tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post4156932785942011308..comments2023-11-02T09:34:05.941-04:00Comments on The Seated View: Old Game, New NameLene Andersenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11223128667829847717noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-90366552014512853452010-11-10T10:19:03.000-05:002010-11-10T10:19:03.000-05:00(To answer your aside) Here in Tennessee, it's...(To answer your aside) Here in Tennessee, it's the alumni that are coming home. Some may have not even gone anywhere, but that's the idea. I suppose they watch the game and parade and maybe meet up with old friends. As far as I can tell, the homecoming court has no responsibilities at all. It mostly means your classmates like you. (There's a vote.) Who knows really, football is a bit on an enigma to me.Eowynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-77271545750040887382010-11-09T02:09:48.000-05:002010-11-09T02:09:48.000-05:00So right. I still pass for able bodied. I was wa...So right. I still pass for able bodied. I was walking somewhere at work a few days ago with another employee. I stood and waited for the elevator. Don't be lazy! she said, the stairs are right here. Explaind stairs are not an option. Confused silence. Then this: so how come you're still allowed to work here?<br /><br />It's a g-d damned hospital! Where we ought to know better, do better, be better. And no, I don't need to climb stairs to take care of patients. Why did I have to spend so much time on this? why does the world feel like they can decide when i get to take an elevator? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-23312513269701232602010-11-08T19:08:46.000-05:002010-11-08T19:08:46.000-05:00thanks for taking the time to read the comments, ...thanks for taking the time to read the comments, something I obviously should have done. Sigh. It still makes me wonder, though. If it took 800 signatures on a petition to get the rule change, was administration as receptive to changing rule as would have been ideal?lene501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-2805845953542254572010-11-08T15:28:53.000-05:002010-11-08T15:28:53.000-05:00From looking at the comments on the case of the Ho...From looking at the comments on the case of the Homecoming Rules, that you mentioned, the rule was to keep kids who weren't fully invested in school off the homecoming cout not meant to keep kids with disabilities off, as you have to take a certain number of core classes to qualify (some kids with disabilities *did* qualify)...so this was an unintended consequence, that the administration seems to have rectified when it was brought to their attention...bad that it was there, good that the kids noticed and got it fixed. They quoted an official out of context, saying that all should be included (the quote is really awkward out of context). And I'm delighted that one of the kids who worked on that won ;) <br /><br />And Purposeful Exclusion is a terrific phrase!colleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-62015373759170082842010-11-07T11:14:02.000-05:002010-11-07T11:14:02.000-05:00...oh, and I forgot to say 'Thank You' for......oh, and I forgot to say 'Thank You' for completely demolishing any ideas I had about moving to Canada for a better life - and I mean that sincerely! ;)Gainanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-49917940409596367772010-11-07T11:12:39.000-05:002010-11-07T11:12:39.000-05:00The first time I heard about disabled people losin...The first time I heard about disabled people losing their assistance if they married, I was absolutely stunned! That just doesn't happen here. If I were to marry a disabled person tomorrow we'd both keep our Disability Living Allowance (and in fact I might get the middle or higher care componant as I'd have to employ someone to prepare main meals and do housework).Gainanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-50941288895398954142010-11-05T22:51:15.000-04:002010-11-05T22:51:15.000-04:00Awesome rant!Awesome rant!lene501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-75710253690194961232010-11-05T21:51:02.000-04:002010-11-05T21:51:02.000-04:00And don't get me going on "purposeful exc...And don't get me going on "purposeful exclusion."<br /><br />Maybe I should stay off the intertubes tonight. Or go on to political stuff to expend some of this unladylike negativity.knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-43988040662410862172010-11-05T21:04:36.680-04:002010-11-05T21:04:36.680-04:00I'm confused. If two people are on disability...I'm confused. If two people are on disability, why can't they get married? I know that if I marry someone who's not on disability, I lose my ODSP. But if I marry someone who's also on it, we get a joint payment. Have I misunderstood something?Trevor Tymchukhttp://www.altstuff.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-7177099983387343372010-11-05T14:00:49.000-04:002010-11-05T14:00:49.000-04:00That is a powerful term and his exchange with that...That is a powerful term and his exchange with that woman absolutely masterfully done.AlisonHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-86475172764731581752010-11-05T12:58:13.000-04:002010-11-05T12:58:13.000-04:00Thanks for introducing me to the word "ableis...Thanks for introducing me to the word "ableism." I did call Naonka a bigot the other day, but it was just me yelling at the TV.AdrienneSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12707009.post-33350651205018630662010-11-05T12:06:48.000-04:002010-11-05T12:06:48.000-04:00Yes, it most definitely is. It's a hegemonic ...Yes, it most definitely is. It's a hegemonic definition of personhood as "able", and the way we make exactly these sorts of discriminations invisible. If terms like "purposeful exclusion" make people feel uncomfortable, then that's to the good. I often suggest to my students that being made to feel uncomfortable means that there's some unspoken assumption that they're leaning on that they should probably examine more closely. In the meantime, though, stories like this just make me burn.Jocelynnoreply@blogger.com