
How Do I Deal With People Being Ableist?
Call them out or walk away.

Call them out or walk away.
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A lot of my humor comes in the form of ableist slurs.

No, but don’t be weird about it.
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You can’t opt out of civil rights.
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It only exists to make non-disabled people more comfortable.
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We don’t get to decide what disability looks like.
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Mind your fucking business, you pervert.
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This is how you sound whenever we try to share our lives.

If you need a wheelchair, you need a wheelchair.

Movies like this help no one.