here’s your daily reminder that ALL developmentally disabled adults deserve to be treated like adults
yes, even people with autism, downs syndrome, cerebral palsy, fetal alcohol syndrome, fragile x syndrome, tbi’s, AND/OR deafness/blindess
Shocking how few people in advocacy and activism truly believe this and practice this. Like they’ll say they do, but you put them in a room with people with I/DD, who are nonspeaking, or are Deaf or Blind? They have no idea how to act. Puts me really on edge because I know if I unmask and start stimming or something they’ll see me as incompetent or unprofessional.
It’s not just non disabled people, either. I see this from other people with physical disabilities, even other neurodivergent people. So frustrating trying to organize and be in community when even other disabled people can’t hang :/




















