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I’m coming to the conclusion that ignorance of invisible disabilities partially stems from the combination of capitalism and the Ugly Laws that legally penalized disabled people for being seen in public.
You see, capitalism requires easy segregation of who is seen as profitable
You see, capitalism requires easy segregation of who is seen as profitable
And who is not. People with physical disabilities that are visible can easily be segregated from the general public and demonized for not contributing to the capitalist structure and using benefits, the same cannot be said for those with invisible illnesses. They’re gaslit about
Their disabilities because by all appearances, they SHOULD be contributing to the capitalist structure and their identifying invisible disabilities is seen as a betrayal of this centuries-old system. They’re also forced, however possible, to hide they’re diagnoses until the last
Moment possible because capitalism demands it of them. It’s why this pandemic has been such a turning point for disability, because for the first time, there were people with invisible disabilities who hadn’t previously identified themselves as such that needed to to be protected
By the Americans with Disabilities Act (which in itself was its own irony, but I’ll talk about that later).
