We have 73 blogposts in the field of Ableism. Ableism is a form of discrimination or social prejudice against people with disabilities. It may also be referred to as disability discrimination, physicalism, handicapism, and disability oppression.
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New clothing line for people who use wheelchairs
By Marc van Gurp on 2 December 2015Read morePeople in wheelchairs also have clothing issues. That’s something regular mobile people never actually dwell upon. Shari Walczak: Shari is Co-Founder from Toronto-based creative agency The Garden. The agency is working together with IZ, a clothing line for people who use wheelchairs. Rather than creating an...
1Undressing Disability: Speaking up for sexual needs
By Tom Megginson on 12 November 2015Read moreMuch of the social discourse about advertising involves the inappropriate sexualization of people in ads, especially women. But what if a group of people actually asks you to sexualize them? That’s the message behind Undressing Disability, a new campaign...
A peek inside a boy’s world of autism
By Tom Megginson on 9 November 2015Read moreAutism spectrum disorders in children are challenging for parents, teachers, peers, and most of all for the kids with autism. Science is still learning about causes (vaccine reactions are most certainly NOT one of them) and treatments. But as time goes...
Lifelike hologram as a guard at a handicapped parking space
By Marc van Gurp on 27 October 2015Read moreThere are many names in use for unauthorized drivers behavior. For those parking a car in a space intended for disabled. Let’s call them assholes and there are more than you might think. In Russia it is over 30% of all drivers. Russian organisation...
This Campaign is about Douchebag Parking but without the Blaming
By Marc van Gurp on 1 August 2015Read moreThese spots are not spectacular, quite the contrary. But striking within the genre. Check the work tagged with Parking and you’ll find a lot of material in which the perpetrator is shamed. Not in these spots from the Colorado Advisory Council...
The Games are Tough, The Athletes are Tougher #PARATOUGH
By Marc van Gurp on 11 July 2015Read moreThe newest campaign from the Canadian Paralympic Committee is made for the Toronto 2015 Parapan Am Team. The committee showcases the excitement of Paralympic sports and the toughness of Canadian para-athletes through their stories. Martin Richard, Executive Director of Communications and...
Science can change the world these unsung heroes prove
By Marc van Gurp on 9 July 2015Read moreThis video is part of a storytelling campaign from science-based company DSM. I post it here because of the feel good character. It is about what is happening now. The development in science is going fast for a very long time....
Ludovic as Ludovic at the Movies
By Marc van Gurp on 2 June 2015Read moreCiné-ma difference is a new public awareness campaign on the importance of welcoming autistic people suffering severe behavioural disorders into cinemas. The cinema, the first ever cultural leisure, is still very difficult to access for people whose disability leads to...
Anti-obesity campaign is a big shame
By Tom Megginson on 22 May 2015Read moreAnd I mean that literally. It’s shaming and it’s shameful, really. This campaign, by LatinWorks, Austin for “League Against Obesity” (Liga Contra la Obesidad y el Sobrepeso in Guatemala) shows heroes that boys traditionally dream of becoming. There’s a fighter...
Be My Eyes
By Reuben Turner on 23 January 2015Read moreBe My Eyes – beautifully designed new site, app and idea from Denmark that puts blind and sighted people together to solve the problems that come from living in a sighted world. I don’t know the data protection or safety...