Disabled means apart from abled. That describes aspects of every human being on earth.
steve andrews 🐻 @SteveAndrews
4 Apr 2021
Deaf people saying they're not disabled because they're not "broken" like those "other" disabled people is perpetrating the same #ableism they're trying to avoid. Disabled ≠ broken. Disabled is a verb, something done to us by a world that is hostile to non-normative people.
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Everyone is not a little bit disabled though. That erases the struggles and barriers and obstacles that disabled people face.
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Replying to @SteveAndrews
Erases the struggle? I'm just being semantics but doesn't that question answer the freaking problem? I really don't mean to be contentious but look at what you just wrote. It ends the struggle.

Apr 4, 2021 · 1:12 PM UTC

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Replying to @mholzschlag
What do you mean by semantics? Maybe I'm not tracking?
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