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On September 9, 2014, a twitter conversation emerged using the hashtag #AbleistAbuseIs exploring the experiences of people with disabilities, discrimination, abuse and ableism. Hashtag created by the incomparable Heather Ure! Follow her on twitter: @heatherurehere
Here are a few of our favorite tweets:
#AbleistAbuseIs thinking we just "made up" the word "ableism" because your society has hidden decades of Disabled Rights history from you.
— Soundgender (@markiemywords) September 10, 2014
#ableistabuseis getting told "not to be so angry" when you start talking about nothing about us without us.
— rowan abrams (@kiananbegins) September 10, 2014
#AbleistAbuseIs sympathizing with the people who MURDER & abuse us while refusing to acknowledge our humanity
— IsaJennie♿️ (@IsaJennie) September 10, 2014
#AbleistAbuseIs Using 'Inspiration Porn' to dismiss other disabilities as lesser because one disabled person is dying and the other is not.
— Tired of (@zagbah) September 10, 2014
#AbleistAbuseIs when parents of disabled children devote much/most of the kids' days to "therapy"/"cures" vs. being a kid, being themselves.
— Heather Ure (@riotheatherrr) September 10, 2014
#AbleistAbuseIS creating segregation instead of inclusion in the workplace. Same expectations, same pay, PWD working alongside TABs!!!
— Elizabeth Taub (@LizTaub) September 10, 2014
#AbleistAbuseIs having your cane moved over and over and over again, just because it's funny to see you "mad" when really you're scared.
— Elsa SjunnesonHenry♿ (@snarkbat) September 9, 2014
#AbleistAbuseIs embedded in a history of eugenics.
— Dominick Evans (@dominickevans) September 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/sicklesium/status/509583159059836928
#ableistabuseis When a disabled person's labor isn't worth minimum wage because non profits are doing a 'favor' by employing them #charity
— alice wong (@SFdirewolf) September 10, 2014
#AbleistAbuseIs looking for vulnerable people to play out your rescue fantasies with, punishing them whenever they go off script
— RealSocialSkills (@rsocialskills) September 10, 2014
#AbleistAbuseIs projecting your own definitions of horror onto people who are just living their lives on their own terms.
— Sammy Beach (@OccupyDisabled) September 10, 2014
#ableistabuseis often impossible to get out of abusive situations because disabled people rely on others as caregivers/necessary support.
— rowan abrams (@kiananbegins) September 10, 2014
Categories
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Ableism, Abuse, activism, Disability, Disability Culture, Disability Rights, Discrimination
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