tweet by Alex Dacy | Wheelchair Rapunzel @dacy_alex:
“We need to start treating ableist slurs as seriously as we treat other forms of hate speech. Disabled people don’t deserve to be mentally abused on behalf of something you don’t deem “that serious.” Ableist slurs are very serious.”
I have less of a problem with slurs than I do people assuming I’m not disabled.
I’ve had people yell at me in grocery stores for the temerity of using an electric scooter to get around.
I get it, I’m not old, I’m 6’2", and a pretty big guy. I look healthy. I also have a 10" chest scar from where they cracked me open like a lobster and I can’t really walk more than about 5 minutes.
Why not both?
But to your point - being a young(er) person with a (at times) invisible disability that still means I use a wheelchair, I get the same shit, and it’s frustrating as hell. As if it’s any of their fucking business even if we were “faking”…
Solidarity friend. ✊