Carson Tueller

You can either live guided by your one unique self-expression, or by the hustle for your worth and status in someone else’s game. You cannot do both.

I often hide my accomplishments, skills and abilities because I fear I’ll be objectified, meme-ified or otherwise turned into inspiration porn by abled people. So I hide and play small. But I’m done doing that. The world needs more stories of disabled thriving, not fewer.

@babapaul2_paul @TaraIsSquatter @tonyposnanski Paralyzed people don’t wear diapers and catheters at all times, just fyi. Some might, not all.

Someone requested the Mentos theme with the Madison Cawthorn video and it actually works.

When “disability” is used as a neutral term, it ceases to be something to overcome. Disabled people don’t overcome their disabilities anymore than Abled people overcome their height or eye color. These are all just facts about our bodies. There’s literally nothing to overcome.

Abled privilege is dating without anyone ever asking if your genitals work. #disability #DisabledTwitter

When I say my taste in music is eclectic, what I mean is that my gym playlist just went from the Teletubbies main theme in Spanish, to David Guetta, to Bach.

Dear Abled people, your proximity to disabled people does not give you permission to ask other disabled people about their disability. The only disability-related question you should ask is “What are your access needs?”, and only if you are in a position to provide accessibility.

@kateo @robbiequinnnyc I lovvvve!

Mental illness is disability, and mental health professionals should be adept at identifying ableism. Ableism is the source of shame and stigma around mental illness. We can’t combat a system of oppression that we aren’t naming.

Treating disabled people like they’re inherently inspiring is objectifying and dehumanizing. Kindly, get your own inspiration. 🥰

@WilliamMordeca1 When you pull out your phone for a sec and next thing you’re headed straight for the wall haha I hear ya

@carson_tueller Mine is like a roller coaster

As a wheelchair user, I want you to know that your kitchen floor is not nearly as level as you think.

@Imani_Barbarin This is me and my boyfriend. Someone SENT ME this meme shit of us that was pulled from my Instagram. It’s violence to disabled people. It’s so degrading to have people weaponize our lives and stories against us.

There’s nothing I hate more about disability on social media than seeing an abled take the photo of a random disabled person and post it with a click-baity question: would you still date a person in a wheelchair? Ma’am, your address is in your FB profile, I will fuck you up.

People will act like ableism isn’t their problem as though we’re not STILL living in a pandemic that started with people being told that “only disabled and elderly people will die” and them taking that as permission to proceed with life as usual.

Nondisabled people, imma be real with you for a moment: Everything in life is designed to center your needs, this account will not be that.

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@Imani_Barbarin Honestly, I have seen more ableist bullshit from paralyzed white cis hetero men than almost anyone else. I see so much of the inspi-porn, tragic-hero vibe and I’m so sick of it. It’s so counterproductive to the visibility disabled people need.

White male privilege is some of the only privilege white disabled men feel they can flex. Never assume someone in a wheelchair believes what you believe simply because you saw “Touched by an angel” one too many times.

There are still 2.2m mail ballots to be counted in PA - about 87% of the total. Settle in.

Keep calm. Be patient. Allow local elections officials to do their jobs. What is most important isn’t the speed of the count; it’s that every eligible vote is counted. Americans made their voices heard in record numbers, and their votes must be counted. #Election2020

Think about how many million Americans are voting today peacefully standing next to people they may disagree with politically - it truly is a wonderful thing.