<div dir="ltr">Hi everyone, <div><br></div><div>This week, we'll chat about interdependence, access intimacy, and forced intimacy. I'd like to share several blog posts from Mia Mingus and A.H Reaume for this week's reading. Thanks to Cindy for helping me curate this list!</div><div><br></div><div><b>Here are the readings for this week: </b></div><div><ul><li>Mia Mingus's speaking excerpts on interdependence</li><ul><li><a href="https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/interdependency-exerpts-from-several-talks/" target="_blank">https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/interdependency-exerpts-from-several-talks/</a></li></ul><li>A blog post by A.H Reaume on interdependence (also featured in Disability Visibility!)</li><ul><li><a href="http://open-book.ca/Columnists/Interdependence-as-Disabled-Poetics-and-Praxis-Or-Why-My-Novel-is-Dedicated-to-My-Disabled-Friend-Maddy" target="_blank">http://open-book.ca/Columnists/Interdependence-as-Disabled-Poetics-and-Praxis-Or-Why-My-Novel-is-Dedicated-to-My-Disabled-Friend-Maddy</a></li></ul><li>A blog post by Mia Mingus on access intimacy </li><ul><li><a href="https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/access-intimacy-the-missing-link/" target="_blank">https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/access-intimacy-the-missing-link/</a><br></li></ul><li>A blog post by Mia Mingus on forced intimacy</li><ul><li><a href="https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2017/08/06/forced-intimacy-an-ableist-norm/" target="_blank">https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2017/08/06/forced-intimacy-an-ableist-norm/</a></li></ul></ul></div><div></div><div>If you're interested in reading more in the future, I've attached three readings on interdependence in assistive technology contexts. I'd also suggest <a href="https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2017/04/12/access-intimacy-interdependence-and-disability-justice/" target="_blank">this talk from Mia Mingus</a> as further reading. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm so looking forward to our discussion! I've really enjoyed being a part of this reading group and getting to know you all. :)</div><div><br></div><div><div><strong style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">As always, join us at Accessibility Lunch on Thursday, February 18th at 1:30 PM Eastern Time here:</strong><br><a href="https://cmu.zoom.us/j/94637562700" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"" target="_blank">https://cmu.zoom.us/j/94637562700</a><br><br><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">We welcome this message to be shared outside of HCII with anyone interested in accessibility, disability, and technology, but please do not post the Zoom link publicly.</span><br><br><div name="messageBodySection"><div><a href="https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/accessibility-lunch" style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"" target="_blank">Join the Accessibility Lunch email list here to ensure that you receive future announcements.</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>All the best, <br>Bre</div><div><br></div></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small">Breanna Baltaxe-Admony<br></div><div style="font-size:small">PhD Student | Graduate Community Manager <br></div><div style="font-size:small">Computational Media</div><div style="font-size:small">University of California Santa Cruz</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>