Tag: ableism

tybalt-you-saucy-boi:

knightoflodis:

sparklepoppy:

Things seen at work. Can you say “ableism”?

Holy fuck is that discriminatory… this kind of shit makes me feel like I am a broken and faulty human being. And no matter how hard I try, I still can’t do those things 100% of the time. I also can’t help when my brain can’t pick up the obvious thing you are pointing at, I am not acting, I seriously just haven’t recognized it yet and I am sorry I am slow. And that is just one thing

Zero talent? Yeah, maybe for people without mental health issues.

Seriously, why is energy on this list? Is the person who wrote this blaming people for not having enough energy? That’s not always something you can control. Maybe you don’t have enough energy because you have sleep issues or experience nightmares that prevent you from sleeping through the night, or make you scared of falling asleep.

Being coachable? You have to be able to concentrate, and then process and retain information to learn from someone. And the person coaching you also has to be able to do it in a way where you’ll understand. Correct me if I’m wrong, but people with ADHD would probably have problems with this one. People with language barriers may also have a tough time being taught by someone, just as another example.

Some people will need to learn these things and practice the skills required to succeed at them, and that is okay. But saying it comes naturally to everyone is ignorant.

Literally what the fuck

Even most “fully abled” people couldn’t manage that

Source: lilagraceunderhill

perseass:

mercenarykin:

“R*tarded” is not used as medical terminology specifically because the word has become a slur.

Nobody in the field, except for very old people (people who’ve been working in the field since the 1970′s/80′s and have yet to update their terminology) uses it anymore. 

So don’t give me that “it’s a medical term” bullshit. It’s a slur and you’re using it as a way to ostracize and other dd/id individuals.

According to the DSM 5 (the latest version put out by the Psychological Association to diagnosis mental illnesses) officially changed mental retardation to intellectually disabled so it’s literally not the medically correct term either

The Down Syndrome Holocaust

emeraldboreas:

a-little-rae-of-sunshine:

by-grace-of-god:

This is my son Josh. In Iceland, he would have been killed. Josh has Down syndrome. He was born with one extra chromosome. As a result, he looks a little different than most of us, has a lower IQ, and has an innocent smile that could melt the coldest of hearts. In Iceland, these differences would render Josh unfit to be born.

Iceland now brags that they have aborted 100% of babies who have Down syndrome and eradicated Down syndrome from their country.

This is so abhorrent.

When thousands of people with DS have stood up and said that they are happy and love their life, and people still insist that eradicating them in the womb is the right thing to do, it’s not about “helping” anyone. It’s about a society so selfish and impoverished that it’s targeting anyone who doesn’t “fit.” This is CLASSIC eugenics.

The Down Syndrome Holocaust

theconcealedweapon:

If just one autistic parent killed their non-autistic child because of how much of a burden they are, it would be used as evidence that all autistic people are ticking time bombs and are unfit to be parents. But the reverse happens all the time and the parents get sympathy.

kipplekipple:

Me: *accepts disability and the limitations it places on me*
Abled people: FIRST OF ALL HOW VERY DARE

I think the reason they do that is because they view it as giving up, even if you’ve found a way to get the same thing done in a way that’s easier or makes sense to you.

thechronicchillpill:

the reason abled people are praised for being kind to the disabled is because it is not normalized to be kind to the disabled.

it is seen as an achievement for an abled person to “look beyond” the disability and treat the disabled person like a person, because it is not normalized to treat the disabled like people.

Ableism is so bad in our society that we dont even see the disabled as people or as equals and thus put the abled on a pedestal for even acknowledging the disabled as people.

and yet people still tryna tell me that Ableism isnt real, or it isnt as bad as another form of discrimination, or that its just some tumblr fad.

and people do this because the ableism is so bad in our society that not being able to see the disabled as people who suffer and have struggles, as people who have emotions and feelings, as anything other than “not abled”, is seen as normal.

dehumanization of the disabled is by far, more normalized than the humanization of the disabled.

and thats just so fucking upsetting.

autisticliving:

runningfromomelas:

autisticliving:

princethyme:

autisticliving:

princethyme:

autisticliving:

Making art.

imagine have this little self-awareness

Hey, I get complimented on my self-awareness on a regular basis, come at me with something else.

seriously though man how boring do you have to be to depend on being “nerodivergent” in order to feel like you have any depth to your personality

many of my “neurotypical” friends are very interesting because they have hobbies and ideas and dreams and their words reflect that

if your life is centered around a mental illness or disorder then it really isn’t much of a life

This time you got me. This is the first decent comment on this post.

Are you kidding @autisticliving ?

Because that comment was actually really ableist and not something I would think you would agree with

I’m not saying that I agree, but I can appreciate effort and this is far above the level of everyone else who have hated on this post. 

Actually I feel @demondaysofawriter had a better argument than @princethyme. Even though prince thyme was pretty on the money with that one.

Also, out of complete curiosity and no hate towards you or anyone else, but why is that comment ableist? I’m trying to educate myself and I don’t want to start anything with this question.

carys-virago:

iicraft505:

carys-virago:

Nobody would ever SAY they hate someone for being mentally ill. Of course not!

-They hate them for being ‘immature’

-For being ‘needy’

-For having ‘outbursts’ or ‘tantrums’

-For ‘being depressing’ or ‘bringing the mood down’

-For being ‘flakey’ or ‘disorganised’

-For being ‘weird’ or ‘awkward’

But if you judge people for:

-Displaying childlike features

-Fearing abandonment or being unable to function independently

-Being unable to regulate emotion

-Openly discussing their mood disorder or depressed thoughts

-Having memory or concentration problems,
dissociative problems or disorganised thought

-For being eccentric, experiencing paranoia, or struggling to recognise social cues

You’re basically saying ‘I don’t hate mentally ill people, I just hate the way that their disorder affects me’

Pleas elaborate on how not wanting a certain influence in your life isn’t okay.

It is absolutely fine! I would never say that anyone needs to find any traits or behaviours either nice or acceptable to be around. I’m just saying that there is a difference between clinical symptoms and the way that those symptoms manifest behaviourally, and that whilst people are happy to theoretically support those with mental illnesses, there is still stigma around the way those symptoms can manifest. Someone discusses feeling depressed? Nothing wrong with that. Someone attempts to upset others because they feel depressed and therefore feel that everyone should be made to feel worse? Not ok. Someone displays a ‘socially inappropriate’ level of emotion? Shouldn’t be judged or hated for it. Someone directs their unregulated emotion towards you in the form of anger? Totally unacceptable.
I would never tell anyone that they must accept any form of behaviour, I’m simply explaining the covert ways in which mental illness is reduced to individual behaviour and therefore judged.

I personally feel a huge sense of responsibility in never allowing my difficulties in regulating emotion, or impulse control affect anyone else. I work incredibly hard to recognise that I am deeply hurt by remarks that other people would brush off, or that I feel very insecure in relationships, and therefore feel compelled to check whether or not people still like me all the time. However, I can intuit that for others, since they don’t experience emotion and fear of abandonment to the extent I do, that asking if they still like me would come across as though I don’t trust them. So I find ways to reassure myself. Everyone, mentally ill or not, has a responsibility to regulate their behaviour so as not to hurt or offend others.

Never feel guilty for excluding people who harm your happiness from your life. Hope this cleared things up a little. I have a tendency to talk in very black-and-white terms, and can see there is room for misunderstanding my original post as making apologies for harmful behaviour.

Thank you.
I also agree with what you said now.