clear white tubing that is entwined. Above this graphic the white text reads: #SuckYouPhilips2021-09-14T17:47:53+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2020/09/13/zzzave-the-date-the-2nd-annual-nap-a-thon-for-disability-rights-is-coming-on-march-12-2021-world-sleep-day/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/nap-std-2.jpegnap Save the Datehttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/nap-std.jpgnap STDhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ty-collage.jpgty collageAll Photos courtesy of Naptivists2021-09-08T18:03:29+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2016/12/05/hey-you-media-top-5-notes-to-anderson-cooper-regarding-his-60-minutes-hit-piece-that-i-shot-b-roll-for-once-upon-a-time-when-it-was-going-to-be-about-the-adas-25th/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/15310243_10154793157625701_1338013414_n.jpg15310243_10154793157625701_1338013414_nYou know what's awesome? Seeing yourself -- excuse me, parts of yourself, the non-mouthy parts -- on The TeeVee showing how disability access in built environments are achievable and cool in a segment where the talking parts of other people -- excuse me, men people -- explain the horror of running a business that doesn't break the law or limit their customer base. Courtesy 60 FoxNews Minuteshttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/unnamed-file.jpgunnamed-fileThe Legend of the Headless Cripple: Here I am, haunting the halls of the Ed Roberts Campus where I work at DREDF -- or, at least, the part of me that conveniently lacks the ability to think critically or simply wear a facial expression that says, "I'm beginning to think my tenure as the editor of our high school newspaper -- it took 2nd place at Columbia, BTW! -- included more actual journalism and concern about ethics than whatever it is you knobs are cranking out to run between Cialis commercials." /slow clap/, 60 FoxNews Minutes.2021-08-17T23:28:41+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2015/09/06/ill-trade-you-the-pink-ribbon-teddy-bear-for-jerry-lewis-any-day/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/consent.pngconsentIn 2020, we need to understand this 2010 image in terms of consent as much as we do its financial transparency and fundraising ethics. The MDA needs to end their transactional narrative in which disabled children must exchange strangers touching them to obtain funding for their health care.https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/at-whose-expense-4.jpgAt Whose Expense-42025-12-08T07:10:29+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2015/02/07/working-while-disabled-all-about-m-o-i-versus-the-t-e-a-m-access-approach/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/the-only-disability-in-life-is-a-bad-attitude-31373113.pngthe-only-disability-in-life-is-a-bad-attitude-31373113By all means, if you're a disabled person and your wheelchair or what-not starts getting lippy, tell it to lose the attitude. 2020-09-06T04:04:46+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2016/09/21/and-now-a-word-from-the-fuckabilitytm-research-council-on-the-series-speechless/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/h2h-1.pngh2hHighway to Heaven episode "All the Colors of the Heart" Courtesy Filmrisehttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/h2h.pngH2HScreenshoot from Michael Landon's Highway to Heaven episode "All the Colors of the Heart" Courtesy Filmrisehttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/fuckabilitye284a2-research-council.jpgfuckabilitye284a2-research-council2020-08-30T22:43:40+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2020/07/19/i-remember-this-the-girls-with-the-black-bars-over-their-faces/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/the-milwaukee-brace-a-cervicothoracolumosacral-orthosis-introduced-in-1958-was-the.pngThe-Milwaukee-brace-a-cervicothoracolumosacral-orthosis-introduced-in-1958-was-theSource: researchgate.net: The Milwaukee brace, a cervicothoracolumosacral orthosis introduced in 1958, was the first of the modern spinal braces. (Reprinted from Blount WP, Schmidt AC, Bidwell RG. Making the Milwaukee brace. