Unlearning Internalised Ableism (Without The Politics)

[@TimoDcTheLikelyLad]

This resonated greatly thank you so much :)!

[@isabellammusic]

This video is very good and explains a lot of my own experiences.

[@PaulaRoederer]

This one really hits home.

[@ByrdieFae]

Thomas Henley, posting important things on Christmas. Love it. This is really good and definitely hits home.

[@leilap2495]

Great video 👍🏼

[@anthonygriffiths6113]

Thank you Thomas, keep up the great work !!!

[@solipsisticBovine]

lots to chew on. worth saying, and well said. thank you.

[@the_mad.s_hatter]

Amazing video, thank you!

[@docbrown.]

I am autistic, and a year or two ago, I wouldn't have even known what the word 'ableism' meant. I feel that the word can be used by people who are more or less able than I am, so I personally avoid using it.

[@jordanlehn]

wow. this hit more then i was expecting. thank you Thomas for such a great and relatable video as always. definitely has left me with lots to think about.

[@stephenie44]

I was just trying to work out why my brain categorized walking on my tip toes as a never-do-that-again thing as a kid. Because I was never berated or bullied for it. My dad just asked with curiosity if I /could/ walk with my heels on the ground, because walking on your toes was apparently an autistic thing, and just that little bit of feedback told my brain, “look, you’re doing it wrong. Don’t do it that way.” So I stopped, because I’d learned toe walking wasn’t “normal.” And another bit of my mask was built. And at 5 years old, I already had internalized the ableist belief that there is one normal way to do things, and everyone who can’t just must not be able to help it, how sad and unfortunate; and if you can help it, you obviously should. 😔

[@sksk-bd7yv]

Rates of ptsd, cptsd among us? Anybody got credible numbers?

[@musiqtee]

At the moment no… Still, I believe (!) these three societal trends coexist; One, increased empirical knowledge on understanding trauma, especially preclinical complex trauma as being highly prevalent - as in actually “normal”. Two, generally decreased “systemic welfare agency” from policies and changes to ideals of what a “social contract” should entail - i.e. since 1995-2005. It’s harder to practically “act” on available knowledge. Three, a decay in general public trust, increasing individualism and tougher enforcement of imperatives in education, careers or work - e.g. sick leaves increasing, receiving more flak than just a decade ago. - If the above holds, I would posit (!) trauma-related suffering prevalence to increase consequently. Neurodivergence is already a factor of incidence, known since studies mid 1990s. What am I trying to say… We “know” more, can “act” less, and (western) societies change rapidly. More people get ill, ratio higher for NDs. (Little research to go on, at least well cited - and is increasingly paywalled. I’ll keep digging…)