Disabled allies, please help
Aug. 10th, 2016 04:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
djgrayfuckyesdeadpool:
The term “invisible disability” was coined in the early 1900s to describe a person with a disability you cannot immediately recognize on-site; it refers to people who have autism, cancer, etc.
The IDA (Invisible Disabilities Association) is an advocacy group that was formed in 1996 and despite their well-intentioned formation they’ve recently trademarked the term invisible disability.
This means the legally own the identity and have already taken steps to shut down invisible disability support groups and bloggers. This would be like if GLAAD trademarked the word gay and then sued you for simply talking about how you are gay, shutting down gay support groups, and also restricting anyone from publishing anything about being gay unless they were given the profits.
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The term “invisible disability” was coined in the early 1900s to describe a person with a disability you cannot immediately recognize on-site; it refers to people who have autism, cancer, etc.
The IDA (Invisible Disabilities Association) is an advocacy group that was formed in 1996 and despite their well-intentioned formation they’ve recently trademarked the term invisible disability.
This means the legally own the identity and have already taken steps to shut down invisible disability support groups and bloggers. This would be like if GLAAD trademarked the word gay and then sued you for simply talking about how you are gay, shutting down gay support groups, and also restricting anyone from publishing anything about being gay unless they were given the profits.
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