NEWS New Works Conchita Hernández Legorreta, a disability rights activist and co-founder of the National Coalition of Latinx with Disabilities, writes about growing up as an undocumented blind Latina for Refinery29. “I continue to fight for institutional change and inclusion for disabled BIPOC immigrants,” she writes, ”yet I don’t pretend that this is enough, nor that being included in a capitalist, ableist, racist, xenophobic system is the answer to our problems.”
Kevin, thanks for sussing out and curating the news for me. I so appreciate your work. This week the link to the article about medical ableism was especially timely.
Deeply felt, Sandra! I'm always a bit nervous about including items like the medical ableism study because I know it can hit right on some tender points. I'm curious about ways the newsletter can sort those items that could activate people in unwelcome ways from new works and more joyful stuff. Thinking!
Kevin, thanks for sussing out and curating the news for me. I so appreciate your work. This week the link to the article about medical ableism was especially timely.
Deeply felt, Sandra! I'm always a bit nervous about including items like the medical ableism study because I know it can hit right on some tender points. I'm curious about ways the newsletter can sort those items that could activate people in unwelcome ways from new works and more joyful stuff. Thinking!
I think of items like these as affirming more than anything else.