yeah most of these are just extremely personal but. yeah.

alternative title: (some) things most people don't even realize are ableist

• assuming everyone who is disabled is on disability/ssi
  • assuming it is easy to GET disability/ssi
  • assuming disability/ssi is enough to live on
• thinking that disability only means physically disabled
• thinking that mental disabilities aren't as bad as physical ones
• the things that aren't considered disabilities that should be
• "i push through my problems and do things bc they have to be done." good for you. most people can't.
• assuming young people can't be disabled
• assuming everyone has a smartphone
• assuming everyone has streaming services instead of cable
• assuming everyone who lives with their parents is either just a mooch or is just doing so until they "get back on their feet"
• assuming everyone has been to college at some point
• shushing autistic&adhd people/telling them to be quiet/stop talking so much
• capitalism in general
• assuming everyone has a credit card/doesn't use cash anymore
• thinking that spanking children isn't abusive, doesn't cause behavioral problems, isn't traumatizing, and just doesn't negatively affect them at all
• making fun of/pointing out personal hygiene issues
• "kids have too much screen time"
• the whole minimum wage argument
• the fact that basic human needs cost money at all
• "just do it and get it over with"
• the idea of needing to have a job