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“Inspiration porn is an image of a person with a disability, often a kid, doing something completely ordinary - like playing, or talking, or running, or drawing a picture, or hitting a tennis ball - carrying a caption like “your excuse is invalid” or “before you quit, try”. Increasingly, they feature the Hamilton quote.” “Let me be clear about the intent of this inspiration porn; it’s there so that non-disabled people can put their worries into perspective. So they can go, “Oh well if that kid who doesn’t have any legs can smile while he’s having an awesome time, I should never, EVER feel bad about my life”. It’s there so that non-disabled people can look at us and think “well, it could be worse… I could be that person”.” -Stella Young
All types of truth. I was always weary of these posts because its always someone else putting them on display.
HALLELUJAH, AMEN, TESTIFY! ~sincerely, a person with multiple disabilities
Understand what’s being said here, but comparison is normal. You can’t police a person’s perspective. I think this goes...