@eff Will there be a pageable full transcript timely, so that those of us who need one because we can't use voice group chats or closed captions can take part on a somewhat equal footing?

(Warning: offering unsolicited and or uninformed advice or not answering the specific question I asked is #ableist af and may get you called on it publicly, removed from my followers list, and or blocked, at my discretion. Yes, that means you as well.)

I wouldn't have to call out your #Vancouver#FediCon if your organizers weren't so fucking ignorant about #PeopleWithDisabilities in the first place. Your event organizer is an #ableist & I've yet to see any of you people listed on their public info - as speakers - calling them out for their #ableism

WTAF.

#Cowardice#DisabledPeopleMatter

So apparently there's this big #FediForum coming up tomorrow & on weekend in #VancouverBC. I was thinking about attending for a few hours as 2 of the nonprofits not on Mastodon yet were willing to pay for me to go. Unfortunately - the organizers seem to be very #ableist.

I sent a direct question about their #CovidSafety protocols because their event site info had ZERO info for concerned people who don't want to catch covid at any forum/convention. No answer at all. This lack of providing public information on #Covid & how they plan to mitigate, lack of answers on my direct public safety question -> top shelf #ableism.

This event isn't #inclusive.

#PeopleWithDisabilities

So apparently there's this big #FediForum coming up tomorrow & on weekend in #VancouverBC. I was thinking about attending for a few hours as 2 of the nonprofits not on Mastodon yet were willing to pay for me to go. Unfortunately - the organizers seem to be very #ableist.

I sent a direct question about their #CovidSafety protocols because their event site info had ZERO info for concerned people who don't want to catch covid at any forum/convention. No answer at all. This lack of providing public information on #Covid & how they plan to mitigate, lack of answers on my direct public safety question -> top shelf #ableism.

This event isn't #inclusive.

#PeopleWithDisabilities

One thing I got a lot of, from ignorant public who have said outright rude & blatant #ableist shit like some of the below, for decades 👇

- You're too pretty to be disabled. *mega WTAF*
- You move like you're not disabled at all. *🖕*
- You're not like other disabled people. *We're not a monolith*
- How much of your body is paralyzed? *Only misogynistic men have asked this before getting to know me*
- I can help you out with everything! *When I'm capable of taking care of things & will only ask for external help when truly needed.
- This is more of an ableist action more than words -> when they try doing things to help me that I never asked for, doesn't really help me & they get angry when I ask them to please ask me, before trying to help me because sometimes help from people who don't communicate well with me - ends up costing me more time/energy to deal with/resolve/diffuse.

I want & need help sometimes. Please don't think you know how better you can help me - when you've not invested any genuine time to try to know me better, first.

#PeopleWithDisabilities

#Ableist bullies/rude jerks are why I don't wear dresses out in public much. I will wear what I want, when I have enough spoons to deal with public bullies. It always happens because I'm visibly disabled & even more so, when I wear anything that shows my dual long leg braces. I didn't go to public beaches for 30 years because people would point out all my surgical scars & question me about my atrophied legs & other super disrespectful crap. I couldn't deal with that - constantly.

I tried going to public beaches to relax. Not to be targeted as abnormal & be treated awfully. I only go to secluded spots now.

#PeopleWithDisabilities