Platform 📣 | 'I’m weary of trying to avert the projected pity, ignorance and thoughtlessness that I encounter when, frankly, I’m already more than exhausted simply trying to cope with the daily exertions of my disability.'
‘Jumping the queue!’ a man waiting outside the theatre doorway shouted as I was wheeled to an accessible side entrance by a steward.
Every time they happen, I feel jolted by the shock of hurt, leading to an all too familiar scenario where I’m simultaneously made to stand out from the crowd, while at the same time deemed invisible and unwelcome. My work as a psychotherapist has taught me that it’s not only life’s large-scale suffering, losses, abuses or events that can lead to traumatic responses, but also the persistent, continuous exposure to subtle discrimination that can result in symptoms commonly associated with low level trauma or PTSD.
I needed to use my sense of helplessness and anger to produce a creative response that I hoped might initiate a conversation about the often unintentional – and yet still very real – impact that these comments have on people in the disabled community. As a white, middle-class, cisgender, straight woman, I still have a huge amount to learn about race, sexuality, class and gender, and I want to keep learning where my many blind spots are. I also hope I’ve got the humility to change when they are shown to me.
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