Friendly reminder that people living with disabilities do not want to be your inspiration and don’t want to be reminded that we are ‘strong’ or ‘resilient.’
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Friendly reminder that people living with disabilities do not want to be your inspiration and don’t want to be reminded that we are ‘strong’ or ‘resilient.’
We didn’t choose this. That athlete you admire? They did. See the difference?
This isn’t up for debate.
Thanks. 🫶
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Friendly reminder that people living with disabilities do not want to be your inspiration and don’t want to be reminded that we are ‘strong’ or ‘resilient.’
We didn’t choose this. That athlete you admire? They did. See the difference?
This isn’t up for debate.
Thanks. 🫶
@DavidGoldfield @britt and do you speak for all of us?
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@DavidGoldfield @britt and do you speak for all of us?
@DavidGoldfield @britt Because I've seen both sides. I've seen people admired, and I've seen the other side of it, and I've also seen my friends in tears because of that other side. It's not pleasant.
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@DavidGoldfield @britt and do you speak for all of us?
@vol4life8657 @britt This is a fair question to ask but I think it can be assumed that most of us with a disability don't feel that being told how inspiring and resilient we are is a compliment. As you say, I shouldn't and can't speak for all of those with a disability and I would be very interested to know if there are more exceptions to this than I might realize.
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@vol4life8657 @britt This is a fair question to ask but I think it can be assumed that most of us with a disability don't feel that being told how inspiring and resilient we are is a compliment. As you say, I shouldn't and can't speak for all of those with a disability and I would be very interested to know if there are more exceptions to this than I might realize.
@DavidGoldfield @vol4life8657 @britt Just my little opinion, but life is too short to get offended by stuff like this. Even if I was inclined to be bothered by this kind of thing, which I'm not, I simply don't see a point in attacking people who usually mean well. If I'm told that I'm an inspiration or whatever, especially when I can tell that whoever is saying it is sincere, I either thank them or say nothing. Then again, political correctness and a lot of other stuff that is talked about in the disability world these days truly doesn't make any sense to me. I just try to get through life the best I can with as little drama, conflict and confrontation as possible.
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Friendly reminder that people living with disabilities do not want to be your inspiration and don’t want to be reminded that we are ‘strong’ or ‘resilient.’
We didn’t choose this. That athlete you admire? They did. See the difference?
This isn’t up for debate.
Thanks. 🫶
@britt Did you happen to see my post on family re resilience, um, 5ish hours ago?
Different reasoning, though also holds from disability: Fuck resilience. How do people get resilient? Trauma. If they're the lucky ones.
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@britt Did you happen to see my post on family re resilience, um, 5ish hours ago?
Different reasoning, though also holds from disability: Fuck resilience. How do people get resilient? Trauma. If they're the lucky ones.
@naga no, I didn’t see it! I’m going to check it out now.
I made this post because I get it frequently and see disability frequently framed from an ableist lens — that we can frequently internalize without realizing it.
Agreed. F it.
