![]() HAPPY BIRTHDAY to The Girl Who Didn’t Know How To Be. Respecting us means respecting us as we really are, including acknowledging that our assistive technology exists and matters. We do many things differently, and that’s ok. It does not turn us into nondisabled people - and it doesn’t need to. ![]() Likewise, other people respect me as a competent human being without pretending that an airplane has turned me into a bird.Īssistive technology enables people with disabilities to do more things. I respect them without pretending that they are wings. Assistive technology is important, and worth respecting.Īirplanes are amazing. Reading braille isn’t seeing with fingers, it’s tactile reading. Typing is not speaking, it’s typed communication. Rolling is different from walking, and it’s ok that it’s different. When I get into an airplane, I don’t turn into a bird.Īirplanes are not wings, and wheelchairs are not legs. ![]() Assistive technology does not cure disability ![]()
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