Disappear Shame: Reject Internalized Ableism

Ableism is prejudice and discrimination against people with disabilities or neuroatypicalities because they are somehow “lesser than” or “need fixing.” Ableism can range from bigoted or subtle, such as the assumption that a deaf person wishes she could hear. In any form it is offensive.

Internalized oppression is the belief that you are somehow “bad” bec…