Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

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Wong believes that people in the disabled community have a lot to teach and share, from experiences regarding their disability to things beyond perceived limitations. DVP aims to showcase stories that say disabled people should be valued as people. A six-year-old child has been diagnosed as having autism. He has difficulty communicating through speech and in recognising when someone is happy or sad. When going somewhere new or taking a different route he can become very anxious. Each of these factors amounts to a substantial adverse effect on his ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities, such as holding a conversation or enjoying a day trip, even for such a young child. B4. An impairment might not have a substantial adverse effect on a person’s ability to undertake a particular day-to-day activity in isolation. However, it is important to consider whether its effects on more than one activity, when taken together, could result in an overall substantial adverse effect.

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inability to hold a conversation in a very noisy place, such as a factory floor, a pop concert, sporting event or alongside a busy main road Some conditions are always disabilities under the Equality Act. Conditions that are always disabilities under the Equality Act

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Shares perspectives that are too often missing from such decision-making about accessibility.” — The Washington Post Every piece in Disability Visibility evokes . . . tenacity, some gut-wrenching and others inspiring. . . . The range of subjects is impressive: assistive technologies, carceral injustice, fashion, homophobia and heterosexism, medical care and medical abuse, organizing strategies, psychotherapy, racism, relationships, sex, and sexism.” — The Progressive This has a substantial adverse effect on his ability to carry out the normal day-to-day activity of crossing the road safely. D5. A normal day-to-day activity is not necessarily one that is carried out by a majority of people. For example, it is possible that some activities might be carried out only, or more predominantly, by people of a particular gender, such as breast-feeding or applying make-up, and cannot therefore be said to be normal for most people. They would nevertheless be considered to be normal day-to-day activities. I look out the window and see nothing, because the darkness of the sky consumes it all. I envy the sky for being so many things and taking up so much space without having to explain itself.

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B18. Progressive conditions, which are conditions that have effects which increase in severity over time, are subject to the special provisions set out in Sch1, Para 8. These provisions provide that a person with a progressive condition is to be regarded as having an impairment My strategy of shifting ontology outside of white supremacy as a Filipinx begins by taking my unique experiences seriously. Instead of waiting for U.S. policy to meet my needs, I self-advocate for an existence outside of Western ontology. Each of my breaths, body aches, and books mark developments in my curiosity and self-confidence. Each day I dare continue to live, the futures of disabled people and beings of color outside of white supremacist systems and narratives is made more possible. Measures should be introduced to implement the Care Quality Commission’s person-centred approach on mental health service provision, including through contracts with ‘community partners’. Ramos, M. D. (1994). The Aswang complex in Philippine folklore. Quezon City, Quezon: Phoenix Publishing House. The Equality Act’s definition of disability is quite wide so you might be considered disabled under the Equality Act even if you don’t see yourself as disabled - for example if you’re autistic or if you have ADHD or a long-term injury.

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The DVP blog publishes reports, news, blog posts, Q&A posts, and original essays written by Wong, guest writers, and people with disabilities who are engaged with culture at every level. Topics include ableism, intersectionality, culture, media, and politics from the perspective of disabled people. [1] The World Health Organization (WHO) published the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in 2001. The ICF provides a standard language for classifying body function and structure, activity, participation levels, and conditions in the world around us that influence health. This description helps to assess the health, functioning, activities, and factors in the environment that either help or create barriers for people to fully participate in society. Project, Disability Visibility. "Disability Visibility Project to Record Stories for the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act". www.prnewswire.com . Retrieved 2020-10-15.