poetic-poppy:

Inspiration porn like the oft used quote, “The only disability in life is a bad attitude” only contributes to the stigma both internalized and external that disabled people deal with on a daily basis.

I’ll elaborate; by saying that the only disability is a bad attitude, you are essentially saying that disabled people who don’t “overcome” their disability to society’s standards are not trying hard enough or worse, that they’re lazy.

We can internalize this toxic message and feel bad when our symptoms or limitations prevent us from achieving goals in the same manner as the abled person. It can lead us to work ourselves to the point of exhaustion in a non assessable way.

In short: if you give a damn about disabled people, stop spreading this highly toxic message and instead, acknowledge that the disabled person faces unique challenges that require accommodations and support to “overcome” and that there are some things that are not possible for a disabled person to do and that’s ok. We all have limitations and we have to learn to work within them.