Happens about 20mins after I wake up.

Image transcription:

Random npc spongebob fish character looking miserable holding a cup during a sunset and another overlayed image of the same guy on the left with the same look.

It is captioned with:

When you already checked your usual 5 apps and don’t know what else to do with your day:

  • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
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    5 months ago

    Genuine question, because I don’t have a confidant that I can comfortably ask this to, is that the general opinion of people with disabilities?

    • DessertStorms@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      5 months ago

      I am not a spokesperson for all disabled people, nor are we a monolith, but yes, it is the correct term, and enough disabled people care that there have been several campaigns and there are probably thousands of articles and other pieces of media discussing why it’s important people #SayTheWord. Look that hashtag up to find this content, here are a couple of examples:

      https://www.creativeconnector.art/why-its-so-important-to-saytheword/

      https://crippledscholar.com/2017/11/12/euphemisms-for-disability-are-infantalizing/

      You might also benefit from reading through this: https://www.drakemusic.org/blog/nim-ralph/understanding-disability/

      • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
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        5 months ago

        Thanks for the links. I will read them. I’ll admit that my first reaction is to assume that speaking directly is rude, but I’m ready to do some unlearning.

        • DessertStorms@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          5 months ago

          You’re welcome.

          I think why you think “disabled” is rude is the thing to focus on (and the answer very briefly is because you, we all, were socialised to think that way).

          I’ll just drop this link in too, I think intersectionality is vital, and understanding how systems of oppression stand alone and interact with each other is vital to unlearning them, and I think this is a good starting point that goes in to several: https://www.yorku.ca/edu/unleading/systems-of-oppression/

          • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
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            5 months ago

            This resource is dropping woke bombs left and right (I’m into it). Extremely rich text.

            … societal interpretations of and responses to specific differences from the normed body are what signify a dis/ability.

            Not to glom onto this one pat definition, but it’s one of the many paragraphs that jumped out at me.

            I still haven’t got to any part that is specifically challenging using “polite” language when speaking to disabled people about their disabilities. But with your question about why I might consider the term disabled a slur, and these links, I think I’m getting there…