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Be anti-ableist · Eric Eggert (yatil.net)

submitted 8 months ago by Thinker33 to c/a11y

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It is our job to change ableist structures and teach people why accessibiltiy is important. This requires being anti-ableist and promoting digital accessibilty even when it is difficult to do so.

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[–] 13esq 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

This requires being anti-ableist

Does being feminist require being anti-male? Does my view that black people are still suffering prejudice mean I need to be anti-white? Does my view that I'm equal to foreigners mean I need to be anti-british?

Honestly sounds like pointless shit stirring. If equality is all that matters, then that should be done by giving people with a disadvantage help, not by holding back people that don't have a disadvantage.

[–] Thinker33 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Ableist is defined as discrimination or prejudice against people with disabilities, especially physical disabilities. Supporting people of all different races and trying to end systemic racism would be about being anti-racist. Feminism is a little too broad for me to define but it would probably align with providing men and women equal rights. The goal is to unite people not divide. The issue is that most of the web is inaccessible and cannot be accessed by people with disabilities. Excluding a group of people from a building because of their gender, race, or disability is against the law. Yet, people with disabilities are excluded or lack access to information on publicly available websites each day. This type of change requires people to be anti-ableist and to do the work necessary to make their website accessible.