#stopableism — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #stopableism, aggregated by home.social.
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It's #WorldMaskWeek 😷🙌💗😷
https://www.celebrate845.com/worldmaskweek.html#MasksSaveLives #MasksSolidarity #CovidIsNotOver #CovidSafety #AirborneInfectionProtection #PreventativeHealth #ProactiveHealth #PublicHealth #HealthSafety #StopEugenics #HealthCareReform #HealthCare #Medical #Health #CommunitySafety #CommunityHealth #SaveLives #PreventLongCovid #StopAbleism #PSA #BeTheChange
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It's #WorldMaskWeek 😷🙌💗😷
https://www.celebrate845.com/worldmaskweek.html#MasksSaveLives #MasksSolidarity #CovidIsNotOver #CovidSafety #AirborneInfectionProtection #PreventativeHealth #ProactiveHealth #PublicHealth #HealthSafety #StopEugenics #HealthCareReform #HealthCare #Medical #Health #CommunitySafety #CommunityHealth #SaveLives #PreventLongCovid #StopAbleism #PSA #BeTheChange
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It's #WorldMaskWeek 😷🙌💗😷
https://www.celebrate845.com/worldmaskweek.html#MasksSaveLives #MasksSolidarity #CovidIsNotOver #CovidSafety #AirborneInfectionProtection #PreventativeHealth #ProactiveHealth #PublicHealth #HealthSafety #StopEugenics #HealthCareReform #HealthCare #Medical #Health #CommunitySafety #CommunityHealth #SaveLives #PreventLongCovid #StopAbleism #PSA #BeTheChange
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It's #WorldMaskWeek 😷🙌💗😷
https://www.celebrate845.com/worldmaskweek.html#MasksSaveLives #MasksSolidarity #CovidIsNotOver #CovidSafety #AirborneInfectionProtection #PreventativeHealth #ProactiveHealth #PublicHealth #HealthSafety #StopEugenics #HealthCareReform #HealthCare #Medical #Health #CommunitySafety #CommunityHealth #SaveLives #PreventLongCovid #StopAbleism #PSA #BeTheChange
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It's #WorldMaskWeek 😷🙌💗😷
https://www.celebrate845.com/worldmaskweek.html#MasksSaveLives #MasksSolidarity #CovidIsNotOver #CovidSafety #AirborneInfectionProtection #PreventativeHealth #ProactiveHealth #PublicHealth #HealthSafety #StopEugenics #HealthCareReform #HealthCare #Medical #Health #CommunitySafety #CommunityHealth #SaveLives #PreventLongCovid #StopAbleism #PSA #BeTheChange
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If any of you #men following me missed my mutuals' post - expressing gratitude for men who stepped up & helped take on some of the emotional labour than women have shouldered - please read it, first:
https://disabled.social/@vlrny/116325171044986558
Then - make your own decision on whether to be a silent enabler of misogyny or a comrade to women who have to deal with misogynist wankerbutternoodles here.
You also can choose to support anti-ableism by speaking out against it, in public (like many women already have!) or keep on silently enabling it by choosing to be friendly to ableists who are also misogynistic.Many women & disabled folks are watching. We notice who steps up & who does not. You can do better than stay silent about misogynists - as men - that call has to come, loudly, from within the mens' arena. You can do better than silently enable ableism - that call has to come from non-disabled folks.
Stop being OK with letting women & disabled folks take more hits - because you lack courage to take some of the emotional labour off our overburdened backs.
*You're supposed to feel some discomfort reading this - if you've failed to use your privileges as men to do better than be silent enablers of your fellow men.*
#AllMen #PeopleWithDisabilities #StopMisogyny
#StopAbleism #BraveUp #GrowSomeCourage #EmotionalLabor #Intersectionality #DoBetterMen #Patriarchy #Enablers -
If any of you #men following me missed my mutuals' post - expressing gratitude for men who stepped up & helped take on some of the emotional labour than women have shouldered - please read it, first:
https://disabled.social/@vlrny/116325171044986558
Then - make your own decision on whether to be a silent enabler of misogyny or a comrade to women who have to deal with misogynist wankerbutternoodles here.
You also can choose to support anti-ableism by speaking out against it, in public (like many women already have!) or keep on silently enabling it by choosing to be friendly to ableists who are also misogynistic.Many women & disabled folks are watching. We notice who steps up & who does not. You can do better than stay silent about misogynists - as men - that call has to come, loudly, from within the mens' arena. You can do better than silently enable ableism - that call has to come from non-disabled folks.
Stop being OK with letting women & disabled folks take more hits - because you lack courage to take some of the emotional labour off our overburdened backs.
*You're supposed to feel some discomfort reading this - if you've failed to use your privileges as men to do better than be silent enablers of your fellow men.*
#AllMen #PeopleWithDisabilities #StopMisogyny
#StopAbleism #BraveUp #GrowSomeCourage #EmotionalLabor #Intersectionality #DoBetterMen #Patriarchy #Enablers -
If any of you #men following me missed my mutuals' post - expressing gratitude for men who stepped up & helped take on some of the emotional labour than women have shouldered - please read it, first:
https://disabled.social/@vlrny/116325171044986558
Then - make your own decision on whether to be a silent enabler of misogyny or a comrade to women who have to deal with misogynist wankerbutternoodles here.
You also can choose to support anti-ableism by speaking out against it, in public (like many women already have!) or keep on silently enabling it by choosing to be friendly to ableists who are also misogynistic.Many women & disabled folks are watching. We notice who steps up & who does not. You can do better than stay silent about misogynists - as men - that call has to come, loudly, from within the mens' arena. You can do better than silently enable ableism - that call has to come from non-disabled folks.