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1958;40:526–528 with permission from Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc., Needham, MA.) 2020-07-22T22:34:14+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2018/09/15/tryharder-magazine-the-takeaway-on-what-i-learned-from-john-hockenberrys-metoo-essay-exile-on-crip-street/2020-07-07T20:09:52+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2015/01/25/i-want-them-to-want-me-because-i-will-need-them-to-need-me-but-if-thats-not-going-to-work-i-want-a-lawyer/2020-03-17T00:54:57+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2020/03/06/tiredofableism-calling-all-naptivists-to-join-the-1st-annual-nap-a-thon-for-disability-rights-advocacy-on-worldsleepday-friday-march-13-2020/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ks.jpgksPhoto courtesy of a Nativist teamhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/collage-3.jpgNaptivists GalleryAll images courtesy of Naptivistshttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/banner-4.jpgbanner 4https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tired-woman-sleeping-at-her-desk-featured.jpgtired-woman-sleeping-at-her-desk-featuredThis Hero Naptivist could be you on World Sleep Day, 3/13/20.2020-03-15T05:33:37+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2018/08/24/and-now-a-word-from-the-fuckability-research-council-on-he-wont-get-far-on-foot-for-your-condescension/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/callahan.jpgCallahanCourtesy John Callahan2020-02-14T07:28:58+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2014/11/12/dignity-has-never-been-so-disposable/2020-02-08T20:40:39+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2019/01/09/hey-you-media-an-inconvenient-truth-about-why-casting-is-a-problem-in-the-upside/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/8lgg.gif8lggThe disability community is the community that knocks when we're not represented or included in the media. Courtesy AMChttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/janky.jpgjankyJanky Wheelchair portrait courtesy of https://hiveminer.com/User/klickertrigger2020-02-06T20:55:08+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2018/10/20/theres-no-cure-for-gretchen-lowe-whoever-wrote-the-regs-was-a-frigging-genius/2020-02-06T20:33:00+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2018/10/26/tryharder-magazine-the-ally-issue-2/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/try21.jpgtry22020-02-06T20:32:03+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2018/11/06/how-to-do-inclusive-philanthropy-introducing-disabledindevelopment/2020-02-06T20:31:28+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2018/12/10/subvert-the-dominant-paradigm-of-disability-charity-by-letting-me-match-your-monthly-gift-for-those-meddling-advocates-at-dredf/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/tiny-tim-dickens.jpgTiny-tim-dickensImage description: An old-timey drawing from a scene in A Christmas Carol where Bob Cratchit is holding Tiny Tim on his shoulder, who is cheerfully waving his crutch. My, uh, non-Dickens text is Bob saying, "DREDF's advocacy means you just might get a frakking wheelchair--maybe even an education!" Tiny Tim says, "I told Scrooge to become a DREDF monthly donor or I'd haunt his ass!" At the bottom: Dog bless DREDF's donors - everyone! Image Credit: Illustration by Fred Barnard2020-02-06T20:31:14+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2019/01/12/and-now-a-word-from-the-fuckability-research-council-on-the-upside-for-your-condescension/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/fyc-the-upside.jpgfyc the upside2020-02-06T20:30:53+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2019/01/17/and-now-a-word-from-the-fuckability-research-council-rj-mitte-in-as-presenter-at-the-palme-dvisage-awards/2020-02-06T20:30:20+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2019/01/26/this-t-shirt-is-real-and-its-spectacular-and-tells-disabilitydeniers-that-disabilityisreal/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/real.jpgreal2020-02-06T20:30:07+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2019/02/28/i-remember-this-i-find-out-i-dont-have-cerebral-palsy-is-cured-by-muscular-dystrophy/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/s-l225.jpgNewingtonThe only picture of Newington Children's Hospital I could find that resembles the building as I saw it in the 1970s after it's renovation in 1968. This is a color rendering 2020-02-06T20:29:37+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2019/04/06/my-fedup-rant-i-have-feelings-about-my-body-being-regarded-as-a-tear-down-in-your-genetic-gentrification-scheme/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/5-me.jpg5 me2020-02-06T20:29:13+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2019/08/11/i-remember-this-i-see-a-disabled-person/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cartoon-self-2-e1565551338740.jpg2 eyeshttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cartoon-self-e1565487939751.jpgcartoon selfhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/504-sign.jpg504 signBoth images have this information on the right side: "Beginning on April 5, 1977, demonstrators staged a sit-in at the U.S. Department of Health, Eto ducation, and Welfare in San Francisco. The twenty-five day event [actually it was 26 days] supported of (sic) Federal legislation – The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 – which would make it illegal for any program receiving federal funds to hinder access to people with