The persistent assumption that disabled people are less happy, worse off, pitiable, severely annoys me.
The persistent assumption that disabled people are less happy, worse off, pitiable, severely annoys me.
If we are, it's because we're treated as less valuable and less worthy of compassion.
Of course, most if not all disabilities come with their frustrations, whether because your bodymind doesn’t do what you want to to do or because society sucks. But guess who else feels that way in their times? Everyone.
It’s also mostly empirically wrong
It was always more about the comfort of parents and society than disabled people themselves.