tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post1633820076607014152..comments2024-02-04T16:46:03.204-08:00Comments on Radical Neurodivergence Speaking: The Feels Double StandardNeurodivergent Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02815685510033244185noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-24805360198141173812014-05-06T04:08:11.436-07:002014-05-06T04:08:11.436-07:00Not only do I share your rage at statements like t...Not only do I share your rage at statements like that, I feel triggered twice. Because I had a daughter who died and I get to hear the other half of the equation, which is that "maybe some things are for the best" because not only do people not want us disabled people to be born or live, they don't want our children to survive, either. "After all, what kind of life could you have given her?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-45515252534623960722014-05-06T03:34:40.411-07:002014-05-06T03:34:40.411-07:00And to bounce off what Morénike is saying, to all ...And to bounce off what Morénike is saying, to all the able parents/siblings/laypeople out there: if a disabled person protests against shitty behavior by able people, y'know what you should be doing?<br /><br />Hint: It's not "Well, <i>I'm</i> not like that! Not all of us are like that! You should specify who you're talking about!" Because that proves a very self-centered attitude where if something isn't about you, you feel the need to make it about you. And the self-centeredness makes it more likely that, uh, yeah, you actually <i>are</i> like that.<br /><br />What you should be doing is using your voice as an abled person with abled privilege to amplify disabled voices. And to back us up when hateful people say those things. You show that statement isn't about you by your actions, not by making it about you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2147438406266555027.post-38047627057824642662014-05-05T21:29:41.353-07:002014-05-05T21:29:41.353-07:00Statements such as those fill me with nearly uncon...Statements such as those fill me with nearly uncontrollable fury. Such a disrespectful, triggering, inhumane thing to say; such a horrible way to trivialize someone's life. And not just someone, their own d¥mn child!<br /><br />My (non-autistic) child fights for her life every effing day. She nearly died as a small child due to illness, and has faced other health complications that could have ended her life through the years as well. She is now much healthier and has a more promising prognosis, but she will always struggle. But despite that, her life has meaning. Tremendous meaning. ALL life has meaning. Yes, even a disabled life. <br /><br />Comments like those are depraved, hateful, and are basically a big outstretched middle finger to my baby, to me, and to anyone with any type of disability. <br /><br />Beyond disgusted and horrified to share a planet with such "people."Morénikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17360855353262663284noreply@blogger.com