July is Disability Pride Month. To reflect and learn about disability pride I put together a BINGO board on things not to do wih and around people with disabilities. We’ve all slipped up, but knowing and learning is part of being an ally and growing. If you’re wondering why some of them are on the board take a moment to learn about it. A special thank you to Carrie and G.B.N. for helping with this post. They are both connected with different parts of the disability justice community and I’ve been fortunate to learn from them and with them.

Since Canva is horrible at visual accessibility, I’ve put the text below. When I find a better solution to Canva I’ll make the jump to a new platform for visual graphics, in the meantime, Canva do better.

BINGO board text:

Special needs

Does not say disability

Pets a service dog

Event site is not wheelchair accessibility

Doesn’t provide access information

Calls everything crazy

Praises Temple Garadin and Helen Keller

“But you don’t look disabled”

Refers to disability justice as being “PC”

Puts their chihuahua on the disability seating on public transit

Shushing kids when they ask about disabilities

Asks invasive questions about a person’s disabilities

Tells random disabled people they’re inspirational

Uses the word suffering when referring to disability

[Believes] ramps and curb cuts are for babies in strollers and rolling luggage

Discussed disability in terms of severity or “functional level”

Uses euphuisms like disAbility, special needs, differently abled

Refers to their hip replacement as the same suffering

Touches people’s mobility aids

Shouts at a Deaf or Hard of Hearing Person

Shouts at a Blind person

If you’re looking for some good books to learn more about disability justice here are a few to consider, bypass Temple Grandin and/or about Helen Keller and try some of these:

Heart Berries a Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot

Year of the Tiger by Alice Wong

Disability Visibility by Alice Wong

Fighting for Yes!: The Story of Disability Rights Activist Judith Heumann (picture book) by Maryann Cocca-Leffler (Author)  Judith Heumann (Afterword)

Stay tuned, I may have enough material to make a second BINGO board on this topic.

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