How to Use the Hub

Categories (What is the format of the post?)

• Artwork: This category includes all posts that focus on highlighting artwork by people with disabilities.
• Book or Paper Review: This category includes critical reflections and reviews of books or other print publications.
• Educational: This category includes any posts with a primarily educational focus not already covered by other categories.
• Event Review: This category includes all critical reflections and reviews of events such as conferences, workshops, webinars, community mobilization, etc. While many Event Reviews will focus on disability-focused events, some critical reflections on accessibility and implementation of disability justice at events with boarder or different focuses will also be included.
• Media Review: This category includes critical reflections and reviews of movies, tv shows, songs, and other cultural productions.
• Personal Stories: This category includes posts by disability advocates (self-advocates, providers, and caregivers) whose stories lend additional perspectives on education, advocacy, and disability justice. All stories will include content warnings.
• Resources: This category includes all posts that are focused on providing resources such as infographics, tools, and resource lists.

Audience Tags (Who is the post intended for?)

• Allies: The intended audience for this post is allies without disabilities.
• Caregivers: This post is intended for caregivers.
• People with Disabilities: The intended audience of these posts is people with disabilities.
• Service Providers: The intended audience for this post is service providers.
• Survivors: The intended audience of this post is survivors, especially survivors with disabilities.

Disability Community-Specific Tags (Does the publication focus on a particular sub-community?)

• Chronic Illness: chronic lyme disease, HIV, HPV, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, Crones disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, etc.
• Cognitive and Developmental Disabilities: down syndrome, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, fetal alcohol syndrome, etc.; sometimes referred to as “Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities”.
• Mental Illness: borderline personality disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety, etc.
• Neurodivergence: autism, ADHD, bipolar, attachment or personality disorders, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, etc.
• Physical Disabilities: spinal cord injury, muscular dystrophy, arthritis, etc.
• Sensory Disabilities: Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, Blind, Low Vision, congenital analgesia, etc.

Content Tags (What is in the post?)

• Accountability: The content in this post relates to accountability.
• Accessibility: The content in this post focuses on physical, emotional, mental, and/or sexual accessibility.
• Action Steps: The content in these posts focuses on how people can contribute to the Indiana Disability Justice Task Force or the boarder Disability Justice movement.
• Advocacy: The content in this post relates to self-advocacy or community advocacy.
• Best Practices: The content in this post is focused on sharing best practices in advocacy, service provision, and/or community organizing.
• Child Emotional Abuse: The content in this post relates to child emotional abuse.
• Child Physical Abuse: The content in this post relates to child physical abuse.
• Child Sexual Abuse: The content in this post relates to child sexual abuse.
• Consent: The content in this post relates to social consent or sexual consent.
• Definitions: This post includes definitions for words commonly used in violence prevention, disability justice, trauma-informed practice, transformative justice, or related fields.
• Elder Maltreatment: The content in this post focuses on elder maltreatment, including financial exploitation, physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, etc.
• Healthy Communities: The content of this post focuses on healthy communities.
• Healthy Relationships: The content of this post focuses on healthy relationships.
• History: The content of this post connects historical context to current events.
• Intervention: The content of this post is focused on intervention of violence against people with disabilities.
• Intimate Partner Violence: The content in this post relates to intimate partner violence.
• Legal Rights: The content in this post focuses on disability rights.
• Legislation: The content in this post focuses on updating people about upcoming legislation or providing critical reflections on the intent vs. impact of legislation at the local, state, or national level.
• News: The content of this post shares breaking news related to disability justice.
• Opinion Piece: This post reflects the opinion of the author and hopefully provides an opportunity for people to think critically about the topic explored by the author.
• Queer & Trans Justice: The content of this post focuses on the intersections of queerphobia/transphobia and ableism as well as Queer Justice, Gender Justice, and Disability Justice.
• Prevention: The content in this post focuses on prevention of violence against people with disabilities.
• Racial Justice & Racism: The content of this post focuses on the intersections of racism and ableism as well as Racial Justice and Disability Justice.
• Research and Data: The content in this post focuses on breaking down or critically reviewing research papers or “white papers” (fact-based best practices documents usually published by non-profits).
• Risk and Protective Factors: The content in this post is focused on risk factors and protective factors for interpersonal violence.
• Sexual Violence: The content in this post is focused on sexual violence.
• Sexuality: The content in this post focuses on sexuality, including physical sexual health, sexual identities, and healthy sexual practices.
• Supported Decision-Making: The content of this post focuses on supported decision making vs. legal guardianship.
• Survivor Voices: The content in this post focuses on sharing survivor stories.
• Youth Violence/Bullying: The content of this post focuses on interpersonal violence between youth and children, including bullying.