Ableists like to act as though inaccessibility is unavoidable and not manufactured. Read that again.

Dear fellow disabled people and awesome allies: Keep calling out inaccessibility. Keep sharing your own lived experiences. Keep shining a light on injustice.

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There is a whole lot of pretending to care about disabled people in society. If society actually cared about its members with disabilities: Almost every house would not have only stairs to get in. Access needs would be treated with the upmost importance. The ADA would be regularly enforced.

Inaccessible houses mean disabled kids not being able to visit their friends and non-disabled kids not being able to have their disabled friends over.

Disabled people should not have to pay extra for access. Disabled people should not have to pay extra for mobility. Disabled people should not have to pay extra to live.

It’s weird how often companies use the term “talent” when they actually mean SKILL. Being able to utilize an HR program or make an effective PowerPoint presentation are skills that can be learned by pretty much anyone given the opportunity and time. Corporate skills are not talents.

Me learning about the existence of a virus I had previously been blissfully unaware of:

Many disabled people are unable to produce the curated image of visible performative busyness that the corporate world idealizes. Simply put, we do not fit their phony image of a hard worker, despite statistics that overwhelmingly show the opposite to be true.

Poor people are not “abusing the system.” Poor people are being abused BY the system.

Why are disability advocacy and awareness important? Because history has consistently shown the disabled community that if we do not speak up and advocate for our needs, we are often just forgotten and left to rot.

Airbus has just demoed and successfully tested Airspace U Suite, an accessible seating and securement system that would allow wheelchair users to remain seated in their own mobility devices while flying.

Companies: “Of course we focus on disability inclusion!” The inclusion: 👱🏻‍♂️ 👱🏻‍♀️👱🏻‍♂️👨🏻‍🦳👱🏻‍♂️ 👱🏻‍♀️👱🏻‍♂️👩🏻👱🏻‍♂️👨🏽‍🦱👱🏻‍♂️👱🏻‍♂️ 👩‍🦽👩🏻‍🦳👱🏻‍♂️👨🏻‍🦼‍➡️👨🏻‍🦯👨🏻‍🦽👴🏻👴🏽👱🏻‍♀️🧑🏾‍🦼‍➡️

SeaWorld is being sued by the Department of Justice for banning seated rollators from its parks. SeaWorld claims the mobility aids are being used improperly and offers “alternative” mobility aids for guests.

The burden of inaccessibility should not be placed on the disabled community. People with disabilities should not be responsible for needing to fix things that were built without them in mind in order to function and live their lives.

The burden of inaccessibility should not be placed on the disabled community. People with disabilities should not be responsible for needing to fix things that were built without them in mind in order to function and live their lives. Yet, here we are.

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Outdoor stairlift:

Sliding barn doors can enhance accessibility and are a great alternative to standard doors for many mobility users.

The job market is so bad right now that even this guy would have trouble getting a job:

“Isn’t it nice that this place is accessible?!” Naw man, it’s literally the law.

Pull-down clothing rods can help make closets more accessible to wheelchair users:

A company can call itself inclusive towards disabled employees all it wants, but does it: Offer fully remote positions? Make the recruiting and hiring process accessible and equitable to disabled job seekers? Honor reasonable accommodations? Inclusion is just a buzzword without action.

Watching the news in 2026 be like:

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Job hunting in 2026: Another day. Another auto-rejection email.

As someone who has lived with a disability all of their life, the only “cure“ I am interested in at this point is a cure for ableism and inaccessibility.

Placing a divider wall very close to a toilet can make it inaccessible for many wheelchair users.

I am not “differently-abled.” I am disabled. I am not “handicapped.” I am disabled. I am not “handicapable.” I am disabled. I am not “special needs.” I am disabled. I am not any euphemism that exists make non-disabled people more comfortable with my existence. I am disabled.

People stopping on the sidewalk to watch a wheelchair user exiting a vehicle:

They complain about disabled people not working all while making it nearly impossible for disabled people to work or find employment.

Disabled parents are no less suited to be great parents than non-disabled parents. Disabled partners are no less suited to be great partners than non-disabled partners. Disabled employees are no less suited to be great employees than non-disabled employees.

When chronically ill and disabled people post about their struggles, they are likely seeking solidarity, not pity.

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Apartments be like, “What is the bare minimum we can do to still call ourselves ’accessible?’”

The Disney show Goldie & Bear features a character named Marian Locks, who is the wheelchair using mother of Goldie Locks and successful businesswoman.

There is actually very little about a disabled person‘s situation a stranger can ascertain simply by looking at them.

Disabled rights and accessibility were not simply bestowed upon disabled people. These rights came as the result of sit-ins where disabled people sacrificed their comfort and medical needs, years of activism, and disabled people literally crawling up the steps to the Capitol Building in 1990.

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Take the time to listen, truly listen, to marginalized voices without projecting non-marginalized experiences and norms.

Being a parent of a disabled child does not give you the full scope of disabled lived experience. Being a parent of a disabled child does not give you the right to speak over disabled voices. Being a parent of a disabled child does not give you a free pass to be ableist.

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Wider doorways should be standard. Wider hallways should be standard. Bathrooms sized so that most anyone can fit should be standard.

Them: “Of course we have a ramp!” The ramp: