My friend sent a text, and he...is...cross as fuck!😡
Let me tell able-bodied people what a #disabledqueer :heart_pan: :anqueer_flag: friend of mine told me, after his last shopping trip.
#DisabledPeople are capable of thinking and doing for themselves. If they need our help, they will ask for it.
It is ableist to assume that anyone walking with a cane and wearing a mask is elderly, (when, in this case, this man is 29 years old and disabled after a #gaybashing).
Whether someone is elderly or a young disabled person or an elderly disabled person, don't create a narrative about who and what they are.
Do not assume they are 'feeble'.
Don't speak in a condescending tone. They are not children!
How DARE anyone wince at the sight of a physically disabled person.