Talila
Black queer neuroqueer | founder @behearddc on sabbatical | committed to movement, rest, joy, love, & freedom | pronouns: use my name in place of pronouns

Mar 14, 2019, 9 tweets

Disability is traditionally viewed through a privileged lens making it difficult to see disability in marginalized ppl/communities.

This working definition of ableism addresses gaps in the traditional framing of disability+ableism.

goo.gl/NyR3KN

#DisabilitySolidarity

UPDATED WORKING DEFINITON OF #ABLEISM
-edited for length+clarity
-names colonialism as key to construction of ableism
-more explicitly acknwldgs reproductive in/justice+ productivity
-names @notthreefifths+Black/negatively racialized Disabled folk as centeral to my understanding.

ID: Brown square with the following words:
ABLEISM a·ble·ism \ ˈābə-ˌli-zəm \ noun
A system that places value on people’s bodies and minds based on societally constructed ideas of normalcy, intelligence, excellence and productivity. (1/3)

constructed ideas are deeply rooted in anti-Blackness, eugenics, colonialism & capitalism. This form of systmic opprsn leads to ppl and society determining who is valuable & worthy based on a person’s appearance and/or their ability to satisfactorily [re]produce, excel & "behave”

You do not have to be disabled to experience ableism.

a working definition by Talila "TL" Lewis in conversation with Disabled Black and other negatively racialized folk, especially Dustin Gibson; updated January 2020

Context & blog with additional info for the definition linked here: bit.ly/ableismcontext

#DisabilitySolidarity

2021 UPDATED ABLEISM DEFINITION simplifies previous versions and explicitly includes desirability, misogyny, imperialism, language & religion as ideologies/characteristics used by societies, institutions, ppl to assign value to others.

#DisabilityJustice
#DisabilitySolidarity

#ABLEISM 2022

The #pandemic has illustrated how purported "fitness" & location are used to assign value.

This year's edits name "health/wellness"+age; & replaces "nationality" with birth/living place.

bit.ly/ableism2022

#covid19
#DisabilityJustice
#DisabilitySolidarity

same 2022 updated working definition of #ableism with an inverted color scheme. Alt text avail on the image and here with additional context: bit.ly/ableism2022

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