Aaron<p>Calling someone an idiot or claiming there is a widespread learning disability that makes most people idiots is pretty ableist. If they're wrong, or they're jerks, that's probably the thing you should focus your commentary on.</p><p>Idiot is a slur that implies some degree of learning, intellectual, or developmental disability, and is often used to other non-disabled people by painting them as having such a disability. This cements the mental habit of treating such a disability as a form of inferiority, and of dismissing the views of those who are perceived as having such a disability. You are tearing down a whole group of marginalized people who are innocent bystanders when you use a word for them as an insult for others.</p><p>It's the slightly less offensive sibling of the r word. Please don't use it. Focus on behaviors, not abilities.</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ableism</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/slurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slurs</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/insults" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insults</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/IntellectualDisability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntellectualDisability</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/LearningDisability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LearningDisability</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/DevelopmentalDisability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DevelopmentalDisability</span></a></p>
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Exceptional Puppeteers<p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a> With Artisan-Chat shutting down, I needed a new home on Mastodon. 😀 I'm a retired <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/drama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drama</span></a> teacher residing in Northern Ontario, Canada. Since retirement, I founded a <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/CommunityTheatreGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityTheatreGroup</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/SpecialNeedsActors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpecialNeedsActors</span></a>. Our troupe includes: <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autism</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/DownSyndrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DownSyndrome</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/DevelopmentalDisability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DevelopmentalDisability</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADHD</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Deaf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deaf</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/wheelchair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wheelchair</span></a></p>
wednesday the valkyrja<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/disability" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>disability@a.gup.pe</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/disabilityjustice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>disabilityjustice@a.gup.pe</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://beehaw.org/c/disability" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>disability@beehaw.org</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://chirp.social/@DisabilityJustice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DisabilityJustice@chirp.social</span></a></span> </p><p>hi everyone. i am a presenter at the <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/NCILconference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NCILconference</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/NCILconference2023" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NCILconference2023</span></a> </p><p>gonna be talking about why its important for <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/CentersForIndependentLiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CentersForIndependentLiving</span></a><br>to be lead by <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/Disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disabled</span></a> people. <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/NothingAboutUsWithoutUs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NothingAboutUsWithoutUs</span></a>. as well as the importance of leadership in <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/DisabilityRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityRights</span></a> spaces by people with <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/IntellectualDisability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntellectualDisability</span></a> and <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/DevelopmentalDisability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DevelopmentalDisability</span></a></p><p>if you'd like to chat hmu. i'd love to connect! </p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/DisabilityJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityJustice</span></a><br><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/IndependentLiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndependentLiving</span></a></p>
nathanlovestrees<p>Any other caregivers out there who care for their adult siblings with intellectual/developmental disabilities? </p><p><a href="https://disabled.social/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/caregiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caregiver</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/caregiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caregiving</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/IntellectualDisabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntellectualDisabilities</span></a> <a href="https://disabled.social/tags/DevelopmentalDisability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DevelopmentalDisability</span></a></p>
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