Contemplating Life with Chris Young

In this week’s episode, we discuss how the general public can take disability language and abuse it in negative ways.

Links related to this episode

Ben Mattlin: https://www.facebook.com/ben.mattlin

Film "Mask" (1985) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089560/

Clip from "Mask" – school registration scene: https://youtu.be/C1kZTfHldfY

Urban Dictionary entry for "ride the short bus": https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ride%20the%20short%20bus

Netflix film "Crip Camp" (2020) on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8923484/

History of the National ARC: https://thearc.org/about-us/history/

Marion County (Osceola Florida) ARC: https://www.mcarc.com/about-us/

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In this week’s episode, we talk about the evolution of disability terminology, especially the transition from the word handicapped to disabled.

Links related to this episode

Shane Bucaw Video “Things You Should NEVER Say to a Disabled Person”

“Squirmy and Grubs” YouTube channel by Shane and Hannah Bucaw

My reaction video to Shane’s video

My video of the 1983 Indiana Governor’s Conference on the Handicapped

Wikipedia on “Hand-In-Cap” Medieval English game

“Disability Pride: Dispatches from a Post-ADA World” by Ben Mattlin

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****Note: This episode contains explicit language. Listener discretion advised****

In this week's episode, I expressed my concerns that some disability advocates go too far when labeling something ableism. They imply that anything negative about disability is ableist.

Links related to this episode 

Scott Manley on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@scottmanley

Outerspace MMO "Eve Online": https://www.eveonline.com/

Video about how I play "Eve Online" using assistive technology: https://youtu.be/VUMNwcegboI

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In the first of a two-part series, I discussed ableism which is defined as discrimination towards or prejudiced against disabled people.

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Welcome to the premiere episode of my new podcast "Contemplating Life". In this podcast we will discuss a wide variety of topics including disability, religion, politics, entertainment, and whatever else I can think of.

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