disabilities. The sit-in played a significant role in the passage of 504, giving protection to Disabled Americans under U.S. law and giving the community a voice to rally around. These actions led to the passage of the more comprehensive Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, which prohibited discrimination against people with disabilities — at National Museum of American History. Photo courtesy Ken Steinhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/smithsonian-504.jpgSmithsonian 5042020-02-06T20:28:26+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2018/01/12/top-10-reasons-why-focusing-on-white-students-with-disabilities-is-not-acceptable-policy-strategy-in-dc-or-anywhere/2019-11-07T20:23:15+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2016/09/28/respectability-class-and-race-privilege-and-leveling-the-erring-field/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/a8d72-1474912992347.pnga8d72-14749129923472019-11-07T20:16:50+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2018/09/09/wspd2018-suicide-is-a-problem-not-a-solution-for-living-with-a-disability-yup-even-one-thats-neuromuscular-progressive-and-degenerative/2019-09-13T17:48:43+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/disability-in-development-project-and-a-crip-in-philanthropy/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/fb-2.jpgDiD bannerhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/hexagon-sample.jpghexagon sample2019-07-06T03:02:26+00:00weekly0.6https://talesfromthecrip.org/2015/11/19/when-it-comes-to-inspiration-porn-role-model-is-my-most-effective-anti-inspirant/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/773232.png7732322019-07-06T02:19:53+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2019/05/24/i-remember-this-i-am-thirteen-and-in-the-recovery-room-after-spinal-fusion-surgery/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/index.jpgindex2019-06-01T23:26:20+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2018/05/24/tryharder-magazine-ableism-speaks/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/try-again.jpgtry againhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/untitled.jpg2 centshttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/looney-tunes-acme-road-runner-wile-e-coyote-0.jpglooney-tunes-acme-road-runner-wile-e-coyote.0Credit: Warner Bros.https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/try3.jpgTryHarder™ Magazinehttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/try-stacked.jpgTryHarder™ Magazine2019-05-07T10:00:44+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2015/08/08/notpeople-magazine-presents-star-trek-the-next-intervention/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gandalf-the-grey-fellowship-of-the-ring-gandalf-35160265-900-380.jpgGandalf-the-Grey-Fellowship-of-the-Ring-gandalf-35160265-900-380https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/wong.jpgwonghttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/i-claudius-sejanus-19.jpgI-Claudius-Sejanus-19https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dammit-im-an-assisted-suicide-doctor-not-a-healer1.jpgDammit I'm an assisted suicide doctor not a healerhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/hes-dead1.jpghe's deadhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/uh-huh-q.jpgUh huh, Q.https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/q-picard.jpgq picardhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/picard-wait.jpgpicard wait"Wait -- listen. I hear something. Something I don't like at all."https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ps-face-palm-1.gifps face palm 1https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/patrick-stewart-double-facepalm.pngpatrick-stewart-double-facepalm2019-04-28T05:01:58+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2016/03/23/the-top-10-reasons-why-medically-stunting-the-growth-of-children-with-severe-disabilities-continues-to-be-an-ethical-and-well-thought-out-solution-to-the-problem-of-financially-stunting-public-funding/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/000.png000Nothing to see here, nothing to learn here2019-03-08T19:12:45+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2019/03/02/and-now-a-word-from-the-fuckability-research-council-on-the-film-the-favourite/2019-03-03T00:43:04+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2018/02/17/i-want-to-be-envied/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/fedup-envied.pngfedup enviedhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/feduptm-banner.jpgfeduptm bannerhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hosehead-cartoon-e1518904049773.jpghosehead cartoon - close up 22019-02-23T19:43:01+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2019/02/21/my-fedup-rant-oh-goody-a-debate-about-whether-i-should-be-allowed-to-breed/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/twitter-shot.jpgtwitter shot2019-02-23T19:36:03+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2019/02/17/i-remember-this-what-getting-my-first-milwaukee-backbrace-was-like/2026-03-16T06:47:07+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2019/01/16/tryharder-magazine-the-so-you-wanna-use-the-r-word-for-comedic-effect-issue/2019-01-17T22:54:58+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2017/04/03/the-crip-sense-i-see-women-and-girls-with-disabilities-in-your-organizations/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/principle.jpgPrinciplehttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/practices.jpgPracticeshttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/leaders.jpgLeadershttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/fortune.jpgFortune2018-10-25T19:42:46+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2018/10/03/an-open-letter-to-advocacy-funders-funddisadvocacy-because-disability-ableism-structural-discrimination/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/funddisadvocacy-chat.png#FundDisAdvocacy chat2018-10-24T20:39:23+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2018/09/24/the-notpeople-magazine-cluelessest-man-alive-interview-harpers-rick-macarthur-gets-notpersonal-with-janky-wheelchair-about-john-hockenberry-disability-and-metoo/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/trapper-keeper.jpgtrapper keeperRick MacArthur's preferred information technology: the iHorsey. Image courtesy eBayhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/the-sit-down-with-janky.jpgthe sit-down with jankyJanky Wheelchair portrait courtesy of hiveminer.com/User/klickertriggerhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/the-sit-down.jpgthe sit-downJanky Wheelchair portrait courtesy of hiveminer.com/User/klickertrigger2018-09-26T01:59:13+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2016/09/10/wspd2016-suicide-is-a-problem-not-a-solution-for-living-with-a-disability-yup-even-one-thats-neuromuscular-progressive-and-degenerative/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/13391402_10153976916724902_1024293272115617569_o.jpg13391402_10153976916724902_1024293272115617569_oMe and husband, Ken Stein, at the Berkeley protest we helped organize in June 2016 against the disability suicide movie "Me Before You." Ken's sign is our wedding photo that expresses, "Better wed than dead."https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/img_3118-2.jpgimg_3118-2My college yearbook photo, from 1986. That is some 80s hair and I'm pretty sure that was my typical "vintage" sweater, complete with a musty smell and a few discreet holes.https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/imgrehab_08.jpgimgrehab_08Milwaukee back-brace used to treat scoliosis, or curvature of the spine. Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian, National Museum of American History.https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/wnc.jpgWNC#TBT 1996. 6 yrs in our gyn clinic gave me -- me. I got #disability + #civilrights, thx to our WoC, LGBTQ leadership.2018-09-04T00:02:18+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2014/11/12/hocas-nocas-making-restaurant-magic-happen-or-not/2018-09-03T18:48:16+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2017/10/08/im-not-finished-corn-on-the-cob-late-july-1970/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/corn.jpgcorn2022-06-15T17:58:32+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2017/10/02/im-not-finished-canned-mandarin-oranges-wednesday-morning-1969/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/five_easy_pieces_restaurant.jpgfive_easy_pieces_restaurantFive Easy Pieces, BBS Productions, 1970https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/oranges.jpgorangesThe can may or may not have appeared otherwise in 1969 but one truth endures: My mother would only have bought a name brand like this if she had a coupon for it.2018-08-27T03:38:03+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2017/09/13/clam-roast-summer-1968/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/inf-image.jpginf imageImage courtesy eBay2018-08-27T03:34:02+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2015/06/09/the-notpeople-magazine-rationalest-man-alive-interview-peter-singer-gets-nonpersonal-with-a-respironics-bi-pap-st/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/notpeople-rick.jpgnotpeople rickPhoto courtesy Spectatorhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/23a1a-hamsterwithglasses.jpg23a1a-hamsterwithglasseshttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/rationalest-man-alive-5.jpgRationalest Man Alive 5https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/rationalest-man-alive.jpgRationalest Man Alivehttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/28-days-t0-a-less-parental-you.jpg28 