Rob’s Rants on Disability: The Cure Question; Daydreamin’ of an Online Publication; A Few Good Blogs; Competition
I’ve had a few things about disability on my mind recently. Summer is a slow time for other topics I plan to write about a lot, so I thought I’d try a disability-centered Rob’s Rants. Except for sports, I don’t expect to use the format for one particular topic. Disability will certainly be in the mix quite frequently, I’m sure, but it will be thrown in with everything else. This post isn’t necessarily timely, instead , focusing on a few general or fairly recent subjects. Here’s my rants on some disability topics I’ve mulled over lately: “Would you take a magic pill to cure your disability?” In varying forms, the question occasionally arises in disability circles on social media. Years ago, I posed the question on a site I produced called PhillyACCESS. I intended the site as a local informational resource and a place to connect for people with disabilities in the Philadelphia area. I also tried generating some interaction among readers (and myself) at times. When I posed th