Stop being OK with letting women & disabled folks take more hits - because you lack courage to take some of the emotional labour off our overburdened backs.
*You're supposed to feel some discomfort reading this - if you've failed to use your privileges as men to do better than be silent enablers of your fellow men.*
#AllMen #PeopleWithDisabilities #StopMisogyny
#StopAbleism #BraveUp #GrowSomeCourage #EmotionalLabor #Intersectionality #DoBetterMen #Patriarchy #Enablers -
If any of you #men following me missed my mutuals' post - expressing gratitude for men who stepped up & helped take on some of the emotional labour than women have shouldered - please read it, first:
https://disabled.social/@vlrny/116325171044986558
Then - make your own decision on whether to be a silent enabler of misogyny or a comrade to women who have to deal with misogynist wankerbutternoodles here.
You also can choose to support anti-ableism by speaking out against it, in public (like many women already have!) or keep on silently enabling it by choosing to be friendly to ableists who are also misogynistic.Many women & disabled folks are watching. We notice who steps up & who does not. You can do better than stay silent about misogynists - as men - that call has to come, loudly, from within the mens' arena. You can do better than silently enable ableism - that call has to come from non-disabled folks.
Stop being OK with letting women & disabled folks take more hits - because you lack courage to take some of the emotional labour off our overburdened backs.
*You're supposed to feel some discomfort reading this - if you've failed to use your privileges as men to do better than be silent enablers of your fellow men.*
#AllMen #PeopleWithDisabilities #StopMisogyny
#StopAbleism #BraveUp #GrowSomeCourage #EmotionalLabor #Intersectionality #DoBetterMen #Patriarchy #Enablers -
If any of you #men following me missed my mutuals' post - expressing gratitude for men who stepped up & helped take on some of the emotional labour than women have shouldered - please read it, first:
https://disabled.social/@vlrny/116325171044986558
Then - make your own decision on whether to be a silent enabler of misogyny or a comrade to women who have to deal with misogynist wankerbutternoodles here.
You also can choose to support anti-ableism by speaking out against it, in public (like many women already have!) or keep on silently enabling it by choosing to be friendly to ableists who are also misogynistic.Many women & disabled folks are watching. We notice who steps up & who does not. You can do better than stay silent about misogynists - as men - that call has to come, loudly, from within the mens' arena. You can do better than silently enable ableism - that call has to come from non-disabled folks.
Stop being OK with letting women & disabled folks take more hits - because you lack courage to take some of the emotional labour off our overburdened backs.
*You're supposed to feel some discomfort reading this - if you've failed to use your privileges as men to do better than be silent enablers of your fellow men.*
#AllMen #PeopleWithDisabilities #StopMisogyny
#StopAbleism #BraveUp #GrowSomeCourage #EmotionalLabor #Intersectionality #DoBetterMen #Patriarchy #Enablers -
Ableismus tötet. Das ist keine Provokation, sondern Statistik.
Vor zwei Wochen drückt mir ein Fremder vor der Apotheke 10 € in die Hand. „Sie haben es ja eh so schwer.“ Der Grund? Ich sitze im Rollstuhl.
Dieses „gut gemeinte“ Mitleid hat einen Namen: #Ableismus. Er ist die Ursache dafür, dass unsere Gesellschaft Menschen nach ihrer „Nützlichkeit“ bewertet – und das hat fatale Folgen für unsere Gesundheitsversorgung, unseren Wohnraum und unser Leben.
Ich habe heute meine neue Substack-Serie „Barrieren im Kopf“ gestartet. Im ersten Artikel geht es genau darum: Warum Inklusion keine nette Geste ist, sondern eine Überlebensfrage für uns alle.
Lest rein, teilt eure Gedanken und lasst uns die Barrieren einreißen.
👉 https://rollingsohn.substack.com/p/barrieren-im-kopf-1
#BarrierenImKopf #Inklusion #Barrierefreiheit #BehindertUndStolz #DisabilityRights #StopAbleism #FediLZ
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Ableismus tötet. Das ist keine Provokation, sondern Statistik.
Vor zwei Wochen drückt mir ein Fremder vor der Apotheke 10 € in die Hand. „Sie haben es ja eh so schwer.“ Der Grund? Ich sitze im Rollstuhl.
Dieses „gut gemeinte“ Mitleid hat einen Namen: #Ableismus. Er ist die Ursache dafür, dass unsere Gesellschaft Menschen nach ihrer „Nützlichkeit“ bewertet – und das hat fatale Folgen für unsere Gesundheitsversorgung, unseren Wohnraum und unser Leben.
Ich habe heute meine neue Substack-Serie „Barrieren im Kopf“ gestartet. Im ersten Artikel geht es genau darum: Warum Inklusion keine nette Geste ist, sondern eine Überlebensfrage für uns alle.
Lest rein, teilt eure Gedanken und lasst uns die Barrieren einreißen.
👉 https://rollingsohn.substack.com/p/barrieren-im-kopf-1
#BarrierenImKopf #Inklusion #Barrierefreiheit #BehindertUndStolz #DisabilityRights #StopAbleism #FediLZ
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Ableismus tötet. Das ist keine Provokation, sondern Statistik.
Vor zwei Wochen drückt mir ein Fremder vor der Apotheke 10 € in die Hand. „Sie haben es ja eh so schwer.“ Der Grund? Ich sitze im Rollstuhl.
