On Neuro-Accessibility and Skepticon
I attended Skepticon 8 this month as a first time attendee. I’ve heard wonderful things about this event from many people over the past several years, but it wasn’t feasible for me to go until this year. This time things finally worked out and I was super excited to attend! …
Autism Is No Excuse For Racist Priorities
Much thanks to Olivia from Skepchick for her help with this post. For some background on what happened with Mark Schierbecker at Skepticon 8 and what happened there I suggest reading the re-caps from Alex at Skepchick, Jason Thibeault at Freethought Blogs, and Feminace on her blog. After the events …
Two Deaths
Introduction This article was, in a slightly different form, previously published on my personal blog. As it’s not a highly technical piece and because it’s about two remarkable individuals who, each in their own very different ways, did a lot for blind people and were very dear to me personally. …
Paying For It
One of the things we talk about in disability circles is the common misconception that being disabled means simply being able to do certain things and not able to do other things. In reality, many of us can do difficult things for awhile, but not all the time, and sometimes …
QED 2015
Introduction People who follow my personal blog would know, the QED conference, held annually in Manchester, England is my favorite skeptical event in any given year. In April, we returned to the UK to attend QED for the third year in a row and, as with the previous two years, …
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Recent Posts: Skepchick
The Joy of Smacking Down Pseudoscience
Support more videos like this at patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: I talk about p-hacking all the time — that’s the thing where a scientist manipulates their data to make it look like they got a statistically significant result when in fact they got boloney — but I don’t remember if I’ve ever actually mentioned one of its …
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Healthcare
Sexual Assault By a Medical Provider Is Not a Big Deal… Until It Is
TW for discussion and details of sexual assault. I wrote this post a while back as a guest post. When I was 18, I was assaulted by a doctor at the university clinic. I had gone in to get tested for bacterial vaginosis. I was in love and wanted to …
Intersectional Issues
Where Ableism and Fat Shaming Collide
Earlier SpasticFantastic posted a great article calling out Takei on sharing an ableist joke for which he later apologized. The joke centered around a picture of a woman standing from a wheelchair, with the caption “A miracle has occurred in the alcohol isle”. SpasticFantastic did a great takedown of the …
Personal Stories
My Tribute to Stella Young
The loss of Stella Young, a prominent 32 year old disability activist, writer, and comedian this weekend will leave a considerable gap in the landscape of disability advocates. Whilst those who knew the young woman personally will undoubtedly feel her loss, so too, will the great number of young disabled …
Ableism
My Tribute to Stella Young
The loss of Stella Young, a prominent 32 year old disability activist, writer, and comedian this weekend will leave a considerable gap in the landscape of disability advocates. Whilst those who knew the young woman personally will undoubtedly feel her loss, so too, will the great number of young disabled …
