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Roger Ebert "...online, everybody speaks at the same speed."

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ROGER EBERT (1942-2013)

film critic, screenwriter, Pulitzer Prize for Criticism

Ebert at the Conference on World Affairs in September 2002,

shortly after his cancer diagnosis

THE WISDOM AND COURAGE OF ROGER EBERT

This following piece on Roger Ebert was originally written for our Perspectives on Cancer series in 2011. I don't know how well known Roger Ebert is outside of the United States; and while he is best know and appreciated as a journalist and film critic, I feel his inspiring response to catastrophic illness makes him a true hero and role model for anyone anywhere.

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From Jamie Dedes and Into the Bardo comes this stellar tribute to Roger Ebert.
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Knitting solutions and sense-making

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It's funny really. You have a (learning) disabled child, the world kind of falls apart and then falls back together, bit by bit. There are unexpected highs, deep lows, challenging times and a backdrop of relentless meetings with professionals. These meetings are sort of necessary (because what else have you got without any reference points?) but pointless because there is a lack of real understanding or engagement with either your child, or your lives as a family.  

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Being the parent of, and advocate for, a disabled person is often fraught with challenges.
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A “Must See” Film Review From Wheelchair Dancer

You Don’t Need Feet To Dance: A Review

Some disclaimers.  I was asked to review this by the film’s marketing peoples.  I have met Sidiki once, perhaps twice; we’ve talked briefly.

First.  Go SEE IT!  If you live in NYC, go see it.  It closes Thursday.   Quad Cinema 34 West 13th Street.   Sign up for updates in case it comes your way!  (That’s if you don’t live in NYC).

Second.  Get involved in a conversation about this film.  I say that because I believe that the filmmakers need to hear from you — there’s much to respond to and a lot to have an opinion about — and because I believe that we should be talking about this film.

You Don’t Need Feet To Dance is a documentary about Sidiki Conde.  Who is Mr. Conde?  I’m not adding taglines, epithets, descriptors deliberately; the urge to describe is part of what I think leads us astray with this film.  I stress that point because I have found reading and understanding this film to be extraordinarily difficult.

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Some Things Can't be Spun

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I just went for a walk, got to the corner, and turned around when the cold wind hit my face. All I had to do was think about my eyeball being frozen in surgery two days ago and my mind said, Enough. Go back home.

Last time I went for a walk it was Thursday, and I noticed a pea-shaped ball of light in the corner of my eye.

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Here at Gimp Stories we often think about the problem of Exceptionism, the tendency of non-disabled media to focus on the very few people who overcome huge odds to excel in some socially approved way. The problem with Exceptionalism is it erases the lives and struggles of the vast majority of persons faced with Disability. At the same time, to live with Disability, we need resilience, hope, and creativity. Here's a post from a family friend about dancing the fine line between giving in and exceptionalism.
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Disability Workshop, Hong Kong

P1040295Our workshops in Hong Kong are complete, and we fly home tomorrow night. I have written a bit about my workshop and posted it on my “Dreaming” blog. Oddly, when I was writing about the theoretical frame for the workshop I did not mention De-colonizing theory and practice, even though they made several appearances in my workshop. Continue reading →

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Troubling Trends in Narrative Therapy

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Working here, in Hong Kong, has me thinking about Narrative Therapy as it is viewed and practiced in North America. It seems to me that Narrative Therapy is  becoming institutionalize, particularly in the U.S.. Perhaps the fate of Just Therapy in the U.S. is even more disturbing. While there are a growing number of Narrative Therapy texts, each seemingly determined to remove all traces of social engagement from Narrative Therapy, I could find only two books about Just Therapy on Amazon, and none in our mulch-million volume university library.

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Here is a post about disability and Narrative and Just therapies I posted on another blog. I hope you will find the material useful, and you will share your thoughts with me.