#Disabled

On this #ADA30, I want to talk about a place where the ADA gets so twisted it’s almost as though it doesn’t exist: the parking lot. I have a disability
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Disabled folks who are assumed non-disabled by others, what has been your favorite response by someone who learned you were disabled? Mine, so far, is when a date didn’t mention
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"Why are you only criticising liberals/leftists when the right are even nastier to disabled people?" Because liberal/leftist spaces have a very specific brand of ableism that they hide behind a
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Seeing leftists dismiss the idea of theory being inaccessible again. As someone w/ disabilities that severely affect my ability to read, learn, & process information (among other things): yes, theory
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Last night during a workshop for @NSDFest myself & @ChloeClarkeAD talked about charity, medical & social models of disability plus creative access. It was mint. Epic! We were Buzzin! The
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As if the disabled community didn't see *this* stage of COVID bullshit coming.@AntheaTurner1 is looking for someone to bully and quite frankly she can kiss my disabled arse.I might struggle
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Writer friends, I have a question for you. I often see or hear many people talk openly about their disabilities both online & in person, but many of these same
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Had to go out today. Had a Tourettes twitching episode and so my wheelchair stopped. I must have been in the way because someone pushed me into the bus stop
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Finding disabled actors "takes time, it's a very long casting search. You can absolutely do it; it just takes time and resources, neither of which we had. So it was
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Signs of ableism to watch out for in activists:-Establishing 'bare minimum' standards for activism that demand long hours of daily work, constant exposure to emotionally devastating material, or physical labor.-Dismissing
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Someone asked me to watch this disability film a white male wheelchair user and his partner made and in three minutes I've heard more ableism than in the entirety of
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Dear agent,So you decided to add disability to your MSWL…(accountability thread) An overwhelming number of disabled authors feel completely alone in this industry. So much so that they're elated when
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'I used the toilet and then started to fix my hair and apply some more lipstick. As I was doing so a male doorman burst into the toilet, unlocking it
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I don’t want to hear anyone defending intellectual ableism after this because this is the result. I hope you’re fucking happy now.https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1360595747708809218 This is eugenics in its most flagrant form.
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As a disabled person myself, I am proud that our party is doing what it can to increase representation for disabled people in politics. Right now, many decisions are made
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One of my biggest frustrations with some (American) progressives/leftists is that they think socialized medicine is obviously better for disabled people. It’s not profit driven, so that’s better, right? No.
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