Man who uses Prosthetic Limbs disqualified from Olympics

Oscar Pistorius has been disqualified for Olympic competition due to his prosthetic limbs. These have been identified as giving him an unfair advantage over those without prosthetics.

Bob's House

Pepsi is running a 60 second spot, at the beginning of Super Bowl XLII, featuring deaf actors. The commercial has no sound, and tells a story of two guys trying to find the house of a friend, to watch the Super Bowl. This is unique in that it is centered around a deaf culture joke.. check it out!

Culturally sensitive and cool? Culturally cheesy? You decide!!

Disability Blog Carnival #30

Disability Blog Carnival #30 is up for your viewing, reading and listening pleasure.

uppity disability dot net: 1-14-08 Blogging Against Aversives

Uppity Disability has an excellent posting about public hearings in Mass. against aversives (legalized torture, physical pain and humiliation in the name of behavior control and correction).

uppity disability dot net: 1-14-08 Blogging Against Aversives

Please share your stories and support this initiative to recognize and respect the humanity of people with disabilities.

The Death of Brent Martin

The following story has been brought to my attention from the Disability Studies blog:

A young man was the victim of random ugly violence in the UK. The tragedy of this situation was that he was targeted because he had a mental disability-- who could knock him down first-- on a bet. These three youth beat Brent Martin to death....


Please:

1. Share this information with as many people as you can. Education and awareness is a 24/7 job...evil never sleeps

2. Consider wearing a black armband in his memory-- and share the story when asked.

3. Post a comment to the online condolence book of his local newspaper

4. UK residents-- advocate for the full measure of the law to be applied. Send a message that all life is valuable-- all violence again all life must have grave consequences.