tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6495205444562241273.post1232451815905249937..comments2024-03-20T21:06:34.109-04:00Comments on That Crazy Crippled Chick: My Little Ableist FriendCara Liebowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11860032209178249016noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6495205444562241273.post-71766214783308985162015-12-31T14:21:20.982-05:002015-12-31T14:21:20.982-05:00Thanks for writing this, I definitely have felt li...Thanks for writing this, I definitely have felt like a fake, especially after treatments started working, I began to feel I had just been faking it, like the rumors at my school said. Even when I can't move a muscle, only curl up in a ball and hope to make it through a wave of pain, I still sometimes think "am I faking? why is this happening?" and push myself too far because "I'm not that disabled"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03231933906680007039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6495205444562241273.post-58716302238183476972011-11-04T12:30:34.147-04:002011-11-04T12:30:34.147-04:00...are you me?
No, of course you're not me. Y......are you me?<br /><br />No, of course you're not me. You're actually disabled, how dare I equate my experience with that of a real disabled person? I'm just faking. I should feel guilty for pretending to be disabled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6495205444562241273.post-90154150611251252242011-07-08T06:58:36.792-04:002011-07-08T06:58:36.792-04:00love this carla i need to know your last name to a...love this carla i need to know your last name to add you on facebook, was ddq now poetic_princess xxdisableddramaqueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596212365879319823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6495205444562241273.post-45543768687892551262011-05-28T21:18:00.590-04:002011-05-28T21:18:00.590-04:00What an amazing post! I think that everyone can be...What an amazing post! I think that everyone can be ableist at times--more so than others. Why do you think it took me until my junior year in high school to realize that I had a disability? Why do you think I don't use my mobility cane as much as I should? I to have my own little ableist friend. <br /><br />And, Cara, I know you know this, but for those of you that don't I also identify myself as a feminist. And, let me be honest, I have a little sexist friend that sits on my shoulder to--right next to my ableist one. <br /><br />This doesn't mean that I am a bad disability advocate or a bad feminist because I have these two friends that sit on my shoulder. It's just a fact of life that I'm sure tons of disability advocates and feminists can identify with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6495205444562241273.post-42292917501313656502011-05-05T07:28:54.508-04:002011-05-05T07:28:54.508-04:00When I was very little, I was somewhat babied beca...When I was very little, I was somewhat babied because of my disability. Then my parents got divorced and my Dad married my stepmom. She had had some experience with disability as her first husband had had a stroke at some point, but had eventually, fully recovered.<br /><br />Suddenly, it became a very bad thing to not be able to do something. She made me get my shoes on myself, even if it took an hour and I was expected to walk a little over half a mile to the school bus and back just like my sister. Nobody was allowed to help me, because I didn't need help.<br /><br />I know she had the best of intentions. She saw a sheltered little girl and she wanted me to be strong and independent, but because asking for help became something I was not allowed to do, I to developed that ableist voice that told me not to complain, not to seek help even when I needed it, and I had the same feeling as you when I attended a camp for kids with disabilities.<br /><br />I think until we stop measuring our success on what we can do, this will continue to be the case. I have seen some improvement over the years, and I hope it continues to get better so that we can silence those voices once and for all.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452270099433507759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6495205444562241273.post-68618221630640359152011-05-02T15:29:29.023-04:002011-05-02T15:29:29.023-04:00This is a post that really touched my heart. My li...This is a post that really touched my heart. My little ableist friend gets shouted down by the brave voices like yours that speak up with such honesty about how hard it can be to live in an ableist world.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00170658770134559035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6495205444562241273.post-27672958575423945082011-05-02T08:06:26.831-04:002011-05-02T08:06:26.831-04:00Love this post, thanks! I think this is true for ...Love this post, thanks! I think this is true for most of us, a little part of ourselves that judges us, no matter what. Great post.Selenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16906565055142387639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6495205444562241273.post-44581702575187625102011-05-02T00:16:36.014-04:002011-05-02T00:16:36.014-04:00Awesome post. I see that I, too, am
an ablist. ...Awesome post. I see that I, too, am <br />an ablist. I always have a nagging feeling that I have not overcome enough. This helps me.Troy Wittrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06515564883710018897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6495205444562241273.post-16580820549726702462011-05-01T00:26:09.225-04:002011-05-01T00:26:09.225-04:00nice post cara
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