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@socialjusticeΒ Β·Β 4:47

How can you tell if a person has a disability?

article image placeholderCan you tell if a disabled person is 'faking'? (yes, Jameela Jamil) [CC]
I think so much. In our society we're taught to see disability something as simple as the handicapped symbol that is used in the US and in other places around the world to indicate. And I quote when I say handicapped a handicapped parking spot, for instance, it is a person in a wheelchair, and so it's training our brains to see disability when that's not really how disability functions. People who don't have physical see able disabilities can still have disabilities

Talking about #ability and how we are taught to perceive others https://youtu.be/OBC3zNZx7Dg

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@SeekingPlumb

Assumptions have consequences. @Izzy

What I didn't expect is that when dealing with a professional entity and explaining that I do have a disability, that these changes that they've made do not work for me. And can we please find a compromise or have a conversation to find an alternate solution instead of receiving understanding or compassion? The response was, we will not have a conversation with you. We will not compromise. You must do as you are told
@Izzy
Izzy S-L
@IzzyΒ Β·Β 1:22

@SeekingPlumb

Jessica also talks about her own experiences with that, and those experiences for her have also brought up those similar feelings that you named. And it's really interesting that you say, no, I'm being discriminated against. This is discrimination, and they're adamantly denying it. Even though it is like, who are you to tell someone that you're not discriminating against them? That doesn't make any sense to me
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@SwellΒ Β·Β 0:15

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@Phil
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@PhilΒ Β·Β 2:28

Not all disabilities are visual. #fact

Now the one thing with my niece is you would not see any kind of disability whatsoever. But the one thing she kind of lacks is kind of awareness of surroundings and awareness of feelings of others. If she sees something in a mall that strikes her interest, she's going from her point to that point. And whoever's in the way probably going to get bumped, it's just a focus on something
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@SeekingPlumb

A catch 22. @Izzy @Phil

But the fact of the matter is that for a lot of us who do have disabilities that are not the type that you have a wheelchair or something like that, we do our very best to seem healthy to fit in because of so many different reasons. And it obviously backfires in these situations. But most people don't want to be around someone who is sick, someone who is uncomfortable, someone who's in pain
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@Izzy
Izzy S-L
@IzzyΒ Β·Β 2:59

Normalizing having a disability

My hope is that we can dispel this kind of thinking and say, it's okay if you're uncomfortable, that's fine. But the more that we talk about it and the more that it's normalized, the less uncomfortable you'll be. Because the fact of the matter is, is there are so many people with disabilities. Disabilities show up in people's lives in so many different ways, and it's really important to talk about
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