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7:17pm October 2, 2013

➸ Trying to find the right words: disabledallytips: Disabled ally tip: When you talk with others who are...

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Disabled ally tip: When you talk with others who are Disabled in the same way you are, realize that there are other identities that can change how they see their Disability in ways different from you.

Example:Some Deaf folks see themselves as Deaf first and tell others…

Also remember to keep political views separate from individual experiences of our bodies.

That means. I don’t want to be cured. Another autistic person just like me in terms of how autism affects them, might want to be cured. It doesn’t mean I am less affected or that they are more affected. It just means we see things differently.

To assume otherwise is to assume that disability type or severity absolutely determines how we view things politically, and that is insulting.