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[chordatesrock]

What do you think of this picture of Toph? (It shows Toph from Avatar: The Last Airbender in an action pose, with the caption, "Oh, come on! That has to be a typo! Physical Disadvantage: Blindness cannot possibly be worth that many points.") Why do I feel like there's something problematic there, and why do I also feel like I'm just too ready to accuse everything not explicitly created from a disability rights perspective of being ableist?

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[beccaelizabeth]

It's the way some well meaning people tell me "But you're not disabled!" Just because I can, part time and slowly, get very good grades in higher education. It dismisses that it is actually a whole ton more difficult because yeah, actually disabled, have to deal with all that all as well.

Also it reminds me of the current UK government's tendency to suggest that, because there is disability rights legislation and access is supposed to be All Sorted Out Now, they no longer need to support disabled people as much because hey, the world is fixed, they're not really all that disabled.

It's unhelpful to not see the problem, even when it's helpful to see the achievements.

[chordatesrock]

I do hate it when that happens, and I love your last line, because I've been thinking that for a long time. May I quote you?

[beccaelizabeth]

quoting is good