re: #39 Sherlock Hound

I hate Jacobin.

While Jacobin shouldn’t be doing this, they are not alone, nor with just Joe Biden.

Lots of everyday people engage in ableist gatekeeping, especially when it’s an invisible disability like stuttering or epilepsy.

My wife gets accused of faking disability using a cane when we park in a handicap space, because apparently a Smart car is supposed to have a wheelchair lift or something.

A good number of conservatives think disabled people are really “faking” to get government benefits. I have been accused of that over epilepsy and migraines, both of which are invisible disabilities.

Jessica Kellgren-Fozard is a disability advocate and YouTuber in the United Kingdom. She is deaf and suffers from debilitating migraine headaches, as well as a chronic genetic disorder called EDS which affects her connective tissues.

She speaks in this video of faking disability in general, and in particular an actress who has been harassed on Instagram over faking disability (she is not faking disability, she has the same genetic disorder). She was harassed so badly she left Instagram (which would not enforce its rules against harassment).

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Can you tell if a disabled person is ‘faking’? (yes, Jameela Jamil) [CC]