#disabled is not a dirty word

[autball]

Expanding a bit on last week's post.

#autism #autistic #actually autistic #autistic experiences #disability #autism is a disability #disabled is not a dirty word

[lifeonkylesfarm]

disabled is not a dirty word

disabled is not a dirty word

disabled is not a dirty word

disabled is not a dirty word

disabled is not a dirty word

#disabled rights #disabled #actually disabled #disabled pride #disabled liberation #disabled people #disabled and proud #disability #disability pride #disabled is not a dirty word #disabled person #disability advocacy #physical disability #disabled access

[crazycatsiren]

"You are not 'disabled' you are" I'm about to be she who throws you into a well.

#ableism #disabled #disabled isn't a bad word #disabled is not a dirty word #disabled community #disability awareness #cripple punk

[onlytiktoks]

#tiktok #asl #american sign language #deafawareness #deafculture #deaf awareness #deaf and hoh #sign language #interpret #sign language interpret #disabled life #disabled lives matter #disabled #disability #disabled is not a dirty word #equal rights #equal access

[squirrelbee]

Fellow disabled people: What is the funniest thing non-disabled people ever called you (or disabled people in general) instead of disabled? I'll go first: People with inclusion

#actuallyautistic #neurodivergent #disability #asking autistics #disabled #disabled and proud #disabled is not a dirty word

[bisexualseraphim]

I just with mine own eyes saw someone say that calling gym culture ableist is the REAL ableism because they know a guy with Down’s Syndrome and one arm that goes to the gym sometimes.

Gym culture in and of itself may not be ableist, but you know what is? Telling disabled people that they can and should go to the gym just because you know an amputee or someone in a wheelchair who lifts. Physically disabled people who can exercise that heavily and often without severe exhaustion or pain is a fucking anomaly.

“Disabled people can exercise just as easily as able-bodied people and also work as hard and often and have hardly any struggles actually” is really not the allyship you think it is in a world where the government will look at a fucking paraplegic with epilepsy and a heart condition and declare them ‘fit for work’ and act all shocked when the person eventually collapses from exhaustion and dies suddenly and prematurely.

The word is ‘disabled’ for a reason you absolute brainless wankwads and it’s not a dirty word

#Disabled is not a dirty word #ableism #disabled #disability #gym culture #disability rights #chronically ill #chronic illness #disability benefits #welfare #benefits

[agentkikirogers]

The original disability pride flag, which featured brightly colored zigzagging stripes over a black background, was created in 2019 by writer Ann Magill, who has cerebral palsy.In order of appearance from top to bottom:

Green is for sensory disabilities

Blue represents emotional and psychiatric disabilities

White stands for non-visible and undiagnosed disabilities

Gold is for neurodiversity

Red represents physical disabilities.

The stripes are displayed on a faded charcoal black background which commemorates and mourns disabled people who’ve died due to ableism, violence, negligence, suicide, rebellion, illness and eugenics. The dark background also represents rage and protest against the mistreatment of the disabled community.

#disabled pride #invisible disability #disabled is not a dirty word #disabled #disabled positivity #disabled people #disabled lives matter #mine.

[punchyfeeley]

I came across this sugya while reading for Yom Kippur and it feels pretty fucking relevant so:

§ It was taught in the mishna: If a person is ill and requires food due to potential danger, one feeds him according to the advice of medical experts. Rabbi Yannai said: If an ill person says he needs to eat, and a doctor says he does not need to eat, one listens to the ill person… an ill person knows the intensity of his pain and weakness, and doctors cannot say otherwise. The Gemara asks: It is obvious that a person knows himself better than anyone else does. Why does this need to be stated explicitly? The Gemara answers: It is lest you say that the doctor is more certain because he has had more experience with this condition. Therefore, the verse teaches us that even so, it is the ill person who knows his own suffering better than anyone. (Yoma 83a:2)

You know your body- your suffering, your weakness- better than anyone else possibly could. I hope that both for the Yom Kippur fast as well as in the year to come those of us intimately aware of our body’s pain and weakness can be honest about our needs and limitations. There is no shame in needing help or having different needs and fuck anyone who tries to make you feel small or guilty or tells you they know the truth of your experience better than you.

