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On 8/6/23, Aparna Sachdev <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello again! > 13 Disabled people walked into a coffee shop. Nope, not trying to make yet > another tasteless disability joke. This past Sunday, 13 of us met up at the > Café Coffee Day in Green Park to chat, share crip stories, and experience > something of Disability Pride together before Disability Pride Month came > to an end. Talk naturally turned to people’s first moments of disability > pride – some people identified their first contact with collectivities of > disabled people as the germinal moment for disability pride, others pointed > to moments when as disabled people they experienced feeling and being > recognised as competent human beings at university or at work. Still others > identified “coming out of the closet” as a disabled person as being > empowering. Interestingly, “coming out” and the experience of pride in > marginal identity seem to be mutually reinforcing factors, in that “coming > out” is a declaration of pride, and pride makes it possible to “come out”. > > So much of the disability stuff we read came alive that day: we saw Crip > Technoscience > <https://catalystjournal.org/index.php/catalyst/article/view/29607>in > action in the self-designed cane tips > <https://blind2visionary.org/content/rolling-marshmallow-tip-dr-t-k-bansal>and > telescoping white cane that blind physics professor Dr. T.K. Bansal had > brought, another person wrote shayari about his frequent experiences of > being unceremoniously grabbed and helped as a blind person regardless of > whether he wanted it, a crip artistic rendering of #JustAskDon’tGrab > <https://twitter.com/hashtag/JustAskDontGrab?src=hashtag_click>. > > However, we collectively acknowledge that the group this time was largely > blind people, and resolved that the Access Collective venues from hereon > would be picked to be accessible to wheelchair-using folks. Our sincere > apologies for not being able to ensure access for all for the first meet. > The short notice (and our limited spoons) prevented us from carrying out an > extensive accessibility recce of multiple venues. We would love for people > to contribute with information, ideas, suggestions etc, because the Access > Collective is envisaged as a decentralised endeavour where everyone has > ownership of the group and its functioning. You can write to us at > [email protected]. The next meet is scheduled for Sunday, > August 27th, venue yet to be decided. > > Okay, logistics aside, we’ve been very excited about something for the past > week or so. Lachi, a legally blind black singer and founder of RAMPD > released Lift me Up <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmr4H9NpTKk>, a song > written in honour of Judy Heumann, recognised as the “Mother of the US > Disability Rights movement”, who passed away earlier this year. We can’t > stop listening to it on repeat, it’s that incredibly good. Aptly released > in the middle of Disability Pride Month, Lift me up is a tribute to the > interdependence, care and community that exists and thrives among disabled > people everywhere. Give it a listen! > Wishing everyone a happy friendship day! > Cheers, > The Access Collective Team > Sandeep R. Singh and Aparna Sachdev > > -- > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "AccessIndia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAKtXTdXVK4MX-3ijMW1wMD7mZZcbLQeV1LLyKdrPmyvY6KR0rw%40mail.gmail.com. > -- Regards, Life is short, makes it sweet. Mob: 9113919994 -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CACkB1oFN-UOx0Qoc431R%3DE%3DTd6thMddO4EZ-QswZYRAd5pVLPw%40mail.gmail.com.
