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Disabled People Don’t Need To Be “Fixed” — We Need A Cure For Ableism
This article didn't speak to me. I am at the beginning of my learning about the social model of disability. So far, I don't understand how the social model is compatible with ME/CFS, at least in my experience of it. I can't be a part of society like I was because I lack the physical and cognitive energy to interact with people and to create (and a lot more). I don't know what 'adjustments' could be made, or how able people could change, to make up for what abilities I currently lack.
I understand how the world can be changed in order for a wheelchair user or someone with hearing problems to be able to interact with others more easily, but I can't imagine what equivalent changes could be possible to help me.
Do you have 'adjustments' you make to still be 'part of society'?
What does it mean to 'be part of society'?
The rhetoric of finding a cure is strong in this community. It does indeed strengthen the idea in me that I am broken and need to be fixed, as this article implies, so I can see how stopping looking for a cure could make me feel better about myself. However, I DEFINITELY don't want to stay like this - I want to get better than I am now. I can't empathise with people wanting to stay disabled because they don't know what they would be like if they weren't disabled. Maybe those people are more frequently the ones who were born disabled or have been disabled most of their lives? I still remember what it was like to be well.
What do you all think of this article?
This article didn't speak to me. I am at the beginning of my learning about the social model of disability. So far, I don't understand how the social model is compatible with ME/CFS, at least in my experience of it. I can't be a part of society like I was because I lack the physical and cognitive energy to interact with people and to create (and a lot more). I don't know what 'adjustments' could be made, or how able people could change, to make up for what abilities I currently lack.
I understand how the world can be changed in order for a wheelchair user or someone with hearing problems to be able to interact with others more easily, but I can't imagine what equivalent changes could be possible to help me.
Do you have 'adjustments' you make to still be 'part of society'?
What does it mean to 'be part of society'?
The rhetoric of finding a cure is strong in this community. It does indeed strengthen the idea in me that I am broken and need to be fixed, as this article implies, so I can see how stopping looking for a cure could make me feel better about myself. However, I DEFINITELY don't want to stay like this - I want to get better than I am now. I can't empathise with people wanting to stay disabled because they don't know what they would be like if they weren't disabled. Maybe those people are more frequently the ones who were born disabled or have been disabled most of their lives? I still remember what it was like to be well.
What do you all think of this article?