JMU fosters a community of isolation by continuously denying disabled people access. Disabled students are excluded across both institutional and interpersonal planes. This post gives a brief overview into the many access concerns faced by disabled students at JMU on a daily basis. Institutional: These problems require communal pressure and power to enact change Interpersonal: […]
Read More You Don’t Belong HereIn the spring of 2022, JMU was hinting that the mask mandate was soon to be obsolete. The campus took it as permission to officially stop caring. In class, there was a boy sitting right next to me, maskless, mask mandate still in place. I asked him to wear a mask. I used a mobility […]
Read More Left for deadJMU prides themselves on diversity, inclusion, and community. But, are these claims that they pride themselves on really true?
Read More Does JMU really accommodate to everyone?I’m a disabled human. I went to see JMU’s “Side Show”. I have a lot of opinions. I’m going to talk about them.
Read More Sick of the Side ShowWOW. What a crummy person I am. I am finishing my second year here at JMU and not once did the thought of me being privileged as an able bodied student cross my mind. Well, until now. In 2015, ODS reported that roughly 3% of the students at JMU are registered as having a […]
Read More A Right Not A LuxuryWonder why no one is laughing at your jokes? Why no one sits with you at lunch or stands near you on public transit? You’ve tried every shampoo and deodorant from the local supermarket to the expensive ones on Amazon.com, yet people still flee as if you smell like garbage. But maybe it’s not your stench – […]
Read More Am I an Ableist? 5 Ways to Stop Putting Your Foot In Your MouthMany of us quite literally walk through life without having to think about the world from a disabled person’s point of view. It is a privilege we don’t need to think about until we happen upon a person with a disability, or perhaps a handicapped parking space that we can’t park in. Most of the […]
Read More Is Ableism Invisible?I’m willing to bet that (almost?) all of you have seen this sign in some public place (insert handicapped pic). This week’s Bitchin’ Table features parklena and eszenyme as they discuss issues concerning disability and sexuality.
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