Got a question, found a mistake, noticed a broken link, or need to reach out for another reason? Here’s how to get in touch.
Ask a Question
Email me at urban@urbancripple.com with questions about disability, wheelchairs, accessibility, or navigating life as a disabled person.
Before you ask: Check the ask-urban tag to see if I’ve already answered your question.
When you ask: Be clear and detailed. The limits are on my patience and time, not the amount of characters allowed in your question. This isn’t Tumblr. If you’re writing just to yell at me, go touch grass and then fuck yourself while you’re at it.
If I’ve already answered your question, I’ll send you a link. If I decide to answer it publicly, I’ll send you a link to the post when it goes live.
Report Issues
Found a mistake, broken link, or something that doesn’t make sense? Email me at urban@urbancripple.com and let me know what’s wrong.
Citing My Work
This website is publicly available and anyone is welcome to cite something I’ve written as a reference in their own work. All I ask is that anything you quote or reference is presented in an intellectually honest way (don’t cherry pick or take things out of context) and that you cite my work correctly. For written works like papers and presentations, this means a correctly sourced footnote along with a proper reference in the bibliography. For audio and visual formats like podcasts or videos, this means citing my site as a source either immediately before or immediately after referencing it.
An example of what I don’t want you to do is reference or quote my work nearly verbatim in your podcast or video and then send out a random tweet a few days later saying that you got your idea from my site. That’s not a citation, that’s a Cover Your Ass move. For an example of why proper citations are important, see what happened to the Crime Junkie Podcast.
Interviews and Appearances
I do not have the time or desire to do interviews or appearances (audio, video, or otherwise). Additionally, I am not a subject matter expert on any topic related to disability including accessibility, discrimination, ableism, the disabled community, disabled representation in media, disabled sex and sexuality, etc. There are a myriad experts out there that specialize in these topics as well as many others. I highly suggest reaching out to one of them instead of me.
Sensitivity Editing
I am not a sensitivity editor and I will not accept requests to review something as a sensitivity editor.