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The Ableist Attitude

Michelle Renee Kidwell
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3 min readJan 22, 2025

When Others Judge You, Because You Have a Disability

Photo by Niko Tsviliov on Unsplash

*Inspired by a conversation with one my dearest friends from Church…

“There is no greater disability in society, than the inability to see a person as more.” – Robert M. Hensel

Many in society have this double standard when it comes to those with disabilities, and if you add a Christian belief system to the mix it intensifies, telling us we need to accept them while they tare us down. We are often left to feel like outcasts, because we do not fit society’s norms. A work place that is unwelcoming, an event that is inaccessible only intensifies these feelings leaving us to feel isolated. But often we are told we are being coddled, but that’s far from the truth, we just want a chance to prove ourselves.

But a workplace that makes us feel if we are an outcast, an event that we feel like we are not welcomed too, shows us how little respect you have for who we are, and what we bring to the table.

A disability does not make a person less than, if those who were so quick to judge understood what living with a disability entails, they would quickly be humbled, and the truth is anybody could become part of the disability community at anytime. So before you treat a coworker or anyone else for that matter as if they somehow don’t belong because maybe they have to do…

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Michelle Renee Kidwell
Michelle Renee Kidwell

Written by Michelle Renee Kidwell

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