Dieses „gut gemeinte“ Mitleid hat einen Namen: #Ableismus. Er ist die Ursache dafür, dass unsere Gesellschaft Menschen nach ihrer „Nützlichkeit“ bewertet – und das hat fatale Folgen für unsere Gesundheitsversorgung, unseren Wohnraum und unser Leben.
Ich habe heute meine neue Substack-Serie „Barrieren im Kopf“ gestartet. Im ersten Artikel geht es genau darum: Warum Inklusion keine nette Geste ist, sondern eine Überlebensfrage für uns alle.
Lest rein, teilt eure Gedanken und lasst uns die Barrieren einreißen.
👉 https://rollingsohn.substack.com/p/barrieren-im-kopf-1
#BarrierenImKopf #Inklusion #Barrierefreiheit #BehindertUndStolz #DisabilityRights #StopAbleism #FediLZ
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Ableismus tötet. Das ist keine Provokation, sondern Statistik.
Vor zwei Wochen drückt mir ein Fremder vor der Apotheke 10 € in die Hand. „Sie haben es ja eh so schwer.“ Der Grund? Ich sitze im Rollstuhl.
Dieses „gut gemeinte“ Mitleid hat einen Namen: #Ableismus. Er ist die Ursache dafür, dass unsere Gesellschaft Menschen nach ihrer „Nützlichkeit“ bewertet – und das hat fatale Folgen für unsere Gesundheitsversorgung, unseren Wohnraum und unser Leben.
Ich habe heute meine neue Substack-Serie „Barrieren im Kopf“ gestartet. Im ersten Artikel geht es genau darum: Warum Inklusion keine nette Geste ist, sondern eine Überlebensfrage für uns alle.
Lest rein, teilt eure Gedanken und lasst uns die Barrieren einreißen.
👉 https://rollingsohn.substack.com/p/barrieren-im-kopf-1
#BarrierenImKopf #Inklusion #Barrierefreiheit #BehindertUndStolz #DisabilityRights #StopAbleism #FediLZ
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Ableismus tötet. Das ist keine Provokation, sondern Statistik.
Vor zwei Wochen drückt mir ein Fremder vor der Apotheke 10 € in die Hand. „Sie haben es ja eh so schwer.“ Der Grund? Ich sitze im Rollstuhl.
Dieses „gut gemeinte“ Mitleid hat einen Namen: #Ableismus. Er ist die Ursache dafür, dass unsere Gesellschaft Menschen nach ihrer „Nützlichkeit“ bewertet – und das hat fatale Folgen für unsere Gesundheitsversorgung, unseren Wohnraum und unser Leben.
Ich habe heute meine neue Substack-Serie „Barrieren im Kopf“ gestartet. Im ersten Artikel geht es genau darum: Warum Inklusion keine nette Geste ist, sondern eine Überlebensfrage für uns alle.
Lest rein, teilt eure Gedanken und lasst uns die Barrieren einreißen.
👉 https://rollingsohn.substack.com/p/barrieren-im-kopf-1
#BarrierenImKopf #Inklusion #Barrierefreiheit #BehindertUndStolz #DisabilityRights #StopAbleism #FediLZ
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Neurodivergent kids aren’t “behind.”
The system was built for one kind of brain and calls the rest of us failures.
Imagine grading a fish, elephant, and bird on the same task and calling it “fair.” 🙃🔥#Neurodiversity #ADHD #AutismAcceptance #Dyslexia #DisabilityJustice #EducationReform #DifferentNotDefective #StopAbleism
💬 Comment one thing you were AMAZING at as a kid that school didn’t value ⤵️
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Neurodivergent kids aren’t “behind.”
The system was built for one kind of brain and calls the rest of us failures.
Imagine grading a fish, elephant, and bird on the same task and calling it “fair.” 🙃🔥#Neurodiversity #ADHD #AutismAcceptance #Dyslexia #DisabilityJustice #EducationReform #DifferentNotDefective #StopAbleism
💬 Comment one thing you were AMAZING at as a kid that school didn’t value ⤵️
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Neurodivergent kids aren’t “behind.”
The system was built for one kind of brain and calls the rest of us failures.
Imagine grading a fish, elephant, and bird on the same task and calling it “fair.” 🙃🔥#Neurodiversity #ADHD #AutismAcceptance #Dyslexia #DisabilityJustice #EducationReform #DifferentNotDefective #StopAbleism
💬 Comment one thing you were AMAZING at as a kid that school didn’t value ⤵️
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Neurodivergent kids aren’t “behind.”
The system was built for one kind of brain and calls the rest of us failures.
Imagine grading a fish, elephant, and bird on the same task and calling it “fair.” 🙃🔥#Neurodiversity #ADHD #AutismAcceptance #Dyslexia #DisabilityJustice #EducationReform #DifferentNotDefective #StopAbleism
💬 Comment one thing you were AMAZING at as a kid that school didn’t value ⤵️
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Neurodivergent kids aren’t “behind.”
The system was built for one kind of brain and calls the rest of us failures.
Imagine grading a fish, elephant, and bird on the same task and calling it “fair.” 🙃🔥#Neurodiversity #ADHD #AutismAcceptance #Dyslexia #DisabilityJustice #EducationReform #DifferentNotDefective #StopAbleism
💬 Comment one thing you were AMAZING at as a kid that school didn’t value ⤵️
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I am autistic and have other disabilities. And like many, life has been shaped by exclusion, by being told I had to prove my worth and being treated as if my differences were flaws. That is why Donald Trump’s recent claim has cut so deeply. He said that autism could be prevented if mothers avoided paracetamol in pregnancy.
