Let’s Flip the Script on the R-WordNot sure when it's okay to say "retarded"? This video clears it up once and for all.
Posted by Mic on Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Showing posts with label DisabledPersonsRights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DisabledPersonsRights. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
[Video] Not sure when it's okay to say "retarded"? Don't. From Mic
Monday, March 30, 2015
Woman complains to Steve Harvey about what he said about special needs children/People need to stop making special needs children the butt of jokes.
I hate when people are oversensitive about everything.Comedy is comedy and insult comedy insult EVERYONE; however, Steve Harvey WAS wrong in this situation. It was too real and too offensive.
I think he was trying to be Lisa Lampenelli but failed. I hope he realized what he did wasn't funny because I do like him.
With that said. I hear people do this all the time.Leave the insult comedy to the professionals because YOU don't do it correctly.
I think he was trying to be Lisa Lampenelli but failed. I hope he realized what he did wasn't funny because I do like him.
With that said. I hear people do this all the time.Leave the insult comedy to the professionals because YOU don't do it correctly.
UH OH : Woman Goes In On Steve Harvey For His Comments About S...Woman Goes In On Steve Harvey For His Comments About Special Needs Children!
Posted by DeLorean on Monday, March 30, 2015
Friday, March 13, 2015
Who is Tisha UnArmed?
"Tisha UnArmed is a 28 year old woman who was born without arms and her right leg shorter than the left. Naturally, Tisha learned how to do everything with her feet including driving, painting, and dressing.
This spunky, up beat, sarcastically funny woman with a can-do attitude demonstrates how she does everyday tasks with her feet"
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This spunky, up beat, sarcastically funny woman with a can-do attitude demonstrates how she does everyday tasks with her feet"
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Thursday, February 12, 2015
Check out Change The Face of Beauty
"“Changing the Face of Beauty” was founded by Steve English and Katie Driscoll. This campaign grew from the love that they both have for their family and for the community of children and young adults with disabilites. Our world is a visual world and their goal was to show the world how beautiful all people are. They both felt it was important for everyone to be included in advertising.
They started their own campaign in the beginning of 2012 and through the help of organizations, companies and media outlets recognizing their efforts they have grown and are now speaking out for children and young adults with different abilities around the world.
Since the start Katie continues to grow the campaign by organizing, casting and promoting photography as well as online campaigns encouraging companies to consider people of all abilities when they cast for their ads. Katie has been featured on the Today Show as well as interviewed by Huffington Post, People Magazine and among others."
Check out Change The Face of Beauty
They started their own campaign in the beginning of 2012 and through the help of organizations, companies and media outlets recognizing their efforts they have grown and are now speaking out for children and young adults with different abilities around the world.
Since the start Katie continues to grow the campaign by organizing, casting and promoting photography as well as online campaigns encouraging companies to consider people of all abilities when they cast for their ads. Katie has been featured on the Today Show as well as interviewed by Huffington Post, People Magazine and among others."
Check out Change The Face of Beauty
Meet the first model with Down syndrome to walk the runway at Fashion Week
"While most recognize Brewer for playing Addie in “American Horror Story: Murder House,” Nan in “American Horror Story: Coven,” and Marjorie in “American Horror Story: Freak Show,” she has long worked as an advocate for people with intellectual disabilities. At 19, she was elected to the State of Texas ARC Board; she also worked on the Executive Board for the State of Texas ARC and the Governmental Affairs Committee for the State of Texas, where she was the only member with a disability.
“Jamie is an activist for intellectual disabilities, she is a writer and artist and amazing actress,” says Hammer.
Hammer designed a dress that she hopes plays up Brewer’s fabulous qualities.
“‘American Horror Story’ is dark, scary, bewitching so we had to go with black and Jamie has a beautiful body with a teeny waist and curves and we went with an A-line,” she says. The dress is also special for another reason—Hammer hopes that First Lady Michelle Obama will wear it.
For her part, Brewer feels excited for her spin down the runway."
See entire article @ Today (dot) com
“Jamie is an activist for intellectual disabilities, she is a writer and artist and amazing actress,” says Hammer.
Hammer designed a dress that she hopes plays up Brewer’s fabulous qualities.
“‘American Horror Story’ is dark, scary, bewitching so we had to go with black and Jamie has a beautiful body with a teeny waist and curves and we went with an A-line,” she says. The dress is also special for another reason—Hammer hopes that First Lady Michelle Obama will wear it.
For her part, Brewer feels excited for her spin down the runway."
See entire article @ Today (dot) com
Sunday, December 21, 2014
11 Models Who Shattered The Fashion Industry's Definition of Beauty in 2014
"e fashion industry is notoriously homogenous — at New York Fashion Week in February, more than three-quarters of the models were white. But fashion's diversity problem extends beyond just race. The runways focus on one strict standard of beauty, marginalizing models left and right because of unique characteristics.
But each year, more models break through to represent those who fall outside fashion's provincial standards of beauty. That inclusion, of course, is sometimes motivated by a cynical tokenism, as fashion brands hire a notable "unconventional" model for the brief flash of publicity. Vogue Italia's all-black issue in July 2008, for example, was an attention-getting move that didn't do much to shift the white standard. "It didn't bear fruit," George Brown of RED Model Management said back then.
But the tide is slowly shifting, as the models below prove. The more covers they book and the more ads they star in, the more their beauty won't be dismissed as a novelty but as an agent of change and awareness. From gender identities to waist size, perceived disabilities to rare medical conditions, the traits that distinguish these models tell beautiful stories — and help brands tell theirs.
Meet the models who shattered convention in 2014."
1.Chantelle Brown-Young
2.Shaun Ross
3.Jade Willoughby
4.Erika Linder
5.Ashley Graham
6.Lea T.
