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A really easy thing you can do to be an ally to disabled people is to stop assuming that everyone is abled until proven otherwise.
What this might look like in practice:
*Not wearing perfume unless you've checked that everyone you'll interact with can tolerate it
*Captioning your images even if no openly visually impaired people follow you (if you can, of course. Conflicting access needs are a thing.)
*Not wearing perfume unless you've checked that everyone you'll interact with can tolerate it
*Captioning your images even if no openly visually impaired people follow you (if you can, of course. Conflicting access needs are a thing.)
*Asking your friends if they have any access requirements while making plans
*Not assuming your child is/will be neurotypical
*Not assuming your child is/will be biotypical
*Not assuming your child is/will be neurotypical
*Not assuming your child is/will be biotypical
*Before you proclaim that something's easy, taking a moment to consider which people it might not be easy for
*Not talking about disabled people (in general, or a specific disability) as if the person/people you're talking to couldn't possibly be in that group
*Not talking about disabled people (in general, or a specific disability) as if the person/people you're talking to couldn't possibly be in that group
*Checking it's okay to talk about a potentially triggering topic, including in one on one conversations
*Not immediately putting lateness down to laziness
There are just some examples, feel free to add more!
*Not immediately putting lateness down to laziness
There are just some examples, feel free to add more!
This thread has been sitting in my drafts for a while, but @twitchyspoonie's excellent thread here prompted me to post it: https://twitter.com/twitchyspoonie/status/1323007338375073793?s=19
