#disability quote

Most of this world does not know how to value a person it cannot use for output. Which means disabled people are forced to carry one of the heaviest forms of knowledge imaginable. They see, up close, how quickly society turns human beings into burdens the moment productivity is no longer guaranteed.

The goal shouldn’t be making disabled people fit the world. The goal should be making the world fit all people. Nobody should have to spend their life proving they deserve a place in a world they already belong, in a world they already exist in, in a world that is just as much theirs as anyone else’s.

Stop comparing disabilities. Stop trying to one up disabilities. Stop speaking on disabilities you yourself are not even educated on, just because you are disabled does not give you the right or the knowledge to speak on behalf of somebody else’s disability that they LIVE with. We talk and talk about abled people’s ableism and their lack of knowledge and understanding and ignorance, but it is well within the own disability community as well and I don’t know why that’s not addressed with the same seriousness we give external ableism. You are not magically granted immunity from being called out just because you too, are disabled.

You realize how deeply this culture worships usefulness because the moment you cannot consistently produce, everybody starts searching for a reason you still deserve gentleness.

My biggest fantasy as a disabled person probably isn’t even being cured. It’s just belonging. It’s living somewhere that respects and accommodates the body that I literally cannot change. It’s having friends and family who support me, and who try to understand me, because they love me. It’s never feeling like I’m useless or a waste of space. It’s having friends who can understand my limits and don’t get upset with me when I’ve reached them. It’s having accessible and affordable healthcare no matter what. It’s having a livable amount of money, no matter my ability to produce in this world the way abled bodies can. It’s having the bare minimum. 

I’m so sorry to anyone who has a disability/disabilities and their family treats them like they’ve ruined their lives but they have no other option but to live with them because of their disability. We deserve more than that. That’s not something anyone can control.