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Candace D. @DiaryofaSickGrl

2 years ago

Roses are red, violets are blue Chronic illness sucks, and ableists do too

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Ru 🌸♿️ (she/they) 🎀 @RollWithRu

3 years ago

i’m gonna need people to stop talking to the people i’m with instead of me when i’m in my wheelchair, i’m literally right here 🤪

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Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield

3 years ago

Me, a wheelchair user, to man in car blocking curb ramp: “Can you please move your car? You’re blocking the ramp.” Man: “In a little while.” Me: “I need you to do it now.” Man: “Can you calm down? I’m almost ready.” Almost ready? Disabled people are “ready” for access now.

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Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield

3 years ago

Disabled people exist in a rigged, ableist system where we have to “ask” nondisabled people for access, accommodation, rights and equity.

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@[email protected] @Imani_Barbarin

3 years ago

It’s genuinely weird how often once you disclose you have a disability on a dating app how many people, men in particular, assume the disabled person is looking for a caretaker. Do you think my first stop would be OK Cupid for that? Pls. Sounds like projection.

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@[email protected] @Imani_Barbarin

3 years ago

I can’t wait until they send this [horrible person] to a nursing home! -so you agree? The places where we warehouse disabled and elderly are carceral in nature therefore why you see them as punishment?

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Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield

3 years ago

A wheelchair user isn’t an obstruction, nuisance or a fire and safety hazard. We are just disabled people trying to get around in an environment filled with barriers and inaccessibility.

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Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield

3 years ago

Driver to me,a wheelchair user: “Get off the street. It’s for cars.” Me: “The ramp is blocked. There are no sidewalks.I have to be here.” Driver: “Don’t travel alone. Get off the street.” Disabled people should be able to travel alone. Blame barriers, not disabled people.

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Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield

3 years ago

Man in hospital seeing me, a wheelchair user: “I know how tough it is. I was lame for awhile after I broke my leg. I had to be in a wheelchair for a few weeks.” Whether you’re disabled for a month or permanently, no one should be referred to as “lame.”

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Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield

3 years ago

Nondisabled person : “Your wheelchair prevents you from getting in.” Disabled person: “The lack of a ramp prevents me from getting in.” Stop blaming disabled people for inaccessibility.

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Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield

3 years ago

In almost every instance, requests by disabled people for access or accommodation are met with responses of “no,” “not yet,” or “wait.” Disabled people are tired of exclusion. Disabled people are tired of waiting.

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Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield

3 years ago

Why do so many people fail to recognize that disability and disabled people are an essential part of diversity? Diversity without disability is hollow.

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@[email protected] @Imani_Barbarin

3 years ago

I feel like a majority of Nondisabled people who view disabled people as inhere inspiring are full of shit.

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3 years ago

This. If you view me as “inspiring” for being disabled and living my life, please choke…disrespectfully.🥰 Bc the moment I don’t live up to your expectations, I already know I’m gonna be seen as less valuable. I truly don’t have time for that.

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Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield

3 years ago

Me, a wheelchair user: “I need to take my wheelchair with me.” Ambulance driver: “Sorry. It won’t fit. You’ll have to go without it.” Me: “I’m not going without it.” (Driver brings wheelchair into vehicle) Don’t ever try to separate wheelchair users from their wheelchairs.

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Alice Wong 王美華 @SFdirewolf

3 years ago

Oooh, I know that this answer! The nondisabled audience tend to believe and have more “empathy” from “discovering” a small taste of the lived experience of being disabled. It’s more palatable than actually listening to disabled people who are still the other

OneOffDave @OneOffDave1

3 years ago

Why has @guardian got an article about the lack of wheelchair access written by someone who used a wheelchair for a few months? Were there no full-time wheelchair users in the UK who can write? They even use "registered disabled"! theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield

3 years ago

Man in hospital to me, a wheelchair user: “I feel for you. I was an invalid for almost a year. Now I’m good.” Me: “No one should ever be called an invalid.” No matter how many times I hear the word “invalid” applied to disabled people, it still stings.