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The Cosmic Collective🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
The Cosmic Collective🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
@cosmic_collective@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

A gentle reminder. While many of us who are disabled do take the time to explain things and help others understand, please don't *expect* it from us. Help take the burden off a little if you truly want to understand. Most of us are happy to help if we can see you're trying too❤️

#disabled #disability

Black text, white background. It reads: We are not here to educate you. Disabled people are constantly expected to explain and educate-even when we're just trying to exist. I've had people ask me to explain something they didn't understand about disability...on a post that wasn't even about that topic. If you truly care about your disabled friends or family, doing your own research is part of being a supportive ally. Really support means putting in the effort- and it takes some of the pressure off us.
Black text, white background. It reads: We are not here to educate you. Disabled people are constantly expected to explain and educate-even when we're just trying to exist. I've had people ask me to explain something they didn't understand about disability...on a post that wasn't even about that topic. If you truly care about your disabled friends or family, doing your own research is part of being a supportive ally. Really support means putting in the effort- and it takes some of the pressure off us.
Black text, white background. It reads: We are not here to educate you. Disabled people are constantly expected to explain and educate-even when we're just trying to exist. I've had people ask me to explain something they didn't understand about disability...on a post that wasn't even about that topic. If you truly care about your disabled friends or family, doing your own research is part of being a supportive ally. Really support means putting in the effort- and it takes some of the pressure off us.
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