Hi,
Just a quick post as thoughts are flowing around my head and I need to get them down somehow.
So Today at this very moment we are living in a very ableist society.From inaccessible buildings and public transport networks,to throwing the word 'retarded' around as if its a joke. Every time there is a speech with no sign language,or a leaflet with no braille option,we are excluding people.We are telling people that we do not care if they are present,we do not care if they exist. Disabled people are ignored so often in today's society,and too often when they are acknowledged they are made out to be hopeless victims or the 'problem'.
We have to start talking about disability,talking and listening to those who are physically/mentally disabled and the close people around them. We need to stop turning disabled people into victims in the brief mentions that they receive and stop using disability as a metaphor for incompetence and inability. And this change wont happen overnight-it actually really needs starts with you.
Byeeeeeeee
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