sasha_feather | Disability 101 talk

This morning I gave a talk about disability (and queerness) for an intro to LGTBQ studies at

cabell's request. My notes are here, plus I talked about Glee some, and we showed part of this YouTube video of a wheelchair ice dancer as a contrast to Artie's fake wheelchair dancing.

The whole talk went really well! That is the most talking I have done all at once since... probably since last WisCon. They asked really good questions and a couple of students gave me movie recommendations. The professor complimented me.

One question: "How do you feel about the term 'differently abled'?"

To which I said: "I'm not really a fan. I think that the X-Men are differently abled."

And they laughed! Yay!

One person asked how my family reacted when I told them I was disabled, to which I had to admit that I don't really talk to my family about disability activism, because they don't seem to get it. I'd rather go talk to strangers about it!

Overall it was easy and fun, would do again.

Now I feel a bit overstimulated and headachey. Time for SimCity. :D