Often times, the identity and needs of disabled people are overlooked, both in feminism, and society in general. Disabled people 's’ thoughts and desires are advocated for by non-disabled people who believe they know what is right or best for them, and put limitations on their abilities. In the article “Mothering While Disabled,” Angela Fredrick describes a heart wrenching experience of blind partners having their newborn child taken away from, just moments after birth. This decision was made by the hospital’s social worker solely because the couple could not provide constant sight of the child. Fredrick later goes on to explain that disabled mothers and parents are often discriminated against, and that efforts toward these parents should be
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Her article highlights how often disabilities in the classroom are overlooked, and how administrators and educators can work together to address this ever-growing problem. Chtena provides five suggestions to eradicate this problem without making the student uncomfortable: “educate yourself, let them know you are invested in their success and committed to supporting them, be discreet, but don’t be afraid to ask questions, believe them, and ask for their input.” (Chtena, 2016, p. 3)
What I have found most interesting throughout this week’s readings, however, has been the discussion of sexuality and disability, and trigger warnings and disabilities. In the article by Eli Clare, “Excerpt from ‘Sex, Celebration, and Justice,” Clare provides literature from the Queerness and Disabilities Conference that took place in 2002. The excerpt provides a call to action for more erotica for disabled …show more content…
Time for us to write, film, perform, read, talk porn. I’m serious. It’s time. I want to get hot and bothered: I want to read about wheelchairs and limps, hands that bend at odd angles and bodies that negotiate unchosen pain, about orgasms that aren’t necessarily about our genitals, about sex and pleasure stolen in nursing homes and back rooms where we’ve been abandoned, about bodily—and I mean to include the mind as part of the body—differences so plentiful they can’t be counted, about fucking that embraces all those differences. It’s time. (Clare, 2002)
This excerpt especially appeals to me because not only would doing this provide a specialized erotica for a minority group, but could empower those with physical disabilities to be more comfortable with their sexuality. Queer-disability porn could also open up opportunities for another genre of feminist porn, allowing those performing to do so without the fear of abuse, physically and emotionally. This call to action also opens doors to redefining who can be sexual beings, and dismantle the expectation that only non-disabled individuals can be conventually
Her article highlights how often disabilities in the classroom are overlooked, and how administrators and educators can work together to address this ever-growing problem. Chtena provides five suggestions to eradicate this problem without making the student uncomfortable: “educate yourself, let them know you are invested in their success and committed to supporting them, be discreet, but don’t be afraid to ask questions, believe them, and ask for their input.” (Chtena, 2016, p. 3)
What I have found most interesting throughout this week’s readings, however, has been the discussion of sexuality and disability, and trigger warnings and disabilities. In the article by Eli Clare, “Excerpt from ‘Sex, Celebration, and Justice,” Clare provides literature from the Queerness and Disabilities Conference that took place in 2002. The excerpt provides a call to action for more erotica for disabled …show more content…
Time for us to write, film, perform, read, talk porn. I’m serious. It’s time. I want to get hot and bothered: I want to read about wheelchairs and limps, hands that bend at odd angles and bodies that negotiate unchosen pain, about orgasms that aren’t necessarily about our genitals, about sex and pleasure stolen in nursing homes and back rooms where we’ve been abandoned, about bodily—and I mean to include the mind as part of the body—differences so plentiful they can’t be counted, about fucking that embraces all those differences. It’s time. (Clare, 2002)
This excerpt especially appeals to me because not only would doing this provide a specialized erotica for a minority group, but could empower those with physical disabilities to be more comfortable with their sexuality. Queer-disability porn could also open up opportunities for another genre of feminist porn, allowing those performing to do so without the fear of abuse, physically and emotionally. This call to action also opens doors to redefining who can be sexual beings, and dismantle the expectation that only non-disabled individuals can be conventually