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Ableism is the favouring of able neurotypical people and exclusion and devaluation of disabled and neurodivergent bodies, Ellen Fraser-Barbour writes.
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As a disabled person, there are days I don t want to leave the house.
I wish I could say I don t care what society thinks or assumes about me and my body. But the truth is, when my body is judged, ostracised, othered I do care. Some days I have to really push myself.
It could be a question from a stranger: What happened? Taken aback by my body.
Or the daily comments. If I were you I don t think I d want to live.