Hey Beautiful song and composition. Cheers Divya On Thu, Aug 10, 2023, 10:33 AM Lokesh Naik <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello friends!!! > kindly add to me through What'sUp group. > i am also interested towards this group. > Mob: 9113919994. > > 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. 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