#ableism trigger

[yaosaysobjection]

Today I used a wheelchair to get around because I sprained my ankle and couldn't walk well and the amount of people staring and in one instance even pointing at me was absolutely awful. I would meet their eyes when they stared and they immediately chose to break eye contact. At best today was a minor inconvenience for me but man its a gross feeling that people treat each other like this

[luxlightly]

Had to endure a “conversation” with someone yesterday about how mass shootings have nothing to do with gun control and everything to do with not controlling mentally ill people.

“They don’t know what’s going on around them. They need help but we don’t have any mental hospitals anymore. Doctors aren’t evil! They’re trying to help you! 

“I knew a girl and was friends with her who had schizophrenia and it made her anti-Semitic and racist. It just distorts their world view. They don’t know what’s real.”

“Gun control wouldn’t do anything. People would just find even worse ways to kill people. I mean, just look at Japan!”

I didn’t argue with her because 1: lost cause, and 2: every time I tried saying anything she’d just say  “Oh, no. No no no that’s not true.” Or go “Hmmmm. Errr. I don’t think that’s right. Maybe for some mentally ill people.” (for example. when I said that mentally ill people are more likely to harm themselves than others.)

I mentioned at the very beginning of the conversation that I was autistic but that super didn’t stop her from saying some pretty terrible things about mentally ill people right to my face.

Same girl who in an earlier class had said “I feel like the Hawkeye initiative has stopped being about promoting sexy male super heroes and has become about censorship. It’s really disappointing.” and refused any idea that women in media were oversexualized. 

[nevermind-the-witchcraft]

nothing pisses me off faster than being told my mental illness stuff is all my fault. I’m doing it all on purpose. I’ve brought all the bad things upon myself.

I’m p educated now and can tell that it’s true and real ableism and it isn’t my fault but it still pisses me off and makes me feel shitty about myself. 

[nevermind-the-witchcraft]

pet peeve: people who say they have “multiple personalities” when they mean “I like to act out different personalities for fun”