Beatrice Adler-Bolton: 'Resilience' means an individual has successfully adapted to violent and intolerable conditions—so I wrote a quick post on the dangers of misusing the concept, especially when it comes to discussing Palestinian children disabled by the ongoing genocide. blindarchive.substack.com/p/stop-calli...

'Resilience' means an individual has successfully adapted to violent and intolerable conditions—so I wrote a quick post on the dangers of misusing the concept, especially when it comes to discussing Palestinian children disabled by the ongoing genocide. blindarchive.substack.com/p/stop-calli...

Stop Calling Disabled Palestinian Children Resilientblindarchive.substack.com Instead, Fight for a World That Does Not Ask Them to ‘Adapt’ to a Genocide

This post is mostly a shout out to the work of Palestinian health scholar Rita Giacaman who says: "All too often, Palestinian ‘resilience’ is over-rated & used as a means of avoiding acknowledging & addressing the issue of injustice to Palestinians..." blindarchive.substack.com/p/stop-calli...

Stop Calling Disabled Palestinian Children Resilientblindarchive.substack.com Instead, Fight for a World That Does Not Ask Them to ‘Adapt’ to a Genocide

In it are a bunch of other resources as well as the disclaimer that this is not about policing language but about being thoughtful of how we show up for people, and *more importantly* includes key resources on how to show up for people in Gaza right now. blindarchive.substack.com/p/stop-calli...

Stop Calling Disabled Palestinian Children Resilientblindarchive.substack.com Instead, Fight for a World That Does Not Ask Them to ‘Adapt’ to a Genocide

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