This is not true, and there is no credible scientific evidence that paracetamol causes autism. In Australia, the Therapeutic Goods Administration has said paracetamol is safe in pregnancy when used correctly. Autism Awareness Australia has stated there is no single cause of autism, and the Queensland Brain Institute has explained that autism arises from a complex mix of genetics and environment, not from one factor or one drug. These are facts.
What disturbs me most is the falsehood and the message underneath it. It suggests autistic people are broken and need fixing. It says our lives should have been avoided. This reflects the medical model of disability at its harshest: treating people as conditions, as deficits, as problems to be eliminated. I have lived with that view pressed on me from many directions. In classrooms where teachers assumed I could not learn. In communities that treated access as optional. In workplaces that demanded I change rather than the environment. These words from Trump echo every time I was told that I was less.
When I think of these remarks, I think of autistic children who will grow up hearing that they should not exist. I think of parents who will carry guilt, believing they did something wrong. I think of how easily this same logic spreads to every disability. If autism can be framed as awful, so can blindness, deafness, mobility impairments, or mental illness. This is the danger.
These ideas do not stay in speeches. They shape policies, schools, healthcare, and workplaces. They decide whether disabled people are offered jobs or whether society sees us as worth investing in. If disability is framed as a burden, exclusion is normalised. If it is framed as a tragedy, pity replaces equality. If it is framed as preventable, our very existence is questioned.
I want to say clearly that autism is not a disease and does not need to be cured. Autism is part of human diversity. Autistic people bring creativity, honesty, focus, persistence, depth, and community. We are musicians, writers, carers, scientists, leaders, neighbours, friends. Our lives are meaningful. Our contributions are real. We are not mistakes.
In fact, the autistic scholar Dr Damian Milton speaks of the “double empathy problem,” which reframes autism not as a lack, but as a difference in communication between autistic and non-autistic people. Autism is not the absence of humanity, but a different way of being human. That reframing is what society needs, not rhetoric that blames mothers or devalues children.
I also know this is not only about the United States. Here in Australia, we face our own battles with underfunded systems, with access treated as optional, with stereotypes that devalue our lives. Harmful ideas spread quickly across borders, and when a leader with influence speaks them, they ripple out everywhere.
So let us be clear. Autism cannot be prevented by avoiding paracetamol. What must be prevented is the harm caused by words that tell disabled people they are less. We deserve respect, dignity, access, and a fulfilling life. That is not optional. That is not negotiable.
To every autistic person: you are not broken. You are not a problem. You are worthy as you are. To parents: do not carry guilt. Carry pride in your children and the richness they bring.
We must confront misinformation. We must resist the medical model when it reduces us to conditions. We must insist on the truth: barriers come not from our neurology or bodies, but from inaccessible environments and prejudice. Autism is not something to be eliminated. It is something to be understood, respected, and embraced.
#AutismAcceptance #DisabilityRights #Neurodiversity #ActuallyAutistic #DisabledAndProud #RespectDignityAccess #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #StopAbleism #InclusionMatters #HumanRights
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I am autistic and have other disabilities. And like many, life has been shaped by exclusion, by being told I had to prove my worth and being treated as if my differences were flaws. That is why Donald Trump’s recent claim has cut so deeply. He said that autism could be prevented if mothers avoided paracetamol in pregnancy.
This is not true, and there is no credible scientific evidence that paracetamol causes autism. In Australia, the Therapeutic Goods Administration has said paracetamol is safe in pregnancy when used correctly. Autism Awareness Australia has stated there is no single cause of autism, and the Queensland Brain Institute has explained that autism arises from a complex mix of genetics and environment, not from one factor or one drug. These are facts.
What disturbs me most is the falsehood and the message underneath it. It suggests autistic people are broken and need fixing. It says our lives should have been avoided. This reflects the medical model of disability at its harshest: treating people as conditions, as deficits, as problems to be eliminated. I have lived with that view pressed on me from many directions. In classrooms where teachers assumed I could not learn. In communities that treated access as optional. In workplaces that demanded I change rather than the environment. These words from Trump echo every time I was told that I was less.
When I think of these remarks, I think of autistic children who will grow up hearing that they should not exist. I think of parents who will carry guilt, believing they did something wrong. I think of how easily this same logic spreads to every disability. If autism can be framed as awful, so can blindness, deafness, mobility impairments, or mental illness. This is the danger.
These ideas do not stay in speeches. They shape policies, schools, healthcare, and workplaces. They decide whether disabled people are offered jobs or whether society sees us as worth investing in. If disability is framed as a burden, exclusion is normalised. If it is framed as a tragedy, pity replaces equality. If it is framed as preventable, our very existence is questioned.
I want to say clearly that autism is not a disease and does not need to be cured. Autism is part of human diversity. Autistic people bring creativity, honesty, focus, persistence, depth, and community. We are musicians, writers, carers, scientists, leaders, neighbours, friends. Our lives are meaningful. Our contributions are real. We are not mistakes.
In fact, the autistic scholar Dr Damian Milton speaks of the “double empathy problem,” which reframes autism not as a lack, but as a difference in communication between autistic and non-autistic people. Autism is not the absence of humanity, but a different way of being human. That reframing is what society needs, not rhetoric that blames mothers or devalues children.
I also know this is not only about the United States. Here in Australia, we face our own battles with underfunded systems, with access treated as optional, with stereotypes that devalue our lives. Harmful ideas spread quickly across borders, and when a leader with influence speaks them, they ripple out everywhere.
