Inclusion
#EverydayAbleism: 15 Tweets That Capture the Bias People With Disabilities Face
'Fresh air doesn't cure chronic illnesses.'
Living in a world that is made by abled people for abled people is already tough on people with disabilities and chronic illnesses. The pandemic has only further highlighted these accessibility issues and discriminatory behavior. From microaggressions to inaccessible public infrastructure, people with disabilities share their experiences on Twitter of facing ableism and insensitivity which hamper their everyday lives.
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Person: Your tiny horse just made my day!
Me: *mutters* I’m soooo glad my disability, which requires the constant presence of my service animal, could make your day. 😑#EverydayAbleism #AbledsAreWeird #CasualAbleism
— Flirty The Mini Service Horse (@FlirtyTheSH) July 2, 2020
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Retweeting this to add #AbledsAreWeird about their assumptions https://t.co/UwWlXkV7hu
— Jordan 🦓 (@ThisIsJordanKay) January 15, 2021
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To the person who wrote "No" on this letter posted in my apartment building. You're part of the problem and why our #Covid19 numbers are rising. #EverydayAbleism #Ableism @cbcnewsbc @BCGovNews @GlobalBC #NewsBC @GlobalBC_Comm #DisabilityTwitter #NEISVoid pic.twitter.com/4Y1SQd3NqZ
— Haley Branch (@HaleyABranch) September 4, 2020
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THIS.
Also, no amount of positivity is going to turn stairs into a ramp, make captions magically pop into existence, turn flat printed text into braille, remove flashing lights from an event, etc.#EverydayAbleism https://t.co/5PSBJoX3Xn
— Kitty Kavanagh | Black Lives Matter (@chronicfab) April 23, 2020
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Mum & I had a bet that either my dad or Grandad would tell me to get some fresh air, as though having a subluxed hip & pneumonia & an IBD flare wasn't enough reason to stay inside.
I won in 15 minutes 🙃
FYI fresh air doesn't cure chronic illnesses.#everydayableism #neisvoid
— Taran Paterson 🌸 she/her 🌸 (@PatersonTaran) August 15, 2020
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You don’t look autistic / disabled etc. 🤦🏽♀️ #EverydayAbleism #ShitAbledsSay https://t.co/ky5lHzhk1C
— Danielle (Dani) Boobyer (@Primate_Girl) November 16, 2020
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It's infuriating in so many ways. The ability to have a video consult with a GP for instance – I've been fighting for the ability to do this for TWENTY YEARS! Suddenly it's doable because the #abled majority see the need.#everydayableism
— Beki Jane (@bekijane) April 21, 2020
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Microaggressions are so easy to spot.
Adam and I walk into a country cafe. Staff stare, say “oh my god” and did not come over to serve us, we had to ask them if we could eat in.
Now we are seated, the staff happily and attentively greet other customers. This is #EveryDayAbleism— Carly Findlay OAM (@carlyfindlay) June 13, 2020
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This kind of crap irritates me. If I am in my wheelchair I have to go out into the street to get around this car that I blocking the whole sidewalk. I need to find out how to report stuff like this to the police. #everydayableism #Disability #ableism #wheelchair pic.twitter.com/FpZIqmtXI7
— Jen⛧Satanas⸸♿🏳️🌈 (@JahiSatanas) November 29, 2020
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Oh! Important information from the government on Lockdown.
News site A – D: PAY US £££ or you can't see it.
News sites E – Z: disable your adblocker (enabled to prevent migraine-causing page distortion and allow my large print Read Mode to work.)I give up.#everydayableism
— Beki Jane (@bekijane) April 20, 2020
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Person: I have no problem with disabled people! But those with service dogs should be segregated.
Me: *headdesk* So, what you’re actually saying is that you have no problem with disabled people, as long as we use medical equipment which you approve of.#EverydayAbleism
— Flirty The Mini Service Horse (@FlirtyTheSH) November 15, 2020
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Do you know who uses public transit a lot?
Blind people.
Legally blind people cannot get driver's licenses.
If you're working for mobility justice, you have an even greater duty to communicate accessibly. #EverydayAbleism pic.twitter.com/pFhzHvEFNq
— Megan Lynch (@may_gun) January 28, 2021
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cw: institutionalization, saneism
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If you’ve never been a patient in an inpatient psychiatric facility, I don’t want to hear your jokes about how Twitter is like a mental hospital. Yes, this is a subtweet. #EverydayAbleism— Helen Rottier (@helenrottier) January 23, 2021
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It seems anytime I get a delivery I have a 50/50 chance I will randomly be asked invasive medical questions, once again it was, "whats wrong with your leg" *sigh* #everydayableism #ableism
— Felicity McKee (@mckee_felicity) December 21, 2020
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#EverydayAbleism https://t.co/qdAHidfpz4
— Chronically Tennis (she/her) (@ChronicallyT) January 13, 2021
Also read: Twitter Draws Criticism From the Deaf Community Over Inaccessible New Voice Tweet Feature
