college is catered towards the able bodied and able minded. school applauds people who can stay up all night, skip meals, and work endlessly. that kind of extreme contribution is expected. why are disabled people being squeezed out of academic institutions? why should I feel inferior because of some arbitrary and ridiculous standard?
The undying truth.
Not to mention, every college campus Ive ever been on is MADE of stairs and hills.
I tried to talk to one of my college professors about my ADHD once and he literally stopped me and said if I couldn’t handle it I shouldn’t be there
Read the book Academic Ableism on this subject. It’s an excellent read and I genuinely think about it all the time still even though I read it a couple years ago.
It furthers the oppression of disabled people by screening out doctors and medpros who might have personal experience and therefore SOME FUCKING SYMPATHY. I absolutely hate it. That shit is part of why we have patient hostile gatekeeping horseshit around pain relief and panic relief. Among so many other institutional sins.
what really fucking bothers me in conversations about racism and saying that some work has racist elements people always counter with “I don’t think the author had deliberate racist ideology in mind” cause it’s like that doesn’t fucking matter. it doesn’t have to be deliberate to be racist. most people don’t go hee hee hoo hoo I’m gonna put racist things in this. everyone was raised in a racist society and covert racism exists and yes needs to be examined in ourselves and everywhere and yes even in works you like author “deliberate” intent or no
this applies to other forms of bigotry too. listen to the voices of those who have to live under systemic oppression
Single use items are always going to be lifesavers for disabled people and I think it’s very important to remember that. You could have dishes piling up that you don’t have the energy or strength to wash, or you could use paper plates and plastic silverware that you can just throw out. Don’t leave us behind in your environmentalism.
And that’s not even touching single use medical equipment like feeding tubes and bags and things like syringes
I want my syringes to be biodegradable tbh, the fact that they’re single use does not mean that they have to be persistent garbage. We don’t have to accept that single use petrol-based plastic is *the* answer for accessibility, we can expect and demand better.
That would be ideal, yes, but there’s also always going to be cases in which petrol based plastics and other materials are simply the best option for people, whether this be for financial, medical, or other reasons. Like my example - there are wooden and biodegradable utensils, but they come with their own issues, like how flimsy and breakable they are, certain allergens, textures, price, availability…. So, yeah, in some cases we do have to accept: maybe these products simply are the best or only option for some people. Even if there are alternatives and room for improvement, that still won’t necessarily be the solution for everyone.
Also , targeting single use items barely fixes the problem of pollution. Might as well go after the big fish amd make a sport about it , target military spending, shipping, privet Jets , cruises, government complacency, etc. Thar is such a better use of our time instead of harrassimg people who still need disposable items 
[ID: Tweet by @carson_tueller “Ableism looks like calling disabled people ‘inspiring’ for navigating a system that is designed for their exclusion, while doing nothing to hold the system accountable. #ableism #disabled #accesstolife “]
Keep thinking about this. It means that the people who receive SSDI can literally NEVER be a part of the group legislating the program. I feel genuinely sick to my stomach…because like…that’s the formal structure. We’ve all accepted this??????????
Highlights include:
People are not told beforehand these positions would put their benefits at risk.
Positions “in office” include things like being on your kids’ school board.
You can lose benefits even if the position is only a few hours a month type responsibility because it shows the decision makers you “can work”.
It’s decided on a case by case basis, which means it is basically up to the whims of the person looking at the case, so some people will skirt by and make others think they can too only to be penalized later.
Everything about us, without us in the US. :/
[image: tweet by Sarah Blahovec: “I am passionate about my job, but the absolute worst part of it is having to deliver the news to a disabled person on SSDI that they can’t run for office (usually an unpaid local office) without losing their benefits. Today it was to a disabled veteran. #CripTheVote”]
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farther in the Twitter thread is this link to a blog post by a disability rights organization with the text of what the Social Security Administration says about how running for office might affect one’s benefits. this link is not to the SSA website because this information is not on the SSA website.
