disability studies & classics: some introductory texts!

as a disclaimer, this is not a complete list and not intended to be. i don’t necessarily agree with everything in these texts, either – i’d be happy to discuss what i like/don’t any time :-) that said, i included them because i find them useful or important or because i liked them enough i wanted to talk about them. further, not all of these texts are accessible (as in, free and online); send me an ask or message me if you want access to something & if i can i will send it to you.

in case you’re looking for more sources but don’t know where to find a good list, this – though as of posting (may 2023) is two years out of date – is a list of works on disability in the ancient world. it’s very cool!!

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tagamemnon disability :-) i had a lot of fun writing this even tho in writing it i ended up procrastinating on my final lmao rambles

deus-ex-aquila:

pick the nearest match for your pronunciation, connotation, and definition of “ornery”

1a. ORN-er-ee (negative): mean-tempered, argumentative, stubborn

1b. ORN-er-ee (neutral to positive): cheeky, impish, harmlessly misbehaved

2a. AWN-ree (negative): mean-tempered, argumentative, stubborn

2b. AWN-ree (neutral to positive): cheeky, impish, harmlessly misbehaved

3a. ORN-ree (negative): mean-tempered, argumentative, stubborn

3b. ORN-ree (neutral to positive): cheeky, impish, harmlessly misbehaved

4a. AWN-er-ee (negative): mean-tempered, argumentative, stubborn

4b. AWN-er-ee (neutral to positive): cheeky, impish, harmlessly misbehaved

5. other (tags please!)

if you’re from the USA, tag what you chose and what general region you’re from (don’t dox yourself, I don’t need to know your hometown or any other security questions), using this map:

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I’d also love to know if you were aware of the opposing connotation/definition or any of the various other pronunciations before reading this. I am not the least bit interested in what anyone thinks is ~correct~, only what they use and what they’ve heard before.

for non-USAmericans, I’m super curious if this linguistic difference exists outside the USA in any way, so I’d love it if you tagged your country as well.

reblog for sample size, you know the drill.

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western us + 1st one

bebsi-cola:

ASPD is part of the ND movement. people with ASPD are not the sole exception to being allowed in trauma spaces, cptsd resources, or care or compassion. people with ASPD need to stop being the line where other disabled people go full ableist and yell how they’re inherently different than us or deserve to be locked up, or evil, or criminals by nature. people with ASPD are vulnerable as a direct result of their condition and face higher rates of premature death, homeless, substances abuse, and unemployment. if you cannot stand for a stigmatized mental illness you are making disability spaces actively hostile or other disabled and mentally ill people

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