If you’re on disability TikTok (literally I hope you’re doing ok if you are LOL) then you probably know the drama that is happening on it.
Lemme just say this, there will ALWAYS be someone that is more disabled than you. And that isn’t a bad thing to say. I have mutuals who are full time power wheelchair users. I have mutuals who are high support needs. I have mutuals that are more disabled than me and I acknowledge that because there are people who are severely disabled and more disabled than me and that is OK!!!
Acknowledging that there are severely disabled people and that there are people with more severe disabilities than you isn’t a bad thing. It is life. No one is “At the same level of disability”. Some people are just more disabled and thats ok to say.
I’m a wheelchair and forearm crutch user almost full time. I can acknowledge that my friend with cerebral palsy whos a full time wheelchair user and eye-gaze AAC user is more disabled than me. I can acknowledge that my disabilities are more severe than most of my classmates. I can acknowledge those things and it’s all correct!
No one is at the same level of disability. There are people that are more disabled and thats ok and a conversation that needs to be had. Because the second we start trying to put everyone on the same level, the more people that will die from lack of care and access.