#disabled is not a dirty word #please keep yourselves safe #Yom Kippur #G’mar chatima Tovah my friends #may it be a safe and fulfilling year

[thesecretlifeofmecfs]

Disabled is NOT a dirty word.

#disability tag #disabled life #disability blog #wheelchair user #mecfs #cfsme #myalgic encephalomyelitis #chronic illness #chronic illness blog #disabled is not a dirty word #disability advocacy

[disabled-dragoon]

Just saw the phrase "differently damaged" used to describe a disabled character

#that's a new one isn't it #weirdly I don't think they meant it maliciously at all #but it's amazing the linguistic hoops people will jump through to avoid saying disabled #disabled is not a dirty word

[autball]

There seems to be some confusion out there. Hope this helps. 😉

#autism #autistic #actually autistic #autism acceptance #autism is a disability #disabled is not a dirty word

[chaos-in-one]

"Differently abled" I am gonna hit you istg 😐

#I am DISABLED #disabled is not a dirty word #disabled #actually disabled #physically disabled #cripple shit #cripple punk

[tekra-brings-the-rain]

Disabled people must be allowed to exist in public.

No we are not ‘sad to look at’ and we have every right to be here.

This is not a controversial take. This shouldn’t be a controversial take.

And yet I go online and see someone saying that developmentally disabled people shouldn’t be in malls because it’s ’depressing.’

It’s a public space, I can go wherever I want and I am not a tragedy.

#disabled #developmental disabilities #developmentally disabled #disabled rights #disabled is not a dirty word #autism #neurodivergent #mental illness #disability rights

[onlytiktoks]

#tiktok #pots syndrome #pots #disabled lives matter #disabled life #disabled #disability #Walmart #working dogs #service animal #service dog #spoonie #ableist bullshit #ableism #tw: harrasment #disabled is not a dirty word

[anteroom-of-death]

Beginning to think my chipper smile and my winning ass makes it hard for people (mainly men) to accept I'm disabled!

#personal #disability #just because you wanna fuck me doesn’t take away from the fact im disabled #if i hear one more man try to explain to me that im not really disabled im going to manifest my joint and heart issues into their body #and my brain issues #kaboom #you go pop #disabled #disabled is not a dirty word #chronic illness #invisible disability #yep

[birdie-scribbles]

i wonder if there was ever a point in time that white allies for black people tried to get people to stop calling people black. "noooo you cant call someone a black person!!! you have to say 'someone with dark skin' or 'someone that is of african decent'" (do you see where im going with this yet?)

im never going to stop being a disabled person, and the verbage you use will not change what youre saying. tiptoing around something makes it seen bad. if "disabled" is a bad word, then disabled people will inherently be seen as bad people.

i grew up terrified of the word "black". growing up in black spaces as a white passing latinx person, i didnt want to say the wrong thing, especially with a mixed little sister. my heart was in the right place, but i wasn't going about it the right way. and this was probably *because* i grew up in smalltown texas where everybody and their momma hates anyone who isnt your blonde hair blue eyes able bodied christian.

in middle school, before i was aware of my own disabilities, i worked with disabled kids in p.e to help them with their exercises, and also just to hang out a little bit! i was taught that "disabled" was a bad word. now, i started on my activism early on, and i already knew that this wasn't the case. i knew that saying stuff like this harmed the cause rather than helped it, but i also knew talking back to my teachers would land me in a regular p.e class, and i couldnt handle that level of physical exertion. i just kind of nodded and argued in my head.

however, today there are people everywhere, /activists/, who tell us to stop saying "autistic" "disabled" or even something as simple as "amputee". none of these are bad words, you just havent processed your own ableism yet.

#ableism #disability awareness #disabled is not a dirty word #actually autistic #activism