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Handy list of things that ableds should avoid doing this #IDPWD2020
- gush about our carers and families
- interview our carers and families and not us
- cry about us being inspirational
- 'I don't see disability, it's just different ability'
- any superpower narrative
- gush about our carers and families
- interview our carers and families and not us
- cry about us being inspirational
- 'I don't see disability, it's just different ability'
- any superpower narrative
- point to a paralympian and say 'look, you can do anything you put your mind to!'
- talk about us overcoming obstacles without ever mentioning the need to remove those obstacles
- claim to love us whilst using ableist slurs against people you don't like
- talk about us overcoming obstacles without ever mentioning the need to remove those obstacles
- claim to love us whilst using ableist slurs against people you don't like
- fawn over how 'cute' and 'innocent' we are
- write about us rather than commissioning our writing
- desexualise us
- infantilise us
- 'it's people WITH disabilities because you're a person first!'
- 'wow, seeing you really makes me appreciate my own life'
- write about us rather than commissioning our writing
- desexualise us
- infantilise us
- 'it's people WITH disabilities because you're a person first!'
- 'wow, seeing you really makes me appreciate my own life'
- 'I was just trying to help!' (after touching us or our devices without our consent)
- recommend yoga/meditation/diets/chiropractic/etc.
- pray for us to be 'healed'
- shut down disabled joy
- shut down disabled anger
- shut down disabled people who disagree with you
- recommend yoga/meditation/diets/chiropractic/etc.
- pray for us to be 'healed'
- shut down disabled joy
- shut down disabled anger
- shut down disabled people who disagree with you
- 'wheelchair bound'
- 'confined to a wheelchair'
- 'hearing impaired'
- 'suffering from autism'
- 'families impacted by disabilities'
- depicting death as liberating for us
- 'confined to a wheelchair'
- 'hearing impaired'
- 'suffering from autism'
- 'families impacted by disabilities'
- depicting death as liberating for us
