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if your without and you put nuts on it I don't make the rules snowflake

TRUCK

I had to turn this off, but it's something that allows Windows and anyone using your device to generate text/images.

many cops make no effort to use alternative communication with Deaf people even after we have identified ourselves as Deaf.

audism is also the fact that our signing is considered threatening and something that warrants murder. audism is the fact that our signing is labeled as gang signs and is used to justify murdering us. (and, for the record, actual gang signs also don't justify murder)

audism is the way Deaf people are accused of lying to "get out of things" when we identify ourselves as Deaf.... which is then used to deny us accommodations like interpreters or written communication.

Almost every single time I have experienced the dangerous, scary, "am I walking away from this?" kind of ableism, it's been some dickhead who's decided to take it upon himself to act like Batman. They usually use the excuse of people who are disabled like me being inherently violent, particularly to people who are less able to kick the shit out of a stranger like women and children.

Sometimes this is pretty mild. I once had a dude call security over at a Woolworths because I was pacing around "looking agitated." Security bloke solved the situation by hanging around near me. Y'know, "I'll just keep an eye on you in case someone else bothers you mate," in other words in case I start acting even cr-cr-craaazier.

Sometimes it is, like I said, literally having someone kick the shit out of you for being disabled in a way that makes them scared and confused. The irony is, when it does escalate to violence, people will tell you that the bloke who assaulted you was likely mentally ill too. No mate. He was just convinced he was an unsung avenger protecting the meek or some bullshit. Our culture is primed to make him feel that way. Y'know, it's the whole American Sniper thing: society is (according to American Sniper) divided into sheep, wolves and sheepdogs. This idiot thought he was being a sheepdog and fucking up a wolf to protect the sheep.