Disabled leadership and wisdom
Letter from the editors by The Disability Justice Issue editorial collective Sep 7, 2022 7 min read Share Plain language summary (What is this?) This is a … Read More
Category: Briarpatch
What is disability justice?
by Briarpatch Staff Sep 7, 2022 12 min read Share Plain language summary (What is this?) Briarpatch asked five members of the Disability Justice Network of Ontario’s Youth … Read More
Disability and war
by Destiny Pitters Sep 7, 2022 10 min read Share Plain language summary (What is this?) Although Canada is seen as a peaceful country, Canada uses its … Read More
Terry Fox, the Freedom Convoy, and disability politics
by Danielle Peers and Kelly Fritsch Sep 7, 2022 11 min read Share Plain language summary (What is this?) In January and February of 2022, hundreds of … Read More
What we need to be well
by Carlyn Zwarenstein Sep 7, 2022 12 min read Share Plain language summary (What is this?) Anyone advocating for disability justice must include safe supply in their … Read More
Walking with my mother
by Amina Yasin Sep 7, 2022 12 min read Share Amani Omar Plain language summary (What is this?) After my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease – … Read More
Migration has always been a disability justice issue
by Ameil Joseph and Briarpatch Staff Sep 7, 2022 7 min read Share Naheen Ahmed Plain language summary (What is this?) Ameil Joseph, a scholar who studies … Read More
The pressure to be cured
by Kendra J. McLaughlin Sep 7, 2022 7 min read Share Plain language summary (What is this?) Professional and popular psychology talk about self-esteem, therapy, and getting better. … Read More
Care without institutions
by seeley quest and Briarpatch Staff Sep 7, 2022 7 min read Share Plain language summary (What is this?) People often assume that disabled people can only … Read More
Fighting for the right to fuck
by Vicky Levack and Megan Linton Sep 7, 2022 10 min read Share Plain language summary (What is this?) Megan is a psychiatric survivor and Vicky lives … Read More
“We are fed the same way caged animals are”
by Megan Linton Sep 7, 2022 9 min read Share Plain language summary (What is this?) Meals in prisons, nursing homes, and hospitals taste awful. The terrible … Read More
“There are disabled people in the future”
by Rachel Jobson Sep 7, 2022 11 min read Share Plain language summary (What is this?) This article is an interview with Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, a writer … Read More
Roundtable on long COVID in Canada
by Yasmine Simone Gray Sep 7, 2022 14 min read Share Plain language summary (What is this?) For every 10 people who get COVID, one or two … Read More
The ghostwriter
by Bára Hladík Sep 7, 2022 9 min read Share Click here for a plain language summary. She opened her eyes. A spider was above her on … Read More
Kids review “We Move Together”
by Jayde Jarvis Sep 7, 2022 6 min read Share We Move Together is a children’s book about people navigating their neighbourhoods and making friendships along the … Read More