Disability SkunkWorks

Let's build a bigger skunkworks to change ... , word choice and the sales model to get journalists, media and even bloggers to cover the real story. This is a well written piece published on Sept 5th by Wendy Lu with input from a variety of respected leaders. If you join this "Stella Young Skunkworks" mission you pledge to make it happen in all you write, edit and communicate in every way and day. Remove pity, inferiority and inspiration and replace it with the facts. Go! ⏩

What journalists can do better to cover the disability beat We’ve all read headlines like this before: “This Student With Cerebral Palsy Went To Prom With Her Best Friend And It Was Magical.” For decades, the media has tended to portray people with disabilities (or those around them) as inspirations or heroes—a genre of reporting known as “inspiration porn.”...

SkunkWorks Book Club: Disability and Culture, Edited by Ingstad and Whyte (1995)

The articles address a question, poised to cultures around the world: "Are persons with impairments impaired persons?"

Disability and Culture Spurred by the United Nation's International Decade for Disabled Persons and medical anthropology's coming of age, anthropologists have recently begun to explore the effects of culture on the lives of the mentally and physically impaired. This major collection of essays both reframes disability i...

Inauguration Guide for the Disabled and Elderly - Washington Post Article

Presidential inauguration guide for the disabled and elderly On Inauguration Day, there will be resources for people with disabilities or who are elderly or frail.