Over time, the language used to describe disability has generally become more positive and inclusive. Many activists advocate for the use of “people/persons with disabilities” and not the “handicapped” or “disabled”. But this language remains negative for many Indigenous people around the world. To them the word “disability” is stigmatising because they don’t have such a term in their vocabulary. It’s also a misrepresentation of their traditional beliefs regarding impairments.

#southafrica #disability #ubuntu #rituals #Womenandgirls #Africanspirituality #AmaXhosa #Collectivism #Indigenoustraditionalknowledge #PersonswithDisabilities #Traditionalknowledge #Xhosaculture

Ubuntu offers lessons in how to treat people with disabilities – a study of Bomvana rituals

The philosophy of ubuntu means that good health is for everybody and disability is not regarded as a difference.

^{The Conversation}

New Maps is a quarterly journal of short stories that take place in the Earth’s realistic future. Not a paradisiac or apocalyptic end of days, nor an easy continuation of the last few decades’ business-as-usual with somewhat different fashions, but an era in which our ecological and energy bills have come due, and we and our descendants have proceeded to do what people always do: figure out creative ways to keep doing all those things that make up life, the loving and hating and laughing and crying and all the rest, in the times we’ve been given.

As soon as I have few extra bucks, I will get a sample and see, how it differs from #SolarPunk and other #SF&F subgenres. Considering the involvement of John M. Greer, it can be interesting, if slightly US-centric.

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#SurfaceEffect #ekranoplan #airfoil #Flairboat

Worlds First R/C Airfoil Flairboat

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Aisha Jung, who worked for Amnesty for 17 years, was stopped by a group of police officers on Saturday shortly after arriving at a pro-Palestine demonstration in central London with her husband and two young sons, while holding a sign which said “Apartheid Israel – What a c*ntry”.

An officer told Jung that her poster may be offensive, and asked her to consider taking it down. She asked what legislation would require this. The officers conferred then returned to make an arrest.

#UK #London #protest #Israel #apartheid #satire #poster #arrest

Former Amnesty Official Arrested for Satirical Placard

Aisha Jung was arrested for holding a placard that described Israel as an ‘apartheid c*ntry’ while attending a pro-Palestine demo with her husband and sons.

^{Novara Media}

Physical differences are often used to sustain sexist assertions that most women’s sports are boring and slow. This narrative – especially prominent among detractors of women’s sports and internet trolls – likely influences mainstream attitudes toward sports such as women’s basketball and women’s soccer.

#gender #sports #soccer #sexism #athletes #mediacoverage #Newresearch #FIFAWorldCups #Femaleathletes #Genderbiasinsports #Sportsmedia

We blurred the gender of soccer players and had people rate their performances − with surprising results

A common criticism of women’s sports is that female players aren’t as entertaining or skilled as their male counterparts. Two researchers decided to put this notion to the test.

^{The Conversation}

Overall, the benefits of even a single ketamine injection occur rapidly, but are modest in magnitude. The best regimen to maintain these benefits by reinjecting ketamine has not been determined.

#mentalhealth #depression #trauma #ketamine #Quickreads #ResearchBrief #Newresearch #Post-traumaticstressdisorder(PTSD #Traumaticmemories #PTSD #myRSS

Ketamine can rapidly reduce symptoms of PTSD and depression, new study finds

The analysis shows that ketamine may start relieving symptoms of PTSD within one day, but it is still unclear how long the effects last and how many injections are needed to maintain benefits.

^{The Conversation}

Jak mi się zaczynają śnić debaty #polityczne (dzisiaj: tłumaczyłem jakimś państwowcom różnicę między federacją i konfederacją) to to już jest poważny stan.

W bonusie: chcesz mieć wyraziste i interesujące #sny - #melatonina robi robotę

Our current predicament largely stems from wrong ideas about the separation between people, as well as between people and the planet. These ideas have been used for centuries to justify exploitation and oppression. Our current predicament is the result of them and the power structures they have led to.

The DA Forum actively seeks to replace these mistaken narratives with more connected and loving responses, and with better ways of relating to people and the other-than-human world. We welcome all who come here seeking these peaceful and loving responses, and actively discourage community members from promoting non-loving or violent views.

#DA #DeepAdaptation #collapse #All-Crisis

Avoiding Authoritarian Responses to our Predicament - Deep Adaptation Forum

We want the Forum  to be a welcoming space for all who are waking up to difficult realisations about societal disruption and collapse; and we’re committed to non-violence in both action and words. 

^{DAF core team (Deep Adaptation Forum)}