#LateralAbleism
I intend this as neutral-informative. But this is #LateralAbleism. I'm glad that you have so often overcome your challenges. But that does not negate the obstacle/disability that #Neurodiversity often presents. "You can overcome anything" is #ToxicPositivity when presented as advice to others.
September 13, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Disabled, but not like that: how we reinforce ableism in our own community.

A story about lateral ableism within the disability community.

powerd.media/article/disa...

"... at the end of the day, we’re all facing the same fight—and the only way we win is together..."

#Ableism #LateralAbleism
March 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
#NDGlossary: #LateralAbleism - When disabled people direct ableist attitudes and behaviors towards other disabled people, often within the same disability community. In example: Where some autistic people who can mask or who don't have intellectual disabilities look down on autistic people who do.
November 19, 2024 at 4:27 AM
👆👆 other disabled / immunocompromised / chronically ill people can do this too & it’s called lateral ableism - everyone has privilege in various ways or levels

#ableism #LateralAbleism #internalizedableism
December 25, 2024 at 2:10 PM
We did not spend 30+ minutes per post on TikTok subtitles in 2021, jumping in to help when others were low on spoons, typing and editing and yelling when the app crashed, just to give up now on a one sentence copy/paste alt text.

Conflicting access needs are a thing. But so is #LateralAbleism.
March 3, 2025 at 5:22 AM