Bint alshamsa over at My Private Casbah has a great post up about the use of “differently abled” when referring to people with disabilities.
Many non-disabled people tend to be confused about what the term “disabled” means. It doesn’t have anything to do with what the PWD is actually able to do. It refers to the way that society limits certain kinds of people from being fully included within it, specifically those whose bodies are perceived as being deficient, inferior or abnormal. In fact, we all have different ways of doing things but only some of those ways of doing things are categorized as “alternative”. The term “differently abled” is just another way of hierarchizing PWD lives as somehow abnormal.
Another argument I’ve always liked in favor of using “people with disabilities” is that it puts people first. Thus recognizing that first and foremost, we are all people.
I’m excited to announce that I am going on tour with Microcosom Publishing. I will be promoting my new mini-comic, “The Ice Cream Man Cometh,” and talking about creative resistance. The comic is based on Good Clean Fun’s song by the same name. It is about a group of young people who get creative and convince an ice cream vendor to sell only vegan goods. I will also be promoting two new zines from Deep Roots; one about the necessity of predator species and the other about why start an animal sanctuary. The comic and zines will be available on the Deep Roots website very soon.
Here is the information about the Tall Tales Tour. If you live in or near one of these cities, stop by the table and let me know you found out about the event through this blog. I’ll hook you up with something special. Hope to see you soon!
Dave Roche, Joe Biel, Sparky Taylor, and Chris Lynch will be on the “tall tales” tour:
July 11 - Madison, WI - Rainbow Books
July 12-13 - Minneapolis, MN - Twin Cities Zine Fest
July 14 - Chicago - Quimby’s
July 15 - Ann Arbor, MI - Vault of Midnight
July 16 - Columbus, OH - Wholly Craft
July 17 - Indianapolis, IN - Hidden Noise Artspace
July 18-20 Milwaukee, WI - Milwaukee Zine Fest
Download and print out the poster!
