Wonderful. Enjoyed listening. agreed, people with disabilities are not the 'objects of inspiration'. On 8/4/14, payal <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > > This is a fascinating video posted on Ted talks and is of course available > on youtube as well. However as some of us have had trouble being able to > access it from Ted, I am posting a youtube link here as well. Take your > pick. Stella young tries to bring home the truth that disability does not > make us exceptional through this talk. > > Stella Young: I'm not your inspiration, thank you very much > > http://t.co/zVZfvoGIYV > > > > youtube link: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K9Gg164Bsw > > > > Stella Young is a comedian and journalist who happens to go about her day > in a > > wheelchair - a fact that doesn't, she'd like to make clear, automatically > > turn her into a noble inspiration to all humanity. In this very funny talk, > Young breaks down society's habit of turning disabled people into > "inspiration porn." > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > 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.. >
-- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in 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..