Days t0 a Less Parental Youhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/peter-singer-250x315.jpgPeter-Singer-250x315https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/bipapst.jpgBIPAPSTI can't exist much less persist without access to one of these.2018-08-26T03:37:51+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2018/01/10/doh-hr-620-will-hurt-ordinary-americans/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/lisa.jpglisaWHAT??? Democrat Representative Jackie Speier co-sponsored H.R. 620, the ADA Notification Act, that undermines vital civil rights protections for millions of disabled Americans?! HOW DID WAL-MART GET TO YOU, JACKIE???https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/title.jpgtitleCopyright Foxhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/trump-casino.jpgtrump casinoCopyright Foxhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/trump.pngtrumpCopyright Foxhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/the-simpsons-grandpa-cane1.jpgthe-simpsons-grandpa-cane1Copyright Foxhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/smithers_burns-original.jpgsmithers_burns.originalCopyright Foxhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/moes_tavern.pngMoe's_TavernCopyright Foxhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/homer-simpson_235.jpghomer-simpson_235Copyright Foxhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fc_lisa_2752288k_trans_nvbqzqnjv4bq3ddxxxrv_fbe_bxvyxlkoi-bmstvkacg_efitmloqoc.jpgFC_Lisa_2752288k_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bq3dDXxxrv_FBe_bxVyxLkOI-BmsTVKaCg_eFiTMLOQocCopyright Fox2018-08-06T18:34:58+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2018/01/23/hail-zukas-hale-profiles-a-low-profile-disability-rights-pioneer-and-co-founder-of-the-center-for-independent-living-cil/2018-08-06T18:34:41+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2018/02/11/disabled-people-have-waited-30-years-to-peetoo-protect-the-ada-and-tell-congress-to-vote-no-on-hr-620/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/blueicon.jpgblueiconhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/no-access-2.jpgno access 22018-08-06T18:34:32+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2018/05/19/theres-no-cure-for-gretchen-lowe-the-dignity-initiative/2018-08-06T18:33:54+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2018/05/26/theres-no-cure-for-gretchen-lowe-the-list-of-lives-that-suck/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/theres-no-cure-for-gretchen-lowe2.jpgThere's No Cure for Gretchen Lowehttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/theres-no-cure-for-gretchen-lowe1.jpgThere's No Cure for Gretchen Lowe2018-08-06T18:33:33+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2015/02/14/low-residency-relationship-expert-hunter-girley-brown-answers-your-questions-about-fear-and-loathing-in-the-boudoir-valentines-day/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/gonzopolitan-2.jpgGonzopolitanhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/angry-peacock-300x300.jpgangry-peacock-300x3002018-05-29T04:15:42+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2016/07/22/what-criplit-means-to-me-and-how-it-differs-from-dislit/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/criplit-banner.jpgcriplit bannerhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/criplit-and-dislit.jpgCripLit and DisLit2024-05-26T21:28:44+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2016/01/21/imagination-and-empathy-in-the-age-of-story-tellers-with-disabilities/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/criplit-vert.jpgCrip Lit2018-05-23T00:00:56+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2016/07/10/criplit-excerpt-from-the-copier-god-unleashes-the-flood-waters/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/criplit-2.jpgcriplit 2https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/criplit.jpgCripLit2018-05-13T22:15:25+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2017/02/26/criplit-chapter-2-funktionslust/2018-05-13T21:41:02+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2017/02/19/before-i-resist-and-persist-i-must-exist-bioethical-choice-living-like-that-and-working-the-early-shift-of-cleaning-up-ableist-narratives/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/become.jpgbecomeImage description: 3 extremely fresh-looking white women, dressed in tasteful white separates, arms around each, smiling in sunlight against lush greenery. Text reads: I was threatened for posting my opinion/Today I become an Internet womanhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/family.jpgfamilyMy family in my mom's backyard in 2012.https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/filmdis-feb-18-1.pngfilmdis-feb-18-1https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/wedding-1.jpgIngrid Tischer and