I hate how strongly able bodied people feel entitled to my personal medical information because I’m visibly disabled.

I was once interviewed over the phone by a journalist about my job and the organisation I work for and after the interview when I sent a picture of myself for the article I got a phone call back asking what my condition was because the journalist felt my picture “wouldn’t make sense” if I didn’t publicly disclose my medical history. The journalist was completely baffled when I said I wouldn’t share that information and it wasn’t necessary in the article he was writing.

Some disabled people are happy talking to anyone about their condition(s)/ injuries, and all the power to them. But it shouldn’t be socially compulsory to disclose those things every time I exist in front of other people just because I’m visibly disabled.

I found this a really interesting statistic about disability representation especially comparing visible and less apparent disability. I feel like I usually see people claim (usually without evidence) that that visible disability is represented more than non apparent disability which never quite sat right with me, but I didn’t expect the difference to be quite so big.

Obviously the answer is more disability representation all round, but the comparison is definitely interesting.

people watching me enter any room irl: “hey, she’s visibly physically disabled. we can all immediately tell that she’s disabled and that makes us uncomfortable. let’s all automatically treat her differently. usually this means we’ll exclude her from events, ask invasive questions (often about how she has sex or goes to the bathroom), not speak directly to her or make eye contact and ditch her as fast as possible”

a small but loud minority of tumblr users: “this is actually privilege because people can’t tell i’m disabled when i go out”

@suilesbian

say that shit louder 📢📢 !!

Yes people would in fact say that to someone in a wheelchair. Yes someone would in fact say that to someone with cancer. Yes someone would in fact say that to a blind person. None of us are safe

leaving my situationship/bfs fancy beautiful house in the morning is like those arcane humiliation ritual that MAGA people believe in.

BUT the gorgeous, hot, intimidating, physically abled, goth, woman in his friend group and i got closer last night and now she wants to do starfire and raven with me for halloween! her man shall be beast boy and mine’ll be robin.

AND SHE INVITED ME TO FAMILY DINNER!!! (like three of the hardcore bands in town get together and have dinner, she fronts one of the bands)!!!!!

for the first time in my entire life i have a kind group of friends who actually want to hang out with me. with no pity or desire to be seen as inclusive. omg.

Defend disabled people who aren't only making the healthiest possible choices forever. We need to stop holding the people with the least resources to the highest standards of health. We need to stop pointing fingers at disabled people who aren't even doing anything your average abled person isn't also doing.

This is trey reed. A 21 year old college student.

He was found hanging from a tree on the Delta State University campus on September 15th at 7 A.M with the police suggesting it was a suicide. The problem with that is the student body, which has stated that he suffered from both arms and legs broken and suspecting it to be a lynching.

No major media outpost is talking about it. There are no flags hung at half mass for him. Hell, there's not even gonna be an investigation, and that not okay. Not to his family, not to his friends.

Don't let his death fly under the radar.

reblog with your number

you have got to kill the abled version of you that lives inside your head and makes you feel like dogshit and i’m not joking.

grief is grief.

may the people i love always stay safe