#disabled discourse

[luckposting]

Hot take *you can have your own opinion, these are my feelings regarding how I am treated*

I don't like being referred to as a "warrior" or " fighter" in regards to my disabilities.

I am not some mystical being who can withstand all the pain in the world

I'm just a person. Who happens to be disabled.

I don't want to be treated differently, or praised for existing. Just leave me alone or talk to me about literally anything else. Don't make my life your charity case.

[ableistpositivity]

Saying you seriously considered having your disabled child sterilized is valid.

[ableistpositivity]

Shout out to ntab people who get irritated whenever someone asks for special accommodations. Like if they can't even get in the building they shouldn't be going out anyway.

[i-am-minty-fresh]

There’s a difference between wanting an accommodation and needing one.

We, as a disabled community, should be focusing on providing accommodations for those of us that need them rather than those of us (me) that want them.

I don’t need the lights turned off in order to enter a building, i don’t need medication to breathe. This doesn’t mean I’m not really disabled, but we have to acknowledge the difference between these two things.

We have to stop comparing helpful accommodations to necessary one’s. Adderall allows me to do school, but it isn’t life saving. My migraine medication means I won’t have migraines everyday but it isn’t life saving.

This is especially important socially. I want to feel comfortable and safe in an environment, but that’s not as important as making sure everyone can enter the environment and not immediately perish.

[mrbrojangles]

chronic pain culture is having to troll through years of posts about heartbreak before you can find one that vaguely relates to physical pain