Ken Stein taking the marital cure at the Ed Roberts Campus (ERC) in September 2011.2018-05-08T22:04:18+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2018/01/23/an-appreciation-ursula-le-guin-1929-2018/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/flight-2.jpgflight 2A tangible reminder of a women's writing community (Photo courtesy Ken Stein)2018-05-08T22:02:58+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2018/03/04/and-now-a-word-from-the-fuckability-research-council-on-who-will-win-the-palme-dvisage-award-for-your-condescension/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/fyc-graphic.jpgFYC graphic2018-05-08T22:02:20+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2016/08/07/depression-and-suicide-do-not-come-standard-with-the-progressive-disability-package/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/suicide.jpgSuicide2018-05-08T21:52:42+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2014/11/12/voters-with-disabilities-need-better-access-to-polls/2018-05-08T21:52:14+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2014/11/12/the-misanthropists-tale-part-1/2018-05-08T21:22:28+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2014/11/12/i-never-told-you/2018-05-08T21:21:54+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2017/04/01/tales-from-the-crip-proudly-announces-we-support-the-beginning-of-life-option-act/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/birth-with-dignity.jpgBirth with dignity2018-05-08T21:19:12+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2014/11/12/on-being-an-athlete/2018-05-08T21:18:29+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2016/07/26/announcing-ada26-as-the-year-of-sassingback-criplit-style/2018-05-08T21:16:09+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2017/05/15/iamapreexistingcondition-says-no-to-ahca-and-yes-to-protecting-people-not-profits/2018-05-08T21:15:04+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2016/02/11/2016-ramp-up-to-the-white-house-5-questions-for-the-democratic-candidates-for-crip-in-chief/2018-05-08T21:12:03+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2016/03/01/thank-you-two-thirds-of-the-planet/2018-05-08T21:11:53+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2016/07/31/cripthevote-you-have-hillary-clinton-to-blame-for-this-blog-post/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ingrid-and-eric.jpgingrid and ericThe author and her older brother.2018-05-08T21:11:24+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2014/12/02/letters-to-a-young-fundraiser-givingtuesday-ennui/2018-05-08T21:09:54+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2015/11/29/fundraising-and-inspiration-porn-how-does-your-messaging-rate-on-the-jerry-scale/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/3-siblings-e1603054545665.jpg3 siblingsIf it's an honor for kids with disabilities to fund their own health care, then let's have all kids be poster children.https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/shriners-inspiration-porn.pngShriners' inspiration porn"Stragedy" = "strategic" + "tragedy"2018-05-08T21:08:49+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2017/10/05/your-3-point-take-down-of-the-ada-education-and-reform-act-of-2017-or-why-your-representative-should-vote-no-on-hr-620/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/shimmer-snl-300x187.jpgshimmer-SNL-300x187"HR 620 is BOTH!" Courtesy NBC Universal.2018-05-08T21:07:04+00:00monthlyhttps://talesfromthecrip.org/2018/01/14/and-now-a-word-from-the-fuckability-research-council-on-top-chef-season-15-episodes-5-and-6/https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/hosehead-cartoon-e1515974020975.jpghosehead cartoonTell you what, Top Chef, YOU take the FuckAbility Workplace Challenge: Have your breathing restricted to the point where you can't think straight and you can't walk a straight line, then do any fucking thing at all, and hold your fucking shit together when you realize the fucking challenge itself, and pretty much the whole notions of ability and success, could well fucking kill you. The challenge? Oh yeah, the challenge. There never was any real challenge. You were fucked before you began.https://talesfromthecrip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/nicholas-leading-his-team.pngNicholas leading his teamIn Season 11's finale, Gail Simmons and David Kinch are treated to hearing (male, white, visitor) Nicholas Elmi scream at his (female servers of color, his HOSTS) loudly enough for the dining room to hear. In a shocking twist, Tom Colicchio later rules that Top Chef is about being a cook, not a leader, and passion blah blah blah, an incident apparently so unremarkable to him that he doesn't think to connect his own betrayal of female hospitality staff to the toxic workplace culture he condemns in 2017. 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