Why as an autistic I disagree with the idea Witcher is Abelist.
Let’s begin The Mighty and other such sites have warned of Abelism in The Witcher because Yennifer a woman born with a Hunchback goes through a transformation that makes her look diffrent.
Point 1: once she “removes.” Her disability She says she’d rather be disabled than ablebodied and I think that’s more powerful after having a character experience both.
Point 2: Everyone else including ablebodied people go through this Ritual at Aratuza.
Point 3: This show is the first I’ve seen with a Disabled/Ablebodied kiss nevermind going further. She is reaffirmed by others for her beauty while she’s disabled and learns to be confident
Point 4: Her disability isn’t what drives her to do go through the transformation she does it because she wants people to see her the way she feels about herself she wants control over her life. Which is the first time I’ve seen a show bring attention to the way disabled people are treated at all. They choose to bring attention to a very real issue for disabled women and that is not feeling in control. Hence nothing about me without me
Point 5:If Yennifer was abelist she wouldn’t be as strong a female character. You never see abelism depicted in media or drawn attention too the way they treat her at the beginning is very real for a lot of people. Disabled Women Don’t have many strong Disabled women who fight for what they want in media nevermind have love interests.
Point 6: Yennifer also had to give up her ferility too not be disabled a metaphor for the forced sterilization across America since Buck vs Bell has never been repealed.
Point 7: The articles written calling The Witcher Abelist were written by The Mighty and reposted to Yahoo which supports autism speaks and has refused to stop.
https://medium.com/@KirstenSchultz/the-mighty-autism-speaks-part-deux-d125f0f1041
Yesterday, I wrote a letter to The Mighty about their support of the hate group Autism Speaks. This was their response.
