Man ‘degraded’ by Asda delivery driver awarded four-figure payout
https://metro.co.uk/2025/12/30/man-degraded-asda-delivery-driver-awarded-four-figure-payout-25928458/ #Ableism #UK
Man ‘degraded’ by Asda delivery driver awarded four-figure payout
https://metro.co.uk/2025/12/30/man-degraded-asda-delivery-driver-awarded-four-figure-payout-25928458/ #Ableism #UK
Social media generally slows down at the holidays. Why? Because people are celebrating and spending time with their families.
I’m not one of those people.
Why? Because I’m having another Chronic Illness Christmas.
When you’re disabled and chronically ill, the holidays hit different.
They’re lonely. Isolating. Exhausting.
As a result many of us are excluded and left on our own.
When I created The Disabled Ginger I wanted to build a community where everyone felt included.
I wanted to reach across the internet and connect people so they could always have someone to talk to. Someone who understood them. Someone who could make them feel a little less alone.
This Christmas that’s my wish for all of you… that you feel a little less alone.
That you find comfort and joy in the small things, whatever they may be.
If you’re healthy, please remember that not everyone is. That many people are suffering this Christmas and could use a kind word or a bit of love.
Merry Christmas Everyone.
Thank you for spending another year with me.
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/another-chronic-illness-christmas
#disability #chronicillness #ableism #holidays #loneliness #christmas #happyholidays #inclusion #accommodation
Social media generally slows down at the holidays. Why? Because people are celebrating and spending time with their families.
I’m not one of those people.
Why? Because I’m having another Chronic Illness Christmas.
When you’re disabled and chronically ill, the holidays hit different.
They’re lonely. Isolating. Exhausting.
As a result many of us are excluded and left on our own.
When I created The Disabled Ginger I wanted to build a community where everyone felt included.
I wanted to reach across the internet and connect people so they could always have someone to talk to. Someone who understood them. Someone who could make them feel a little less alone.
This Christmas that’s my wish for all of you… that you feel a little less alone.
That you find comfort and joy in the small things, whatever they may be.
If you’re healthy, please remember that not everyone is. That many people are suffering this Christmas and could use a kind word or a bit of love.
Merry Christmas Everyone.
Thank you for spending another year with me.
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/another-chronic-illness-christmas
#disability #chronicillness #ableism #holidays #loneliness #christmas #happyholidays #inclusion #accommodation
The intersection of puritanism & #capitalism creates an incredibly insidious, toxic form of #ableism.
Push through the pain. Work through your illness. Keep going through your burnout.
Puritanism tells you that this is virtuous, and makes you a good person. Capitalism requires overwork for your survival.
Pair this with a pandemic, and you've got a nasty escalation of eugenics.
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The intersection of puritanism & #capitalism creates an incredibly insidious, toxic form of #ableism.
Push through the pain. Work through your illness. Keep going through your burnout.
Puritanism tells you that this is virtuous, and makes you a good person. Capitalism requires overwork for your survival.
Pair this with a pandemic, and you've got a nasty escalation of eugenics.
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kinda crazy that we had an entire nationwide panic over fake "satanic ritual abuse" but it's a known fact that christian families regularly bully their queer / neurodivergent / etc kids to suicide and we all just collectively shrug our shoulders whenever it's brought up
Total BS
#Trump admin says #SignLanguage services 'intrude' on Trump's ability to control his #image
The Trump admin is arguing that requiring real-time #ASL interpretation of events like White House press briefings “would severely intrude on the President’s prerogative to control the image he presents to the public,” part of a lawsuit seeking to require the White House to provide the services.
#law #discrimination #ableism
https://apnews.com/article/american-sign-language-trump-white-house-7ac33c635cdefd22154d6eb7e47d3d55
Posting this again because I see people on Mastodon daily who really need to read this.
The Sinister History of the Word "Moron," Explained
It's much more than just a casual insult.
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-sinister-history-of-the-word-moron-explained #Language #Ableism #Eugenics
Do you remember when Labour did this during the Blair/Brown days and it signified the end of the Blair/Brown days?
#Labour #Ableism #Disability #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Austerity #Labour
kinda crazy that we had an entire nationwide panic over fake "satanic ritual abuse" but it's a known fact that christian families regularly bully their queer / neurodivergent / etc kids to suicide and we all just collectively shrug our shoulders whenever it's brought up
People think disability is something you can “try harder” your way out of.
They think it’ll never happen to them, or if it does they will overcome.
They refuse to listen to disabled voices.
They refuse to help build better safety nets.
They refuse to care.
It’s a minority group you can join anytime
Total BS
#Trump admin says #SignLanguage services 'intrude' on Trump's ability to control his #image
The Trump admin is arguing that requiring real-time #ASL interpretation of events like White House press briefings “would severely intrude on the President’s prerogative to control the image he presents to the public,” part of a lawsuit seeking to require the White House to provide the services.
#law #discrimination #ableism
https://apnews.com/article/american-sign-language-trump-white-house-7ac33c635cdefd22154d6eb7e47d3d55
