hey here’s a rad idea: stop perpetuating “positive” stereotypes of developmentally disabled people like “autistic people can’t tell a lie” or “kids with Down’s Syndrome are always so happy and smiling! they could never hurt a fly!”
we are not your one-dimensional inspiration porn, we are human beings with distinct and complex personalities
your seemingly positive stereotypes of us are actively harmful because they contribute to our dehumanization—because they deny that we are human beings with distinct and complex personalities
plus the consequences of not fitting into that one-dimensional mold can be very, very unpleasant
so just stop
What’s especially awful about some of these stereotypes are some of the reasons why these stereotypes emerged in the first place. For example, people with Down Syndrome and other types of intellectual disabilities have often been trained into compliance and basically not allowed to exhibit anger or even sadness. Some may be genuinely happy at a given moment, but others may be covering up “non-compliant” moods because they may fear what will be done to them if they show the “wrong” emotions.
THIS. And positive prejudice is still prejudice.
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how many fucking versions of that damn “genie you’re free” post am I going to have to block
you know what i’m putting the tags here so people don’t miss those:
#it’s bullshit don’t post that #this should not be hard to figure out why #equating death with ”free” especially in these circumstances #is bad #robin williams // #death tw #suicide tw #abelism tw #(that one’s on there because if it wasn’t obvious #this use for that implies that death is better than #living with mental illness #and hell no we are not better off dead) #(nor is that an idea we should encourage mentally ill people to internalize)
like or anyone. obviously. but add in stigmatization of mental illness and this gets continually worse for people to promote.
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