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I wish I could use simple, plain language and still have my voice respected.
What do we call the discrimination of only respecting someone as an equal human being with a voice deserving of being listened to and taken seriously if they talk „professionally“?
Intellectualism?
What do we call the discrimination of only respecting someone as an equal human being with a voice deserving of being listened to and taken seriously if they talk „professionally“?
Intellectualism?
I wonder how much of the word-burnout that I chronically experience nowadays comes from always having to re-think, re-format, re-word my wordless thoughts and concepts so they fit into what society deems „respectable“ language so I don‘t just get mocked and ignored outright.
I don‘t think in words.
I don‘t think in pictures.
Things just sortof appear and make sense in my head?
Then I have to translate what happens in my brain into words and it‘s really hard!
Maybe the worst part for me is that if I succeed, people don‘t believe how hard it is.
I don‘t think in pictures.
Things just sortof appear and make sense in my head?
Then I have to translate what happens in my brain into words and it‘s really hard!
Maybe the worst part for me is that if I succeed, people don‘t believe how hard it is.
I know I‘ve mentioned this before but my natural language is a mess of garbled sounds strung together.
If I don‘t actively translate my thoughts into a known human language, they’re just a series of „nonsense“ sounds, like „speaking in tongue“ except in my head it makes sense.
If I don‘t actively translate my thoughts into a known human language, they’re just a series of „nonsense“ sounds, like „speaking in tongue“ except in my head it makes sense.
We must actively work to respect all people‘s voices - without putting any value judgement on how „professional“ or „simple“ someone‘s chosen words are.
We must actively seek out plain, simple speakers and non-speakers because they are actively marginalized.
My brain hurts.
We must actively seek out plain, simple speakers and non-speakers because they are actively marginalized.
My brain hurts.
I have been marginalized all my life for my brain.
I have worked and continue to work very hard to use words that are more likely to get the people with power over my and other disabled people‘s lives to respect me enough to listen.
That I have to do that is itself oppression.
I have worked and continue to work very hard to use words that are more likely to get the people with power over my and other disabled people‘s lives to respect me enough to listen.
That I have to do that is itself oppression.
I use up so much brain capacity to make my words good enough that I am lacking that capacity in other areas of my life.
But I know that if I were to use easier words, simpler words, plainer words, I would get dismissed even more than I already am.
It‘s a very tiresome dilemma.
But I know that if I were to use easier words, simpler words, plainer words, I would get dismissed even more than I already am.
It‘s a very tiresome dilemma.
