This article is a steaming pile of excrement written by someone ignorant about disabilities, disability law, academic accommodations, and their convergence in higher education throwing multiple wads of ableist rhetoric against a wall. None of them stick.
discoursemagazine.com/culture-and-so… First of all, the ADA does not contain a Section 504. Section 504 is found in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. They are separate laws.

Second, the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (2008) is not separate from the ADA. As indicated by the title it AMENDED the ADA.

Scientist on 60 minutes discussing technology and disability: "Technology is freeing, removes the shackles of disability, and one day will eliminate all disability."

This view of disability is rife with fallacies. For one, there is the social model of disability which argues that disability is to be accepted, even celebrated, and that societal barriers not the disability itself are greater limitations on disabled people.

When fighting Ableism, straw bans, inaccessibility, or the general oppression of society, I am uncomfortable that we tend to resort to, "What if you/your kid/your spouse/your friend/family member was disabled & needed this?"

It paints disability as something negative & to fear. We can, or should be able to, state our truth, or the existence of others' truths, without relying on using hypothetical scenarios that target subconscious negative views and beliefs held by society. #Disabled #DisabledTwitter #StrawBan #Ableism #FightWithoutFears