Disabled means apart from abled. That describes aspects of every human being on earth.
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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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.
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I'm not doing the whole quoted tweet thing. It's too hard to navigate. But you said that "apart from abled" affects everyone on the planet. That sounds like you're saying everyone is a little bit disabled?
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I am simply stating that every human being is in some way apart from an ability. I'm not talking emotions or saying everybody's disabled that's what you're thinking not what I'm saying I am simply clarifying semantic parity.
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Semantics and justice are deeply correlated. I provided a quote on this very issue. Food for thought.
Apr 4, 2021 · 2:22 PM UTC