Some of our most common, ingrained expressions have damaging effects on millions of people – and many of us don't know we're hurting others when we speak.

As a disabled person, I face ableism and ableist language every day. Some people use ableist language without even knowing that it is ableist. I thought it would be good for folks to take a look at the attached BBC article and expand their perspectives a bit.

  • norapink
    2•1 year ago

    Does kbin.social have some kind of reputation or something? I’m not defending the commenter BTW.

    • livus
      2•1 year ago

      I’ve never noticed us having one before, I think (hope) it’s just that one person.