Adjusting to new disabilities is hard, but adjusting to life on constant self-protection mode, and a montage of ableism from almost every social encounter, THAT makes it harder. PEOPLE make it hard, lack of access makes it hard, not necessarily the disability itself.
[…] It’s hard but I’m still here, life is still worth living. My life is not worthless because of my disability. I would not rather be dead than disabled.
So if you’re one of those people who have been impacted by the masses cheering on this film and the story itself,
[Description: a gif set from Annie Elainey’s video “Me Before Ableism #LiveBoldly” she has orange hair and glasses and is wear a navy blue translucent short sleeve. She is captioned, “I want to gently remind you that you are not a burden. You are not an inconvenience. You do not hold your loved ones back. The world would not be better off with you dead. Your life matters. Your life has value. You are allowed to take up space in this world just as much as anybody else. You have a right to be here.” ]
(via nudityandnerdery)
