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Thank you, everyone, for the kind notes and emails. I’m amazed by the response — I was actually a little worried no one outside the disability community would care.
For the past few years, I’ve been trying to carve out disability as a beat. It’s been a hard sell. Most people see disability as something tragic that happens to a person, rather than as a community or an identity.
There are more stories like this one — Stories about disabled people getting away with nonsense because as soon as you say the word “disability” non-disabled people’s eyes glaze over with inspiration and/or pity.
Hire disabled journalists. Your outlet will be better for it.
