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4:52pm May 23, 2014

So at the courthouse…

I was using my iPad to communicate, because I didn’t want to lug an entire heavy computer up the hill with me.

And as I was typing, the woman behind the desk did that thing.

She turned to my case manager and said:

“Oh wow it’s so amazing that she has a thing like that.  I mean I’ve seen things where you talk and the computer writes words.  But I’ve never seen this.  And think what it would be like if she didn’t have this.  It’s so wonderful for her that this technology is available these days.  She certainly uses it so well.”

And on.  And on.  And on.

I ignored it, I didn’t have the energy to deal with it.

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    Or for them the price of NOT fighting is greater than the price of fighting?
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    Some people who insist that we ought to fight it every time are disabled people, though. And some of them are,...
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    I think some of the people who try to insist that disabled people ought to fight ableism each and every time it emerges...
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    At the moment I thought she was being way behind when it comes to technology as if she doesn’t really know how common...
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    I wish I could fight things every time. I really really do. But a lot of times I just don’t have the spoons. Or I can...
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    I’ve been trying to find words for it. It’s hard to describe. I think - the only way you can fight every time is by...