#societal ableism

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[chaos-in-one]

I don't know where this mindset that experiencing a symptom in a non-disordered way makes you better than those who experience it in a disordered way but it absolutely needs to fucking stop

Experiencing a disorder and being disordered is disabling. That isn't worse than being abled, we are not worse than you for our disorder and the fact that our symptom(s) disable us while yours don't.

You are not better than disabled people for not experiencing symptoms in a disordered way/ a disordered/disabling degree, and you never will be.

In fact, acting like that's inherently better and bashing on those of us who are disabled by our symptoms is really fucking ableist. And very privileged. Because yes, not being disabled by your symptoms and your experiences does give you privilege over those of us who are disabled by them, and more of you need to recognize that. You need to recognize that the idea that not being disordered is inherently better is rooted in ableism, rooted in privilege of being able bodied and/or able minded.

So is the idea that because *you* don't have negative experiences with a symptom means that anyone who does is either not trying hard enough, "wallowing in their own misery", or otherwise at fault for how their symptoms affect them.

[breakingthebinarybubble]

Disability Exhaustion and Ableism in Working Society:

My normal is not your “normal”.

A lot of the time I find myself hearing or seeing the lack of understanding on the part of neurotypical people when it comes to exhaustion due to disabilities.

I am going to talk about this in regards to mental health because it’s something I can speak to directly (but this also applies to physical disabilities too).

One thing I would like neurotypicals (or able bodied people), especially those who seem to have the wrong idea that disabilities are things you can just power through, is that having a disability is exhausting because it is a full time job.

Read that again. Internalize it. Having a disability involves (but is not limited to) the following:

-Constantly having to communicate or explain your disability to people who may or may not accept it.

-Having to communicate your needs and often having to take the time to deal with people who deny you basic rights. Sometimes having to take legal actions in some cases.

-Understanding your fundamental rights as a person and having to argue them over and over.

-Coping with people who either claim you aren’t actually disabled or they romanticize your ability to “grin and bear it”. (I fucking hate Hollywood’s takes on this).

-Dealing with bad days (with it’s a day where you’re in physical chronic pain or you have an anxiety attack, etc) and not having the energy to do basic tasks that “normally” take very little time.

-Working at a slower pace due to any disabilities you have (ie auditory processing, needing to take sitting breaks, not being able to stand at all, etc).

-Dealing with able bodied people who do shit like steal handicapped parking spaces (meaning you have no way to get to where you need to go).

-Expectations that your disability at some point “gets better” so you can be “normal”.

-Comments on how “brave” you are for dealing with shit that you have no choice in.

-Lack of communication with regards to any accommodations in school or the workplace.

-Needing paperwork and certifications from doctors to get help. Requesting and waiting for processing. Possible denial or inability to access this due to financial issues or other barriers.

-For mental disabilities or illnesses: inability to “SEE” issues-therefore it isn’t “real”.

And so much more...

Workplaces and schools need to understand that if we seem like we aren’t working at a “normal” speed or we have too much going on to get work done-it’s because our disabilities ARE already full time jobs. With no benefits other than existing.

Working society is very ableist because the expectations do not allow for human error or for those with disabilities to work at their own speeds.

I am personally tired of it all and that is why I will never back capitalism.

[herushingu]

Its embarrassing when i find my old Hellsing notes and see what i knew yet having a huge mental breakdown in 2016 yeeted that long-known shit clean out of my head

2005 me: "why did they do the thing???"

2008 me: "omg this is why they do'ed the thing, I-"

2009-2015 me: *making all kinds of fanart and formula on The Thing*

2017 me: "wHy tHeY dO tHiNg---"

[bifinmediasres]

This is your Labor Day reminder that subminimum wage for Disabled People is still a thing that exists. Disabled people are also reportedly underemployed due to ableism in the workplace and restrictions of government assistance. ♿✊📢✒

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Source

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What Long COVID Reveals About Fragmented Care - Science Politics

The problem is not insufficient expertise; it is insufficient integration.

Also preserved in our archive

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Government abdication of public health is causing millions of people to essentially live imprisoned, as they cannot risk infection. If a government was doing this to an ethnic or sexual/gender minority, it would rightly be compared to genocide. Why is it "nothingburger" because "it's just some uppity disabled people"?