There is something particularly grotesque about how able-bodied/neurotypical parents will act disabled by proxy of their children in order to both talk over their kids and any other disabled people. They frequently centre themselves and burst into conversations.
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When you speak over us and your kids, or centre yourselves and your “difficulties” in having a disabled child, you are perpetuating an ableist system that infantilizes us and removes our voice and agency.
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On top of that, speaking from a place of privilege does not give you the right to determine what is and is not ableist.
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@ISASaxonists makes an important note here for white parents with mixed race kids, it is a similar problem.https://twitter.com/ISASaxonists/status/1373277422695673857 …Show this thread
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