Disablism - Lives matters

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So you'll often hear of how black lives matter, dealing with racism and discrimination against those ethnic minorities.
Discrimination against those from certain religions. LGBTQ ect rights!

However! from all walks of live, theirs so many people worldwide with invisible and visible disabilities. Whether it's mental, emotional or physical. Some are born with these things which cannot be helped, some develop these things due to vaccines, some become disabled due to illness or accidents. Yet how come society cares the least about these vulnerable people?

I've been discriminated for being on anti depressants, my mild learning difficulties as a kid, Dyspraxia

been called a spastic, ret*d, c***, called thick, and a n**** lover . pushed and shoved ect

Everyone deserves love and respect.

Everyone deserves the right to love, be loved and have relationships ect

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These people deserve the most support, be spoken up to on there behalf, be helped and understood, they have enough struggles in life as it is. More than most, that people take for granted. They aren't supported by family, friends, government, society and have more struggles on a continued and daily basis, compared to able minded and bodied people. They are often ignored, mistreated or silenced.

This belongs in Autism,politics and Media representation!

This is not News

Edit,I guess it's now here

(Moved) - Yes, good call. It should get more traffic / attention here. Besides, News should always be about a current news event.

I absolutely agree with the OP that everyone deserves respect regardless of their specific disability or functionality level. The problem is that disabled people are a diverse community have all kinds of different needs, experiences and desires, and so "PWD" (to coin a cliche) need to show a united front. The LGBT and all other minorities or groups are just as diverse as the disability spectrum and often succeed in presenting a fairly united front.

Thank you all for replying. How do i remove this particular post? theirs a few old other posts i would want to delete but never found out how! thank you

So how would the OP like NTs to view DLM? what should they (NTs) take more seriously about having a disability?

One major obstacle that will have to be overcome in order to create a unified DLM movement, at least in the USA but likely elsewhere as well, is the huge diversity in political views by different disabled/neurodiverse people. BLM doesn’t have this issue as the vast majority of Black folks lean to the political left, while DLM would include people ranging from socialists to neo-Nazis. I believe this is a major reason as to why it has been so dificult for a the disabled community to unify in the same way as BLM and the LGBTQ+ rights movement, as much as I would love to see such a unified movement for the disability community.

Everyone has a disability, mental health issue, or other problem. It sounds like you want to create a society where no one judges anyone, no one is criticized, inappropriate behavior is always accepted, no bad ideas are rejected, everyone's irrational beliefs and feelings are validated, everyone's weaknesses are accommodated, and no one is allowed to offend anyone.

I think a better solution is for people to stop being so sensitive. I used to get offended often and whined that other people hurt my feelings. I feel much better now after enough people invalidated my beliefs and feelings by telling me that I was the problem and that is was my fault that I felt worse when people treated me poorly. Since I became aware that no one can hurt anyone else's feelings, and that people cause their own feelings, I improved my self-esteem, corrected my irrational thinking, and no longer feel worse or get offended when people say things I don't like. I'm now able to be my autistic self and enjoy my life.

^Sounds like a very good attitude to develop. Not easy, but useful.