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Christopher A. Riddle

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Distinguished Professor & Chair of Philosophy at Utica University; #politicalphilosophy, #ethics, #bioethics, #disabilitystudies; 🇨🇦 in 🇺🇲. Reviews Editor at the Canadian Journal of Disability Studies. www.christopherariddle.com

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Christopher A. Riddle @christopherariddle.com · 5d

Please send me a note if you're interested in reviewing! I'm particularly interested in films, art exhibits, and of course, books. Let's chat and see what reviews we can feature in the journal.

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cjds2012.bsky.social @cjds2012.bsky.social · 5d

Important announcement: We would like to introduce the new CJDS Reviews Editor!

Christopher A. Riddle, PhD, is a Distinguished Professor & Chair of Philosophy at Utica University, New York, USA.

Welcome aboard!

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Christopher A. Riddle @christopherariddle.com · 7d

With exciting news coming from me soon about this:

cjds2012.bsky.social @cjds2012.bsky.social · 7d

TL;DR we need more reviewers: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Longer post coming via thread.

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Reviewer Database

Hi there. The information collected in this form will (hopefully) help us with acquiring reviewers for monographs (as well as films and other media) in the Canadian Journal of Disability Studies. Pl...

docs.google.com

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Christopher A. Riddle @christopherariddle.com · 15d

I'm so thoroughly enjoying teaching a critical disability studies course to incarcerated individuals this semester.

Christopher A. Riddle @christopherariddle.com · 16d

I'm heading to Ottawa in November to talk and think about MAiD in Canada.

Christopher A. Riddle @christopherariddle.com · 21d

Ahem

WHO @who.int · 21d

WHO statement on autism-related issues

The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy

Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI

WHO statement on autism-related issues

Follow @WHO for the latest updates

Christopher A. Riddle @christopherariddle.com · 25d

I was a recipient of an H1-B and neither I nor my institution could have afforded that fee. We barely could afford it as it was.

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Christopher A. Riddle @christopherariddle.com · Aug 21

I'm playing in the oldest interclub golf competition in North America today.

Christopher A. Riddle @christopherariddle.com · Aug 3

I'm not a "beach person" primarily because of my vitiligo and thus, my inability to be in the sun.

Christopher A. Riddle @christopherariddle.com · Aug 3

I'm not a beach person but everyone else in the family is.

I found something to occupy my time on the Cape.

Stones stacked up on one another on the beach with the ocean in the background.

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Christopher A. Riddle @christopherariddle.com · Aug 2

I can't not post this. Beautiful wedding in Italy.

Myself and my partner. She's in a black dress and I'm in a black suit. We are under an arch with ivy on it.

Christopher A. Riddle @christopherariddle.com · Aug 2

Myself and my stepdaughter are taking a selfie in a huge mirror in a villa on the Amalfi coast. She's wearing a red dress and I'm wearing a white shirt with a blue and pink tie.

Christopher A. Riddle @christopherariddle.com · Aug 2

I should also note that she is and was remarkably independently minded and doesn't buy into that shit. So my job was easy.

Christopher A. Riddle @christopherariddle.com · Aug 2

What worries me most is not the message these people send young men, but it is the message they send young women about what to expect and hope for in men. They're conditioning both men and women to value toxic and gross traits.

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Christopher A. Riddle @christopherariddle.com · Aug 2

I met my stepdaughter when she was 15. I always thought that the primary responsibility I had beyond the obvious ones of love and care, was to show her a more positive version of what men can be and for me, that was being sensitive, smart, caring, and the polar opposite of the Andrew Tate bullshit.

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Christopher A. Riddle @christopherariddle.com · Aug 2

One of the last Italy pics. Back in Boston now for a wedding.

Myself and the partner standing between 2 stone walls. The Amalfi coast is in the distant background. I have a blue shirt and hat with linen shirts and white shoes. She has a white dress with sunglasses on her head.

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Christopher A. Riddle @christopherariddle.com · Jul 31

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Undertheorizing of the Concepts of “Suffering,” “Flourishing,” and “Functioning”: How We Perpetuate Harm Against People with Disabilities

Published in The American Journal of Bioethics (Vol. 25, No. 8, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

Christopher A. Riddle @christopherariddle.com · Jul 29

Amalfi last night.

The Amalfi shoreline in the background. Myself, my daughter, and my partner in the bottom right corner.

Christopher A. Riddle @christopherariddle.com · Jul 29

View from the room.

The sea from a cliff in Capri. Flags in the foreground and a rock in the near distance.

Christopher A. Riddle @christopherariddle.com · Jul 29

Last minute decision to stay in Capri overnight instead of taking the ferry back to Ravello. Now I need to find clothing (easy) and contact lens solution (less easy).

Christopher A. Riddle @christopherariddle.com · Jul 29

A tree stump with logs cut up next to it and a home behind it.

Christopher A. Riddle @christopherariddle.com · Jul 29

Christopher A. Riddle @christopherariddle.com · Jul 29

Amalfi

I'm wearing a green shirt and grey pants and I'm standing in front of a series of large trees, all of which have their canopies adorned with lights.

Christopher A. Riddle @christopherariddle.com · Jul 29

Ravello

A long staircase leading up through trees that are light and have red flowers.

Christopher A. Riddle @christopherariddle.com · Jul 27

I've named her Dolly.