“It disturbs me how many abled liberals try to call out ableism while still enforcing the stereotypes that it brands disabled people with. The most important example of this is the repeated ‘defense’ of Serge F. Kovaleski against trump... Granted, trump’s mockery of kovaleski is an important example of American ableism, but note how liberals talk about it. For months now I have seen people, tears in their eyes, refer to SFK not by name but as ‘a disabled person/reporter’. They dismiss the event, not as slander but simply as ‘rude’. ‘Low class’, ‘unprofessional’, ‘cruel’. What I have consistently failed to see liberals mention is the true motive behind his statements: making SFK look incompetent, subhuman... What unnerves me, what makes me question how many people really understand PwD, is that in these events no one calls it ‘untrue’. Kovaleski is a lifelong photojournalist whos employed by a major newspaper. frankly a hero for a community who faces unemployment constantly. What trump did in that moment, by and large, is defamation. Yet his opponents never call it what it is. It's simply ‘sad’. What this communicates is that liberals ‘find it unclean’ [because] it's TOO representative of their idea of PwD... To these liberals, the true crime of ableism is not character assassination but that you repeated their own assumptions in a mean voice. To witness abled people failing to call out slander and lies against PwD is to see a criminal antagonist get arrested by a crooked cop. disability is not a limit to someone's understanding of their life. We aren't the ‘poor dears in the hospital’ we're trying to talk to you.”

“There's no compassion for kids like my son. My patience for your white ass feelings about Black parenting is pretty much nonexistent. I'm a hardass. I know that. I do. But then I've had a dozen  giant red warning signs that my kid can't stay alive if he's not in control. Get at me when your kid on the spectrum has a meltdown & you get a call about the possibility of charges being pressed for yelling. Because he's tall & Black & repeated the same profanity as all the other kids involved in the fight. Call me when you realize he's at risk. I want you to sit at a table & listen to an adult white woman tell you she doesn't like teaching your kid because he's scary at 8. Not that he's been violent or threatening. Nope. He just yelled at her one day after she blamed him for being bullied. Go to that meeting. Get a call about your kid being a problem because he's too flat when he speaks. Not that he's done anything. They don't like his voice. Have the "We're going to write him up for trespassing" conversation because your kid sat in an empty classroom to study. Have that call. My kids get good grades. They don't do half the shit I did. But I have two sons & I stay in their schools keeping them safe from admins. Meanwhile one of my neighbors did 10 years for attempted murder. He's got no training. But he stops & chats with every kid on our block. He warns them off gangs & listens when they're mad. He helped teach kid #2 to throw a football. Because he knows how easy it is to get lost. The grace you show to white kids? Try showing it to all kids. Our girls aren't grown at 5 & our boys aren't weapons at birth.“]

“A few points around why removing people from their wheelchairs is [police brutality]: Wheelchairs are sometimes the only form of movement disabled people have. Removing them from it can mean they have no way to move. No way to use restrooms or get out of the way in emergency. Wheelchairs can be the only way a disabled person can sit correctly. Reduces stress on body. Many have cushions 2 reduce pressure/hot spots. Pressure sores can lead 2 severe illness and even death. It shouldn't be our fault they don’t have accessible vans/don't know how to use our chairs. Recently, a person was charged with resisting arrest because police didn’t know how to use wheelchair. Even after she explained how to drive it. Stuff like this is ridiculous. If u talk abt [police brutality], make sure you talk abt how disabled community is affected. Especially disabled people of color #blacklivesmatter #policebrutality #disabilityrights”]

Disability can be improved, disability can be treated, but it will never go away entirely as a cultural element. It's part of our lives, part of our identities. Abled people cannot keep us in a hospital "until it goes away" because we will die in there. The medical community are not the lords of disabled people. Healthcare is something we need, not something we are.”

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Disabled person: I'm tired of always being inside. I'm gonna get a wheelchair so I can go back into the world! [...] Abled: DON’T GIVE UP LIKE THAT”]

Coffee Spoonie replies:  Literally, Disabled folx cannot immigrate to Canada. They don't get that I cannot ‘lol move to Canada!’, bc Canada doesn't want my crip ass.”]