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Rosie Jones is right to call out ableist abuse – what is wrong with people? | The Independent

Trapped between the view that every single one of us is “inspirational” or “superhuman” for something as simple as buttering toast, and the dangerous myth that we’re scroungers sponging off the state with benefits claims, it’s hard for disabled people like me to simply exist.

It’s almost impossible for us to be passionate about what we believe in, because it goes against these two established stereotypes of what disability is supposed to look like.

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https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/rosie-jones-ableist-abuse-question-time-b1934855.html