“You’re always dealing with a stereotype. There’s the superhuman trope and the vulnerable trope – the benefit scrounger, someone who takes, doesn’t offer anything to society because they’re so incapable. And if you’re trying to be the superhuman, you don’t want to look as if you’re leaning on anyone, because people will think, which one are you? It’s really hard to embody both. But the gap between the tropes is where we want to live.” DisabilityDisabledParalyzedSuperhumanAbleismTropesInternalized Ableism Author:Sophie L. Morgan
“it was hard not to imbibe the message that the realities of disability have to stay hidden, even when the disability is the subject.” DisabilityDisabledParalyzedAbleismHidden TruthHidden PainInternalized AbleismInvisible Illness Stigmasible Author:Sophie L. Morgan