‘Am I disabled?’: Confronting your internalised ableism | Jo Copson | TEDxYouth@BrayfordPool

[@LuckyL0ki]

this changed my life, honestly. i struggle with neuropathy, and truly needed to hear this. thank you :)

[@joygilman1110]

Your talk made me cry. I identified strongly with doubting myelf. Lazy--terrible. Thank you for creating this.

[@AutisticLed]

Bloody fantastic, thank you very much for this! Brilliant insight and spoken honestly and powerful, questioning ourselves but most prominently, the society that oppresses or disables us.

[@Sam-dj2sx]

I really needed to hear a message like this again right now, thank you

[@Tirza23]

I needed to hear this, thank you! ❤

[@morgansmith334]

Knowing that other people do not have the same barriers, makes me angry.

[@sirirassap6916]

Needed to hear this thank you

[@rainbowconnected]

Brilliant! My mind endlessly tries to tell me I'm just being too sensitive and making up my invisible disabilities. I know intellectually this isn't true, but I'm still working on embodying that knowing. Your talk helped with that, thank you! Your point that if I were really doing it for attention, why do I experience or do these things when I'm totally alone? Also, if it were for attention, why do I not tell or show people that I'm struggling when I am? These questions makes it much easier to feel how ridiculous that this comes from laziness, that I'm doing it for attention, etc.

[@enjoyyoursleep1]

Penny for anyone's thoughts, A person grows up, with various functional impairments etc and, before they meet another human being or interact with anyone at all, they instinctively 'know' that their level of function is, shall we say atypical. Where does any internalized ableism fit in, if through their development of self-awareness and theory of mind, they realize, without any outside influence, that 'something is up' and its not good.

[@lukatv9861]

I've been called a psycho for occasionally wishing I had FND (functional neurological disorder). I always felt uncomfortable in my body. Be it gender dysphoria or simply being called a fatso by everyone since I was a child. Sometimes I just wish I had a disability in hopes of finally understanding what exactly bothers be about my own body. I know it's wrong. But struggling to sleep after walking for an hour because I can feel every joint and bone in my legs and back isn't right either. I know I have hyperflex but it isn't "severe enough" to be considered a disability. I can walk easily, I don't struggle with stairs, I can exercise, I can do harder physical work. But I still struggle with accepting my own body as it is. I know I'll be fine. I'm just upset at myself.

[@rahil5989]

Are you trans, as you mentioned about gender dysphoria?

[@chetanrawatji]

Love ❤

[@Eitangaming2.0]

I dont get it. Am i bad for saying a person who cant walk cant walk?

[@domino6239]

No? Where are you getting that from?

[@destroyraiden]

why would they need your reminder of that fact? Are you bullying them? Are you saying it to disparage them cuz you wouldn't bring that up for praise and if your informing someone so they can change a venue to make sure they can come that can be helpful and in this latter case you'd also not be asking the question. So why do you need to say they can't walk what is the purpose behind it?

[@Eitangaming2.0]

Good question, i wouldn't know the answere to that