Honestly, speaking as a PWD, I like the idea that disabling conditions could possibly be a thing of the past in SF, fantasy, the future. Two of the three main nasties that I have, I'd gladly get rid of if I could. I don't see it as ableist so much as utopian, because if you were born without a disability and never developed one, would you think about it? Would you regret not having to try to be "functional"? I wouldn't.
I think the ableist part of things like this is more often than not the way in which it comes about. Abortion, for example. That would not be okay. But if they found a way to do it without harming those PWDs who already exist, would that be such a bad thing? And why?
ETA: Basically, I want my former level of functionality back. I am currently unable to work, study seriously, or embark upon the career I've wanted to follow since early childhood -- because of my disabling conditions, not in spite of them. Because I have them and there is no effective treatment at present for any of them. For the most part, I am barely functional. I struggle to take care of myself and at the age of 24, I passionately resent that. The way I feel about it is that I want my life back and if they come up with a way to do that for me and other people, what's so bad about it, if they do it right?
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Date: 2010-06-28 02:55 pm (UTC)I think the ableist part of things like this is more often than not the way in which it comes about. Abortion, for example. That would not be okay. But if they found a way to do it without harming those PWDs who already exist, would that be such a bad thing? And why?
ETA: Basically, I want my former level of functionality back. I am currently unable to work, study seriously, or embark upon the career I've wanted to follow since early childhood -- because of my disabling conditions, not in spite of them. Because I have them and there is no effective treatment at present for any of them. For the most part, I am barely functional. I struggle to take care of myself and at the age of 24, I passionately resent that. The way I feel about it is that I want my life back and if they come up with a way to do that for me and other people, what's so bad about it, if they do it right?