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Reading the replies to your post makes things readily clear People think that if you're in a wheelchair, you can't be part of a joke I'm pretty sure that most of the angry people in this thread aren't in a chair Treating people with disabilities like they are fragile flowers
Is pretty much what they don't want You have a great humor, and I feel sad you've lost a good friend and peer I hope people know that
I am not, but I am familiar with the ableist stigma I don't think I can speak from the PoV of someone who is But I see it all the time, and it is dismissive at best, condescending at worst When you put someone in a box and label them, its easier to go "oh poor them" then ignore
them like they were a ghost. I have known some very funny disabled people and I have known some assholes. Because they are humans not teacups. You shouldn't toss them in a case and lock them away for their own protection. I go out of my way to normalize people that would
Normally be marginalized and put in a corner. It's a lot easier to "don't look at them" than to look at them and see a person vs a chair or crutches or any of those things.pic.twitter.com/y34zqZzFvK
Someone in a wheelchair told me it's more noticeable when you try to not look at them. I don't understand why some people treat them as delicate feeling people some of them even joke about their disability.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXztUb4z9WU …
No, but I still (and will always) love the story of when you went to Carl Sagan's house and he offered to put you up for the night because snow
He almost cried when he told this story in Cosmos. What a story...
I did cry when I saw that episode and he told us that story.
Another interesting thing about that story and their connection is that the day they met (Dec 20th) is the same day on which Carl died in 1996.
He didn't develop ALS until his late 20's
There was a whole movie about it recently.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUpl0HDGq1Q …
Yes but the image Dr Tyson posted was from Different Strokes. It was a joke. That isn't Neil and the kid in the wheelchair isn't Stephen.
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