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I really love seeing other people point out that intelligence and intellectual disability have *nothing* to do with the worth of a human being. I've said it many, many times, and it's hugely important to me that people see the truth of it. Too often, I see people who would be mortified to say something ableist, causally shaming someone for making poor or immoral choices by calling them an IQ-related slur -- without even batting an eye.

This is a shout-out to two specific folks I've seen make this point:

@JustGrist @grimalkina

I hold you both in high esteem.

#egalitarianism
#IQ
#intelligence
#IntellectualDisability
#disability
#ableism
#MoralWorth
#IQShaming

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.

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.

It's the slightly less offensive sibling of the r word. Please don't use it. Focus on behaviors, not abilities.

#ableism
#disability
#slurs
#insults
#IntellectualDisability
#LearningDisability
#DevelopmentalDisability

People With IDD Wrongly Forced Into #NursingHomes, Scathing U.S. Report Says:

“At least 2,000 people with #developmentaldisabilities in New Jersey are housed in nursing homes “contrary to their wishes” and in violation of their constitutional rights because the state does not properly evaluate their needs or give them the option of living more independently in a group home, a new report has found.”

disabilityscoop.com/2023/10/10

Disability Scoop · People With IDD Wrongly Forced Into Nursing Homes, Scathing Report SaysAt least 2,000 people with developmental disabilities in one state are housed in nursing homes "contrary to their wishes" and in violation of their constitutional rights, a new report has found.

"How can #CAMHS claim to be inclusive when they won't work with #autistic kids?"

CAMHS exclusion criteria:
- high levels of #disorganisation
- #IntellectualDisability #ID
- #DevelopmentalDisorders like #dyslexia
- #educational needs
- #ChildProtection or #welfare issues
- #autistic children
- children who live in #UnsafeHousing.

"I’m left wondering who the hell do they actually see? Children who are doing reasonably well?"

irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/he

Irishexaminer.com · Richard Hogan: How can Camhs claim to be inclusive when they won't work with autistic kids?

The Atlantic: "I thought my mother was an only child. I was wrong." By Jennifer Senior

"He knows that I have an aunt whom no one speaks about and who herself barely speaks. She is, at the time of this tweet, 70 years old and living in a group home in upstate New York. I have met her just once. Before this very moment, in fact, I have forgotten she exists at all."
theatlantic.com/magazine/archi #intellectualdisability #disability #institutions

The Atlantic · I Thought My Mother Was an Only Child. I Was Wrong.By Jennifer Senior

As I was editing this section of my thesis I realized how much my thoughts have changed. I don't think I feel this way about these things anymore, or if I do, I don't think I'd describe them in this way.

It's a good exercise to do this, I think, and that's why I wanted to share it. It forces me to go back and reread things I would otherwise forget.

nathanlovestreeswp.wordpress.c

nathanlovestreeswp.wordpress.comDao-Praxis, or How to Transform the WorldBy nathanlovestreeswp