tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post2662645342397105976..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: Finding MeDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-2430260544169021652013-06-21T16:17:14.361-04:002013-06-21T16:17:14.361-04:00I want to clarify Capriuni's comment above; sh...I want to clarify Capriuni's comment above; she misinterpreted my virtual job as a music club manager in SL as being that of a moderator, when it was not. I am a user just like everyone else. Alryssanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-19295160753278537202013-06-16T01:30:03.313-04:002013-06-16T01:30:03.313-04:00I used to spend a lot of time in Second Life. I mo...I used to spend a lot of time in Second Life. I mostly roleplayed being a young girl. And she was autistic like me- even had a rocking animation a friend had made. Once I resized a wheelchair (there were loads available but not in child sizes as it is a small community) to try it out, as it was something I was always interested in when I was little. Wheelchairs get up curbs (and stairs) fine in Second Life so no cut curbs are necessary, and nearly all buildings are large enough to get around. <br /><br />Sometimes I would be a fairy, tiny and with wings. Sometimes I was a Care Bear. Sometimes a penguin. Sometimes even an adult human. Mostly female, sometimes male. <br /><br />The advantage of Second Life is you can be whoever (or whatever) you want to be, and you can change in in seconds. And you can fly (as well as teleport) which right now no human can do in real life but it's a lot of fun!Dannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02199979276958208379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-50864230030129517192013-06-14T11:48:26.923-04:002013-06-14T11:48:26.923-04:00By the by... one of my online friends is a moderat...By the by... one of my online friends is a moderator in Second Life, and so I passed your questions about it onto her. <br /><br />She said: In Second Life, you teleport to all the places you want to go, so curb cuts and such don't matter, and that yes, she has seen wheelchairs, and that avatars are completely customizable (and also, that there are safe spaces for folks on the autism spectrum, so they can hang out without worrying about social cues being misinterpreted).<br /><br />That said: the woman who claimed that because one man with C.P. chose an able-bodied avatar, than all disability pride was a sham was making a false argument -- <i>even</i> for the man in question. As someone with C.P. myself, I've lived with the stares and voices of condescension all my life -- I've never experienced people's reactions to me <i>except</i> through the filter of disability... As such, I've been tempted to go into Second Life and design a non-disabled avatar just so that I can experience a different sort of interaction with people... And I'd do that having full pride in my off-line, "first life," too...CapriUnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16906524679880178584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-51890691727996022092013-06-13T14:53:28.212-04:002013-06-13T14:53:28.212-04:00I love this post. I love this post. wendynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-17922343280500687052013-06-13T14:19:39.156-04:002013-06-13T14:19:39.156-04:00I certainly agree. Stickers depeicting all visible...I certainly agree. Stickers depeicting all visible diversities should exist. In my experience it is often not so much that people are intentionally excluding these diversities but rather they have no experience, knowledge or personal connection to it so they just don't think of it....ignorance in an oblivious way. Quite often once pople have been educated they are more than willing to include and appreciate the learning experience. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11380135537610400733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-11422926038571394472013-06-12T15:24:19.683-04:002013-06-12T15:24:19.683-04:00Oh, man! I get so frustrated with this...
Some ti...Oh, man! I get so frustrated with this...<br /><br />Some time ago, I decided to try "opening" a store for t-shirt and other designs at Zazzle.com, specializing in humorous shirts and things centered around Disability Culture (with side branches into art and creative writing) with a theme of monsters (which, originally, meant people or animals born with physical deformities... which I think is one source of Western Culture's deep bigotry against the disabled).<br /><br />Now, one thing I <i>tried</i> to do is design my shirts so that the message could be readable when the person is seated (since that was my target customer base) ...<br /><br />But <i>none</i> of the "virtual models" for the shirts is sitting down -- forget a wheelchair -- no one is even sitting in an office chair or kitchen stool. So I've been left to guess... and I've had to buy shirts for myself and try them on before I knew whether the design worked or not.<br /><br />It's been a long time since I put a new product up for sale, and today, I've been having a hell of a time trying to log into my account... <br /><br />But here's the link to the store that I could get to, anyway, in case you're interested:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/chimerigons+gifts?st=date_created&ps=120" rel="nofollow">Chimer(i)gons</a>CapriUnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16906524679880178584noreply@blogger.com