Are you ableist? 17 hints to help answer that question
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#YouMightBeAbleistIf you think autism is caused by vaccines & that girls can’t be autistic
— kat is hostile, watch out (@autandabout) December 29, 2019
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#YouMightBeAbleistIf you ‘don’t see me as disabled’. It’s not a compliment. I want you to see me as disabled, because I am disabled. When you ‘don’t see the disability,’ you attempt to erase a fundamental aspect of my identity.
— Carys Llewellyn, live & direct. (@blindandb0ujee) December 29, 2019
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#YouMightBeAbleistIf if you told me I got into college or law school because of my disability.
This happened to me in HS; a girl said “you’ll get into college. Colleges love that crap; you could’ve been born a vegetable and you’ll still get in.”
…we were in the same classes.
— Haley Moss, Esq. (@haleymossart) December 29, 2019
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#YouMightBeAbleistIf you argue that people “grow out of having ADHD”
— Emery Wagar (he/they) (@heybluewrites) December 29, 2019
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#YouMightBeAbleistIf you dismiss any illness you cannot physically see (mental health, chronic auto immune illnesses, chronic pain) as "faking for attention".
(Ever notice how these type of people don't act dismissive toward anyone on cholesterol or BP tablets?)
— Calico (meow in PokeFam) (@calicowhat) December 29, 2019
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#YouMightBeAbleistIf you scapegoat people with psychiatric disabilities in conversations about homelessness, substance use, and gun control.
— HelenRottier (@helenrottier) December 29, 2019
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#YouMightBeAbleistIf you tell disabled people that they shouldn't "let" their disability stop them from doing X thing.
Physical limitations are not conscious decisions we make and then decide which ones will "let" stop us.
— Spoonful (@spoonful116) December 29, 2019
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#YouMightBeAbleistIf you think saying "wow, you don't even look disabled" is a compliment…
— Jen of Vengerberg (@JenMorriganR) December 29, 2019
Writer Charlie Knight shared a suggestion that some might think controversial, but it’s definitely food for thought.
#YouMightBeAbleistIf you dont have a disability.
Yeah, I said it. Able bodied and neurotypical people have ableism so ingrained that its hard to find one who isnt, even if its ignorance and not malice.
So try harder. Do better. Assume you're ableist and work from there.
— Charlie Knight [they/them] (@CKnightWrites) December 29, 2019
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