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disabled people are often still “Understanding care about, is much more
seen as pitiable and sad, it is so, ableism as a system that effective.
so important. Moreover, this discriminates against EOB: How can people who
pandemic has underscored the disabled people in favor don’t feel they have much of a
need for touch, and as a disabled
person, I miss it so. of non-disabled people voice be better heard?
is important because we Andrew: They can keep talking
EOB: Tell us why all do it - myself about it, as loud as they can, and
understanding ableism is so
important. included.” if even one person listens,
they’ve done good. Just keep
Andrew: Understanding ableism be anti-ableist, because when we going and keep talking about the
as a system that discriminates all encounter disability (and we things you are passionate about,
against disabled people in favor will), we wouldn’t want it to but do so with an understanding
of non-disabled people is happen to us or our disabled that each of us are at our own
important because we all do it - loved ones. I also think that points in our journeys to be anti-
myself included. We need to while it can be really fun to ableist, anti-racist, etc. so hearing
name it and talk about it, and be participate in calling out ableism, you fully may take time.
open to learning about how to I think calling in the ones we Keep talking.
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