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  • Being visibly or invisibly disabled is about how we’re perceived, not actually about our bodies. It’s relational, rather than fixed. It’s about who’s recognised, not who’s accommodated.
  • This is a long list of ways in which I am touched that I have no option to refuse consent without being unable to participate in my wider life. Refusing […]
  • I’ve been trying to imagine a disability culture that genuinely reflects and represents people across the disability spectrum, that has space for Deaf people, and people who are never read […]
  • Why we're not all the same, and the things we believe about each other
  • In a revolutionary manner, this made disabled people the experts on our own oppression. We were no longer patients solely to be assessed, managed, and rehabilitated into a normal world.