By Amanda Leduc
“By examining the ways that fairy tales have shaped our expectations of disability, Disfigured will point the way toward a new world where disability is no longer a punishment or impediment but operates, instead, as a way of centering a protagonist and helping them to cement their ow
Read more: Book – Disfigured. On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
‘People with a disability are almost three times as likely to live in material deprivation than the rest of the population’
From Resolution Foundation website:
The cost of living crisis has shone a harsh light on different groups’ ability to deal with fast- rising prices. In this briefing not
Read more: People with disabilities are more vulnerable to rising costs of essentials
By Mattias Desmet
From website below:
In The Psychology of Totalitarianism, world-renowned Professor of Clinical Psychology Mattias Desmet deconstructs the societal conditions that allow collective hypnosis to take hold. By analysing the global pandemic, he identifies the phenomenon of 'mass formati
“cultural 'groupthink' ... has steadily and inexorably advanced during the Covid crisis”
From the website below:
In The Psychology of Totalitarianism, world-renowned Professor of Clinical Psychology Mattias Desmet deconstructs the societal conditions that allow collective hypnosis to take hold.
By
Read more: The Psychology of Totalitarianism by Mattias Desmet
Watch, Listen, Ask, Learn
By: Belinda Dunnick Karge
From the publisher: Whether you’re a superintendent or general education teacher leader, you can use this book to support inclusive education. Author Belinda Dunnick Karge offers research-based practices for implementing effective learning services
An appeal from P. Perdix. Send it to others if you wish
Please do not tell me, Doctor, that my baby is disabled.
It is such a leaden word to hang around such a young neck.
This medical label you would use (as if a label were necessary)
speaks only of what she cannot and possibly will not do.
‘And it is important never to forget that the effect of our actions depends entirely on the intention or motivation behind them...'
In his foreword to the book, the 14th Dalai Lama says:
‘In this timely book, Sogyal Rinpoche focuses on how to understand the true meaning of life, how to accept death,
Read more: The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
Cartoon © Martina Jirankova-Limbrick 2011