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Creative Commons provides a range of licenses, each of which grants different rights to use the materials licensed under them. All of these licenses offer more permissions than “all rights reserved.” To help show more clearly what the different CC licenses let people do, CC marks the most permissive of its licenses as “Approved for … Read More "Understanding Free Cultural Works"

There are many different perspectives for understanding autism. These perspectives may each convey different levels of stigma for autistic individuals. This qualitative study aimed to understand ho...

what are the principles of cripple punk? Are there any rules? principles of cripple punk: -cripple punk is exclusively by the physically disabled for the physically disabled -cripple punk is about...

The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 16

These two things are really kissing cousins. Backchannel The backchannel has really become my favorite tool of choice when I'm presenting....

In The Future Is Disabled, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha asks some provocative questions: What if, in the near future, the majority of people will be disabled—and what if that’s not a bad thing?…

Everybody who makes software needs to be working on fixing a much bigger and more important set of bugs

For all those years of knowing I loved women, I didn’t understand that the love I felt for some male friends could also be a romantic attraction.

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LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.

Parkway Program, Philadelphia, in which 140 hs student volunteers were selected by lot and allowed to choose their own subjects and use city insts and businesses as classrooms, marks 1st anniv; illus; program is designed as alternative means of educ for youths who find conventional schools repressive and is directed towards students who want coll educ as well as those who do not; school meets state standards by requiring credits in broad subjects and using certified teachers; parents and students' reaction to program is favorable but parents reserve final judgment until students take coll entrance exams; project is being financed by $100,000 Ford Foundation grant; 10,000 students have applied for 500 openings in program this yr

Popular autism advocate, Pete Wharmby, reflects on his journey towards becoming an author, self-doubt, and the magic of special interests.

Cover artist: Lauren Nassef For intersectional representations of disabled kids leading complex lives—sometimes painful, sometimes funny, never sentimentally inspirational—a vital collection. – Kirkus, starred review Warrior. Actor. Friend. Heroine. Traveler. Sister. Magician. Lover. Biker. In this stunning anthology, #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marieke Nijkamp teams up with fellow disabled authors to create a collection […]

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Find up-to-date diverse books. Build a positive school climate. Develop a gender and LGBTQ+ inclusive school. Provide windows and mirrors for your students.

Welcoming Schools secondary book lists are designed to help educators create classrooms, libraries and schools that are affirming of LGBTQ+ students, families and staff with high quality literature. A key…

Recommended books for educators and parents/ guardians on LGBTQ topics, bullying, transgender children and diversity.

Liberatory Design is a creative problem-solving approach and practice that centers equity and supports us to design for liberation. It is made up of mindsets and modes.

Disabled people have long been integral to design, but we are frequently viewed as mere “inspiration.”

Today’s episode is on design with my guest Liz Jackson, co-founder of Project Thisten and founder of The Disabled List, a design organization that engages in disability as a creative practic…

The increasing demand for equitable higher education necessitates changes in how to consider and develop inclusive university settings. Using a systems-thinking lens, this article examines the whol...

The website of Robin Rendle, a designer and writer from the UK.

I’ve spent the week out reporting a complicated story in Southern Utah — one that required a whole lot of time in the car. Today, driving the four hours back to the closest airport, I listened to a set of podcasts that started me thinking about what we’re actually talking about, and around, when we talk about what happened between Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

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The power of writing and journalism in bringing solidarity to justice struggles.

An independent collection of bi, pan, and m-spec media. Discover books new and old, uncover queer history, and access free research assistance!

A blog about Autism, Neurodiversity, being Autistic and a parent of Autistic children.