7.Andreja Pejic
8.Hari Nef
9.Alex Minsky
10.Jillian Mercado
11.Carmen Dell'Orefice
See explanations and mini bios @ Mic
But each year, more models break through to represent those who fall outside fashion's provincial standards of beauty. That inclusion, of course, is sometimes motivated by a cynical tokenism, as fashion brands hire a notable "unconventional" model for the brief flash of publicity. Vogue Italia's all-black issue in July 2008, for example, was an attention-getting move that didn't do much to shift the white standard. "It didn't bear fruit," George Brown of RED Model Management said back then.
But the tide is slowly shifting, as the models below prove. The more covers they book and the more ads they star in, the more their beauty won't be dismissed as a novelty but as an agent of change and awareness. From gender identities to waist size, perceived disabilities to rare medical conditions, the traits that distinguish these models tell beautiful stories — and help brands tell theirs.
Meet the models who shattered convention in 2014."
1.Chantelle Brown-Young
2.Shaun Ross
3.Jade Willoughby
4.Erika Linder
5.Ashley Graham
6.Lea T.
7.Andreja Pejic
8.Hari Nef
9.Alex Minsky
10.Jillian Mercado
11.Carmen Dell'Orefice
See explanations and mini bios @ Mic
Friday, December 19, 2014
Who is Viktoria Modesta, bionic pop star?
"Viktoria Modesta is an independant multimedia performance artist, bionic girl, DJ and who’s sole mission is to promote individualism and futuristic image through art.
Born in USSR in 1987 into a troublesome childhood and health struggles she escaped to London at the tender age of 12. Here amongst the diverse underground culture she embraced the extremities of her life, finally a place where you can be anybody you desire. Mixing with iconic club and fashion personalities from early teens it was only a matter of time until Viktoria carved out her own niche. A high school dropout, a misfit on all levels she diverted her focus, drive and self education into music, modelling and art direction.
There was an obstacle, her poor health and 15 operations at an early age called for a radical decision to continue Viktoria’s dream of transcending her background. Not accepting the role of a victim as placed by the people around her she had a voluntary amputation at the age of 20 which transpired to be a brand new life full of experimentation, self expression and avante grade vision.
Viktoria’s early modelling work was with alternative clothing and club brands as well as some personal projects challenging views such as her nominated nude portrait by JAMES STROUD at The National Portrait Gallery. A vision for MODESTA was forming at this point with her piecing together the identity she has longed for encompassing music production, writing, styling and exploring the limits of her body.
Born in USSR in 1987 into a troublesome childhood and health struggles she escaped to London at the tender age of 12. Here amongst the diverse underground culture she embraced the extremities of her life, finally a place where you can be anybody you desire. Mixing with iconic club and fashion personalities from early teens it was only a matter of time until Viktoria carved out her own niche. A high school dropout, a misfit on all levels she diverted her focus, drive and self education into music, modelling and art direction.
There was an obstacle, her poor health and 15 operations at an early age called for a radical decision to continue Viktoria’s dream of transcending her background. Not accepting the role of a victim as placed by the people around her she had a voluntary amputation at the age of 20 which transpired to be a brand new life full of experimentation, self expression and avante grade vision.
Viktoria’s early modelling work was with alternative clothing and club brands as well as some personal projects challenging views such as her nominated nude portrait by JAMES STROUD at The National Portrait Gallery. A vision for MODESTA was forming at this point with her piecing together the identity she has longed for encompassing music production, writing, styling and exploring the limits of her body.
Monday, May 5, 2014
The Broken of Britain
"The aims of the organization are to provide a transparent and non-partisan representative voice for disabled people in the face of welfare reform, and negative coverage of the disabled as ‘scroungers’ in what seems to be a campaign against us. Political parties should be formulating policies to convince us to vote for them, not targeting us to please a fictional Middle Britain. Yet there is no unified voice for disabled people preaching this message – and many of the big disability charities are felt to be working contrary to the interests of the people they are supposed to represent.
We need to stop acquiescing to the portrayal of us as weak and helpless. Yes, we are disabled, and there are circumstances where we are open to physical harm. But there are 11 million disabled people in Britain: as a voting-block, we are capable of making or breaking a Government. We see it as our mission to remind society not just that disabled people exist, but that we have rights which must be respected. Rights which may seem unimportant to the not yet disabled, but rights which will at some time be vital to you or your family. We are not allied to any political faction or other interest, but we will use the political process, the media, and any other tools available to fight for disability rights.
The Coalition Government of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats with their draconian welfare reforms are taking advantage of our perceived weakness, just as Labour did before them. We need to rally under one banner and show them that they face a real challenge. We also need solidarity – we are reminding people not to ignore injustice just because it won’t at present affect you personally. It is in the interests of DLA claimants, ESA claimants, and all other disabled and not yet disabled people, to fight in support of each other."
Check out the Broken of Britain
We need to stop acquiescing to the portrayal of us as weak and helpless. Yes, we are disabled, and there are circumstances where we are open to physical harm. But there are 11 million disabled people in Britain: as a voting-block, we are capable of making or breaking a Government. We see it as our mission to remind society not just that disabled people exist, but that we have rights which must be respected. Rights which may seem unimportant to the not yet disabled, but rights which will at some time be vital to you or your family. We are not allied to any political faction or other interest, but we will use the political process, the media, and any other tools available to fight for disability rights.
The Coalition Government of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats with their draconian welfare reforms are taking advantage of our perceived weakness, just as Labour did before them. We need to rally under one banner and show them that they face a real challenge. We also need solidarity – we are reminding people not to ignore injustice just because it won’t at present affect you personally. It is in the interests of DLA claimants, ESA claimants, and all other disabled and not yet disabled people, to fight in support of each other."
Check out the Broken of Britain
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