Signal boost: Petition related to US trademark of the term "invisible disability"

[untonuggan]

So I try not to put too much of the politics on dreamwidth and reserve my politics rage/rants for Twitter, but this concerns a lot of folks here and is also just...outrageous. Egregious. Many adjectives.

A non-profit (@InvDisability) has trademarked the term "invisible disabilities" and apparently is enforcing it by stopping disabled individuals and organizations from using the term. ALL THE RAGE.

There is a Storify of tweets about it for more info.

There is a Change.org petition (with a sadly small number of signatures) to end the trademark of an identity.

If you can, please help signal boost, as I am currently low on spoons.

Comments

[alexseanchai]

Signed. What the fuck. Ugh.

[untonuggan]

Thanks. And yeah, what the actual everliving every variation of the word fuck I can think of.

[untonuggan]

(I just finished watching Avatar: the Last Airbender, so forgive copious references).

If I was the Avatar, the rage I feel would trigger Avatar form and some sort of massive whirlwind of destruction.

Or perhaps more aptly, if I were Toph there would be MUCH EARTHBENDING.

(note to self: get Toph icon)