So let us be clear. Autism cannot be prevented by avoiding paracetamol. What must be prevented is the harm caused by words that tell disabled people they are less. We deserve respect, dignity, access, and a fulfilling life. That is not optional. That is not negotiable.
To every autistic person: you are not broken. You are not a problem. You are worthy as you are. To parents: do not carry guilt. Carry pride in your children and the richness they bring.
We must confront misinformation. We must resist the medical model when it reduces us to conditions. We must insist on the truth: barriers come not from our neurology or bodies, but from inaccessible environments and prejudice. Autism is not something to be eliminated. It is something to be understood, respected, and embraced.
#AutismAcceptance #DisabilityRights #Neurodiversity #ActuallyAutistic #DisabledAndProud #RespectDignityAccess #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #StopAbleism #InclusionMatters #HumanRights
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I am autistic and have other disabilities. And like many, life has been shaped by exclusion, by being told I had to prove my worth and being treated as if my differences were flaws. That is why Donald Trump’s recent claim has cut so deeply. He said that autism could be prevented if mothers avoided paracetamol in pregnancy.
This is not true, and there is no credible scientific evidence that paracetamol causes autism. In Australia, the Therapeutic Goods Administration has said paracetamol is safe in pregnancy when used correctly. Autism Awareness Australia has stated there is no single cause of autism, and the Queensland Brain Institute has explained that autism arises from a complex mix of genetics and environment, not from one factor or one drug. These are facts.
What disturbs me most is the falsehood and the message underneath it. It suggests autistic people are broken and need fixing. It says our lives should have been avoided. This reflects the medical model of disability at its harshest: treating people as conditions, as deficits, as problems to be eliminated. I have lived with that view pressed on me from many directions. In classrooms where teachers assumed I could not learn. In communities that treated access as optional. In workplaces that demanded I change rather than the environment. These words from Trump echo every time I was told that I was less.
When I think of these remarks, I think of autistic children who will grow up hearing that they should not exist. I think of parents who will carry guilt, believing they did something wrong. I think of how easily this same logic spreads to every disability. If autism can be framed as awful, so can blindness, deafness, mobility impairments, or mental illness. This is the danger.
These ideas do not stay in speeches. They shape policies, schools, healthcare, and workplaces. They decide whether disabled people are offered jobs or whether society sees us as worth investing in. If disability is framed as a burden, exclusion is normalised. If it is framed as a tragedy, pity replaces equality. If it is framed as preventable, our very existence is questioned.
I want to say clearly that autism is not a disease and does not need to be cured. Autism is part of human diversity. Autistic people bring creativity, honesty, focus, persistence, depth, and community. We are musicians, writers, carers, scientists, leaders, neighbours, friends. Our lives are meaningful. Our contributions are real. We are not mistakes.
In fact, the autistic scholar Dr Damian Milton speaks of the “double empathy problem,” which reframes autism not as a lack, but as a difference in communication between autistic and non-autistic people. Autism is not the absence of humanity, but a different way of being human. That reframing is what society needs, not rhetoric that blames mothers or devalues children.
I also know this is not only about the United States. Here in Australia, we face our own battles with underfunded systems, with access treated as optional, with stereotypes that devalue our lives. Harmful ideas spread quickly across borders, and when a leader with influence speaks them, they ripple out everywhere.
So let us be clear. Autism cannot be prevented by avoiding paracetamol. What must be prevented is the harm caused by words that tell disabled people they are less. We deserve respect, dignity, access, and a fulfilling life. That is not optional. That is not negotiable.
To every autistic person: you are not broken. You are not a problem. You are worthy as you are. To parents: do not carry guilt. Carry pride in your children and the richness they bring.
We must confront misinformation. We must resist the medical model when it reduces us to conditions. We must insist on the truth: barriers come not from our neurology or bodies, but from inaccessible environments and prejudice. Autism is not something to be eliminated. It is something to be understood, respected, and embraced.
#AutismAcceptance #DisabilityRights #Neurodiversity #ActuallyAutistic #DisabledAndProud #RespectDignityAccess #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #StopAbleism #InclusionMatters #HumanRights
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I am autistic and have other disabilities. And like many, life has been shaped by exclusion, by being told I had to prove my worth and being treated as if my differences were flaws. That is why Donald Trump’s recent claim has cut so deeply. He said that autism could be prevented if mothers avoided paracetamol in pregnancy.
This is not true, and there is no credible scientific evidence that paracetamol causes autism. In Australia, the Therapeutic Goods Administration has said paracetamol is safe in pregnancy when used correctly. Autism Awareness Australia has stated there is no single cause of autism, and the Queensland Brain Institute has explained that autism arises from a complex mix of genetics and environment, not from one factor or one drug. These are facts.
What disturbs me most is the falsehood and the message underneath it. It suggests autistic people are broken and need fixing. It says our lives should have been avoided. This reflects the medical model of disability at its harshest: treating people as conditions, as deficits, as problems to be eliminated. I have lived with that view pressed on me from many directions. In classrooms where teachers assumed I could not learn. In communities that treated access as optional. In workplaces that demanded I change rather than the environment. These words from Trump echo every time I was told that I was less.
When I think of these remarks, I think of autistic children who will grow up hearing that they should not exist. I think of parents who will carry guilt, believing they did something wrong. I think of how easily this same logic spreads to every disability. If autism can be framed as awful, so can blindness, deafness, mobility impairments, or mental illness. This is the danger.
