ballastexistenz

My blogs

Gender	FEMALE
Occupation	Unemployed
Introduction	"Ballastexistenz" is an epithet that was once used against people like me. The sentiments behind it and their consequences remain disturbingly intact.
Interests	disability rights, human rights, autistic liberation, politics
Favourite Films	Winged Migration, Shrek, Moon Shot, The Politics of Memory, A World Without Bodies, When Billy Broke His Head
Favourite Music	Peter Gabriel, David Rovics, Cocteau Twins, Rich Mullins, Planet P Project, Eliza Gilkyson, Blackhawk, Peter Leidy, Sinead Lohan, Jethro Tull, Appalachian Folk, Country
Favourite Books	Lord of the Rings, Momo, The Wee Free Men, The Book of Night With Moon, Violence and Abuse in the Lives of People with Disabilities, Ten Little Indians, Four Sight, Beyond Bedlam, Call Me Crazy, Pushing the Limits, Autism and the Myth of the Person Alone, Sharing our Wisdom, I Witness, Real Eyes, A Real Nice But, First Contact

Never mind the turtle. Don't you think you're sure to win?

I don't understand what I'm supposed to be winning or what turtles have to do with anything.