I recently started an article entitled “How to Fight Ableism as a Nondisabled Person,” which is all about how nondisabled people can be awesome and helpful to people like us.
So…
How do you wish nondisabled people reacted to you?
How would the ideal person treat disability?
What do you want nondisabled people to learn and do?
All disabled people are welcome: from Deaf people to people who use wheelchairs to autistic people to people with depression to dyslexic people. I hope that this article can incorporate many diverse perspectives.
Fly, my pretties!
I will definitely read this article once its done. All the best
So will I, Luna, you are so caring! It’s a superb subject to write about as well, and I’m sure all mentally ill and disabled contributors will love to help (-:
The disabled probably thought they were useless, but they are certainly helpful! Just saying. I will leave now, because I am useless on this topic. GO people!
If there a space for someone crazy (me) then I would like to contribute too
@Vish
There is totally space. I would love to see what you could do with it!
Oh, then I will definitely add more to it. Hope it looks good after. Infact I wanted to add as I read this discussion but it was specifically calling for them so I stayed calm. Thanks my dear Lots of love
Hahahaha I also noticed the @Vish
takes me to Whoops! User not foundThis was fun though
Thanks.
Hi again, I did makeup my mind that today I will contribute to this article. Its difficult to think of anything more when you have made it so extensive complete with stark images.
May I instead ask you to add an example of a disabled writer (if its okay with our site) in the 1st step: Read articles from well-known disabled writers.
I liked these two steps a lot:**Read about common stereotypes that disabled people don’t like
and** Work on removing ableist language from your vocabulary
I learnt the new word ableist. How do you know so much???
system
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I am willing to help but I have no idea what ableist is and/or what this is about.
@ NatarianQueen
The discussion is about this article: wikihow.com/Fight-Ableism-as-a-Nondisabled-Person
If you could, please add more information to it
In this article I found the term ableist which means randomly using words like someone is mad, blind, deaf etc when angry. It means using these words just to express anger. This should not be done because it may hurt those who really have any of these.
@Vishwavijay
Thank you!
Ableist language (the r-word, derogatory uses of blind, deaf) is one part of ableism. Ableism is an axis of oppression just like racism, sexism, and sizeism. It encompasses language, but also medical discrimination, police killings, hate speech (e.g. Autism $peaks), stereotypes, unequal opportunity, and more.
The world can be inaccessible or even hostile to disabled & mentally ill people at times. Some of this is due to meanness, and some of it is due to simple ignorance. If you could talk to people who didn’t understand but meant well, what would you say to them? If you learned that they wanted to help, what would you like them to do? That is the purpose of this article.
Feel free to read through it and make changes as you please. I’m asking people to contribute because while I’ve studied this stuff, I’m only one person. I hope that this article will be read and edited by people with all sorts of experiences and perspectives, so that it can include the ideas from a community.
And feel free to add steps. I’m the illustrator, so I can make more pictures.
Marina
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MissLunaRose, what illustrating platform are you using? :)
Um… Manga Studio 5? I really like their pencil and oil paint tools. Also they have enough stabilization options to hide my motor skills issues.
Marina
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Ahhhh, I see. Thanks- Photoshop was really getting too time consuming for me, so Ill check that out haha. I love your art, it’s gorgeous!
system
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I don’t suppose that “obsessive editing of wikiHow” counts as a mental illness… does it?
Not at all. Perhaps you could consider it an addiction, but definitely not a mental illness.
Marina
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Adelaide, I’m pretty sure that was a joke. :)
