"Those evil pronouns" a post from Growing Up with a Disability

David writes about the ways people with disabilities are dehumanized. He states:

"Dehumanization, treating people as though not human, rears its ugly head in many different ways in the lives of people with disabilities.
It can be seen…
…when we are viewed as pitiful,
…when we are called inspirational as we face the challenges that society has set up for us,
… when people treat us like cute little pets,
…when people do not speak to us but rather to our caregivers or our friends with able bodies,
…when people are overtly cruel to us because we look, talk, or think differently,
…when people assume that because we have disabilities, we don't have any gifts or talents."

And then he goes to tell stories of PWD - click above to read his whole post - it's a must read.