AuDHD, Disabled content creator, writer, presenter, speaker, researcher, consultant on education and employment reform and neuro-inclusion | Community Support Coordinator (Organization for Autism Research)
Disabled people can absolutely be ableist. Disabled people can invalidate other’s lived experiences. Disabled people can question other’s diagnoses. Disabled people can refuse to accommodate others. Disabled people can create inaccessible content. Disabled people can fail to consider and incorporate intersectionality within their advocacy works. As a disabled person myself, I have been ableist in the past, and have held myself accountable each day as I’ve grown as an advocate and activist. Being disabled does not grant you immunity from being ableist. Non-disabled people can be ableist. Disabled people can be ableist. #autism #adhd #autistic #neurodiversity #education #employment #disability #advocacy #inclusion #dei #intersectionality #communication #stigma #bias #ableism #culture #accommodations #pride #hr #discrimination #systems #accessibility #privilege #mentalhealth
There’s always a lot of hard work to be done untangling our own internalized ableism. I deal with it too.
Intersectionality is a WIP for me
That’s true
100% yes to all of this!
Turning (Au)DHD struggles into self-love | AuDHD | Wharton MBA | ex-Yelp & ex-Square | Neuroaffirming Coach & Advocate
7moDisabled people are almost certainly ableist. The hardest part of this work for me is uncovering the ways I have internalized ablism. Not only toward myself, but toward others as well. For example, I have made 'being smart' a really big part of my identity. And now I know what an ableist concept that is, and the ways I've been judgemental and biased toward others. Still working to unwind it. This work is HARD and the system is set up to make us feel shame even as we work to disentangle from the system.