Resistance and Hope: Essays by Disabled People

But we’ve quite undeniably built up a mythology that there’s a linear progression in activism. And in reality, that myth is itself ableist, classist, racist, and capitalist because it implies that we’re all on an upward progression - the same language that white supremacy uses to say colonialism needs to civilize Brown people.

The point is, that it can be simultaneously valid for many of us to be triggered by and unable to engage with conversation about cure, while others find discussion of cure to be deeply validating.

Disavowal tells us that we only get to move ahead or get more rights or be more included or get an opportunity if we do so at somebody else’s expense. It reinforces capitalist scarcity politics by saying that only so many people can be included or have rights, and that in order to include or give rights to some people, somebody else must still be e

our own unexamined trust in and overreliance on current institutions,

Struggling with disability justice means asking at every point: Who has access and who does not? When do I allow myself to be valid and when do I not?

If you are impacted by something that I’m not, where am I failing?

The fact that abled white cisgender straight generationally well-off men comprise the vast majority of those who are deemed “qualified” to prosecute and practice in courts across this stolen land should be indicia enough of the problems inherent in our legal system. Attorneys,

The first and most important thing is emphasizing the importance of sticking to values and principles, instead of rigid or overly ideological thinking (the kind that leads to unnecessary political litmus tests, lack of nuance, and no space for people new to movement work). Values and principles help underscore what kind of world we want to live in

The idea of autism as undesirable defect is so widespread in society, but if somebody says that, they will be yelled at for being self-hating.