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Blog Against the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon
Filed Under activism, bigotry, blogging, blogswarm, discrimination, human rights, media | Posted by Cara |

Via Miss Crip Chick:Jerry Lewis is the host of the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Annual Telethon, a telethon that occurs every Labor Day to raise funds for cures by using disabled people as posterchildren. Disabled people protest the telethon because of its outdated, negative portrayal of disabilities. These images that the telethon promotes sticks in people’s minds and continually serve as a barrier for disabled people. Disability is not the problem, but rather the attitudes and barriers that society places on us.
You can learn more about why Disability Rights Advocates protest the telethon and why anyone who fights for equal rights should care about this issue.
I will be participating in this blogswarm on Monday. More bloggers are needed. If you have a blog, and ever write about issues involving equal rights and/or discrimination, please consider taking part. You can sign up via Miss Crip Chick’s blog. This is a great opportunity to learn more about a movement that is almost entirely overlooked and to build alliances. I hope to see some of you there!
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Thanks SO much for your awesome support-we’ll launch the swarm in a few minutes:-) Hope you enjoy it!
Read Sam Moffie’s very funny The Organ Grinder and the Monkey and get a unique view of Mr. Lewis.