Saturday Slumgullion #2

For your browsing pleasure (and a way to catalog these posts for myself), here are a number of links to interesting topics:

Crip Chronicles - Coffee for Crips: Teri Adams answers the question of why many disabled people prefer chain restaurants and stores to funky independent businesses.

Broken Clay - Virgin Blue staff will not push wheelchairs: I wonder how people unable to push themselves will get from wherever they are required to surrender their power chairs to their airplane seats.

Ouch! - Turning the Tables: Claire Jennings describes what it's like to wait tables at the London restaurant Dans le Noir, where patrons are served by blind folks and eat in the dark.

Fangworld - Nag for Victory!: Agent Fang is on the road again and cataloging her adventures in "accessible" hotels.

Bert's Mind - My Prayers have been Answered: Bert introduces me to my new favorite word. Criptacular!

Bent -- Flippin' Out: Philip Patston writes thoughtfully about the question of whether he'll ever "flip to straight" and why being gay is a political thing for him. How does this relate to disability? Go and read already, and if you're looking for a place to write about the issues of gay disabled men, consider Bent.

Disability Law - School Board Member: Limit School to "Educable" Students: Sam links to an article about a Wisconsin school board member who I believe qualifies in the competition for Ableist Ass of the Year.