These ideas do not stay in speeches. They shape policies, schools, healthcare, and workplaces. They decide whether disabled people are offered jobs or whether society sees us as worth investing in. If disability is framed as a burden, exclusion is normalised. If it is framed as a tragedy, pity replaces equality. If it is framed as preventable, our very existence is questioned.
I want to say clearly that autism is not a disease and does not need to be cured. Autism is part of human diversity. Autistic people bring creativity, honesty, focus, persistence, depth, and community. We are musicians, writers, carers, scientists, leaders, neighbours, friends. Our lives are meaningful. Our contributions are real. We are not mistakes.
In fact, the autistic scholar Dr Damian Milton speaks of the “double empathy problem,” which reframes autism not as a lack, but as a difference in communication between autistic and non-autistic people. Autism is not the absence of humanity, but a different way of being human. That reframing is what society needs, not rhetoric that blames mothers or devalues children.
I also know this is not only about the United States. Here in Australia, we face our own battles with underfunded systems, with access treated as optional, with stereotypes that devalue our lives. Harmful ideas spread quickly across borders, and when a leader with influence speaks them, they ripple out everywhere.
So let us be clear. Autism cannot be prevented by avoiding paracetamol. What must be prevented is the harm caused by words that tell disabled people they are less. We deserve respect, dignity, access, and a fulfilling life. That is not optional. That is not negotiable.
To every autistic person: you are not broken. You are not a problem. You are worthy as you are. To parents: do not carry guilt. Carry pride in your children and the richness they bring.
We must confront misinformation. We must resist the medical model when it reduces us to conditions. We must insist on the truth: barriers come not from our neurology or bodies, but from inaccessible environments and prejudice. Autism is not something to be eliminated. It is something to be understood, respected, and embraced.
#AutismAcceptance #DisabilityRights #Neurodiversity #ActuallyAutistic #DisabledAndProud #RespectDignityAccess #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #StopAbleism #InclusionMatters #HumanRights
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I am autistic and have other disabilities. And like many, life has been shaped by exclusion, by being told I had to prove my worth and being treated as if my differences were flaws. That is why Donald Trump’s recent claim has cut so deeply. He said that autism could be prevented if mothers avoided paracetamol in pregnancy.
This is not true, and there is no credible scientific evidence that paracetamol causes autism. In Australia, the Therapeutic Goods Administration has said paracetamol is safe in pregnancy when used correctly. Autism Awareness Australia has stated there is no single cause of autism, and the Queensland Brain Institute has explained that autism arises from a complex mix of genetics and environment, not from one factor or one drug. These are facts.
What disturbs me most is the falsehood and the message underneath it. It suggests autistic people are broken and need fixing. It says our lives should have been avoided. This reflects the medical model of disability at its harshest: treating people as conditions, as deficits, as problems to be eliminated. I have lived with that view pressed on me from many directions. In classrooms where teachers assumed I could not learn. In communities that treated access as optional. In workplaces that demanded I change rather than the environment. These words from Trump echo every time I was told that I was less.
When I think of these remarks, I think of autistic children who will grow up hearing that they should not exist. I think of parents who will carry guilt, believing they did something wrong. I think of how easily this same logic spreads to every disability. If autism can be framed as awful, so can blindness, deafness, mobility impairments, or mental illness. This is the danger.
These ideas do not stay in speeches. They shape policies, schools, healthcare, and workplaces. They decide whether disabled people are offered jobs or whether society sees us as worth investing in. If disability is framed as a burden, exclusion is normalised. If it is framed as a tragedy, pity replaces equality. If it is framed as preventable, our very existence is questioned.
I want to say clearly that autism is not a disease and does not need to be cured. Autism is part of human diversity. Autistic people bring creativity, honesty, focus, persistence, depth, and community. We are musicians, writers, carers, scientists, leaders, neighbours, friends. Our lives are meaningful. Our contributions are real. We are not mistakes.
In fact, the autistic scholar Dr Damian Milton speaks of the “double empathy problem,” which reframes autism not as a lack, but as a difference in communication between autistic and non-autistic people. Autism is not the absence of humanity, but a different way of being human. That reframing is what society needs, not rhetoric that blames mothers or devalues children.
I also know this is not only about the United States. Here in Australia, we face our own battles with underfunded systems, with access treated as optional, with stereotypes that devalue our lives. Harmful ideas spread quickly across borders, and when a leader with influence speaks them, they ripple out everywhere.
So let us be clear. Autism cannot be prevented by avoiding paracetamol. What must be prevented is the harm caused by words that tell disabled people they are less. We deserve respect, dignity, access, and a fulfilling life. That is not optional. That is not negotiable.
To every autistic person: you are not broken. You are not a problem. You are worthy as you are. To parents: do not carry guilt. Carry pride in your children and the richness they bring.
We must confront misinformation. We must resist the medical model when it reduces us to conditions. We must insist on the truth: barriers come not from our neurology or bodies, but from inaccessible environments and prejudice. Autism is not something to be eliminated. It is something to be understood, respected, and embraced.
#AutismAcceptance #DisabilityRights #Neurodiversity #ActuallyAutistic #DisabledAndProud #RespectDignityAccess #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #StopAbleism #InclusionMatters #HumanRights
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We, #PeopleWithDisabilities - will be keeping closer watches on people who choose to attend & speak at #FediCon in #VancouverBC this weekend. We are watching to see/hear who actually speaks up for us.
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We, #PeopleWithDisabilities - will be keeping closer watches on people who choose to attend & speak at #FediCon in #VancouverBC this weekend. We are watching to see/hear who actually speaks up for us.
