#internalized ableism

It’s okay to sit down while doing anything in the kitchen. You don’t even need to be disabled or chronically ill. Your feet do not need any excuses. Rest them

It’s okay to cut potatoes in front of the tv while sitting on the couch.

Abled folks could learn a lot from the measures disabled folks take to adapt to their conditions and hack their environment and daily tasks so it benefits them in all the possible ways.

Internalized ableism made it a lot harder for me to accommodate, or even advocate for myself. It's what stopped me from getting a trike until I was in my 30s, but now that I have my trike it's been so useful.

if youre paralyzed and you think ambulatory wheelchair users are 'less deserving' of a wheelchair, thats ableism.

if you have adhd and you make fun of autistic people, thats ableism.

if you have dyslexia and think dyscalculia and dyspraxia arent "real problems," thats ableism.

We get enough shit from neurotypical people—we don't need to throw each other under the bus too.

"But they're making us look bad!"

If you were in my position, you wouldn't BE spending all day in bed. You'd be abusing your body by forcing yourself to work a job and just "tough it out" when you make yourself sicker. If you had to put up with the level of medical abuse that I do, you'd just swear off the medical field entirely and claim "big pharma" is good for nothing and only wants your money and to keep people sick.

No one actually tells you to stay in bed and rest when you're disabled. Overcoming internalized ableism comes in many phases, one of which is making the radical decision to stay in bed and rest if you're disabled.