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"Disagreeing with a Disabled person isn't ableist."
You're right! Disagreeing with a Disabled person isn't (inherently) ableist! And no one is saying it is!
So what IS ableist?
[a (non-complete) list/thread] /1
You're right! Disagreeing with a Disabled person isn't (inherently) ableist! And no one is saying it is!
So what IS ableist?
[a (non-complete) list/thread] /1
It's ableist to insist you know a Disabled person's body better than we do.
(Hint: We live in our bodies 100% of the time, which is a much higher occupancy rate than your 0% of time spent living in our bodies! We're the experts on our own bodies!) /2
(Hint: We live in our bodies 100% of the time, which is a much higher occupancy rate than your 0% of time spent living in our bodies! We're the experts on our own bodies!) /2
It's ableist to assume a Disabled person is too incompetent to know our own needs. /3
It's ableist to assume you somehow have the magic answer, cure, or treatment for a Disabled person's disability. /4
It's ableist to refuse to believe Disabled people about our own lived experiences. /5
It's ableist to assume you're better equipped to know how to live with a person's disability than the actual Disabled person. /6
It's ableist to claim you know someone with the same disability who can do [X], thus the Disabled person you're talking to can do [X]. /7
It's ableist to say that something worked for you or someone else, so it'll work for every Disabled person or we're just making excuses. /8
It's ableist to declare a Disabled person just isn't trying hard enough if we say we can't do something. /9
It's ableist to assume a Disabled person is Disabled because they haven't tried [X], [Y], or [Z] thing. /10
It's ableist to presume that you can give medical advice to Disabled people for whom you are not personally treating as a health care professional. /11
It's ableist to think or say a Disabled person is because they don't "want to get better". /12
It's ableist to think you're equipped to give us unsolicited advice and that the Disabled person you're talking to is too incompetent to have already tried or otherwise considered the (generally very basic) thing you're about to suggest when we did not ask for advice. /13
It's ableist to say that you haven't personally witnessed ableism (note: you have seen it AND you've participated in it—you just didn't realize it was ableist) and thus Disabled people are lying or somehow exaggerating about ableism being an issue, or that ableism is rare. /14