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We, #PeopleWithDisabilities - will be keeping closer watches on people who choose to attend & speak at #FediCon in #VancouverBC this weekend. We are watching to see/hear who actually speaks up for us.
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We, #PeopleWithDisabilities - will be keeping closer watches on people who choose to attend & speak at #FediCon in #VancouverBC this weekend. We are watching to see/hear who actually speaks up for us.
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We, #PeopleWithDisabilities - will be keeping closer watches on people who choose to attend & speak at #FediCon in #VancouverBC this weekend. We are watching to see/hear who actually speaks up for us.
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📢 Werkstätten sind keine Inklusion. Sie sind organisierte Ausgrenzung.
👉 Über 300.000 Menschen arbeiten in Deutschland in Werkstätten. Für 1,35 €/h. Ohne Tariflohn. Ohne Arbeitnehmerrechte.⬇️
#Werkstätten #Mindestlohn #Disability #Inkluencer #Inklusion #Behinderung #AbleismKills #Ableism #DisabilityJustice #UNBRKUmsetzen #Selbstbestimmung #CripTheSystem #InklusionJetzt #EqualRights #DisabledAndProud #StopAbleism #SolidarityIsPolitical #IntersektionaleGerechtigkeit #Menschenrechte
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📢 Werkstätten sind keine Inklusion. Sie sind organisierte Ausgrenzung.
👉 Über 300.000 Menschen arbeiten in Deutschland in Werkstätten. Für 1,35 €/h. Ohne Tariflohn. Ohne Arbeitnehmerrechte.⬇️
#Werkstätten #Mindestlohn #Disability #Inkluencer #Inklusion #Behinderung #AbleismKills #Ableism #DisabilityJustice #UNBRKUmsetzen #Selbstbestimmung #CripTheSystem #InklusionJetzt #EqualRights #DisabledAndProud #StopAbleism #SolidarityIsPolitical #IntersektionaleGerechtigkeit #Menschenrechte
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📢 Werkstätten sind keine Inklusion. Sie sind organisierte Ausgrenzung.
👉 Über 300.000 Menschen arbeiten in Deutschland in Werkstätten. Für 1,35 €/h. Ohne Tariflohn. Ohne Arbeitnehmerrechte.⬇️
#Werkstätten #Mindestlohn #Disability #Inkluencer #Inklusion #Behinderung #AbleismKills #Ableism #DisabilityJustice #UNBRKUmsetzen #Selbstbestimmung #CripTheSystem #InklusionJetzt #EqualRights #DisabledAndProud #StopAbleism #SolidarityIsPolitical #IntersektionaleGerechtigkeit #Menschenrechte
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📢 Werkstätten sind keine Inklusion. Sie sind organisierte Ausgrenzung.
👉 Über 300.000 Menschen arbeiten in Deutschland in Werkstätten. Für 1,35 €/h. Ohne Tariflohn. Ohne Arbeitnehmerrechte.⬇️
#Werkstätten #Mindestlohn #Disability #Inkluencer #Inklusion #Behinderung #AbleismKills #Ableism #DisabilityJustice #UNBRKUmsetzen #Selbstbestimmung #CripTheSystem #InklusionJetzt #EqualRights #DisabledAndProud #StopAbleism #SolidarityIsPolitical #IntersektionaleGerechtigkeit #Menschenrechte
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📢 Werkstätten sind keine Inklusion. Sie sind organisierte Ausgrenzung.
👉 Über 300.000 Menschen arbeiten in Deutschland in Werkstätten. Für 1,35 €/h. Ohne Tariflohn. Ohne Arbeitnehmerrechte.⬇️
#Werkstätten #Mindestlohn #Disability #Inkluencer #Inklusion #Behinderung #AbleismKills #Ableism #DisabilityJustice #UNBRKUmsetzen #Selbstbestimmung #CripTheSystem #InklusionJetzt #EqualRights #DisabledAndProud #StopAbleism #SolidarityIsPolitical #IntersektionaleGerechtigkeit #Menschenrechte
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Part #1 of the definitions: Neurodiversity
#neurodiversity #NeuroDivergent #awareness #stopableism #EmbraceDiversity #loveyourbrain #love #compassion #empathy #kindness -
The first in office appointment with my new family doctor has just been booked for this Friday morning. I have the first appointment of the day & the doctor has assured me that he & staff will be masked up, as I've requested 😷⚕️
I tend to ask for first slot of the morning when booking medical appointments - to avoid running into a bunch of unmasked patients in waiting rooms.I'll be asking if he will consider taking on my youngest brother as a new patient too because that bro still doesn't have a family doctor. He's been on the government waitlist for 2+ years.
I'm off to get mammogram now & then working on updating client files all afternoon. Remote(safer) work today 👍
#CovidIsNotOver #CovidSafety #MaskUpSaveLives #WearAMask #Medical #WearN95s #MasksSolidarity #StopAbleism #StopEugenics #FireBonnieHenry #BCHealth #BCMedical #BCHealthCrisis
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The first in office appointment with my new family doctor has just been booked for this Friday morning. I have the first appointment of the day & the doctor has assured me that he & staff will be masked up, as I've requested 😷⚕️
I tend to ask for first slot of the morning when booking medical appointments - to avoid running into a bunch of unmasked patients in waiting rooms.I'll be asking if he will consider taking on my youngest brother as a new patient too because that bro still doesn't have a family doctor. He's been on the government waitlist for 2+ years.
