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1:13am August 20, 2014

So maybe this is me being a bad disability person but

nicocoer:

I don’t have any problems with the ALS challenge. But neither does my (step) Abuela, who has ALS herself. sure it’s a bit wacky, but people are donating money. 

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Never worry about being a “bad disability person” when lives are on the line and you’re sure you’re doing something important.  Reality trumps ideology, every time.

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    This. So much of all of this. ALS is a fucking asshole disease where you wake up every morning and wonder what might be...
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    I didn’t even know that ALS existed before the ice bucket challenge. I’m not ignorant; I’d just never heard of it. In...
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    Reblogging for tags: yeah this is why as much as it makes me really happy to see disability rights people talking about...
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    I haven’t seen the other criticisms of the ice challenge, but my primary complaint is that, well, I live in California,...
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    I want to boost this–a lot of the criticisms that I’ve seen are coming from heuristics that the disability community has...
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