If you would like to find content based on the intended audience, publication type, or content, search for one of the following categories or tags.

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.

Credit

Categories and Tags created by Skye Ashton Kantola, Assistant Director at Multicultural Efforts to End Sexual Assault. Tags defined by Skye Ashton Kantola (MESA) and Jen Milharcic, Disability Consultant, Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Page created by Jen Milharcic (ICADV).