I'm off to get mammogram now & then working on updating client files all afternoon. Remote(safer) work today 👍
#CovidIsNotOver #CovidSafety #MaskUpSaveLives #WearAMask #Medical #WearN95s #MasksSolidarity #StopAbleism #StopEugenics #FireBonnieHenry #BCHealth #BCMedical #BCHealthCrisis
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The first in office appointment with my new family doctor has just been booked for this Friday morning. I have the first appointment of the day & the doctor has assured me that he & staff will be masked up, as I've requested 😷⚕️
I tend to ask for first slot of the morning when booking medical appointments - to avoid running into a bunch of unmasked patients in waiting rooms.I'll be asking if he will consider taking on my youngest brother as a new patient too because that bro still doesn't have a family doctor. He's been on the government waitlist for 2+ years.
I'm off to get mammogram now & then working on updating client files all afternoon. Remote(safer) work today 👍
#CovidIsNotOver #CovidSafety #MaskUpSaveLives #WearAMask #Medical #WearN95s #MasksSolidarity #StopAbleism #StopEugenics #FireBonnieHenry #BCHealth #BCMedical #BCHealthCrisis
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The first in office appointment with my new family doctor has just been booked for this Friday morning. I have the first appointment of the day & the doctor has assured me that he & staff will be masked up, as I've requested 😷⚕️
I tend to ask for first slot of the morning when booking medical appointments - to avoid running into a bunch of unmasked patients in waiting rooms.I'll be asking if he will consider taking on my youngest brother as a new patient too because that bro still doesn't have a family doctor. He's been on the government waitlist for 2+ years.
I'm off to get mammogram now & then working on updating client files all afternoon. Remote(safer) work today 👍
#CovidIsNotOver #CovidSafety #MaskUpSaveLives #WearAMask #Medical #WearN95s #MasksSolidarity #StopAbleism #StopEugenics #FireBonnieHenry #BCHealth #BCMedical #BCHealthCrisis
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The first in office appointment with my new family doctor has just been booked for this Friday morning. I have the first appointment of the day & the doctor has assured me that he & staff will be masked up, as I've requested 😷⚕️
I tend to ask for first slot of the morning when booking medical appointments - to avoid running into a bunch of unmasked patients in waiting rooms.I'll be asking if he will consider taking on my youngest brother as a new patient too because that bro still doesn't have a family doctor. He's been on the government waitlist for 2+ years.
I'm off to get mammogram now & then working on updating client files all afternoon. Remote(safer) work today 👍
#CovidIsNotOver #CovidSafety #MaskUpSaveLives #WearAMask #Medical #WearN95s #MasksSolidarity #StopAbleism #StopEugenics #FireBonnieHenry #BCHealth #BCMedical #BCHealthCrisis
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E que raio de comentários??? WTF??? Os atletas paralímpicos são atletas como os atletas olímpicos. Não são extraordinários, nem "ai que nem se nota"... #paralympics #stopableism
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E que raio de comentários??? WTF??? Os atletas paralímpicos são atletas como os atletas olímpicos. Não são extraordinários, nem "ai que nem se nota"... #paralympics #stopableism
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E que raio de comentários??? WTF??? Os atletas paralímpicos são atletas como os atletas olímpicos. Não são extraordinários, nem "ai que nem se nota"... #paralympics #stopableism
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E que raio de comentários??? WTF??? Os atletas paralímpicos são atletas como os atletas olímpicos. Não são extraordinários, nem "ai que nem se nota"... #paralympics #stopableism
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E que raio de comentários??? WTF??? Os atletas paralímpicos são atletas como os atletas olímpicos. Não são extraordinários, nem "ai que nem se nota"... #paralympics #stopableism
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#PublicHealthCare should never be #monetized & #monopolized for profits. Doing so results in more avoidable deaths, disabilities & illnesses - it never results in better patient quality care. Monetizing #HealthCare makes it #inaccessible for majority of citizens who need it the most.
Fight all levels of government to keep public health care - public & fight for changes so that it is actually accessible to all citizens & not just the privileged.
#StopAbleism #HumanRights #Medical #HippocraticOath #HealthCareForAll #CovidIsNotOver
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#PublicHealthCare should never be #monetized & #monopolized for profits. Doing so results in more avoidable deaths, disabilities & illnesses - it never results in better patient quality care. Monetizing #HealthCare makes it #inaccessible for majority of citizens who need it the most.
Fight all levels of government to keep public health care - public & fight for changes so that it is actually accessible to all citizens & not just the privileged.
#StopAbleism #HumanRights #Medical #HippocraticOath #HealthCareForAll #CovidIsNotOver
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#PublicHealthCare should never be #monetized & #monopolized for profits. Doing so results in more avoidable deaths, disabilities & illnesses - it never results in better patient quality care. Monetizing #HealthCare makes it #inaccessible for majority of citizens who need it the most.
Fight all levels of government to keep public health care - public & fight for changes so that it is actually accessible to all citizens & not just the privileged.
#StopAbleism #HumanRights #Medical #HippocraticOath #HealthCareForAll #CovidIsNotOver
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#PublicHealthCare should never be #monetized & #monopolized for profits. Doing so results in more avoidable deaths, disabilities & illnesses - it never results in better patient quality care. Monetizing #HealthCare makes it #inaccessible for majority of citizens who need it the most.
Fight all levels of government to keep public health care - public & fight for changes so that it is actually accessible to all citizens & not just the privileged.
#StopAbleism #HumanRights #Medical #HippocraticOath #HealthCareForAll #CovidIsNotOver