Say The Word
- #SayTheWord"
- to suggest disability is simply a 'difference' and has no impact on a person's life is a very privileged position to take. Most disabled people don't have that luxury. The assertion flies in the face of reality and minimizes the very real discrimination disabled people face."
- "If you 'see the person not the disability' you're only getting half the picture. Broaden your perspective. You might be surprised by everything you've missed. DISABLED. #SayTheWord"
- Unemployment rates for disabled people, Carter-Long noted, have held steady at 75 percent for decades now. Compared with their nondisabled peers, disabled people are eight times more likely to live in poverty
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Disabled people, Carter-Long emphasizes, are masters of adapting to a world not built with them in mind — and their adaptations end up improving life for everyone
- Make something accessible and inclusive and everybody benefits, not just disabled people. Every single time. That's an impressive track record. Something we all can be proud of. But before we can do that we've got to get real about both the positives and the negatives that surround it. DISABLED. #SayTheWord is an attempt to facilitate that kind of understanding and perspective, to interject a disability consciousness into everyday situations that, thus far, too many have been able to ignore or take for granted."
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'inspiration porn' by Australian disability activist Stella Young, are problematic for all kinds of reasons. First and foremost, they tend to place the focus on the good deeds perpetrated by the nondisabled person while all the while relegating the disabled person to little more than a prop, depicting them as hopeless, helpless and without agency. Very seldom do they even think to ask the disabled person how they felt about it, or if the so-called assistance was even desired.
"Ask yourself, how would I feel if the tables were turned? How would it feel to be treated like a prop to make someone feel better about themselves without any consideration for my feelings?"