Perhaps this is down to my interpretation of the term 'disability', but to me it seems that proposing a future where disability can be treated / cured / undone / avoided is very different to saying that people in the present with disabilities are 'not okay'
To make sure I'm understanding you correctly, do you mean ALL possible types and forms of disabilities? Because "disability" is a big, big umbrella term that encompasses a LOT of things. And I do find that problematic in a lot of ways.
However, envisioning a future with better treatments and cures for certain specific types of disabilities and where technology and medicine make better options available to people in many instances, that's not something I have a problem with, and I'm not conflating THAT with erasure or negative attitudes toward PWD.
I do, however, understand where this statement could be problematic from a standpoint where it implies/says that PWD are their disabilities, which is absolutely not true, and for that I truly apologize. Because you're right. Disabled people are NOT their disabilities. That's an ablist attitude and I should have caught that when writing this post.
Does that make sense?
I definitely understand where my words could come across hurtfully, especially if it seems as though I was sitting in judgment of and I should have seen that when I wrote them, and I apologize that I didn't.
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To make sure I'm understanding you correctly, do you mean ALL possible types and forms of disabilities? Because "disability" is a big, big umbrella term that encompasses a LOT of things. And I do find that problematic in a lot of ways.
However, envisioning a future with better treatments and cures for certain specific types of disabilities and where technology and medicine make better options available to people in many instances, that's not something I have a problem with, and I'm not conflating THAT with erasure or negative attitudes toward PWD.
I do, however, understand where this statement could be problematic from a standpoint where it implies/says that PWD are their disabilities, which is absolutely not true, and for that I truly apologize. Because you're right. Disabled people are NOT their disabilities. That's an ablist attitude and I should have caught that when writing this post.
Does that make sense?
I definitely understand where my words could come across hurtfully, especially if it seems as though I was sitting in judgment of and I should have seen that when I wrote them, and I apologize that I didn't.