I think one of the most abelist tropes I fight is that I should be uncomfortable and miserable and worthy and STRIVING to need as little as possible.
Why not take accommodations that make my life easier, even if it's not needed for survival? There's no judgement in me taking the elevator with heavy packages rather than walk up a flight of stairs. There's no judgement in me taking the bus two miles instead of walk?
Why not make disabled people's lives comfortable, not just bearable?
Why not encourage people to find ways of saving spoons? Using a wheelchair for a person with chronic disabilities like my grandfather, saves him spoons he used today to play with his great grandchildren.
Allowing students to have ways of making up classes when they disclose they require it for accommodations means they have the energy to do the work and complete the class.
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Date: 2013-05-06 01:04 am (UTC)Why not take accommodations that make my life easier, even if it's not needed for survival? There's no judgement in me taking the elevator with heavy packages rather than walk up a flight of stairs. There's no judgement in me taking the bus two miles instead of walk?
Why not make disabled people's lives comfortable, not just bearable?
Why not encourage people to find ways of saving spoons? Using a wheelchair for a person with chronic disabilities like my grandfather, saves him spoons he used today to play with his great grandchildren.
Allowing students to have ways of making up classes when they disclose they require it for accommodations means they have the energy to do the work and complete the class.
I'm tired of asking for the bare minimum.