Hi Craig! Thank you for the comment, and that video, which I LOVED, and that I may start sending to people who say things to me like, "Isn't it great that you're out and walking today!" Once I learned about inspiration porn, I thought, "Oh God,I hope I haven't been talking to people that way!" and now I - gently - try to call it out when I see it from people who I know are otherwise trying their best to treat disabled people as their equals, so that they're aware of it and hopefully at least think about it. I like Stella Young's perspective on it as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K9Gg164Bsw
Awesome article Sarah. Sesame Street was always way ahead of most media. I didn't realize we were in danger of losing it. It's something I just sort of always assumed would always be there. What a strange world it would be to not have Sesame Street in it. Linda's story is one that I've seen played out time and time again, even now, 50 years later. I used to be involved with a group called People First who advocated for things like doing away with tokenism and focusing on people and their interests and uniqueness first, not their disability. Dave Hingsburger, who you and I were discussing recently, was the first person I heard use the term "disability porn." He defined that as people who feel good about themselves by saying and/or thinking things like "you're so brave" or "you're an inspiration" when they see someone with a visible disability doing mundane, everyday tasks like buying toilet paper, which is depicted in this video that I always enjoy sharing: https://youtu.be/j-kDsBrHAYs?si=gvEeFxp2k_WdtdAd
Hi Craig! Thank you for the comment, and that video, which I LOVED, and that I may start sending to people who say things to me like, "Isn't it great that you're out and walking today!" Once I learned about inspiration porn, I thought, "Oh God,I hope I haven't been talking to people that way!" and now I - gently - try to call it out when I see it from people who I know are otherwise trying their best to treat disabled people as their equals, so that they're aware of it and hopefully at least think about it. I like Stella Young's perspective on it as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K9Gg164Bsw
Awesome article Sarah. Sesame Street was always way ahead of most media. I didn't realize we were in danger of losing it. It's something I just sort of always assumed would always be there. What a strange world it would be to not have Sesame Street in it. Linda's story is one that I've seen played out time and time again, even now, 50 years later. I used to be involved with a group called People First who advocated for things like doing away with tokenism and focusing on people and their interests and uniqueness first, not their disability. Dave Hingsburger, who you and I were discussing recently, was the first person I heard use the term "disability porn." He defined that as people who feel good about themselves by saying and/or thinking things like "you're so brave" or "you're an inspiration" when they see someone with a visible disability doing mundane, everyday tasks like buying toilet paper, which is depicted in this video that I always enjoy sharing: https://youtu.be/j-kDsBrHAYs?si=gvEeFxp2k_WdtdAd
Great work on the article. Keep it up!