“there are ads and commercials all the time that show support for the disabled! theres stories on the news! thats representation!”
yo, this is just my opinion but no, none of that is representation, and its definately not for the disabled.
first, if you havent notice, pretty much any commercial, ad, etc etc almost always has abled people who are with the disabled person, and usually itd more about the abled person “doing something and being with the disabled person” than it is about the disabled. that isnt for the disabled, thats for the abled.
also, to call that representation is cheap, as the disabled person is often only spoken about and doesnt usually speak themselves, or really are the focus of the commercial or ad, its, like i said before, usually the abled person. its a bad example of representation because its so obviously not done for the disabled as much as it is for the abled.
and wew lad do i hate when people count those cover stories on the news as representation, those stories where abled reporters turn a disabled person’s struggle into some motivational inspiration story for, guess who, other abled people or it shows how abled people are doing this one thing where they make this one disabled person feel special and how we should love those abled people for that, instead of talking about the disabled person and what theyre going through. because once again, it isnt for or about the disabled, its about abled people feeling good about themselves.
its garbage, thats not representation, and ita definately not for the disabled.
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