And I can't forget the common ableist practice of disability groups listing committee/board members where all nondisabled people are listed with degrees+affilitations+job titles and all disabled people only as "self-advocate" regardless of credentials.https://twitter.com/autistichoya/status/1072354856118206467 …
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Lydia X. Z. Brown Retweeted Lydia X. Z. Brown
There was the conference I was supposed to help plan where nondisabled people repeatedly said disabled people should not be speakers on issues/substance with political/philosophical opinions, only for personal stories to supplement nondisabled expertise.https://twitter.com/autistichoya/status/1072355654692691968 …
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Lydia X. Z. BrownVerified account @autistichoyaAnd I can't forget the common ableist practice of disability groups listing committee/board members where all nondisabled people are listed with degrees+affilitations+job titles and all disabled people only as "self-advocate" regardless of credentials. https://twitter.com/autistichoya/status/1072354856118206467 …Show this thread2 replies 8 retweets 22 likesShow this thread -
Lydia X. Z. Brown Retweeted Lydia X. Z. Brown
There was the conference where for a whole multi-day program of disabled speakers, every single one but me was white. Like they couldn't even try to hide the tokenism.https://twitter.com/autistichoya/status/1072356082046132224 …
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Lydia X. Z. BrownVerified account @autistichoyaThere was the conference I was supposed to help plan where nondisabled people repeatedly said disabled people should not be speakers on issues/substance with political/philosophical opinions, only for personal stories to supplement nondisabled expertise. https://twitter.com/autistichoya/status/1072355654692691968 …Show this thread1 reply 7 retweets 22 likesShow this thread -
Lydia X. Z. Brown Retweeted Lydia X. Z. Brown
Then the time a disability group asked me to be part of a project but to make sure I only talked about disability, and not race or gender or other stuff, because it was specifically and only about disability. (Like they're separate???)https://twitter.com/autistichoya/status/1072356275118370816 …
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Lydia X. Z. Brown Retweeted Lydia X. Z. Brown
Then the time an org shut me out of a project because... they apparently wanted more queer and trans people of color involved. Like, that erasure of my experiences (as a genderqueer/nonbinary trans/asexual queer of color) hurt straight down to the bone.https://twitter.com/autistichoya/status/1072356454810693632 …
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Lydia X. Z. BrownVerified account @autistichoyaThen the time a disability group asked me to be part of a project but to make sure I only talked about disability, and not race or gender or other stuff, because it was specifically and only about disability. (Like they're separate???) https://twitter.com/autistichoya/status/1072356275118370816 …Show this thread2 replies 2 retweets 21 likesShow this thread -
Lydia X. Z. Brown Retweeted Lydia X. Z. Brown
Lest I forget, the time a disability org leader referred to my partner, who is also a nonbinary transgender person, as a "he/she," and meant it totally unironically and sincerely.https://twitter.com/autistichoya/status/1072356910505050112 …
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Lydia X. Z. BrownVerified account @autistichoyaThen the time an org shut me out of a project because... they apparently wanted more queer and trans people of color involved. Like, that erasure of my experiences (as a genderqueer/nonbinary trans/asexual queer of color) hurt straight down to the bone. https://twitter.com/autistichoya/status/1072356454810693632 …Show this thread1 reply 1 retweet 18 likesShow this thread -
Lydia X. Z. Brown Retweeted Lydia X. Z. Brown
Or how nondisabled people at disability "rights" events routinely switch to Special Voice as soon as they realize I'm disabled.https://twitter.com/autistichoya/status/1072357544054718464 …
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Lydia X. Z. BrownVerified account @autistichoyaLest I forget, the time a disability org leader referred to my partner, who is also a nonbinary transgender person, as a "he/she," and meant it totally unironically and sincerely. https://twitter.com/autistichoya/status/1072356910505050112 …Show this thread1 reply 3 retweets 20 likesShow this thread -
Lydia X. Z. Brown Retweeted Lydia X. Z. Brown
And yes, I have noticed the pattern that the vast majority of the people who regularly complain that I am mean, hyper-sensitive, too angry, too bitter, or overly accusatory are straight white men with disabilities. This is not lost on me.https://twitter.com/autistichoya/status/1072358439970590722 …
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Org told me that spending money on American Sign Language interpreters for a public event about disability would be a waste of money.https://twitter.com/autistichoya/status/1072358826681253889 …
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Lydia X. Z. BrownVerified account @autistichoyaAnd yes, I have noticed the pattern that the vast majority of the people who regularly complain that I am mean, hyper-sensitive, too angry, too bitter, or overly accusatory are straight white men with disabilities. This is not lost on me. https://twitter.com/autistichoya/status/1072358439970590722 …Show this thread1 reply 8 retweets 20 likesShow this thread -
Lydia X. Z. Brown Retweeted Lydia X. Z. Brown
A nondisabled parent continually gave credit to a nondisabled-led advocacy group for MY years of work, largely on my own, on writing police training legislation. (Notwithstanding that I no longer support training police. Still my work.)https://twitter.com/autistichoya/status/1072360054228246534 …
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I am so sorry. This is such WTF.
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