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Why do people think I can't pay for dinner?

Why do people think I can't pay for dinner?

A perennial disability question

Oct 18, 2022
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Hello,

The thing about being disabled is that the big moments of stark, in-your-face ableism that make the news (or go viral on Twitter…) are not even half the story. There’s all these other tiny, almost imperceptible moments that don’t make you upset or angry but just make you feel a bit weird. And these are the things I think most nondisabled people do…

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